Legal Issues

Foster parents who watch over, listen to, and nurture the children in their care have a unique awareness and understanding of the complex issues surrounding decisions about a child’s future.  While the law provides today’s foster parents with opportunities to assume new roles in the permanency planning process, foster parents themselves must accept responsibility for understanding and exercising them. In this section you will find information on federal permanency legislation;  NYS laws and regulations; foster parent rights; understanding and participating in NYS family court proceedings; and resources to assist foster parents to understand and exercise their fair hearing rights, and face the challenges associated with allegations of maltreatment.


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Last modified: June 9, 2010