This treatise provides guidance in understanding the various federal, state, and uniform laws, regulations and procedures that now apply to children and their families.
Discusses jurisdiction, pre-judicial process: police investigation, the adjudicatory process (including child abuse cases), the dispositional process, the future direction of the juvenile court.
A comprehensive, continuously updated treatise on representing children. Includes topics such as legal status, emancipation, representing children in dependency proceedings and juvenile justice proceedings.