July 2014

Family

How the ‘Long Shadow’ of an Inner City Childhood Affects Adult Success

Researchers followed nearly 800 Baltimore school children for a quarter of a century and discovered that their fates were substantially determined by the family they were born into.

Family

Study Urges Altering Police Interrogations for Juveniles

Some interrogation techniques commonly used by police departments throughout the United States to obtain confessions from adult suspects may be inappropriate for use on juveniles, according to an ongoing University of Virginia psychology study.

Family

Severity, Not Frequency, of Abuse May Predict Mental Health Outcomes of Kids in Foster Care

How severely children are abused, rather than how frequently, appears to predict which children will suffer serious mental health outcomes, according to the first study from one of the most in-depth analyses of the mental health of foster children.

Family

Yes, You Can Go to College: Making Higher Education Happen for Youth in Care

Claire Chiamulera

How do you make higher education a reality for more youth in foster care? Several laws, policies, model programs, and resources are removing barriers to higher education for foster youth.

Family

Marketing Yourself on Social Media: California Ethics Opinion Gives Guidance

Claire Chiamulera

Advertising legal services on social media? Check this California ethics opinion's guidance.

Family

Dispositional Order Against Unadjudicated Parent Was Unconstitutional

Where child was removed from mother, and petition was dismissed against father, trial court erred in continuing to dispositional hearing. Because parents are presumed fit, prior case law allowing dispositions against nonoffending parents based on adjudication of offending parent violated procedural due process.

Family

Termination of Parental Rights Was Inappropriate Based on Incarceration Alone

In case where incarcerated father maintained contact with daughter, had been provided little to no assistance toward reunification or another permanency goal, and evidence was conflicting as to the effect of severing the parent-child bond, trial court properly found state failed to meet clear and convincing standard to terminate parental rights.