ERIC Number: ED149854
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 68
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Some Emerging Issues in Legal Liability of Children's Agencies.
Rose, Carol M.
This book outlines several areas of legal development relating to children's agencies. Past rulings and implications for practice are discussed. Chapters and the topics covered are: (1) Agency-Child Relationship (children's constitutional rights, impact on the "In Loco Parentis" doctrine, children's rights as distinct from parental rights, malpractice and the agency's professional relationship to the child; (2) Treatment Issues (The O'Connor Decision and the "right to treatment", elements of legally required treatment, invasion of privacy and the right to refuse treatment); (3) Placement Issues (abridgement and termination of parental rights, nonparental homes and home stability, discrimination issues in placement); and (4) Record Keeping, Information and Disclosure (prevention of undue disclosure, duty to disclose, duty to disclose in order to warn endangered outsiders). Included is an appendix of some leading cases and statutes. (SB)
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Civil Rights, Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation, Fathers, Foster Children, Institutionalized Persons, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, Legislation, Mental Disorders, Parents, Religious Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Welfare Agencies
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., 67 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003 (Paper, $6.00)
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Authoring Institution: Child Welfare League of America, Inc., New York, NY.
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