BEST PRACTICE GUIDE FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN IN CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS

A tool to assist judges and referees when handling cases involving medically fragile children. This checklist applies at all phases of child protective proceedings including preliminary hearings, adjudications, dispositional hearings, permanency planning, termination, and post termination hearings including Section 45 hearings.

LGAL BEST PRACTICE GUIDE FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN IN CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS

When dealing with medically fragile children, or children who have at least one chronic physical condition that results in prolonged dependency on medical care, courts, child welfare, and health care systems need to work seamlessly to improve outcomes related to health, safety, permanency and well-being. This guide is an attempt to assist LGALs when representing medically fragile children.

This project was funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund