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Federal Child Welfare Law And Policy: Understanding The Federal Law And Funding Process., Miriam Rollin, Frank Vandervort, Ann M. Haralambie
Federal Child Welfare Law And Policy: Understanding The Federal Law And Funding Process., Miriam Rollin, Frank Vandervort, Ann M. Haralambie
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This chapter provides an overview of federal and uniform statutes that impact the practice of child welfare law.
A Child's Journey Through The Child Welfare System, Sue Badeau `, Sarah Gesiriech, Ann M. Haralambie, Amanda George Donnelly, Donald N. Duquette
A Child's Journey Through The Child Welfare System, Sue Badeau `, Sarah Gesiriech, Ann M. Haralambie, Amanda George Donnelly, Donald N. Duquette
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Once a child is known to the child welfare agency, the child and his or her family become subject to a series of decisions made by judges, caseworkers, legal representatives, and others, all of whom have an important role to play. A child may encounter dozens of other new adults, including foster parents, counselors, and doctors. Most children (60 percent) enter foster care when removed from their homes by a child protective agency because of abuse or neglect, or both. Others (17 percent) enter care because of the absence of their parents, resulting from illness, death, disability, or other problems. …
Non-Adversarial Case Resolution, Donald N. Duquette
Non-Adversarial Case Resolution, Donald N. Duquette
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Professionals who work with children and parents have become increasingly dissatisfied with the customary reliance on the traditional adversarial system in resolving family-related disputes, including cases involving children's protection, placement, and permanent care. The power struggle in contested cases and hearings relating to child welfare may foster hostility among the parties and dissipate money, energy, and attention that could otherwise be used to solve problems cooperatively. Parties may become polarized, open communication may be discouraged, and there may be little investment in information sharing and joint problem solving. Children may suffer when adversarial tensions escalate and ameliorative services are delayed.
Representing Children And Youth, Donald N. Duquette, Marvin Ventrell
Representing Children And Youth, Donald N. Duquette, Marvin Ventrell
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Quality legal representation of all parties is essential to a high-functioning dependency court process. Quality legal representation of children in particular is essential in obtaining good outcomes for children. An adversarial court process that depends on competing independent advocacy to provide information will not produce good outcomes for litigants who lack competent advocates. Dependency court decisions are as good as the information on which the decisions are based. In order to promote the welfare of children in dependency court, therefore, children must be provided with competent independent legal representation.