June 2016

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How to Minimize Group Home Liability

If you represent a group home or families with legal claims against group homes, many issues arise. Learn what types of liability come into play and get expert litigation tips.

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Celebrating National Reunification Month

Mimi Laver

A look inside National Reunification Month and how states and organizations are celebrating keeping families together.

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Legal Aid Clients: What’s in a Name?

Peter Geraghty

Can legal aid programs reveal clients' identities? This ethics analysis explores ABA ethics opinions for guidance.

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Father Lacked Right to Jury Trial in Termination of Parental Rights Proceeding

Eva J. Klain

While the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the due process rights of parents in termination proceedings, it has not addressed whether due process requires a jury trial. Because parents have a vital interest in preventing the dissolution of their family, due process requires states to provide parents with fundamentally fair procedures in parental termination proceedings.

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Case Plan Must Provide Accommodations for Disabled Parent to Meet Reasonable Efforts Requirement

Eva J. Klain

Child welfare agency failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify family in case involving young, cognitively-impaired mother who relinquished custody of her two-month-old daughter to the agency.