Some fifteen years ago, Elizabeth and Robert Scott wrote an important article making the case that parents could be usefully described using a fiduciary model. This paper explains why their model fits foster parents better than biological or adoptive parents, at least in the sense that Tamar Frankel explains in her new book on fiduciary law
This is the second of a series of articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and fam...
This Article explores the ways children, many of whom are in foster care, are psychologically harmed...
The Article examines the role that legal representation of birth and prospective parents may or may ...
Some fifteen years ago, Elizabeth and Robert Scott wrote an important article making the case that p...
Traditionally, the law has deferred to the rights of biological parents in regulating the parent-chi...
Trough fostercare and adoption, minors gain a second family, as their biological one is absent or in...
In this paper, I outline common conceptions of parenthood and assess the strengths and weaknesses of...
More than 420,000 children in the United States are in foster care, and more than 110,000 of them ar...
Most child welfare reports that lead to removal of children from their homes are filed for neglect r...
I. Introduction: Identifying the Controversy The mythology of adoption involves a scenario in which ...
The foster care system aims to provide a temporary home to children who are unable to be cared for b...
The American child welfare system terminates parental rights for thousands of children each year eve...
This paper addresses some of the problems with the foster care system in the United States, and seek...
In 2003, there were reports of child maltreatment affecting over 5.5 million children in the United ...
Historically, promoting family permanence (e.g., keeping the original parent-children relationships ...
This is the second of a series of articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and fam...
This Article explores the ways children, many of whom are in foster care, are psychologically harmed...
The Article examines the role that legal representation of birth and prospective parents may or may ...
Some fifteen years ago, Elizabeth and Robert Scott wrote an important article making the case that p...
Traditionally, the law has deferred to the rights of biological parents in regulating the parent-chi...
Trough fostercare and adoption, minors gain a second family, as their biological one is absent or in...
In this paper, I outline common conceptions of parenthood and assess the strengths and weaknesses of...
More than 420,000 children in the United States are in foster care, and more than 110,000 of them ar...
Most child welfare reports that lead to removal of children from their homes are filed for neglect r...
I. Introduction: Identifying the Controversy The mythology of adoption involves a scenario in which ...
The foster care system aims to provide a temporary home to children who are unable to be cared for b...
The American child welfare system terminates parental rights for thousands of children each year eve...
This paper addresses some of the problems with the foster care system in the United States, and seek...
In 2003, there were reports of child maltreatment affecting over 5.5 million children in the United ...
Historically, promoting family permanence (e.g., keeping the original parent-children relationships ...
This is the second of a series of articles that examines the role that advocates for parents and fam...
This Article explores the ways children, many of whom are in foster care, are psychologically harmed...
The Article examines the role that legal representation of birth and prospective parents may or may ...