Two truths coexist: The Internet has brought with it tremendous changes for learning, connection, and business; and the Internet and other digital platforms have led to an unprecedented exploitation of children on a scale ...

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ) was created to benefit and protect children who had been abused, abandoned, or neglected, and ensures their continued safety in the U.S.. This article provides an overview of immigration ...

Founded in January 2016, the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic (the CEASE Clinic) represents survivors of child sexual abuse in civil lawsuits and juvenile court dependency matters, and is the first ...

In a prosecution for child sexual abuse, the alleged victim’s statements may be admissible in evidence as an excited utterance, a statement for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment, as a prompt complaint, or pursuant ...

To protect children, all fifty states have passed mandatory-reporting statutes. These statutes require certain individuals — teachers, social workers, therapists, doctors, and, in many states, everyone — to report suspected ...

This article will analyze particular strands of each trend. With respect to the law of the child witness, it will consider the application of the medical diagnosis hearsay exception to sexual abuse cases, using as a case ...

This is a revised version of the opening address delivered by Sir Robin at the 1993 Australian Law Teachers’ Association Annual Conference in Christchurch in September 1993. Sir Robin begins by discussing his previous ...

Since the last update of the ICJ Bench Book for Judges and Court Personnel in 2016, the body of law regarding the Interstate Compact for Juveniles has continued to evolve. This update reflects amendments to 18 rules and ...

Under Michigan law, a court can obtain temporary custody or jurisdiction over a child once one parent is found to have neglected the child, even if the other parent did nothing wrong. The practice of assuming jurisdiction ...

The natural connection between parent and child matters both in life and in death. This article considers the legal conflicts that may arise when a primary caregiver parent dies. Consider whether a manipulative, self-involved, ...