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Sixth Circuit Reaffirms High Bar for § 1983 Claims Against Child Welfare Caseworkers
R.S. v. Lucas County Children Services 25-3247 United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Opinion by Judge Ritz Date Rendered: November 18, 2025 Question Presented: Whether social workers showed deliberate indifference to children’s safety in violation of the children’s Fourteenth Amendment Substantive Due Process rights. Lucas County Children Services (“LCCS”) removed children from Mother’s custody
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No Grounds to Undo Knowing and Voluntary Child Abuse Stipulation
F.M. v. CHFS 2024-CA-1351-ME Jefferson Circuit Court Kentucky Court of Appeals Opinion by Judge Jones Date Rendered: November 21, 2025 Question Presented: Whether Father can set aside a dependency, neglect, and abuse (“DNA”) stipulation when he agreed to the stipulation without knowledge of the impact on his employment. Father stipulated that he had placed his
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Cabinet Bears Burden of Evidentiary Proof
S.H. v. Cabinet 2024-CA-0617-MR Hardin Circuit Court Kentucky Court of Appeals Opinion by Judge Cetrulo Date Rendered: June 13, 2025 Mother had two medically fragile children. In 2017, while in Grandmother’s care, one ingested the other’s medication. The child received appropriate treatment after the accident. In 2018, the child accidentally ingested medication for a sibling
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Incarceration Led to Termination of Parental Rights
S.S. v. A.L.B. 2024-CA-1121-ME Madison Circuit Court Kentucky Court of Appeals Opinion by Judge Eckerle Date Rendered: April 11, 2025 The trial court terminated Father’s parental right to his twin sons, born in 2017 while Mother was incarcerated in South Carolina. Father’s paternity was confirmed by genetic testing. The children were initially placed in foster
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Exposure to Marijuana Led to Finding of Neglect
Cabinet for Health and Family Services v. K.O. 2024-SC-0188-DGE Calloway Circuit Court Kentucky Supreme Court Opinion by Justice Keller Date Rendered: February 20, 2025 Issue: Whether the trial court relied on substantial evidence in holding a child was at risk of being harmed where the child was exposed to an illicit substance and the father
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