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Lawyers' Roles In Child Protection, Donald N. Duquette
Lawyers' Roles In Child Protection, Donald N. Duquette
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What roles and responsibilities do lawyers assume in civil child protection cases? As distinguished from other legal proceedings which may grow from a case of child maltreatment, civil child protection proceedings focus on the child and the child's needs. These civil cases are not concerned with punishing an offender, recovering money damages from a person or institution who may have harmed a child, or suspending someone from a professional license. The focus here is on the proper care and custody of the child.
Liberty And Lawyers In Child Protection, Donald N. Duquette
Liberty And Lawyers In Child Protection, Donald N. Duquette
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The distinguishing feature of the juvenile or family court which sets it apart from all other elements of the child protection system is that the court acts as arbiter of personal liberty. When society at large, through child protective services, attempts to intervene in the private life of a family on behalf of a child, the court must assure that the rights of the parents, the rights of the child, and the rights of society are protected and are abridged only after full and fair and objective court process. Only the court can abridge these personal rights in other than …
Liberty And Lawyers In Child Protection, Donald N. Duquette
Liberty And Lawyers In Child Protection, Donald N. Duquette
Book Chapters
The distinguishing feature of the juvenile or family court which sets it apart from, all other elements of the child protection system is that the court acts as arbiter of personal liberty. When society at large, through child protective services, attempts to intervene in the private life of a family on behalf of a child, the court must assure that the rights of the parents, the rights of the child, and the rights of. the society are protected and are abridged only after full and fair and objective court process. Only the court can abridge these personal rights in other …