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Street Children And U.S. Immigration Law: What Should Be Done, Laura P. Wexler Jul 2008

Street Children And U.S. Immigration Law: What Should Be Done, Laura P. Wexler

Cornell International Law Journal

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In Defense Of The Indian Child Welfare Act In Aggravated Circumstances, C. Eric Davis Jan 2008

In Defense Of The Indian Child Welfare Act In Aggravated Circumstances, C. Eric Davis

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) affords various protections to Indian families throughout child welfare proceedings. Among them is the duty imposed upon the state to provide rehabilitative services to families prior to the outplacement of an Indian child, or termination of parental rights. An analogous provision for non-Indians in the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) excuses rehabilitative services in "aggravated circumstances" of child abuse. The ICWA contains no such exception, and that absence has been controversial. In 2002, the Alaska Supreme Court applied ASFA's aggravated circumstances exception to the ICWA, thereby excusing services when a father severely abused …


Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: Child Welfare Agencies As Social Security Representative Payees For Foster Children, Emily W. Mcgill Jan 2008

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: Child Welfare Agencies As Social Security Representative Payees For Foster Children, Emily W. Mcgill

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Shame On U.S.: The Need For Uniform Open Adoption Records Legislation In The United States, Lauren M. Fair Jan 2008

Shame On U.S.: The Need For Uniform Open Adoption Records Legislation In The United States, Lauren M. Fair

Santa Clara Law Review

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