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Articles on Child Law

Do children tell the truth? By Joy Rogers Child Law, March 2001 The December 2000 death of Peggy McMartin Buckey serves as an occasion in which both attorneys and mental health professionals might take the opportunity to reflect on our understandings of how children perceive both truth and reality.
Getting to know your council members Child Law, March 2001 Kulmeet S. Galhotra is an assistant public defender currently assigned to the felony trial division of the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Major court decisions By Kulmeet S. Galhotra Child Law, March 2001 The biggest juvenile delinquency case to come down in the recent past is a case that is also helpful to criminal defense lawyers.
Case law update By Kathryn Bischoff Child Law, December 2000 Mother's appeal from termination of her parental rights. Reversed and remanded.
Illinois’ blend of injustice: extended juvenile prosecutions By Austin W. Bartlett Child Law, December 2000 The Illinois EJJP provision shifts discretion from judges to prosecutors.
New rules for special education By Nancy Hablutzel Child Law, December 2000 The Illinois State Board of Education has finally released the new regulations for the implementation of IDEA 97 in Illinois.
Case law update: abuse/neglect By Kathryn Bischoff Child Law, October 2000 The States' petition alleged the minors were neglected due to an environment injurious to their welfare.
Parental responsibility statutes to Illinois law By Stephanie A. Robinson Child Law, October 2000 Compared to parental responsibility statutes of other states and to common law, the parental responsibility statute of Illinois found at 740 ILCS 115/1 et seq., lies in the middle of a continuum, with low, very limited liability at one end and high, very expansive liability at the other end.
The family as a business By Michael F. Chiappetta Child Law, June 2000 Families struggling with family problems often have difficulty resolving them because they lack a good model of how a family should operate effectively.
ISBA Child Law Section case law update: abuse/neglect May 5, 2000 Child Law, June 2000 Respondent Mother appeals a finding of neglect as to her daughter, ZZ.
Maryville Academy: providing a continuum of care for youth in need By Lindsay Bicknell-Hentges & John Lynch Child Law, June 2000 Maryville Academy was established in 1883 by Archbishop Patrick Feehan after various epidemics and the great Chicago fire resulted in hundreds of orphaned and homeless children.
A message from the chair By Timijanel Boyd Odom Child Law, June 2000 Following in the footsteps of my predecessor, Attorney Richard Larson, I would like to take executive privilege about a particular Juvenile Law Issue that has moved me to comment so publicly.
A treaty against children’s harms By Thomas W. Simon Human and Civil Rights, June 2000 The Illinois State Bar Association's (ISBA) Section Council on Human Rights took a stand in opposition to the United Nation's International Convention on the Rights of the Child long before I became a member of the Committee
Case law update: abuse/neglect By Kathryn Bischoff Child Law, April 2000 Respondent mother appealed a permanency order for one of her children to continue to be long-term foster care with the paternal grandmother.
Civil prosecution By Catherine M. Ryan Child Law, April 2000 What is "civil prosecution"?
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: legal concerns surrounding surveillance and prosecution in Illinois By Amy Gutierrez Child Law, April 2000 "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy . . . is a form of child abuse in which a parent, most often a mother, fabricates or induces illness in a child in order to gain medical attention."
The Parent Education Program Child Law, April 2000 The Cook County Juvenile Court Child Protection Division has established an education program for litigants on courtroom events and procedures in child abuse, neglect and dependency cases
Case Law Updates By Kathryn Bischoff Child Law, February 2000 Mother appealed a termination of her parental rights. Appellate Court held the finding that mother had not made reasonable progress toward return of her children was against the manifest of the evidence. Reversed.
Juvenile justice system and children with disabilities By Sam Park Child Law, February 2000 Children with disabilities today represent a disproportionate majority in the juvenile justice system.
She’s snorting for two: potential sanctions against pregnant women who use drugs in Illinois By Jon M. Theisen Child Law, February 2000 Cocaine use constricts umbilical arteries and closes off or decreases an unborn child's access to oxygen.
The hearing officers of the Child Protection Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County By Lawrence Grazian Child Law, December 1999 The Hearing Officer Program in Juvenile Court is a work in progress. Since its inception, the program has consistently evolved.
Opinions on welfare reform By Richard N. Porter Child Law, December 1999 I interviewed a welfare mother to get a sense of what welfare recipients thought about welfare reform.
View from the bench By Judge Sophia H. Hall Child Law, December 1999 Do we as adults have a responsibility for children other than those in our family?
Children’s assistance programs Young Lawyers Division, October 1999 Over lunch one day at the Hickory Pit Restaurant, a good friend and colleague, John Fallon, told me about an organization that he actively supports and the inspiring story its founder, Ann Deuel. Ms. Deuel, guided by a divine sense of purpose, established Jamal Place, Inc., a not-for-profit agency established for children to provide therapeutic group home care for behavior disordered and socially or emotionally disturbed preteen and adolescents.
First plenary session: The legal community’s perspective Child Law, September 1999 Each speaker at the first plenary session presented a different part of the legal community's perspective on the issues facing the juvenile justice system.
Introduction Child Law, September 1999 In May 1997, following the suggestion of past President Ralph Gabric, the Illinois State Bar Association joined with Loyola University School of Law to present a symposium designed to address the needs of children in the juvenile justice system.
Keynote address Child Law, September 1999 The keynote address was presented by Judge Thomas Hornsby, Past President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and former chair of the ISBA Child Law Section Council.
Illinois State Bar Association Task Force on Attorneys for Minor Children By Robert K. Downs & John T. Phillips Family Law, June 1999 In the past 10 years the general public and the legal community have become much more sensitive to the issue of children's involvement in the legal system in the areas of divorce, custody, visitation, support and paternity.
Juvenile confessions By Randy Roberts Child Law, June 1999 The following outline is intended to assist juvenile law practitioners understand recent statutory amendments to the Juvenile Court Act and case law decisions pertaining to the admissibility of juvenile confessions.
The many roles of a juvenile probation officer By Christi Johnson Child Law, April 1999 A juvenile probation officer (JPO) is many things to many people. To look at the world through the eyes of a JPO, you would see young boys and girls trying to find themselves.

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