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DETERMINING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: SUMMARY OF STATE LAWS


Item #: 72300

Pages: iv., 30 pp.

Series: HEIN'S ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS REPRINT SERIES
Subjects: FAMILY LAW, STATE LAW

Courts make a variety of decisions affecting children,including determinations, safety and permanency planning,and proceedings for termination of parental rights.Whenever a court makes such a determination, it must weighwhether its decision will in the "best interests of thechild". This publication, authorized by the Child WelfareInformation Gateway for the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services, summarizes where each state stands regardingthe best interests of the children.

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