Social Work & the Courts Quotes

“Burton v. Richmond, 276 F.3d 973 (2002): May a state department of human services be liable for failing to discover that a foster care placement is abusive? Yes.”
― Daniel Pollack, Social Work and the Courts: A Casebook

“Artist M. v. Johnson, 917 F.2d 980 (7th Cir. 1990): Does the federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 create a right under which a plaintiff may bring a claim that an organization bound under that legislation has violated such legislation and that the state is equally bound by such federal legislation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? Yes.”
― Daniel Pollack, Social Work and the Courts: A Casebook