Children and the Law Posts
Legal Ableism: A Systematic Review of State Termination of Parental Rights Laws
This Article presents findings from a systematic examination of the inclusion of parental disability in state termination of parental rights laws.
2023 Children and the Law Symposium
The University of Chicago Law School is hosting the ‘2023 Law Review Symposium: Children and the Law,’ on the Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law project.
Parenting in a Post-Pandemic World: The Impact of COVID-19 on Custody Disputes
This article examines the impact of COVID-19 on child custody disputes, focusing primarily on child custody modification determinations and the enforcement of visitation rights. It examines how the pandemic influenced the role of the court in interjecting notions of public health concerns when resolving parental disputes.
Constituting and Reconfiguring Families
The chapter explores how courts have addressed complex questions about family relations as emerging technologies and shifting social norms have altered what family structures look like across the globe.
Court of Appeals of Virginia Cites Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law
In Woodson v. Commonwealth, 871 S.E.2d 653 (Va. Ct. App. 2022), the Court of Appeals of Virginia cited Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law § 3.24 (Tentative Draft No. 1, 2018).
A Quiet Revolution: How Judicial Discipline Essentially Eliminated Foster Care and Nearly Went Unnoticed
This Piece proposes the concept that juvenile court judges can safely reduce the number of children entering foster care by faithfully and rigorously applying the law.
October 2022 Council Meeting Updates
At its meeting on October 20 and 21, 2022, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed.
Solangel Maldonado, Maxine Eichner Discuss Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law
Lehigh Valley Press News conducted an interview with Maxine Eichner and Solangel Maldonado on the concept of medical child abuse, state intervention, and the Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law.
The Law of Disposable Children: Searches in Schools
This Article uses a combination of methodological approaches to show how the law of searches in schools operates on the ground by conducting an in-depth case study of one jurisdiction, Illinois.
Using Peacemaking Circles to Indigenize Tribal Child Welfare
This Article outlines the ways in which the modern tribal child welfare system has been structured to compartmentalize families and perpetuate historical federal policies of Indian family separation. This Article then suggests that circle processes are a framework for re-Indigenizing the tribal child welfare system to not just improve outcomes, but to also honor the interconnected, responsibility oriented worldview of Indigenous communities.