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2011 Survey Of Juvenile Law, Michael J. Dale
2011 Survey Of Juvenile Law, Michael J. Dale
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Atypically, the Supreme Court of Florida was not active during the past year, deciding no cases in the juvenile law field. On the other hand, the intermediate appellate courts were active both in the delinquency area and in the dependency field. As in the past, decisions in the delinquency area involving generic issues of criminal procedure not unique to juvenile delinquency are not covered in this article.
Providing Attorneys For Children In Dependency And Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings In Florida: The Issue Updated, Michael J. Dale
Providing Attorneys For Children In Dependency And Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings In Florida: The Issue Updated, Michael J. Dale
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Florida's system for providing protection and safety to children in the State's child welfare system has changed over the past decade. Regretfully, the changes do not appear to have had a significant impact in two areas: increasing the safety and protection of children in the system' and providing children with independent attorneys to advocate on their behalf. Investigations, lawsuits, grand juries, amendments to court rules, and newspaper articles continue to demonstrate the myriad failures in the Florida system. Two notorious examples hi-lite the shortcomings: the cases of the foster child, Rilya Wilson, who disappeared in 2001, and Gabriel Myers, who …
"We Can Work It Out": Using Cooperative Mediation - A Blend Of Collaborative Law And Traditional Mediation - To Resolve Divorce Disputes, Elena Langan
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Elena Langan, "We Can Work it Out": Using Cooperative Mediation - a Blend of Collaborative Law and Traditional Mediation - to Resolve Divorce Disputes, 30 Review of Litigation 245 (2011). Divorce in modern day America is a product of legislative creation, designed as an adversarial process focused on rights and responsibilities.