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Witnesses urge Michigan to consider child 'right to counsel' and enforceable bills of rights for children in care
Summary
A national advocate described models used in other states, including client-directed attorneys and enforceable bills of rights, and contrasted those approaches with Michigan's guardian ad litem practice.
Advocates and lawmakers at the Jan. 30 House Oversight Subcommittee on Child Welfare System hearing discussed legal representation for children in foster care, enforceable bills of rights and efforts to improve judicial transparency.
Bradley Gilbreth of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children described Arizona’s model: "Everybody was represented except the child," and said Arizona created a statutory right to counsel "for every child that comes into care regardless of age," along with bills of rights for children,…
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