Children and the Law

Catalog description

Credits 2 to 3. 2 to 3 Lecture Hours. Exploration of the three-sided relationship between children, their parents (or other conservators), and the state; examination of complex problems inherent in the questions of when a state should, must, or should not interfere in the parent-child relationship; defining what that relationship includes and the ways it is evolving in the United States today; examination of the parent-child relationship through the many forms of Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship (SAPCR), common to most states today in their statutes/codes; excludes questions of tort liability of parents to or for their children. Prerequisite: One year of law school in the full-time or part-time program.