Lauren Krohn Arnest - Children, Young Adults, and the Law: A Dictionary

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A Dictionary

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CONTEMPORARY LEGAL ISSUES

Children, Young Adults, and the Law

A Dictionary

Lauren Krohn Arnest

Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England

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Copyright 1998 by Lauren Krohn Arnest

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arnest, Lauren Krohn.
Children, young adults, and the law: a dictionary / Lauren Krohn Arnest.
p. cm. (Contemporary legal issues)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: A dictionary of terms related to the legal rights of children and young adults.
1. ChildrenLegal status, laws, etc.United StatesDictionaries. 2. Young
adultslegal status, laws, etc. United StatesDictionaries. [1. Law. 2. Childrens
rights.] I. title. II. Series.
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For my nieces, Kellyn and Langley

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Preface, xv

Children, Young Adults, and the Law,

A

Abandonment,

Ability Grouping,

Abortion Rights,

Acknowledgment Statute,

Adjudication,

Adoption,

Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997,

Adoption Records,

Adoptive Consent,

Adoptive Parent,

Age of Consent,

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC),

Alcohol,

Amusement Sites,

Arrest,

Athletic Programs,

B

Bail,

Best Interests of the Child Rule,

Bethel School District No. 103 v. Fraser,

Bilingual Education,

Biological Parent,

Board of Education v. Pico,

Breed v. Jones,

Brown v. Board of Education,

Burden of Proof,

Busing,

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C

Capital Punishment,

Certificate of Age,

Child Abuse,

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA),

Child Custody,

Child Pornography,

Child Protection Action,

Child Victims and Child Witnesses Rights Act,

Childs Custodial Preference,

CHINS,

Citizenship Requirements,

Civil Rights Act of 1964,

Community Service,

Competency Testing,

Compulsory Attendance Law,

Confrontational Rights,

Contraceptive Rights,

Contract Rights,

Corporal Punishment,

Counsel Rights,

Court Records,

Criminal Nonsupport Statute,

Curfew,

Curriculum Choice,

Custodial Confinement,

Custodial Interference Statute,

D

Delinquency Proceeding,

Desegregation,

DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services,

Disabled Students,

Disposition,

Diversion,

Dress Codes,

Driving Privileges,

Due Process of Law,

E

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Services (EPSDT),

Educational Malpractice,

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Educational Rights,

Edwards v. Aguillard,

Emancipation,

Emotional Abuse,

Employment Regulations,

Equal Access Act (EAA),

Equal Protection,

Expulsion,

F

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),

Family Immunity Doctrine,

Family Purpose Doctrine,

Federal Child Support Enforcement Program,

Firearms,

Foster Care,

Foster Parent,

Freedom of Choice Plans,

Friendly Parent Provision,

Funding Equality,

G

Gang Book,

Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988,

Ginsberg v. New York,

Goss v. Lopez,

Government Aid to Private Religious Schools,

Grandparent Visitation Statute,

Guardian,

Guardian Ad Litem,

H

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier,

Head Start,

Hearsay Statements,

Home School,

Housing Discrimination,

I

Illegitimacy,

In Loco Parentis,

In re Gault,

Income Tax,

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Indecent Materials,

Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA),

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA),

Infancy Doctrine,

Ingraham v. Wright,

Inheritance Rights,

Institutional Rights,

Intake,

Interrogation,

J

Joint Custody,

Jury Trial,

Juvenile Court,

Juvenile Delinquent,

Juvenile Jurisdiction,

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act,

K

Kent v. United States,

Kiddie Tax,

L

Lau v. Nichols,

M

Majority,

Marriage Rights,

Maternal Preference Rule,

Medical Treatment,

Mental Hospital Commitment,

Meyer v. Nebraska,

Missing Children Act,

N

National School Lunch Program (NSLP),

Necessaries,