Federal ruling aims to keep Kentucky foster children in relative

Federal ruling aims to keep Kentucky foster children in relative - WPSD Local 6: Your news, weather, and sports authority:

PADUCAH, Ky -

A federal appeals court ruling aims to keep foster children in the care of their loved ones in Kentucky. 

"This would be a win for families and a win for children, regardless of the cost," said McCracken County Family Court Judge Deanna Henschel.

PA Supreme Court Decision Changes Grandparents’ Ability to Seek Physical

PA Supreme Court Decision Changes Grandparents’ Ability to Seek Physical - Visitation Rights Legal Blogs Posted by Jennifer Ryan - Lawyers.com:

Topic: Child Custody   Visitation Rights  

Prior to Sept. 9, 2016, grandparents in Pennsylvania were able to seek partial physical custody or supervised custody of their grandchildren in the following situations:

1. If a parent of the child is deceased;
2. If the parents of the child were separated for a period of at least six months or had commenced and continued a proceeding to dissolve their marriage; or
3. If the child, for a period of at least 12 consecutive months, resided with the grandparent or great-grandparent, excluding brief temporary absences of the child from the home, and was removed from the home by the parents, and the grandparents filed a complaint within six months of the child being removed from the home.

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Social worker claims she was reprimanded for safety efforts

Social worker claims she was reprimanded for safety efforts - NashuaTelegraph.com:

NASHUA - A former social worker for the Division of Children, Youth & Families is suing her former employer, claiming she was disciplined when she tried to protect children and ordered by her supervisors to put them back into dangerous homes.

Aneurysm ends 6-year prosecution of mom who refused to medicate daughter

Aneurysm ends 6-year prosecution of mom who refused to medicate daughter | MLive.com:

DETROIT -- After nearly seven years of legal battles, criminal charges against a mother who refused to medicate her daughter and caused a 10-hour standoff with police have been dismissed -- this time for good.

NH Outgoing child services head: Drug crisis creating problems

Outgoing child services head: Drug crisis creating problems | | dailyprogress.com:

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The outgoing director of New Hampshire's much-scrutinized child services agency says the opioid crisis has created a more complex set of family challenges than the agency has seen in years.