'Families Take on Many Forms': 3rd Circuit Clarifies Who Qualifies as 'Parent' Under IDEA
“In writing the IDEA, Congress understood that families take many forms, but the bottom line is always the best interest of the child with a disability. That is why the IDEA has such a broad definition of the person assuming the role of ‘parent,'” said the plaintiffs’ attorney, Alan L. Yatvin of Weir Greenblatt Pierce, in Philadelphia.