LAW612B

040236

This course explores the law's approach to children exposed to intimate partner violence in a range of contexts: family law, juvenile law, tribal law, and immigration law. In the cases we'll read, the law's approach to the harms faced by children who witness or experience intimate partner violence may depend on the legal regime being applied. We will also explore how children assert their rights in intimate partner violence contexts, at times in opposition to their parents, to the State, or to their Tribe. We will consider the child's voice and best interests within parental divorce or separation, order of protection, abuse and neglect cases, and immigration visas and other forms of immigration relief. We will also consider whether the various legal regimes provide a consistent approach to the problem of children exposed to intimate partner violence.

ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F

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