From lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us Thu Jun 5 11:15:11 2008 From: lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us (Beaver, Linda) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:15:11 -0600 Subject: [WyoGAL] New Proposed GAL Rules & Regs Message-ID: <1315724FEC91BB43BAC7236F51E9ABB902A3A7CB@exch01.courts.state.wy.us> The new proposed GAL rules and regulations have been posted on the Wyoming Public Defender website. http://wyodefender.state.wy.us Official comments must be made pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. A public hearing is being scheduled for July 29, 2008. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.washlaw.edu/pipermail/wyogal/attachments/20080605/171e1adc/attachment.htm From lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us Wed Jun 11 11:03:51 2008 From: lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us (Beaver, Linda) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:03:51 -0600 Subject: [WyoGAL] New PD Rules & Regs for GAL Program Message-ID: <1315724FEC91BB43BAC7236F51E9ABB902A3B00B@exch01.courts.state.wy.us> The first Public Hearing re: adoption of the new GAL rules & regs has been scheduled. It will be held July 29, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. MST, in the Willow Room (1st Floor) in the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming. Following is a copy of the Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules. NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT RULES 1. Office of the State Public Defender 2020 Carey Ave., 9th Floor Cheyenne, WY 82002 Agency Contact: Kathy Levasseur, Executive Legal Assistant Telephone: (307) 777-7519 Facsimile: (307) 777-8742 2. The Office of the State Public Defender (Office) gives public notice of its intent to adopt rules in accordance with W.S. ?16-3-103. The proposed rules will be adopted pursuant to the rule making authority conferred upon it by 2008 Wyoming Session Laws Chapter 48, ? 316. The Office proposes to adopt new rules to regulate the Guardians Ad Litem Program (Program) which was transferred to the Office by 2008 Wyoming Session Laws Chapter 48, ? 316, and which also mandated rulemaking. The new rules will regulate how the Program will contract with, supervise and manage attorneys providing legal representation as guardians ad litem in child protection cases under WYO. STAT. ANN. ?? 14?3?101 through 14?3?440, children in need of supervision cases under WYO. STAT. ANN. ?? 14?6?401 through 14?6?440, or termination of parental rights (?TPRs?) actions under WYO. STAT. ANN ?? 14?2?308 through 14?2?319 brought as a result of a child protection or children in need of supervision action. 3. A copy of the proposed rules is available from the Office upon written request. A copy of the proposed rules is also available at the Office?s web site: http://wyodefender.state.wy.us/. 4. All written comments must be submitted to the Office no later than 5:00 p.m., MST, July 25, 2008. 5. Yes X No ____ A public hearing on the proposed rules has been scheduled. If Yes: Date, time and place of scheduled hearing: July 29, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. MST, in the Willow Room (1st Floor) in the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming. 6. Any person may urge the Office not to adopt the rules and also request the Office to state its reasons for overruling the consideration urged against adoption. Requests for Office response must be made prior to, or within 30 days after adoption of the rules. 7. Yes X No ____ These are New Rules (i.e. these are the first set of rules to be promulgated by the agency after the Legislature?s adoption of a new statutory provision or an act significantly amending an existing statute. A new rule is one that is promulgated in direct response to, or that is mandated by, the enacted statute and may involve creation of an entirely new provision in the agency?s rules or the repeal or amendment of an existing rule.) If Yes: Citation to the specific legislation resulting in promulgation of these rules: 2008 Wyoming Session Laws Chapter 48, ? 316 8. Yes ____ No X These rules are adopted to comply with federal law or regulatory requirements. 9. Indicate one: (Required by W.S. 16-3-103(a)(i)(G)) X The proposed rule change meets the minimum substantive state statutory requirements. ____ The proposed rule change exceeds minimum substantive state statutory requirements. If the rule change exceeds the minimum substantive state statutory requirements, the agency shall include a statement explaining the reason the rule exceeds minimum substantive statutory requirements. DATED this _____ day of June, 2008. ___________________________________ Diane M. Lozano, State Public Defender Office of the State Public Defender ___________________________________ Ryan R. Roden, Deputy State Public Defender Office of the State Public Defender -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.washlaw.edu/pipermail/wyogal/attachments/20080611/5a50741a/attachment-0001.htm From lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us Fri Jun 13 08:46:33 2008 From: lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us (Beaver, Linda) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:46:33 -0600 Subject: [WyoGAL] CJP/GAL Conference Message-ID: <1315724FEC91BB43BAC7236F51E9ABB902A3B472@exch01.courts.state.wy.us> Thank you, and we look forward to seeing all of you that were able to sign up and join us in Cheyenne next week for the Annual Conference. As a courtesy, please know that there was a phenomenal registration response. We anticipated around 100 per day - we have nearly double that figure and have had to turn down late registrations. No walk-ins this year can be accommodated. All of this is to say-as a courtesy heads up-that because some of the sessions may overflow seating capacity, please arrive at your sessions as early as possible in order to assure a good seat. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.washlaw.edu/pipermail/wyogal/attachments/20080613/26863f8f/attachment.htm From tackerman at courts.state.wy.us Mon Jun 23 15:17:32 2008 From: tackerman at courts.state.wy.us (Ackerman, Tara) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:17:32 -0600 Subject: [WyoGAL] 2008 Supreme Court CJP & GAL Programs - breakdown of CLE Message-ID: <1315724FEC91BB43BAC7236F51E9ABB902B08864@exch01.courts.state.wy.us> Dear GALs: I would like to thank all who attended the CJP & GAL program conference this year. Your participation helped make the conference a huge success! We had approximately 190 judges, GALs, parents' counsel, prosecutors, CASA, DFS workers & child advocates attend this year - doubling our number from last year! For those of you who were not able to make it, we hope to see you next year. Also, if you attended, please remember to fax (777.3447) us your evaluation of the conference. Your input is most helpful in our planning efforts. In regards to CLE, some of you asked if I could provide you a breakdown for each session. Below is an abbreviated conference agenda with the CLE posted (in red) for each session. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 2008 Conference Agenda Monday, June 16 8:45 - 9:45 am Pre-conference Child Abuse and Neglect (1.0 cle) 10:00 - 10:30 am Pre-conference Roles and Duties of Law Enforcement, Department of Family Services & County/District Attorneys (.50 cle) 10:30 - 11:30 am Pre-conference Juvenile Court (1.0 cle) 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Pre-conference (.50 cle) General Session 4: Concurrent Planning: Moving Children to Permanency in Under a Year 12:00 - 1:15 pm "Transition of GAL Program" (.75 cle) 1:15 - 2:30 pm "A Special Place for Child Protection in the Court System" (1.25 cle) 2:45 - 4:00 pm State of Children's Affairs in Wyoming & Innovative Juvenile Court Practices (1.25 cle) 4:00 - 5:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION A (1.5 cle) Track 1: Roles and Duties of Attorney Guardians ad Litem and Court Appointed Special Advocates Track 2: Ensuring Timely Permanency: Prosecutors and Caseworkers Working Together Track 3: Collaboration: New Approaches and Ethical Dilemmas for Respondent Counsel (Note: 1.0 general cle; .5 ethics) Tuesday, June 17 8:45 - 10:15 am Childhood Interrupted: The Impact of Adverse Experiences on the Developing Child (Part 1) (1.5 cle) 10:30 - 11:45 am BREAKOUT SESSION B (1.25 cle) Track 1: Litigation: Using the Law to Benefit Respondent Parents Track 2: The ABC's of the ICPC Track 3: Child Protection Mediation - A Better Way to Resolve Child Protection Issues 11:45 am - 1:15 pm "The Last Flight Out" (.50 cle) 1:30 - 3:00 pm Childhood Interrupted: The Impact of Adverse Experiences on the Developing Child (Part 2) (1.5 cle) 3:15 - 4:45 pm BREAKOUT SESSION C (1.5 cle) Track 1: Forensic Interviews and Native Children Track 2: Understanding Compassion Fatigue Wednesday, June 18 8:00 - 9:30 am BREAKOUT SESSION D (1.5 cle) Track 1: Current Issues in Juvenile Law and Child Advocacy Track 2: The Impact of Co-Occurring Disorders on Parenting Track 3: Albany County Systems of Care: SAGE 9:45 - 11:15 am BREAKOUT SESSION E (1.5 cle) Track 1: Basic Interviewing Skills with the Child Victim Track 2: Promoting a Right to Counsel for Abused and Neglected Children Track 3: Model Wyoming Methamphetamine Initiative 11:30 am - 12:30 pm The Ethical Obligations of Guardians ad litem (1.0 ethics) Tara Ackerman, MSW Children's Justice Project Coordinator Court Services Division Wyoming Supreme Court 2301 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 (P) 307-777-7629 (F) 307-777-3447 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.washlaw.edu/pipermail/wyogal/attachments/20080623/ddc530c6/attachment-0001.htm From DPlayton at uwyo.edu Wed Jun 25 18:25:26 2008 From: DPlayton at uwyo.edu (Dona Playton) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:26 -0600 Subject: [WyoGAL] FW: Special CLE Program July 9 - Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection Message-ID: FYI. Dona Playton UW DV Legal Assistance Project 1000 East University Avenue, Dept. 3010 Laramie, WY 82071 (307) 766-3664 From: ABA Section of Family Law [mailto:familylaw at abanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:30 AM To: Dona Playton Subject: Special CLE Program July 9 - Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection ABA Section of Family Law Upcoming CLE Teleconference Section Home | Calendar | Committees | Publications Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection This timely CLE teleconference will examine the laudatory but frequently conflicting goals in dependency proceedings of seeking family reunification, determining the best interests of the children and balancing parents' rights to raise their children and individual liberties with the state's obligation to protect its children. This teleconference is a result of the tremendously successful program on the Texas litigation involving the removal of the children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch by Child Protective Services at the recent joint program in Chicago of the American Bar Association Family Law Section and the American Psychological Association: "Reconceptualizing Child Custody: Past, Present and Future--Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together ." Program Faculty: Ann Haralambie, Esq., will serve as moderator. Panelists include Donald Duquette, Esq., Kathryn Kuehnle, Ph.D., and Lenore Knudtson, Esq., Ph.D. Program begins at 12:00 p.m. Eastern and ends at 1:30 p.m. Register for the July 9th CLE program . At-a-Glance What: CLE Teleconference Title: "Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection" When: July 9, 2008 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET Where: The comfort of your own office/home How: Registration Information Pricing: * $75 Young Lawyer Division members * $85 Family Law Section members and Section of State and Local Government Law Members * $85 Gov't./Public Sector Lawyer Division members * $125 ABA members * $150 General Public * $60 Additional registrants on same phone line Stay up-to-date with our CLE offerings by visiting the Family Law Section Calendar . And if you've missed a program, not to worry-we offer audio CDs of our teleconferences from our Recent Teleconferences page. Topics of discussion will include: * Does the law or psychological practice require individualized decisions as opposed to a group decision, or do some circumstances warrant a group decision because of common facts and risks? * From either a legal or psychological perspective, how does one determine whether the children are in immediate danger? * Is it legally or psychologically permissible to balance the risk of harm for children remaining with their parents against the risk of harm removal might bring? * Would a less drastic measure, such as removing the danger rather than the children, sometimes be warranted? In this case [Texas FLDS], would it have been reasonable to consider asking some or all of the adult males to leave the compound while the investigation was conducted? * Was the precipitous removal justified in order to try to avoid another Waco? * What is the role of the "representative" for the children: to represent a client following his/her instructions or to act in the child's best interests? * Other issues will also be addressed. Your e-mail address will only be used within the ABA and its entities. We do not sell or rent e-mail addresses to anyone outside the ABA. Update your profile | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy American Bar Association | 321 N Clark | Chicago, IL 60610 | 1-800-285-2221 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.washlaw.edu/pipermail/wyogal/attachments/20080625/5d089379/attachment.htm From lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us Thu Jun 26 08:03:09 2008 From: lbeaver at courts.state.wy.us (Beaver, Linda) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:03:09 -0600 Subject: [WyoGAL] FW: Special CLE Program July 9 - Removal of Children fromTheir Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1315724FEC91BB43BAC7236F51E9ABB902B08DC1@exch01.courts.state.wy.us> Thank you, Dona, for sharing. This would certainly be applicable to GAL accreditation. Linda Beaver 307-777-7480 ________________________________ From: wyogal-bounces at lists.washlaw.edu [mailto:wyogal-bounces at lists.washlaw.edu] On Behalf Of Dona Playton Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:25 PM To: wyofamilylaw-request at lists.washlaw.edu; WyoGAL at lists.washlaw.edu Subject: [WyoGAL] FW: Special CLE Program July 9 - Removal of Children fromTheir Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection FYI. Dona Playton UW DV Legal Assistance Project 1000 East University Avenue, Dept. 3010 Laramie, WY 82071 (307) 766-3664 From: ABA Section of Family Law [mailto:familylaw at abanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:30 AM To: Dona Playton Subject: Special CLE Program July 9 - Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection ABA Section of Family Law Upcoming CLE Teleconference Section Home | Calendar | Committees | Publications Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection This timely CLE teleconference will examine the laudatory but frequently conflicting goals in dependency proceedings of seeking family reunification, determining the best interests of the children and balancing parents' rights to raise their children and individual liberties with the state's obligation to protect its children. This teleconference is a result of the tremendously successful program on the Texas litigation involving the removal of the children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch by Child Protective Services at the recent joint program in Chicago of the American Bar Association Family Law Section and the American Psychological Association: "Reconceptualizing Child Custody: Past, Present and Future--Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together ." Program Faculty: Ann Haralambie, Esq., will serve as moderator. Panelists include Donald Duquette, Esq., Kathryn Kuehnle, Ph.D., and Lenore Knudtson, Esq., Ph.D. Program begins at 12:00 p.m. Eastern and ends at 1:30 p.m. Register for the July 9th CLE program . At-a-Glance What: CLE Teleconference Title: "Removal of Children from Their Parents: The Tightrope of Family Integrity vs. Protection" When: July 9, 2008 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET Where: The comfort of your own office/home How: Registration Information Pricing: * $75 Young Lawyer Division members * $85 Family Law Section members and Section of State and Local Government Law Members * $85 Gov't./Public Sector Lawyer Division members * $125 ABA members * $150 General Public * $60 Additional registrants on same phone line Stay up-to-date with our CLE offerings by visiting the Family Law Section Calendar . And if you've missed a program, not to worry-we offer audio CDs of our teleconferences from our Recent Teleconferences page. Topics of discussion will include: * Does the law or psychological practice require individualized decisions as opposed to a group decision, or do some circumstances warrant a group decision because of common facts and risks? * From either a legal or psychological perspective, how does one determine whether the children are in immediate danger? * Is it legally or psychologically permissible to balance the risk of harm for children remaining with their parents against the risk of harm removal might bring? * Would a less drastic measure, such as removing the danger rather than the children, sometimes be warranted? In this case [Texas FLDS], would it have been reasonable to consider asking some or all of the adult males to leave the compound while the investigation was conducted? * Was the precipitous removal justified in order to try to avoid another Waco? * What is the role of the "representative" for the children: to represent a client following his/her instructions or to act in the child's best interests? * Other issues will also be addressed. Your e-mail address will only be used within the ABA and its entities. We do not sell or rent e-mail addresses to anyone outside the ABA. Update your profile | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy American Bar Association | 321 N Clark | Chicago, IL 60610 | 1-800-285-2221 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.washlaw.edu/pipermail/wyogal/attachments/20080626/15dc3bef/attachment-0001.htm