Juvenile and Family Court JOURNAL: Permanency Planning Issue

Examines permanency planning-related legislation.  (Fall 1997)   CAN-06   $5.00

This issue includes the following articles:

Improving Juvenile Dependency Courts: Twenty-three Steps
by Judge Leonard P. Edwards

Utah Legislation and Systems Change
by Judge Sharon P. McCully, State Rep. J. Brent Haymond, MBA, Margaret Springgate,J.D. and Bryant Howe, MPA

Court Improvement of Foster Care and Adoption Projects: An NCJFCJ Survey Report
by Judge Ernestine S. Gray, Judge J. Dean Lewis, Mary Mentaberry, and Christine Bailey, J.D.

Child Abuse and Neglect: A National Summary of State Statutes
by Shirley A. Dobbin, Ph.D., Sophia I Gatowski, Ph.D., and Margaret Springgate, J.D.

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: Reduction in Delays
by Frank D. Barthel, J.D., and Samuel G. Ashdown, Jr.

Family Drug Court: Another Permanency Perspective
by Judge Charles M. McGee