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1. Reinstating Parental Rights That Have Been Terminated: Finding Ways to Restore Legal Connections for Children Who Had Been in Foster Care.

Author

Mack, Linda-Jeanne M. and Barth, Richard P.

Subjects
*FOSTER home care laws, *LEGAL status of children, *ADOPTION, *PSYCHOLOGY of parents, *HUMAN rights, *AGE distribution, *TIME, *LEGAL status of foster parents, *CHILDREN'S accident prevention, *ELIGIBILITY (Social aspects)
Abstract

Legal and relational permanence have long been viewed as a central outcome of child welfare services. Timely termination of parental rights (TPR) has been a cornerstone of these permanency efforts because TPRs facilitate permanency through adoption. Yet the number of adoption plans that are not finalized or sustained are not trivial. Over 2,000 youth emancipate from foster care each year and many more leave earlier but not before a TPR has occurred. Some states have passed legislation to allow reinstatements of parental rights. This paper reviews the range of factors state legislation includes, reviews scant existing literature on how TPRs may effect youth, and proposes several options for ways that unproductive TPRs can be reduced, and timely reinstatements increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. AU And Lambda Legal Sue Over Tenn. Woman's Exclusion From Foster Parent Program.

Subjects
*DISCRIMINATION lawsuits, *LEGAL status of foster parents, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by Americans United, Lambda Legal and law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in October 2021 against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and some officials and programs for allegedly sanctioning discrimination against gay foster parent applications by organizations receiving taxpayer funds like the Bethany Christian Services. The lawsuit Easter v. HHS was filed on behalf of Kelly Easter in Tennessee.

Published
2021

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