Law Practice
Jul. 21, 2009
California's Foster Children Getting Short Shrift, Lawsuit Alleges
Child advocates filed a federal class action Friday alleging California is denying foster children the right to effective assistance of counsel by burying attorneys who represent abused and neglected children in unmanageable stacks of cases.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SACRAMENTO Child advocates filed a federal class action lawsuit Friday alleging that California is denying foster children the right to effective assistance of counsel by burying attorneys who represent abused and neglected children in unmanageable stacks of cases. The suit, filed by the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law in Sacramento U.S. District Court agai...
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