February 2012

Children

How Child Welfare Agencies Can Use Title IV-E Dollars to Support School Transportation

Legal Center for Foster Care and Education

Federal child welfare reimbursement dollars are available to assist with transporting children in foster care to school. This article helps state and local child welfare agencies determine how to use Title IV-E dollars to support school transportation for children in care.

Children

Cut Out for Court: Lessons from the Trenches

Althea Izawa Fuhr

Finding your way in the courtroom may be daunting at first, but often it just takes uncovering a new set of skills. Attorney Althea-Izawa Fuhr reflects on her transition and offers tips for success.

Children

Determining Juvenile's Age Key to Ensuring Juvenile Received Protections

Determining a juvenile defendant’s age at the time of the offense finally determines his right to be tried in juvenile court and requires immediate review to ensure juvenile court protections are not lost.

Children

Guardians Must Prove Parental Unfitness in Guardianship Termination Proceedings

In a proceeding to end a guardianship of children with paternal grandparents and reunify children with their biological father, the grandparents had the burden to show by clear and convincing evidence that the father was unfit.