Juvenile
Feb. 9, 2012
Open dependency courts: retraumatizing abused children
The question is not whether abused children will be harmed, but how many and how badly they will be retraumatized. By William Wesley Patton of Whittier Law School
Young Susie (pseudonym) had a secret; she was HIV positive. Susie desperately guarded her secret as though her life depended upon it. Susie became the subject of a child dependency court petition. Her therapist testified about her HIV status. The therapist's in-court testimony led to her school peers learning about Susie's HIV status. Two days later Susie attempted suicide. A professor in the legal clinic that represented Susie su...
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