A legally framed approach for screening prospective employees who work with children should not rely solely on criminal background checks.
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A personal account and advocacy piece by Sarah Standifird, who shares her experience of losing her son in a preventable distracted driving crash and highlights the emotional and systemic challenges families face navigating the legal process after such tragedies, emphasizing the need for more compassionate support and improved prevention efforts to better serve grieving families.
In custody and visitation cases, the child's best interests are the main focus, with legal standing generally limited to parents and attorneys appointed to represent the child. The child does not have full party status and cannot participate in financial matters like divorce settlements. However, an attorney for the child (AFC) can appeal custody decisions on behalf of the child if the child is aggrieved, but the child cannot veto parental settlements. Recent rulings clarify that AFCs have authority to appeal custody orders when the child is affected, even if the parents do not appeal.
Noah Weingarten and Anita Rojas Carroll discuss a recent bankruptcy case out of the Southern District of New York emphasizes...
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