Introduction to the Handbook

Highlights of the 2007 Update

Highlights of the 2003 Update

PART A: OVERVIEW
1. Overview of the Abuse and Neglect Legal System
2. Rights of Parent and Child
3. Key Concepts

PART B: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
4. Children's Court Attorney
5. Respondent's Attorney
6. Guardian ad Litem for Child Under 14 (GAL)
6A. Attorney for Child Age 14 or Older (Youth Attorney)
7. Guardian ad Litem for Incompetent or Minor Respondent
8. Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD)
9. Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
10. Citizen Review Board (CRB)
11. Foster Parents

PART C: CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS
12. Commencement of Case
13. Custody Hearing
14. Pre-Adjudicatory Hearing Meeting
15. Adjudicatory Hearing
16. Dispositional Hearing
17. Initial Judicial Review Hearing
18. Pre-Permanency Hearing Meeting
19. Permanency Hearing
20. Permanency Review Hearing
21. Subsequent Judicial Review Hearing
22. Termination of Parental Rights
23. Permanent Guardianship Hearing
24. Appeals

PART D: EVIDENTIARY AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES
25. Parties; Intervention
26. Discovery and Disclosure
27. Evidence
28. Court Proceedings During Pendency of Proceeding 
29. Case Management

PART E: RELATED PROCEEDINGS
30. Adoption
30A. Kinship Guardianship
31. Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services
32. Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
33. Juvenile Delinquency
34. Criminal Abuse and Neglect Proceedings

PART F: MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL ISSUES
35. Physical, Mental, and Emotional Condition of the Child
36. Physical, Mental, and Emotional Condition of the Parents
37. Psychological Assessments

PART G: FEDERAL AND TRIBAL CONSIDERATIONS
38. Federal Laws Affecting State Proceedings
39. Indian Children and ICWA

APPENDICES
A. Acronyms
B. Glossary
C. Table of Statutes
D. Table of Cases

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