(2) Has had all of his rights to the child terminated by order of a court of. competent jurisdiction, the child has been committed by the court to the. department or to a child-placing agency for placement for adoption, and the. department or agency thereafter consents to the adoption. (b) In the case of a child 14 years of age or older, the written consent of the child. to his adoption must be given and acknowledged in the presence of the court.
The contract is an agreement between the UFT and the Department of Education. A grievance is a complaint about the violation, improper implementation or misinterpretation of the contract. Union-represented staff members may enforce their contract and protect their rights through the grievance process.
Class action. A class action, class suit, or representative action is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U.S. phenomenon, but Canada, as well as several European countries with civil law have made changes in recent years to allow consumer organizations to bring claims on behalf of consumers.