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13 Mar 2021, 5:26 am by Russell Knight
(g) Failure to protect the child from conditions within his environment injurious to the childs welfare. [read post]
26 Jun 2021, 11:15 am by Russell Knight
(g) Failure to protect the child from conditions within his environment injurious to the childs welfare. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 1:11 pm by cmahanna
When a child of separating or divorcing parents has autism or other special needs, it is generally very important to the childs welfare for parties who are serving as joint legal custodians to be able to reasonably cooperate with each other on parenting issues which arise. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 11:25 am by Tana Fye
In my previous blog entry, I posted my proposal for amendments to the Indian Child Welfare Act. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The legal complications surrounding Baby Veronica’s custody arose from an apparent conflict between the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a 1978 law designed to reduce improper removals of Indian children from their parents and their placement with non-Indian families, and South Carolina’s rules regarding the rights of unwed fathers. [read post]
14 Oct 2013, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
  For M.C., it became most pressing when she was placed in foster care, because only legal parents have the right to be notified of, and to participate in, child welfare proceedings and to petition for custody or visitation. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
One hard question in lesbian co-parent disputes is whether to characterize them as parent (biological mother) versus non-parent (mother’s partner and childs functional co-parent), or as parent versus parent. [read post]
1 Sep 2019, 8:26 am by Joel R. Brandes
“[T]he language of [section] 1914 itself ... limits standing to challenge state-law terminations of parental right to parents ‘from whose custody such child was removed’ ” (Matter of Adoption of Child of Indian Heritage, 111 N.J. 155, 179, 543 A.2d 925, 937, quoting 25 USC § 1914; see Matter of S.C., 1992 OK 98, ¶ 23, 833 P.2d 1249, 1254, overruled on other grounds Matter of Baby Boy L., 2004 OK… [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 4:35 am by Steve Lombardi
Consequently, when the childs welfare is threatened, the state can use a wide range of powers to limit parental freedom and authority. [read post]
30 Oct 2020, 7:32 am by Elizabeth Howell
“The efficient operation of child-welfare proceedings serves the government’s interest in assuring the best interest of children in addition to guarding the Commonwealth’s coffers. [read post]
26 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
  After the breakup, J.L.S. applied for welfare benefits on multiple occasions. [read post]
19 Apr 2019, 5:59 am by Joel R. Brandes
April 16, 2019Appellate Division, Second Department Appellate Division holds that Indian Child Welfare Act applies to Neglect Proceeding and Shinnecock Tribe had right to intervene In Matter of Durpee M, v Samantha Q., 2019 WL 1461831 (2d Dept., 2019) the mother and her husband (father) were the parents of the child, who was born in January 2017. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 12:36 pm by PaulKostro
Parents’ rights must be balanced against the State’s parens patriae responsibility to protect the welfare of children. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 2:55 pm by PaulKostro
Without question, a childs loss of regular contact with a parent during the formative years of life is a matter of importance to that childs welfare. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
However, the underlying statutory purpose is to identify a childs true parents—those adults who have committed themselves fully to the childs welfare and can provide both legitimacy and support. [read post]