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Understanding Duties And Conflicts Of Interest--A Guide For The Honorable Agent, Linda S. Whitton
Understanding Duties And Conflicts Of Interest--A Guide For The Honorable Agent, Linda S. Whitton
Law Faculty Publications
This article examines the importance of understanding agent duties and conflicts of interest, both for drafting a power of attorney that meets a principal’s objectives and for providing guidance to the agent who will act under its authority. Professor Whitton suggests that current custom and practice with respect to powers of attorney often overlooks the need to adjust agent duties to accommodate the principal’s expectations, thus resulting in inadvertent conflicts between the duty to do what the principal expects and default duties of loyalty. The article offers practical guidelines for identifying and reconciling these conflicts, as well as best practices …
Terminating Parental Rights Through A Backdoor In The Virginia Code, Dale Margolin Cecka
Terminating Parental Rights Through A Backdoor In The Virginia Code, Dale Margolin Cecka
Law Faculty Publications
This article explores deficits in the statute, in light of constitutional law, other Virginia adoption and termination of parental rights statutes, and other states' codes and jurisprudence. Part II describes the history and practice of the statute. Part III describes the flaws of the statute, including Fourteenth Amendment violations and inherent conflicts of interest. Part IV calls for the revision of section 1202(H) based on recent precedent in which the Supreme Court of Virginia recognized the sanctity of the parent-child relationship and the state's interest in preserving it.
Parents With Mental Disabilities: The Legal Landscape, Dale Margolin Cecka
Parents With Mental Disabilities: The Legal Landscape, Dale Margolin Cecka
Law Faculty Publications
The ADA, coupled with federal and state child welfare laws, provides broad brush strokes for advocates of parents with mental disabilities and their children. To effectuate parents’ rights, child welfare professionals must work with the parents themselves, as well as with other state departments, to form service plans that are tailored for the success of each individual family.