Child Welfare and the Law

Name: Child Welfare and the Law
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ISBN: 9781587600425

ISBN-10: 1587600420

ISBN-13: 9781587600425

Edition: 3rd 2006

Authors: Theodore J. Stein

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Child Welfare and the Law provides an overview of the child welfare and judicial systems in the USA. It examines the federal and state legislative and judicial foundations of modern child welfare practice; court decisions and their impact on the rights of birthparents, foster parents, and children; class action suits and their impact on child welfare; and the role of child welfare workers in the legal process. Appendices provide detailed instruction on conducting legal research and excerpts from a consent decree. The fully-updated third edition includes new chapters on adoption law and professional liability. The author has also expanded his original chapters on the rights of birth parents…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Child Welfare League of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 539
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628

Theodore J. Stein is professor of social welfare at the State University of New York at Albany.