A few Public Acts of interest in the DCF arena: HB-5217. Currently all adoptions must be heard in the Probate Court. This Act would allow DCF to file adoption petitions in the Juvenile Court if that was the court, which terminated parental rights. This Act is a long time coming and should make the adoption […]
Connecticut General Statutes § 52-466(f) permits a foster parent to make application for a writ of habeas corpus regarding the custody of a child currently or recently in his/her care for a continuous period of not less than ninety days. The purpose of a foster parent filing a writ of habeas corpus is to prevent […]
Connecticut law requires certain professionals, known as mandated reporters, to report to DCF suspected abuse or neglect of children. The common thread among all the mandated reporters is that these individuals have extensive interaction with children. For example, teachers, doctors, therapists and members of the clergy are all mandated reporters. Mandated reporters in Connecticut also […]
New York parents who just learned that Administration of Children Services (ACS) planned to pursue adoption of their eight children made a bold move. During a supervised visit, they loaded the children in a van and made a run for it. After a nationwide search, the parents and the children were found a week later […]
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