Add to ORKGThe Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a well-intentioned statute that has led to anomalous and irrational results in courts across the country. The ICPC’s aim is to ensure that foster care placements by state agencies of children across state lines preliminary to adoption or placement in foster care are in the child’s best interests. However, certain courts have drastically expanded the ICPC’s reach to cover parental foster care placements. This Article discusses the split in case law, the reasons for limiting the ICPC in Massachusetts, and options for nervous courts, attorneys, and state agencies when sending a child across state lines. Ultimately, this Article argues that the ICPC is not the mechanism to utilize wh...
Once a court agrees that it has sufficient cause to assume jurisdiction in order to protect a child,...
State laws provide a variety of means to protect children from self-inflicted or parentally-inflicte...
This Article\u27s thesis is that the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and the Parental...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a well-intentioned statute that has le...
Each year, child welfare agencies make over 40,000 requests for home studies to determine whether ch...
Courts handling child abuse and neglect cases face a daunting task. Within one to three days after a...
This article argues that current efforts to reform the Compact are flawed because they lack an essen...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children deals with the interstate placement of abused, n...
Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of th...
The article discusses the author\u27s contention that the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Ch...
The importance of expediting the placement of foster children into permanent homes has emerged as a ...
A recurring problem which courts face is the need to resolve the conflict which arises when foster p...
When the state removes a child from the custody of his or her parents, the delicate balance between ...
I. Introduction II. Background: Interstate Compacts Generally III. Origin of the ICPC: Identificatio...
Removing children from their families is a serious, and often traumatic, experience for children and...
Once a court agrees that it has sufficient cause to assume jurisdiction in order to protect a child,...
State laws provide a variety of means to protect children from self-inflicted or parentally-inflicte...
This Article\u27s thesis is that the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and the Parental...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a well-intentioned statute that has le...
Each year, child welfare agencies make over 40,000 requests for home studies to determine whether ch...
Courts handling child abuse and neglect cases face a daunting task. Within one to three days after a...
This article argues that current efforts to reform the Compact are flawed because they lack an essen...
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children deals with the interstate placement of abused, n...
Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of th...
The article discusses the author\u27s contention that the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Ch...
The importance of expediting the placement of foster children into permanent homes has emerged as a ...
A recurring problem which courts face is the need to resolve the conflict which arises when foster p...
When the state removes a child from the custody of his or her parents, the delicate balance between ...
I. Introduction II. Background: Interstate Compacts Generally III. Origin of the ICPC: Identificatio...
Removing children from their families is a serious, and often traumatic, experience for children and...
Once a court agrees that it has sufficient cause to assume jurisdiction in order to protect a child,...
State laws provide a variety of means to protect children from self-inflicted or parentally-inflicte...
This Article\u27s thesis is that the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and the Parental...