Resources for Adoptions Staff - Legal Issues
Testifying in Court
Adoptions Services Bureau Legal Training, Documentation, Testifying,
and Confidentiality Powerpoint Presentation
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Child Trauma Academy
http://www.childtrauma.org/CTAMATERIALS/testifying.asp
Testifying in Juvenile and Family Court: Preparing for Depositions,
Hearings and Trials.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
http://www.supreme.state.az.us/casa/training/Testify/testify.htm
Extensive section on Testifying in Court.
Kellermann's Kollectionn of Helpful Trial Background Books
on: Witnesses & Testifying
http://www.physics.unlv.edu/~farley/humor/K/witness.htm
Extensive bibliography.
'Lectric Law Library
http://www.lectlaw.com/pexp.htm
Expert Witness & Consultant's Reading Room
National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS)
http://www.pimall.com/nais/n.testify.html
Sixteen Tips on Testifying in Court.
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/usermanuals/courts/testify.cfm
Online manual: Testifying in Court.
New Hampshire Department of Justice
http://www.state.nh.us/nhdoj/victimwitness/test.html
Witness Guidelines for Testifying in Court.
Psychology Information Online - Family Court
http://www.psychologyinfo.com/forensic/family_court.html
Psychological consultations for family court.
Tony Tague, Muskegon County Prosecutor
http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/prosecutor/testifying.htm
Fact sheet on testifying in court.
Legal Issues - Children and the Law
ABA Center on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child/
A full-service technical assistance, training, and research program
addressing a broad spectrum of law and court-related topics affecting
children.
Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC)
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc/
Involved with many projects related to family, juvenile, child
support, custody, visitation, and domestic violence law and procedure.
Children's Rights
http://www.childrensrights.org/
Advocates for abused and neglected children in failing foster
care systems using policy, public education and the power of the
courts.
National Center for Youth Law
http://www.youthlaw.org/
Works with the law to protect children from the harms caused by
poverty, and to improve the lives of children living in poverty.
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial
Issues
http://www.abanet.org/child/rclji/home.html
This website contains information about training and technical
assistance for agencies and courts on legal and judicial aspects
of child welfare. Also available is publication information, list
serves and resource links.
Understanding Juvenile and Family Court
http://www.childtrauma.org/CTAMATERIALS/Juv_Fam_Ct.asp
Special Focus on Competency, Capacity and Hearsay
Legal Issues - Permanency Planning
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Foster Care and Permanency
Planning
http://guthrie.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/
The National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
is a training, technical assistance, and information services
organization. Their website includes information about foster
care and permanency planning, a semi-annual newsletter and related
links.
Permanency Hearings
http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/cf/perm.cfm?stateselect='CA'
How California law interprets the Adoption and Safe Families Act
with regard to Permanency Hearings.
Permanency Options
http://www.calib.com/naic/database/index.cfm
A bibliography from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
Planning and Decision-Making for the Permanent Placement of
Children
http://www.calib.com/nccanch/statutes/stats02/perman/index.cfm
Child abuse and neglect state statute elements.
Legal Issues - General Adoption Law
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.867.ENR:
Adoption Assistance
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d096:HR03434:|TOM:/bss/d096query.html|
Establishes a program of Federal support to encourage adoptions
of children with special needs.
Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act of
1988
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d100:HR01900:@@@L|TOM:/bss/d100query.html|
Authorizes appropriations for programs aimed at increasing the
number of minority children placed in adoptive families, for post-legal
adoption services for families who have adopted special needs
children and for efforts to increase the placement of foster care
children legally free for adoption.
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d095:HR06693:@@@L|TOM:/bss/d095query.html|
Facilitates the elimination of obstacles to adoption and facilitate
the placement in permanent adoptive homes of adoption legislation
in the States and territories of the United States in order to
eliminate children, particularly children with special needs.
The Development of Adoption Law, by Alice Bussiere.
http://www.youthlaw.org/ALICE98.pdf
Originally printed in Adoption Quarterly Volume 1, No. 3 (1998).
17 pages.
Executive Summary of Adoption Laws
http://www.adoptionfamilycenter.org/resources/adoption/adoptionlaws.htm
Outlines the legal foundation of adoption, describing who can
adopt and be adopted, the adoption legal process, and the rules
of confidentiality. Discusses a range of State law variations.
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d095:SN01214:|TOM:/bss/d095query.html|
Establishs standards for the placement of Indian children in foster
or adoptive homes, to prevent the break-up of Indian families,
and for other purposes.
Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:HR00006:@@@L|/bss/d103query.html|
Legal Issues - Legal Research
California Courts: Self-Help Center
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/
This Web site will help to find assistance and information, work
better with an attorney, and represent oneself in some legal matters.
California Department of Social Services – Research and
Development Division
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/research/
Provides statistical data, tables, and reports on legal issues
and social services in California.
California Welfare and Institutions Code
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=wic
CataLaw
http://www.catalaw.com/
A unique "metaindex" of all indexes of law and government.
Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/
Spanish mirror site of California Courts: Self-Help Center.
FindLaw LawCrawler
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/
Excellent source for searching for legal information.
Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, WWW Virtual
Library - Law
http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/
Search by topic and information source.
Judicial Council of California
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/index.htm
Reference materials and forms for the California courts.
Law.com
http://www.law.com/
Resource for tracking developments in the law and researching
issues and cases.
Law.com - California State Site
http://www.law.com/regionals/ca/
Features local and state-wide news summaries and features; federal
circuit and state court decisions (summarized and full text) and
a state-specific legal practice guide.
Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Site features topical libraries, court opinions, constitutions,
and codes.
New England School of Law Legal Resources
http://www.nesl.edu/research/
Features engine to search for information by subject or type of
resource needed.
Official California Legislative Information
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
Website enables you to search for state Assembly and Senate bills
and links to California law.
Online California Code of Regulations, Title 22
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/ord/CCRTitle22_715.htm
CDSS/Community Care Facilities Licensing Manuals.
The State Bar of California
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/
Website features the California Bar Journal, legislative news
and information, and information about the lawyer referral service.
THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Website for searching for federal legislation.
The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet
http://www.virtualchase.com/index.shtml
A guide and resource for conducting legal research. |
