Lauren Shapiro, An HIV Advocate’s View of Family Court: Lessons from a Broken System, 5 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol’y 133 (1998).
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This article, written by Lauren Shapiro of South Brooklyn Legal Services, and published in 1998, provides an overview of how the law at the time treated HIV-positive parents involved in custody disputes in family court. The author draws on her own experience representing clients, almost all of whom were poor women of color, in cases involving their HIV status in relation to custody of their children. The author also identifies and analyzes several cases that highlight how challenging it can be for an HIV-positive parent lost in the abyss of the family court system. The discussion includes the impact of HIV on women, HIV as a disability, disability as a factor in custody disputes, and the treatment of HIV-positive parents in New York family court. Based on her experience in family court, the author offers other advocates some recommendations for effective representation of HIV-positive parents.
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1998
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