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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4654| Title: | Where are the records? Handling lost/destroyed records in child welfare tort litigation. |
| Authors: | Margolin, Dale Pollack, Daniel 0000-0001-7323-6928 |
| Keywords: | child welfare tort litigation missing records best practices child welfare agencies case records social services agencies preservation of evidence duty to preserve ABA Model Rules State of Mind spoilage sanctions willful destruction criminal sanctions civil sanctions professional discipline monetary penalties independent tort intentional spoilation negligent spoilage third-party liability altered records Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act (UPA) Federal Rule 37(e) practice points |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2011 |
| Publisher: | American Bar Association (ABA) |
| Citation: | Margolin, Dale and Pollack, Daniel. (August 2011). Where are the records? Handling lost/destroyed records in child welfare tort litigation. ABA Child Law Practice (30(6): 1, 86-91. |
| Series/Report no.: | ABA Child Law Practice;30(6) |
| Abstract: | As child welfare professionals, we have all encountered the “missing” record, most often during day-to-day advocacy. For those who practice child welfare tort litigation, incomplete discovery is also common, even though case records can be critical in determining negligence or malfeasance. |
| Description: | "In practice" legal column |
| URI: | https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/child_law_practice/vol30/august_2011/where_are_the_recordshandlinglostdestroyedrecordsinchildwelfaret/ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4654 |
| ISSN: | 2161-0649 |
| Appears in Collections: | Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Faculty publications |
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