Juveniles

  • L. v. Connecticut Department of Children and Families

    Mentally Retarded Youth Argues Before Second Circuit That State Child Care Agency Violated Due Process by Failing to Give Him a Hearing on Use of His Income for Unsafe Housing

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    November 14, 2005

  • Roper v. Simmons

    U.S. Supreme Court Bars Imposition of Death Penalty on Juveniles

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    March 01, 2005

  • A. v. Barnes

    Children Have Constitutional Right to Counsel in Deprivation Proceedings

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    February 08, 2005

  • Dupuy v. Samuels

    Seventh Circuit Rules that Child Care Workers Have Liberty Interest in Employment, Upholds Credible Evidence Standard for “Indicated” Child Abuse Reports

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    February 03, 2005

  • In re R. K.

    Juvenile Court’s Jurisdiction to Maintain Indefinite Driver’s License Suspensions Ends When Offender Turns 21

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    December 16, 2004

  • Nicholson v. Scoppetta

    Allegation That Child Witnessed Domestic Violence Is Insufficient to Find Caretaker Parent Neglectful

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    October 26, 2004

  • Braam v. Washington

    Settlement Reached in Class Action Lawsuit Against Washington State’s Child Welfare System

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    July 31, 2004

  • Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services v. Jackson W. (In re W.)

    California State Court Conditionally Reversed Parental Rights Termination Order Finding That the Department Failed to Properly Notice the Blackfeet Indian Tribe Under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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    July 21, 2004

  • Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services v. M. (In re B.)

    California Supreme Court Holds That Lower Court Did Not Err in Juvenile Dependency Permanent Plan Hearing by Ordering Legal Guardian to Determine Visitation

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    May 27, 2004

  • Kern County Department of Human Services v. Z. (In re Z.)

    Attorney Does Not Have the Authority to Dismiss Minor’s Appeal Based on Counsel’s Assessment of Minor’s Best Interest

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    May 19, 2004

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