| Guardianships for Children |
| A guardian is an individual who is responsible for the care, decisionmaking, and basic needs of a child. An individual may be appointed a guardian by the court by either the execution of a will or by the normal appointment process. If the parents have a will they may name the individual that they would like to care for their child in the will.More... |
| A Juvenile's Right to Treatment in an Institutional Facility |
| The notion of the right to treatment encompasses the concept that after the juvenile has been confined to an institutional facility due to his mental state or condition, he is entitled to receive treatment for his state or condition. More... |
| Tax Consequences of Property Settlements |
| Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) gain or loss is virtually never recognized upon transfers of property between spouses or between former spouses if incident to a dissolution. The adjusted basis of the property remains the same after the transfer. The general rule is that gain or loss is not recognized upon a transfer of property between spouses or former spouses incident to divorce.More... |
| Bigamy |
| Bigamy is the act of marrying one person while legally married to another. Bigamy is a criminal offense when it is knowingly committed. Bigamy is the wilful contracting of a second marriage when the contracting party knows that the first is still subsisting; or it is the state of a man who has two wives, or of a woman who has two husbands living at the same time. The punishment of the offence varies by state.More... |
| Adoption Assistance & Child Welfare Act |
| The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (Act) was passed by Congress in 1980. Lawmakers were concerned that many children were being removed from their homes unnecessarily and that, once they entered foster care, inadequate efforts were made to either reunify them with their biological families or place them with adoptive families. The Act was passed to correct or alleviate problems in the foster care system and to promote permanency rather than multiple foster placements. An additional goal of the Act was to encourage social workers to work toward reunification of the family and to avoid long-term foster care for the children if possible. If the child could not be returned to the family, another plan was to be sought such as adoption, long-term foster care, or some other resolution. More... |
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