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Runaway and homeless youth and the law : model state statutes / edited by Amy Horton-Newell, Katie Meyer, Casey Trupin.

Title
Runaway and homeless youth and the law : model state statutes / edited by Amy Horton-Newell, Katie Meyer, Casey Trupin.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : American Bar Association, Commission on Homelessness and Poverty : National Network for Youth, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Horton-Newell, Amy
  • Meyer, Katie
  • Trupin, Casey
  • American Bar Association. Commission on Homelessness and Poverty
  • National Network for Youth
Description
viii, 137 p.; 28 cm.
Subject
  • Runaway children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Homeless children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Right to education -- The Equitable Education Act -- Juvenile status offenses -- Custodial petitions and homeless youth as parents -- Access to civil protection orders -- Access to Health Care for Homeless Youth Act -- The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Runaway and Homeless Youth Safety Act -- Special provisions for immigrant youth -- Youth access to custodial systems and services -- Youth discharged from custodial systems -- Youth right to access shelter and services to prevent or end abuse and neglect -- Prohibition of discriminatory conduct in real property -- Youth right to contract for necessities -- Delegation of parental authority and custody to third party -- Emancipation option for unaccompanied youth -- Obtaining certified copies of birth records -- Obtaining non-driver's state photo identification card -- Use of technology to facilitate verification of identity -- Supportive assistance -- Right to counsel -- Suits by minors -- State child support law definitions -- Issuance of work permits for certain minors -- Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
ISBN
  • 9781604424324
  • 160442432X
LCCN
^^2010288690
OCLC
  • 441381520
  • SCSB-9911824
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library