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...prospect of losing their children. Typically, fathers win custody of boys over the age of six and girls after the onset of puberty. Maryam, an Iranian woman, says she has stayed married for 20 years to a philandering opium addict she does not love because she fears losing guardianship of her teenage daughter. "Islam supposedly gives me the right to divorce," she says. "But what about my rights afterward...
Fourteen states have adopted some portion of the American Bar Association's Uniform Guardianship Act, which tries to define competency by functional abilities rather than a blanket medical diagnosis. These laws are designed to make it easier to define competency objectively. They also facilitate tailoring guardianships or conservatorships to specific needs. But such arrangements are still difficult to accomplish in practice. Erica Wood, associate staff director of the ABA's commission on legal problems of the elderly, says that in many cases, "the judge virtually gives over his or her decision to the doctor, who is usually not a specialist...
...difficult-to-place kids have been adopted; six are expected to be; 19 have returned to a family member; and just seven have returned to state care. Hope's adoption rate from 1994 to '99 was more than three times the average rate of adoption and guardianship for foster kids in the state as a whole. Its initial success has inspired an Excellence in Adoption award from President Clinton, backing from TV-talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell, a book (Hope Meadows, by journalist Wes Smith) and grass-roots support from community leaders across the country eager...
Janice Pang of Belmont, Calif., was a 23-year-old journalism graduate student on the verge of starting an internship when her parents' bitter divorce resulted in her taking sole guardianship of her sister Lisa, 11. Unprepared, Janice had to reorganize her life quickly. She pursued a job rather than an internship and moved into Stanford University family housing with her boyfriend Scott, who was willing to share parenting responsibilities. Dr. Laurie Kramer, a University of Illinois siblings expert, says that for the older sibling, such an upheaval can be restricting. "The ages from 18 to 25 are really...
...Douglas Candland, a professor of animal behavior at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., argues that Bush's decision sends the wrong message to Americans. "The right to sue under the Endangered Species Act is an issue of guardianship," Cartland says. "In the same spirit as I could report neighbors abusing their children, the act provides me with an avenue to report the abuse of wild animals." Cartland also worries that Bush's decision may affect the U.S.'s standing in the world. "Once again, our government is acting like our interests are the only ones involved," he says...