Termination of parental rights (“TPR”) ends the parent–child relationship though a process governed by state law. As a recent analysis of federal data revealed, TPR rates vary widely by state. In West Virginia, the TPR ...

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 ...

Child welfare systems — federal, state, county or city — contain vast repositories of information. Each time a case is opened, worked on or closed, valuable information about children’s needs is recorded — much of it in ...

According to federal data released to ARC ... a growing number and proportion of deportees are parents. Another report jointly issued by the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, the Women's Refugee Commission, ...

There are no concerns regarding the applicant's health, mental health, character, motivation, financial resources, experience, discipline approach, background, and training- nor are there concerns regarding the home's ...

[...]is it fair? [...]we don't want to see child care workers spend time away from protecting children because they are involved in a "media circus" but it seems to me that child welfare agencies have legal counsel and ...

A newer program, founded in 2009, Strategies for Youth (SFY) is a national organization that "exists solely for the purpose of improving police-youth interactions, advancing the cause of training public safety officers in ...

Family lawyers: You can be friendly with colleagues while fiercely representing your clients.