INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN

• NCJ Number: 26099
• Journal: Juvenile Justice Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Dated: (MAY 1975) Pages: 41-46
• Author(s): B CALLANAN; M WENDELL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS ARISING FROM INTERSTATE JUVENILE PLACEMENTS ARE REVIEWED, AND THE PROVISIONS AND BENEFITS OF THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN ARE EXAMINED.

Abstract

BY THE END OF THE 1974 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, 24 STATES HAD ENACTED THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN. THIS COMPACT IS A DEVICE WHICH EXTENDS THE JURISDICTIONAL REACH OF STATE COURTS AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES TO ENCOMPASS THE TERRITORY OF ALL STATES ADHERING TO THE COMPACT. BECAUSE THE COMPACT IS ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN EACH JURISDICTION, IT HAS THE FORCE OF STATUTORY LAW. THE COMPACT COVERS PROVISION OF SERVICES BETWEEN INITIAL PLACEMENT AND CONSUMMATION OF THE ADOPTIVE STATUS, FINDING APPROPRIATE PLACEMENTS FOR DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN, PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL CARE TO ADJUDICATED DELINQUENTS, AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD CARE AND SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES. THE WAYS IN WHICH SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SOLVED BY THE COMPACT ARE DISCUSSED.