Children: Related Laws
U.S.
- CFR > Title 28 > Chapter I > Part 75 - Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990; Protect Act; Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006; Recordkeeping and Record-Inspection Provisions
- CFR > Title 28 > Chapter I > Part 81 - Child Abuse and Child Pornography Reporting Designations and Procedures
Alabama
Alaska
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 25.20 - Parent and Child
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 47.70 - Interstate Compact On the Placement of Children
Arizona
- Arizona Laws > Title 1 > Chapter 6 - PARENTS' RIGHTS
- Arizona Laws > Title 8 - Child Safety
- Arizona Laws 8-548. Enactment of compact; terms
- Arizona Laws 8-548.01. Financial responsibility
- Arizona Laws 8-548.02. Interstate compact administrator
California
- California Codes > Family Code > Division 1 > Part 3 - Indian Children
- California Codes > Family Code > Division 11 - Minors
- California Codes > Family Code > Division 12 - Parent and Child Relationship
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 14 - California Early Intervention Services Act
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 15 - Office of Child Development and Education
Connecticut
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 319a - Child Welfare
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 803a - Children Conceived Through Artificial Insemination. Children of Decedent Conceived and Born After Death of Decedent
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 814d - Commission on Children
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters
Delaware
- Delaware Code > Title 13 > Chapter 7 - Parents and Children
- Delaware Code > Title 13 > Chapter 13 - Illegitimate Children
- Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 90A - Office of the Child Advocate
Florida
- Florida Statutes > Chapter 409 > Part V - Community-Based Child Welfare
- Florida Statutes > Chapter 743 - Disability of Nonage of Minors Removed
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 65C-9 - Undocumented Foreign National Children
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 65C-15 - Child-Placing Agencies
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 65C-30 - General Child Welfare Provisions
Hawaii
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 350B - Hawaii Children's Trust Fund
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 577 - Children
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 577A - Legal Capacity of Minor Regarding Medical Care
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 577D - Primary Medical Care for Minors Without Support
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 582 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles
Idaho
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 10 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 11 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles Act of 2008
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 305 ILCS 60 - Pediatric Palliative Care Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 325 - Children
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 430 ILCS 125 - Children's Product Safety Act
Indiana
- Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 13 - Family Law: Parent-Child Relationship
- Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 20 - Family Law: Human Reproduction
- Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 25 - Child Services: Administration
- Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 26 - Child Services: Programs
- Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 28 - Child Services: Foster Care and Placement of Children
Iowa
Kansas
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 38 - Minors
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 74 > Article 78 - Coordinating Council On Early Childhood Developmental Services
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 76 > Article 17 - Kansas Children'S Receiving Home (Atchison)
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 76 > Article 17b - Treatment Center for Children
Kentucky
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 199 - Protective Services for Children - Adoption
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 200 - Assistance to Children
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 201 - Jefferson County Children'S Home
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 405 - Parent and Child
Louisiana
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:195 - Provisional tutor upon death of mother
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:196 - Limited tutorship by nature
- Louisiana Laws > Revised Statutes > Title 9 > CODE TITLE VII - Parent and Child
- Louisiana Laws > Revised Statutes > Title 9 > CODE TITLE VIII - Of Minors, of Their Tutorship and Emancipation
- Louisiana Laws > Children's Code
Maine
- Maine Revised Statutes > Title 5 > Part 30 - Investment in Young Children
- Maine Revised Statutes > Title 19-A > Part 3 - Parents and Children
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3881 - Definitions
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3882 - Establishment; purpose; nonprofit organization
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3883 - Board; establishment
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 18C - Office of the Child Advocate
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 120A - Interstate Compact On Juveniles
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 209C - Children Born Out of Wedlock
Michigan
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 701-713 > Act 288 of 1939 > Chapter XII - Safe Delivery of Newborns
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 701-713 > Act 288 of 1939 > Chapter XIIA - Jurisdiction, Procedure, and Disposition Involving Minors
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 - Children
Minnesota
- Minnesota Statutes > Children and Families
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 250 - Gillette Children'S Hospital Board
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 256M - Vulnerable Children and Adults
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 256N - Northstar Care for Children
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 260 - Juvenile Court; Child Placement; Compacts
Missouri
Montana
- Montana Code > Title 40 > Chapter 6 - Parent and Child
- Montana Code > Title 41 - Minors
- Montana Code > Title 52 > Chapter 7 - Montana Children'S Trust Fund
- Montana Code > Title 52 > Chapter 8 - Licensing of Child Placement Agency
Nebraska
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 170-A - Interstate Compact On the Placement of Children
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 461-A - Parental Rights and Responsibilities
New Jersey
New York
- New York Laws > Domestic Relations > Article 5 - the Custody and Wages of Children
- New York Laws > Domestic Relations > Article 8 - Surrogate Parenting Contracts
- New York Laws > Family Court > Article 6 - Permanent Termination of Parental Rights, Adoption, Guardianship and Custody
North Carolina
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 49A - Rights of Children
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 110 - Child Welfare
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 143 > Article 72 - Commission on Children With Special Health Care Needs
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 143 > Article 82 - Child Well-Being Transformation Council
North Dakota
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 14-09 - Parent and Child
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 14-09.1 - Contested Child Proceedings Mediation
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 14-09.2 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 14-10 - Minors
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 14-10.2 - Uniform Minor Student Capacity to Borrow Act
Ohio
Oregon
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 436 - Sterilization
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 444 - Special Medical Services for Children
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 16-91 - School and Youth Programs Concussion Act
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 16-91.1 - The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 16-92 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-24.11 - Comprehensive Children's Jewelry Safety Act
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
- Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 129 - Age of Majority
- Texas Family Code > Title 2 - Child in Relation to the Family
- Texas Family Code > Title 5 - the Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Utah
- Utah Code > Title 62A > Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services
- Utah Code > Title 67 > Chapter 5b - Children's Justice Center Program
Vermont
- Vermont Statutes > Title 12 > Chapter 217 - Emancipation of Minors
- Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 37 - Parent-Child Center Program
Virginia
Washington
- Washington Code > Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of minors
- Washington Code > Chapter 26.28 - Age of majority
- Washington Code > Chapter 26.34 - Interstate compact on placement of children
- Washington Code > Chapter 26.40 - Handicapped children
- Washington Code > Chapter 74.13 - Child welfare services
West Virginia
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 15 > Article 1I - The Child Protection Act of 2006
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 26 > Article 1 - Children'S Home
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 9 - Allocation of Custodial Responsibility and Decision-Making Responsibility of Children
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 49 - Child Welfare.