PATH OF A DEPENDENCY CASE

BASICS FOR EVERY GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM ATTORNEY

• FLORIDA UNIFORM CITATIONS

• DEPENDENCY AT A GLANCE CHECKLIST

EXPEDITING PERMANENCY: ENSURING POSITIVE OUTCOMES

SHELTERING CHILDREN

• SHELTER HEARING CHECKLIST

DEPENDENCY PETITION

• DEPENDENCY PETITION CHECKLIST

ARRAIGNMENT & SHELTER REVIEW

ADJUDICATION & ADJUDICATORY HEARING

DISPOSITIONS

CASE PLAN

• CASE PLAN CHECKLIST

• CASE PLAN WORKSHEET

JUDICIAL REVIEWS

• JUDICIAL REVIEW CHECKLIST

PERMANENCY HEARING

TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

• TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS CHECKLIST

PRESERVING THE RECORD FOR APPEAL

NORMALCY

• NORMALCY CHECKLIST

• WORKSHEET

PARENTAGE & PATERNITY

ADOPTIONS FROM THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM

ADOPTION INTERVENTION

GUARDIAN AD LITEM REPORT WRITING

FAMILIES WITH DISABILITIES IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM

EXTENDED FOSTER CARE

• EXTENDED FOSTER CARE CHECKLIST (EFC)

DEPENDENCY DELINQUENCY CROSSOVER

• CROSSOVER YOUTH CHECKLIST

EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY UNDER IDEA, 504 & MCKINNEY-VENTO

• EDUCATION IDEA ALPHABET SOUP

• QUESTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE ARE BEING ADDRESSED

• SAMPLE LETTER TO REVIEW RECORDS

• SAMPLE LETTER TO REQUEST EVALUATION

• EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES CHECKLIST

MASTER TRUST ISSUES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE

• BASIC MASTER TRUST ISSUE SPOTTING

INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN & FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN

• REMOVAL OF DISABILITY OF NON-AGE – BANKING

• REMOVAL OF DISABILITY OF NON-AGE – RESIDENTIAL LEASES *

KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ACT & DYNAMICS OF SEXUAL ABUSE

PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE

• INFORMATION SHEET FOR PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS

TRIAL ADVOCACY

• BASIC OBJECTIONS

• COMMON OBJECTIONS

• PREPARING FOR AN IMPORTANT HEARING

• OBJECTIONS

• HOW TO OBJECT

• CROSS-EXAMINATION OF AN EXPERT WITNESS

• DIRECT EXAMINATION OF AN EXPERT § 90.702

• IMPEACHMENT OF A WITNESS § 90.608

• BUSINESS RECORDS § 90.803(6)

• HOW TO REFRESH MEMORY ON DIRECT § 90.613

• ADMISSIBILITY OF A LEARNED TREATISE CHECKLIST § 90.706

• ADMISSIBILITY OF LEARNED TREATISE – CROSS-EXAMINATION OF AN EXPERT WITNESS

• VIDEOTAPES AND MOTION PICTURES § 90.401(3)

FEDERAL LEGISLATION

• INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT (ICWA)

• THE ADOPTIONS AND SAFE FAMILIES ACT (ASFA)

• ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AND CHILD WELFARE ACT 1980

• MULTIETHNIC PLACEMENT ACT (MEPA) 1994

• MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT (2002)

• FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008

• PREVENTING SEX TRAFFICKING AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES ACT OF 2014

• INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT (ICWA) CHECKLIST

INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN (ICPC)

ATTORNEYS FOR CHILDREN WITH CERTAIN SPECIAL NEEDS

SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS

THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM’S ACCESS TO RECORDS

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BOOK OF CHECKLISTS

FULL GUARDIAN AD LITEM DEPENDENCY PRACTICE MANUAL (2016)

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