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Foster Families Share Their Stories of Love and Loss

April 20, 2016 By polly

“Foster care changes a person,” wrote Stephanie Bennington, a former foster child from Fremont, Neb., after we asked readers to send us their foster care stories. The stories came in response to “Losing a Foster Child,” the most recent essay by Meghan Moravcik Walbert, who chronicled the time her family spent with the foster child she nicknamed BlueJay. Read the full article including comments by Deborah Dentler here.

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Deborah Dentler, foster, Foster Child, New York Times

Plaintiff in landmark lawsuit against DCFS adopts her foster child on National Adoption Day

November 25, 2014 By polly

National Adoption Day 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DD Post Adoption Day

Filed Under: Current, Featured, News Tagged With: adoption, Deborah Dentler, Fost-Adopt, Foster Care, National Adoption Day

The voice of foster kids

August 25, 2014 By polly

 LA Times Logo150xfxJim Newton reports for the Los Angeles Times on the foster care system and why the county should include foster parents in decisions about the children in their care. Deborah Dentler discusses the grievance procedure for foster parents. Read the complete article here.

Filed Under: Current, Featured, News Tagged With: Deborah Dentler, Foster Care, grievance procedure, Jim Newton, Los Angeles Times

California Juvenile Dependency Practice – 2012 Edition Available

November 24, 2012 By polly

Co-Authors: Deborah Dentler, Judge Amy Pellman, Referee Sherri Sobel, renowned children’s attorney Janet Sherwood and other leading figures in the field of California dependency law.

Gives the essentials of dependency law, but also adresses the specialized needs of attorneys for the child, the parents, the courty, and de facto parents.

  • Detention hearing, jurisdictional hearing, dispositional hearing, review hearings, the Section 366.26 hearing
  • Special proceedings (modification, supplemental and subsequent petitions)
  • Appeals and writs
  • Responsibilities of attorneys representing each party
  • Child’s expanded right to counsel
  • The sibling relationship exception to termination of parental rights
  • Checklists and deadlines
  • Sample Judicial Council and attorney-drafter forms throughout
  • Fully updated with cases, statues, and court rules

It is available in public law libraries and at law school libraries. It is available in soft-bound print edition for $175 and is also available online as a web based subscription program on an annual basis and can be purchased here.

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: California Juvenile Dependency Practice, Deborah Dentler, dependency law, Janet Sherwood, Judge Amy Pellman, Referee Sheri Sobel

Deborah Presents at the North American Council on Adoptable Children – 38th Annual Conference

July 13, 2012 By polly

Deborah will be presenting a panel discussion at the this month’s annual conference of the North American Council on Adoptable Children, or “NACAC,” the nation’s largest and most influential adoption advocacy organization.  The conference brings together adoptive and foster parents, child welfare professionals, adoptees, foster care alumni, kinship caregivers, and other child advocates from across North America, and offers special activities for kids and teens.

This year’s annual NACAC conference will be held in Crystal City, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.) on July 25 to 28, 2012. 

 

Deborah’s presentation will feature Judge Amy Pellman of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court.

Friday, July 27th at 10:30 AM.

To Grandmother’s House We Go: How Will the Judge Decide in Kin v. Foster Parent Cases
It’s a familiar story. A relative comes forward asking to keep a child in the family. A foster child’s adoption is delayed or derailed while social workers and lawyers consider what is best for the child. In a session led by judges and lawyers who grapple with kin v. foster parent cases in court, learn about laws granting varying degrees of preference to relatives and current caregivers, and explore current trends in law and policy. Deborah Dentler, attorney-at-law, California • Amy Pellman, Los Angeles Superior Court, California

For more about the annual conference click here.

For more about NACAC, visit the website here.

To obtain a copy of the presentation materials, contact Deborah’s office.

Filed Under: Current, Featured, News Tagged With: adoption, advocates, conference, Deborah Dentler, foster, Judge Pellman, kinship, Los Angeles Superior Court, NACAC

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Advocates for Foster Children Announce Victory in Landmark Lawsuit Against Troubled Child Welfare System in Los Angeles

Settlement Will Correct Systemic Wrongdoing by DCFS A judgment was entered today, October 19, 2017, in Los Angeles Superior Court in a landmark lawsuit filed by three former foster parents and the nonprofit organization Advokids. Filed in August 2014, the lawsuit, titled Advokids et al. v. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services […]

CHAMPS – Children Need Amazing Parents – Launch Communications Toolkit

CHAMPS campaign advocates for the amazing parents that help foster children recover from trauma, grow, and flourish. This toolkit provides sample Facebook posts, social media images, tweets and a blurb for a newsletter. Click here for a link CHAMPS Facebook page. Click here for the communications toolkit.

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