Parental Detention and Deportation in Child Welfare Cases.

CHILD welfare lawsuits; LEGAL status of children; DEPORTATION; DETENTION of persons; LEGAL status of parents; IMMIGRANT families; COURTS; EMIGRATION & immigration; HUMAN rights; PARENT-child relationships; FAMILY separation policy, 2018-2021

This article provides an analysis of themes that have emerged from 15 years of child welfare case law in which parental detention or deportation has been a factor. For example, the article reviews the connection between deportation and termination of parental rights, reasonable efforts for parents who have been detained or deported, the standard of living in another country as a factor in best interests analyses, and options for facilitating a detained or deported parent’s participation in child welfare court proceedings. Certain rules emerge from this body of existing case law that provide guiding principles for child welfare agencies, caseworkers and courts as they try to address the range of situations where a parent’s detention or deportation may have implications for child welfare proceedings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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