2019
Choate, P.W., Kohler, T., Cloete, F., Crazybull, B., Lindstrom, D., & Tatoulis, P.
In the 1983 Racine v Woods case, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that bonding and/or attachment was a more important determinant of best interest for an Indigeous child than cultural connection. This ruling has been used to uphold the permanent placement of Indigenous children in non-Indigenous homes rather than placement within their own culture. In this article, the authors challenge the applicability of attachment theory to communal family systems and argue that the factors used to decide cross-cultural adoption need to be reconsidered.
Rethinking Racine v Woods from a decolonizing perspective: Challenging the applicability of attachment theory to Indigenous families involved with child protection.
Choate, P.W., Kohler, T., Cloete, F., Crazybull, B., Lindstrom, D., & Tatoulis, P. (2019). Rethinking Racine v Woods from a decolonizing perspective: Challenging the applicability of attachment theory to Indigenous families involved with child protection. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 34(1), 55-78.
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