More on Investigation of Children Improperly Removed from Domestic Violence Victims

 

The Kentucky Office of Inspector General is investigating whether children whose mothers are domestic-violence victims, and others are being inappropriately removed from their families to increase state foster-care adoptions and federal financial bonuses. The matter is also under review by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, by various grass-roots organizations and, most recently, by Gov.

 

The Kentucky Office of Inspector General is investigating whether children whose mothers are domestic-violence victims, and others are being inappropriately removed from their families to increase state foster-care adoptions and federal financial bonuses. The matter is also under review by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, by various grass-roots organizations and, most recently, by Gov. Ernie Fletcher. For the whoe story by Valarie Honeycutt Spears, click here: Herald-Leader, We found the story on the Family Law Professor’s Blog, but hopefully we’ll soon have the Lexington Herald Leader on RSS feed, too.

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