Mental Disability Issues in Juvenile and Family Law
Presented by Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD and Michael L. Perlin, JD, in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
This on-demand professional training program on Mental Disability Issues in Juvenile and Family Law is presented by Michael L. Perlin, JD, and Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD, in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
This program focuses on four critical topics. First, learning why these issues are so essential for mental health professionals, advocates, lawyers and mediators whose work touches on any aspect of the family law system; Second, considering the full range of issues related to custody (including issues specifically related to children with special needs), adoption, marriage dissolution, foster care, and domestic abuse and guardianships as they relate to persons with mental disabilities, including the unique issues related to the role and scope of expert testimony; Third, considering the full range of special topics related to juvenile commitments to psychiatric institutions, matters related to the criminal trials of juveniles with mental disabilities (including, but not limited to questions of competency and waiver), correctional facilities in which juveniles are housed, the role of problem-solving courts, and the application of international human rights principles to this area of the law; and Forth, understand why it is vital to consider the role of sanism and pretextuality in all aspects of this system, and the application of therapeutic jurisprudence to all questions.
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe issues related to juvenile commitments to psychiatric institutions
Describe issues related to the criminal trials of juveniles with mental disabilities
Describe issues related to questions of competency and waiver in juveniles with mental disabilities
Describe the role of problem-solving courts
Describe the application of international human rights principles to this area of the law
Describe why mental disability issues are so critical to mental health professionals, advocates, lawyers and mediators whose work touches on any aspect of the family law system
Describe issues related to custody in adoption, marriage dissolution, foster care, and domestic abuse and guardianships as they relate to persons with mental disabilities
Describe why it is important to consider the role of sanism and pretextuality in all aspects of this system
Describe the application of therapeutic jurisprudence to all questions
Describe special issues related to the role and scope of expert testimony
Michael L. Perlin, JD
Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD
This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
Review Before Proceeding
Lesson 1 Video
Reevaluating Where We Stand
The Liberal Transformation of Spousal Law
Fifty Years of Family Law Practice
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 2 Video
Utah's Annulment Statute
But I Love What's-His-Name
Rules, Responsibility and Commitment to Children
Dissolution Of Marriage Litigation
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 3 Video
Behavioral Sciences and the Law
Psychological Science in the Public Interest
Child Custody and the Developmentally Disabled Parent
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 4 Video
Disabled Parent in Contested Child Custody Cases
Best Interests of the Special Needs Child
Child Custody When the Parent is Mentally Ill
The Rights of Mentally Disabled Parents
Family Attorneys Representing Clients with Mental Health Challenges
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 5 Video
Expert Testimony
Expansive Model for Responding to Family Violence
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 6 Video
Juveniles Facing Civil Commitment
Protecting Children
Time-Consuming Procedural Minuets
Parham v. J.R.
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 7 Video
Competency Presumption
Usurping Juvenile Client Autonomy
Assessment of Competence
Adjudicative Competence
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 8 Video
“Yonder Stands Your Orphan with His Gun”
Juveniles’ Capacities to Waive Miranda Rights
Unconstitutional Juvenile Waiver Policies
Graham v. Florida
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 9 Video
In re Gault
Kids Are Different
Juvenile Delinquency Defense
Keeping the Promise of Gault
Juvenile Problem-Solving Courts
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 10 Video
“A Change Is Gonna Come”
“Striking for the Guardians and Protectors of the Mind”
Mining the Intersections
Matter of Peggy
Lesson Quiz
Instructions
Evaluation
Submission Verification
Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates
Custom training options for groups of 5 to 500+