HB371 Legislative Update
HB371 is not on the agenda for the House Civil and Commercial Law Committee on March 16th. The next step in the committee process will be to schedule a hearing for proponent testimony. On occasion this hearing is a combined hearing for proponents and opponents, but not often.
There have been meetings between legislators and child service advocates behind the scenes to discuss revisions to the bill. We will post an announcement of the committee schedule each week to keep the public up to date. We must stay vigilant, even though the sponsors of the legislation are restrategizing. So, in short, at this moment we are in a watch and wait mode.
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Cheo | March 13, 2010
By Michael L. Wolpert, June 1, 2010 @ 6:48 pm
6/1/2010
Dear Friends,
I am an Ohio attorney, social worker and adoptive parent.
I agree with your assessment about the risks of agency caprice. Many of my fellow attorneys as well as judges perk up when someone says they want a “child centered” policy. You have to be polite, but point out that courts are much more transparent than agencies.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Wolpert