In an unusual rebuke to state child welfare workers, a Jefferson County family court judge has removed a teenage girl from their care and granted temporary custody to her foster parents.
Circuit Judge Stephen George last month took that step, over the objections of state workers, after the workers reneged on an agreement to let the 17-year-old remain in the Bullitt County foster home where she had been thriving, said the girl's lawyer, Christopher Harrell.
Harrell: "I think it's atrocious. the state previously had agreed not to move the girl from the foster home."
While family court proceedings involving abused and neglected children by law are confidential, Jim Grace, head of Kentucky's child protection services acknowledged the judge's decision to transfer custody from the state to the foster parents "may be unusual." And he said state officials will investigate the matter and see if further action is warranted.
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Judge takes teen from state's care
Circuit Judge Stephen George last month took that step, over the objections of state workers, after the workers reneged on an agreement to let the 17-year-old remain in the Bullitt County foster home where she had been thriving, said the girl's lawyer, Christopher Harrell.
Harrell: "I think it's atrocious. the state previously had agreed not to move the girl from the foster home."
While family court proceedings involving abused and neglected children by law are confidential, Jim Grace, head of Kentucky's child protection services acknowledged the judge's decision to transfer custody from the state to the foster parents "may be unusual." And he said state officials will investigate the matter and see if further action is warranted.
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4 comments:
This is good. Thanks, Judge Stephen George, for giving consideration to the teenage girl over the state.
It's about time someone does what is best for the young person who has already been abused by her parents. She doesn't need to be abused by the system also.
The right decision was made by Circuit Judge Stephen George. Thank you! for taking a position best for the teenage girl based on ...... the FACTS of the case.
Yes!
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