"American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
General overview of child protection laws in the United States / Martin Guggenheim -- Changing the narrative in child welfare cases / Matthew Fraidin -- First steps in representing a parent accused of abuse or neglect / Matthew Fraidin -- Challenging the removal of children / Lauren Shapiro -- Special considerations representing clients involved with the criminal justice system / Joanna Woolman -- Achieving the client's objectives to shorten foster care stays and reunify the family : advocating for supportive placements, appropriate services, parenting and visiting time, and leveraging opportunities for advocacy at conferences and meetings outside the court process / Center for Family Representation -- Discovery and pretrial proceedings / Kenneth Krekorian -- Negotiating for services for the family in court : admissions to the petition / Kara Finck -- The adjudicatory hearing / Darice Good-Dworak and Diana Rugh Johnson -- Representing parents and disposition and permanency hearings / Richard Cozzola and Lee Shevell -- The Indian Child Welfare Act / David Meyers -- Representing out-of-state parents and non-citizen parents / Annick I. Lenoir-Peek -- Termination of parental rights / Sarah Katz -- Representing parents on appeal / Andrew Cohen -- The impact of abuse and neglect findings beyond the juvenile courthouse : understanding the child abuse register system and ways to challenge administrative child abuse register determinations / Diane L. Redleaf -- Reforming the system / Joanne I. Moore.
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