TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Listen to me! Empowering youth and courts through increased youth participation in dependency hearings
JO  - Family court review
A1  - Jenkins, Jaclyn Jean
SP  - 163
EP  - 179
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
N2  - Currently, there are more than half a million youth in foster care. Often, these youth are unaware of when, or if, legal hearings about their lives are taking place. This Note advocates for states to pass laws ensuring that youth receive notice of their hearings and for courts to conduct review hearings when youth are not present. Through the course of this Note, the benefits of youth participation are outlined, as are the reasons most often given for denying youth the opportunity to meaningfully participate. The Note concludes with suggestions to help courts more effectively engage youth and the benefits of doing so.<p /> 
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SN  - 1531-2445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1617.2007.00190.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -