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South Dakota: Incentives and cultural bias fuel foster system, taking Native American children from their homes
From NPR: Part 1 of a three-part investigation: In South Dakota, Native American children make up only 15 percent of the child population, yet they make up more than half the children in foster care. An NPR News investigation has found that the state is removing 700 native children every year, sometimes in questionable circumstances. [...]
Illinois: Law lets woman adopt her own children, restore parental rights
From WLS-TV (ABC): A new adoption law in Illinois has legally reunited a woman and her children. It allows parents to regain custody of their children if they can prove to a court that their parental rights should be restored. The new law involves cases where a relative who was given custody passes away. It [...]
Texas: A tale of two mamas
From The Houston Chronicle: Tina Porter went with hope to the 313th District Court one recent morning. Patrick Shelton, the capricious judge who had denied her the opportunity to adopt her niece’s baby, was gone. The new judge, Glenn Devlin, seemed more sympathetic. Devlin had invited her attorney to prepare a brief making every possible [...]
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