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ERIC Number: EJ090568
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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Foster Care: In Whose Best Interest?
Mnookin, Robert H.
Harvard Educational Review, 43, 4, 599-638, 73
Author describes the process by which the state can coercively remove children from their parents, and he analyzes the best interests of the child test, the legal standard courts usually employ to decide whether a neglected child should be removed from parental custody. (Editor)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Family Characteristics, Foster Children, Foster Homes, Legal Problems, Parent Child Relationship, State Legislation, Tables (Data)
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Identifiers: Best Interests Standards for Child Custody