Dependency Quick Guide

Click here for a reference manual for attorneys working on juvenile dependency cases, published by the Administrative Office of the Courts' Center for Families, Children & the Courts

The Indian Child Welfare Act

• California Indian Legal Services
        • CALIFORNIA JUDGES' BENCHGUIDE TO ICWA

• National Indian Child Welfare Association

Current Dependency Case Law Updates

• California Juvenile Dependency Case Law Updates Available The CJD Case Law Updates offer summaries of most dependency cases since 1991 organized by subject. The cost is $45 for CADC members, public defenders, and panel attorneys. Inquiries should be directed to Janet G. Sherwood, Esq., at P.O. Box 480, Corte Madera, CA 94976.

Dependency Publications

• American Bar Association - Center on Children and the Law

• ABA's New & Featured Materials

• Books/Reference Materials available for purchase

• Crimes against Children Research Center
This site is provided by the University of New Hampshire, and is concerned with crimes against children, child abuse, child-on-child violence, and even indirect victimization of children. Most of the information here is contained in papers and projects prepared by the members of the research committee, but it appears to be well-organized and pretty substantial. Give it a look.

• Journal of the Center for Families, Children & The Courts
Free publication. To subscribe: send an E-mail to cfcc@jud.ca.gov
        • Quarterly Update: published three times a year

• Dave Thomas Adoption Newsletter:
A publication of the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law.

Relevant Bills & Acts

• Hauge Convention on Intercountry Adoption - Full Text

• Indian Child Welfare Act

• Proposed California Amendment

• National Indian Child Welfare Association

• Interstate Compact on Placement of Children

• Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act