Lori Comstock | April 13, 2018 | Children and the Law
A Stroudsburg, Pa., mom was threatened to be reported for child abuse after a dentist claims she failed to take her child for regular dental treatment. On March 19, Trey Hoyumpa posted a letter she received from Smiles 4 Keeps, a pediatric dental office in...
Nicole Leonard | April 12, 2018 | Children and the Law
It would be more difficult for New Jersey parents to get their children exempted from mandatory vaccines based on religious grounds if a new bill introduced Thursday becomes law. Bill sponsor Assemblyman Herb Conaway, D-Burlington, who is also a licensed physician,...
Elizabeth S. Scott, Emily Buss and David D. Meyer | March 29, 2018 | Children and the Law
Children and the Law Restatement Reporters Elizabeth Scott, Emily Buss, and David Meyer highlight the ways in which children are different from adults, particularly the heightened vulnerability when in police custody in the video below. Project Feature: Children and...
Taylor Carroll | March 21, 2018 | Children and the Law
Students’ freedom of expression and due process are put at risk by a South Carolina law that led to the arrest of two high school students for videotaping a classmate being flipped out of a chair, a federal appeals court says. Read the full article on the New...
Debra H. Lehrmann | December 26, 2017 | Children and the Law
Introduction For the first time, the ALI is undertaking a comprehensive explanation of the legal issues related to children, which should be of great benefit to the legal community and to society generally. Traditionally, children had few rights, and full authority...
