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February 14, 1991
Winston v. Children and Youth Services of Delaware County

Challenged parental visitation policies for parents of children in foster care.

Child Welfare
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January 01, 1992
Suter v. Artist M.

Surveyed statutes and social science literature in a lawsuit involving the interpretation of the “reasonable efforts” to preserve and reunite families provision of the Adoption and Assistance Child Welfare Act.

Child Welfare
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May 09, 1994
Baby Neal v. Casey

Supported class certification in a lawsuit brought on behalf of children in Philadelphia’s foster care system.

Child Welfare, Education
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September 09, 1996
In re L.J.

Argued for a half-brother’s standing to participate in child welfare proceedings involving his sibling and that the child advocate’s representation of both children constituted a conflict of interest.

Child Welfare
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September 07, 1999
In re D.R. and A.R.

Argued against a per se rule removing a well-cared-for and loved child from a home because of a parent’s drug use.

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October 04, 2002
Washington State Dept. Of Social and Health Services v. Keffeler

Supported the position that the state must apply children’s federal insurance benefits under Title II and Title XVI in accordance with the children’s best interests and not to reduce the state’s foster care system’s financial burden.

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January 01, 2005
In re A.B., et al

Argued that the PA Juvenile Act authorizes child welfare courts to retain jurisdiction over foster children aged 18 to 21 and to order agencies to continue to serve those youth in a course of treatment or instruction.

Child Welfare
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November 19, 2009
In re Austin M.

Supporting a juvenile defendant in Illinois who challenged the representation he received in court, when his defense lawyer sacrificed his defense believing that it was in the child’s "best interests."

Child Welfare, Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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January 31, 2011
Camreta v. Greene

Juvenile Law Center's brief, filed in the United States Supreme Court, argued to affirm the Ninth Circuit's decision that the 4th Amendment warrant/probable cause protections applied to a nine-year-old girl due to law enforcement involvement in her seizure and questioning at school.

Child Welfare, Education
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January 13, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida

Argued that Congress has authority under the Commerce Clause to address the failure of the market to provide affordable and appropriate health care for children who can neither purchase health insurance nor access health care on their own.

Child Welfare
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