In re: T.S. and E.S.: NACC signed on to an amicus brief advocating for the appointment of independent legal counsel, instead of dual-role representation by a GAL, for children in contested TPR proceedings in Pennsylvania.

In re the Dependency of K.P.T.: NACC and other children’s rights organizations filed an amicus brief seeking the appointment of independent counsel for children in Washington dependency proceedings.

In re McCarthy: NACC joined an amicus brief arguing that courts should consider the views of youth age fourteen and older before entering a TPR order over their objection.

In re R.L.-R.: NACC joined an amicus brief to uphold a Floridian child’s right to confidential communications with their counsel and the right to assert attorney-client privilege.

M.D. v. Perry: NACC and several law professors filed an amicus brief in support of Texan foster youth seeking class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) to obtain an injunction to remedy system-wide failures of the state’s child welfare system.

In re Mays: NACC filed an amicus brief arguing that the court’s failure to obtain the views of the children subject to a TPR proceeding violated their due process rights and that Michigan’s “one-parent” doctrine violated a parent’s due process rights by requiring the non-offending parent to prove their fitness. 

DSHS, State of Washington v. Luak: NACC joined an amicus brief asking the Washington Supreme Court to recognize children’s right to independent counsel in TPR proceedings.

J.D.B v. North Carolina: NACC joined an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to hold that the age of an adolescent suspect is a crucial factor in Miranda custody determinations.

In re Christian M. and In re Alexander M.: NACC filed this amicus brief supporting indigent parents’ right to counsel in New Hampshire child welfare cases.

Sam and Tony M. v. Carcieri: In this amicus brief, NACC argued that foster youth are entitled to have an individual other than their GAL to sue as their representative in a federal class action lawsuit.