Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1997
Abstract
What roles and responsibilities do lawyers assume in civil child protection cases? As distinguished from other legal proceedings which may grow from a case of child maltreatment, civil child protection proceedings focus on the child and the child's needs. These civil cases are not concerned with punishing an offender, recovering money damages from a person or institution who may have harmed a child, or suspending someone from a professional license. The focus here is on the proper care and custody of the child.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Duquette, Donald N. "Lawyers' Roles in Child Protection." In The Battered Child, edited by Mary Edna Helfer, Ruth S. Kempe, and Richard D. Krugman. 5th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997
Comments
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