The Texas Attorney General’s Office has waged a years-long legal campaign defending the state’s foster care system against federal court oversight, challenging what Attorney General Ken Paxton characterized as the overreach of an unelected federal judge who...
A unanimous Seventh Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of a constitutional privacy claim against Illinois law enforcement officers who provided an untrained auxiliary officer access to child pornography evidence during a 2019 investigation.
The lawsuit, *Odeneal et al v. Quin et al*, challenges the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services regarding alleged systemic failures in child welfare oversight. The plaintiffs, including a minor child represented by next friend Stacie Odeneal, sued Co...
A California appellate court held that placement in a family home with supervision and programming by a community agency can meet the requirements of a "less restrictive program" under state juvenile law.