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Parent Attorney Advocacy and Reinstatement of Parental Rights

Recorded on: Jun. 21, 2012
Running Time: 00:59:35

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Taken from the Web Program Adoption Law Institute 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York.

Lecture Topics  [00:59:35]

Parent Attorney Advocacy and Reinstatement of Parental Rights  [00:59:35]
  • The Foster Care System: structure; Adoption and Safe Families Act; permanency outcomes; outcomes for children who age out of foster care
  • The “Legal Orphan” problem; definition; statistics; overview of problem; class action lawsuit; recommended statutory changes
  • Importance of parental and familial connections: research & anecdotal evidence
  • Restoration of parental rights: individual efforts and outcomes; reinstatement statutes (state overview, comparisons, limitations)
  • Moving Forward: statute revisions; changes in child welfare policy and practice (post-termination contact, reconnecting families)
The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online:
  • Resurrecting Parents of Legal Orphans: Un-Terminating Parental Rights
    Professor LaShanda Taylor
  • Parent Attorney Advocacy and Reinstatement of Parental Rights (PowerPoint Slides)
    Elizabeth A. Thornton, Professor LaShanda Taylor

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  • Parent Attorney Advocacy and Reinstatement of Parental Rights
    Professor LaShanda Taylor
Speaker(s)
Professor LaShanda Taylor ~ David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia
Elizabeth A. Thornton ~ Staff Attorney, ABA Center on Children & the Law
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