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MICHIGAN<br />
Child Welfare<br />
LAW JOURNAL<br />
Official Publication of the State Bar of Michigan Children’s Law Section<br />
Christine P. Piatkowski, Chair Tobin L. Miller, Vice Chair Megan E. Mertens, Secretary John H. McKaig, II, Treasurer<br />
Vol. 16 Issue 1, Fall 2013<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Editor’s Note—Fall 2013...................................................................... inside cover<br />
Message from the Chair: It’s a New Day for the Children’s Law Section .............1<br />
Juvenile Competency Laws ................................................................................. 2<br />
by Christine Piatkowski<br />
Answers to School Law Questions ...................................................................... 5<br />
by Christine Piatkowski<br />
Wilderness Therapy Settings: An Industry in Need of Legal and Regulatory<br />
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