Legal, Casework, and Ethical Issues in "Risk Adoption.".

Lee, Robert E.; Hull, Ruth K.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Legal, Casework, and Ethical Issues in "Risk Adoption."

Lee, Robert E.; Hull, Ruth K.

Child Welfare, v62 n5 p450-54 Sep-Oct 1983

Clarifies issues related to the practice of "risk adoption," a method designed to reduce multiple placements by putting children not legally free for adoption into foster care with adults likely to adopt them upon termination of the biological parents' rights. (RH)

Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Ethics, Legal Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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