Volume 47, Issue 4
This article provides essential guidance for family law practitioners navigating Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations, outlining key legal considerations, best practices for client advocacy…
When an abused child is moved across an international border, whether by the abusive parent or a parent fleeing abuse, that child’s movement may invoke the Hague Abduction Convention, which adds a la…
The importance of cultural awareness and understanding cultural values in one’s legal practice can foster better attorney-client connections and improve outcomes.
The Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (UCAPA) can protect children from parental and family abductions.
One of the five reporters of the American Law Institute’s “Restatement of Children and the Law,” approved in May 2024, discusses the Restatement’s focus on American law’s relationship to children and…
A long-serving juvenile court judge gives a brief history of the child welfare system and outlines some of the persistent challenges the system faces, including its reactive nature, punitive approach…
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which protects Native families and children in child welfare proceedings, withstood a broad constitutional attack in Haaland v.
The author breaks down the requirements to qualify for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status under the Immigration and Naturalization Act section 101(a)(27)(J), which may apply to cases of abused, abando…
When children are removed from their parents by Child Protective Services, the overwhelming weight of research has concluded that children in foster care tend to do best when placed with relatives or…
Without a strong legal defense in a child welfare proceeding, parents risk life-altering consequences, such as the unjust removal of their children or the termination of their parental rights.
Family law attorneys can learn to advocate effectively for LGBTQ+ foster care youth and their families by familiarizing themselves with local and national resources, readying themselves to counsel pa…
In the age of virtual meetings, the Chair of the ABA Family Law Section gives 8 compelling reasons for family law attorneys to attend Family Law Section conferences and events in person.
This issue of Family Advocate focuses on the intersection of family law and the child welfare system and the challenges family law attorneys may face when their clients are involved in this system.
Families built through assisted reproduction often have a harder road because of the dangers of out-of-date statutes that do not recognize and respect these families.