Services: Children's Law

The Children's Attorney Project (CAP) at Clark County Legal Services was formed in 1999 from a task force of County Commissioner's, Clark County District Court, Social Worker's, Attorney's, Family Law Judges and State Children's Rights workers. The fundamental goal was to create a method for abused and neglected children, who are in foster care placement, institutions or wards of the state, to have a voice in court and speak out for their destiny.

CCLS Attorneys Steve Hiltz, Stephanie Charter, Greg Ivie, Janice Wolf, Ron Kirschenheiter, Melissa Casal and Gia McGillivray provide counsel, advice and representation to abused and neglected children who have never before had representation. These attorneys serve as the child's voice before the court and community allowing the children to take an active role (and responsibility) in their own destiny.

Please see these other sites for additional information on Children's Law:

Child Welfare League of America
Children Now
National Association of Child Advocates

Disclaimers: Nevada Supreme Court Opinions are not available on the internet for free at this time. Statutes, regulations, some Attorney Generals Opinions and some municipal laws are free on the internet; case law is not. The "for free" materials are mostly recent publications. The oldest document in this list is only six years old. Even with the best computer, you cannot get online all of the print information collected in Nevada's Law Libraries. The laws and practices regarding judicial acceptance of internet documentation remain unsettled. Depending on many factors, you may not be able to rely in court on any of the electronic publications listed here. Additional items beyond an Internet Browser, Windows access, and a fast modem on a personal computer are necessary to access all of the materials listed here: 1) telnet software, 2) LEXIS and/or WESTLAW subscriptions, 3) software to "unzip" zipped files, 4) a word processing program and 5) some disk space on your personal computer.