A new set of Alaska court rules will give youths in foster care more opportunities to have a lawyer represent what they want to happen with their cases — and their lives.
Jesse Herrera, 19, photographed in her apartment on Tuesday in Spenard. Herrera is a former youth in Alaska’s foster care system.
“I never got any input into why I was there, or how I could leave,” said Jaime, now a 19-year-old college student. “I was supposed to stay for two weeks. I stayed two months.”Earlier this month, the Alaska Supreme Court • Youths will have the right to be informed when court hearings are happening, to be present at them and to participate. “The presumption of this rule is that children have the right to attend proceedings. The court should not routinely exclude children from CINA proceedings,” the amended rule reads., a federally mandated committee that includes judges, attorneys, social workers, tribal representatives and others working to improve child welfare courts in Alaska.
“Youth need to be participating in their legal case, have an attorney and be heard around these issues,” Metivier said.
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