"Foster Care Law: A Primer introduces social work professionals and attorneys to the most significant and typical legal problems that may arise from the moment a neglected or abused child enters the foster care system to the child's exit from it. The authors look at law through the eyes of the main participants - the foster child, the foster parents, biological parents, public foster care agencies, private foster care agencies, and the courts - and describe the legal relationships that each has with the others. In explaining the problems most likely to occur, they note the legal authorities that must be consulted and ways that court and legislatures have resolved the issues."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved