About Normalcy and the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard

Learn the definition and find information about normalcy and the reasonable and prudent parent standard in the PL 113-183.

Publication year: 2016

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Capacity Building Center for States

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Defines and provides information about normalcy and the reasonable and prudent parent standard in the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Family Act (PL 113-183). This document is part of the Center for States’ Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions product.

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Capacity Building Center for States. (2016). About Normalcy and the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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