Child Welfare and the Law

Theodore J. Stein

Child Welfare and the Law Third Edition, by professor of social welfare and attorney Theodore J. Stein, PhD, provides and overview of the child welfare and judicial systems. Inside Dr. Stein examines the federal and state legislative and judicial foundations of modern child welfare practice; court decisions and their impact on the rights of birthparents, foster parents, and children; class action suits and their impact on child welfare; and the role of child welfare workers in the legal process. Appendices provide detailed instruction on conducting legal research and exerpts from a consent decree. The third edition of Child Welfare and the Law offers new chapters on adoption law and professional liability. Dr. Stein has also expanded his original chapers on the rights of birth parents & foster parents and legal research strategies.

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