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2012 Annual Meeting Program

Truth in Parentage: Adoption Secrecy and Paternity Estoppel in the Age of Information

3.5 MCLE Credits

Save the Date!

Friday, January 27, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Hilton New York
New York City

www.nysba.org/TruthInParentage 

www.nysba.org/2012AnnualMeeting 

2012 Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Award

The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Children and the Law each year presents the Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare to recognize individuals who have done outstanding work to improve New York's child welfare and juvenile justice systems.  The Committee on Children and the Law  created the award in 1986. It is named for retired Court of Appeals Judge Howard A. Levine (Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP), who was the first chair of what was then called the Special Committee on Juvenile Justice. He has been and continues to be a strong proponent and leader in the effort to improve New York’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

Howard A. Levine Award Nomination Form 

Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Nomination Information

View Prior Recipients

List of NYSBA Awards and Competitions

Nominations may be submitted via email to Katherine Suchocki, Staff Liaison to the Committee on Children and the Law at ksuchocki@nysba.org.

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2011 Award Recipients

Honorable Jonathan Lippman
New York State Court of Appeals Chief Judge
New York City

 Stephanie Gendell, Esq.
Attorney
New York City
 

Photos from the 2011 Award Ceremony and Reception

Photo (left to right): Stephanie Gendell, Esq. and Honorable Jonathan Lippman.

Photo (left to right): Stephen P. Younger, Esq., Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Stephanie Gendell, Esq., 2011 Award Recipient, Honorable Jonathan Lippman, 2011 Award Recipient, Professor Merril Sobie, Pace University, and Honorable Howard A. Levine.

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Standards for Attorneys Representing Children

Standards for representing children were initially developed for a New York State Bar Association Law Guardian Study in 1984 (Law Guardians in New York  State: A Study of the Legal Representation of Children).  Subsequently, the Committee on Children and the Law  (formerly known as the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Committee) concluded that Bar Association adoption and distribution of the standards would prove beneficial to the bench and bar. The preparation of standards and commentaries represent an important aspect in improving representation, and in assisting the large number of attorneys who appear before the Family Court. 

Links to the revised and updated standards are listed below:

Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in New York (2011) (130 pages)

Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings (June 2009) 

Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Person in Need of Supervision Proceedings (June 2008) 

Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Custody, Visitation and Guardianship Proceedings (June 2008)

Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in New York Child Protective, Foster Case, and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings (June 2007) 

Prior Versions of the Standards

Law Guardian Representation Standards - Volume I (November 1996)

Law Guardian Representation Standards - Volume II: Custody Cases, Third Edition (June 2005)

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2011 Child Support Pamphlet

Download a free copy of the 2011 Child Support Pamphlet 

To order copies of the 2011 Child Support Pamphlet,  click here.

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For more information about the Committee on Children and the Law  , contact Kathy Suchocki, Staff Liaison to the Committee at ksuchocki@nysba.org.