Add to ORKGThe application of a harmless error standard by appellate courts reviewing erroneous denials of counsel in child protective cases undermines a critical procedural right that safeguards the interests of parents and children. Case law reveals that trial courts, on numerous occasions, improperly reject valid requests for counsel, forcing parents to navigate the child welfare system without an advocate. Appellate courts excuse these violations by speculating that the denials caused no significant harm to the parents, which is a conclusion that a court can never reach with any certainty. The only appropriate remedy for this significant problem is a bright-line rule requiring the automatic reversal of the termination of parental rights (TPR) deci...
This Note will argue that the Babcock court\u27s application of this immunity fails to serve the tra...
The child protection field has long recognized that legal standards applied by family courts are bot...
Recently, in the case of In re Welfare of J.R., Jr., a proceeding involving the termination of a mot...
The application of a harmless error standard by appellate courts reviewing erroneous denials of coun...
Harmless error review is profoundly important, but arguably broken, in the form that courts currentl...
In the midst of the push for universal access to counsel in civil cases and the increasing proportio...
Under federal law, state child protection agencies are required to exert reasonable efforts to reu...
Over the past hundred years, a consensus has emerged recognizing a parent\u27s ability to raise his ...
Half a century ago, in Chapman v. California, the Supreme Court imposed on appellate courts an oblig...
This comment will illustrate how allegations of child abuse in a divorce custody dispute dramaticall...
Sixty years ago, in Kotteakos v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that a small class of so-cal...
In most jurisdictions, convicted defendants have the right to an appeal at public expense, and to th...
A parent\u27s constitutional right to raise his or her child is one of the most venerated liberty in...
Parental alienation is a controversial and disputed proposed mental disorder whereby children unjust...
In Lassiter v. Department of Social Services, the Supreme Court of the United States held that due p...
This Note will argue that the Babcock court\u27s application of this immunity fails to serve the tra...
The child protection field has long recognized that legal standards applied by family courts are bot...
Recently, in the case of In re Welfare of J.R., Jr., a proceeding involving the termination of a mot...
The application of a harmless error standard by appellate courts reviewing erroneous denials of coun...
Harmless error review is profoundly important, but arguably broken, in the form that courts currentl...
In the midst of the push for universal access to counsel in civil cases and the increasing proportio...
Under federal law, state child protection agencies are required to exert reasonable efforts to reu...
Over the past hundred years, a consensus has emerged recognizing a parent\u27s ability to raise his ...
Half a century ago, in Chapman v. California, the Supreme Court imposed on appellate courts an oblig...
This comment will illustrate how allegations of child abuse in a divorce custody dispute dramaticall...
Sixty years ago, in Kotteakos v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that a small class of so-cal...
In most jurisdictions, convicted defendants have the right to an appeal at public expense, and to th...
A parent\u27s constitutional right to raise his or her child is one of the most venerated liberty in...
Parental alienation is a controversial and disputed proposed mental disorder whereby children unjust...
In Lassiter v. Department of Social Services, the Supreme Court of the United States held that due p...
This Note will argue that the Babcock court\u27s application of this immunity fails to serve the tra...
The child protection field has long recognized that legal standards applied by family courts are bot...
Recently, in the case of In re Welfare of J.R., Jr., a proceeding involving the termination of a mot...