Juvenile Law

On the Civil Side

The School of Government has several blogs. On the Civil Side is where the majority of blog posts discussing child welfare are published. You can find those posts by visiting our On the Civil Side blog and conducting a search in one of the following ways:

1. category, such as "child welfare law" or "adoption";
2. keyword, which you type in the search box; or
3. author. The majority of the posts discussing child welfare issues are written by Sara DePasquale; however, other contributors writing about child welfare topics include Meredith Smith (Adoption, Intestate Succession Rights), Austine Long (Indigent Defense), and Cheryl Howell (Family, Civil Child Custody).

Other SOG Blogs

Child welfare issues may also be discussed on other School of Government blogs, including Coates' Canon: NC Government Law and North Carolina Criminal Law.

Some of the relevant posts published on those other blogs include:

• What Is a Sexual Act? (NC Criminal Law, August 6, 2020)
• Who Is a Minor in North Carolina? (NC Criminal Law, June 13, 2019)
• Naming the Victim of a Sexual Assault (NC Criminal Law, June 12, 2019)
• No Kids in Court? (NC Criminal Law, April 30, 2019)
• More Legal Ethics Lessons from Penn State (Coates Canon, Feb. 26, 2019)
• Limits on Procreation as a Condition of Probation (NC Criminal Law, Dec. 19, 2018)
• N.C. Supreme Court Issues New Rule 412 Opinion (NC Criminal Law, May 15, 2018)
• How Serious is a "Serious Bodily lnjury"? (NC Criminal Law, March 12, 2018)
• Probable Cause and Child Pornography (NC Criminal Law, Feb. 12, 2018)
• When Does Paddling Become Child Abuse? (NC Criminal Law, April 12, 2017)
• Going "Beyond the Bounds" of Rule 404(b) in a Case Involving the Death of a Child (NC Criminal Law, Aug. 29, 2016)
• Is Paddling a Student a Crime? (NC Criminal Law, Nov. 12, 2015)
• Driving While Impaired with Children in the Car (NC Criminal Law, Oct. 29, 2015)
• Public Health Law Update: Back to School Edition (Coates' Canons, July 24, 2015)
• US Supreme Court Rules That Child's Statements to Teacher are Non-Testimonial (NC Criminal Law, July 6, 2015)
• Computer Technicians' Duty to Report Child Pornography (NC Criminal Law, June 8, 2015)
• May Unimmunized Children Be Excluded From School in North Carolina? (Coates' Canon, Jan. 30, 2015)
• Parental Discipline: When Is It Abuse and/or a Crime?  (NC Criminal Law, Nov. 13, 2014)
• Same-Sex Marriage and Adoptions of a Minor by a Stepparent (Coates Canon, Oct. 17, 2014)
• Legal Ethics Learned from the Penn State Scandal (Coates Canon, June 24, 2014)
• North Carolina's Caylee Law (NC Criminal Law, Oct. 3, 2013)
• Expert in Child Sex Cases: Reversible Error in Recent Case (NC Criminal Law, Dec. 10, 2012) 
• Expert Testimony: "The Child Was Sexually Abused" (NC Criminal Law, Oct. 18, 2012)

You can search those blogs by keyword in order to find posts that are relevant to child welfare.