A bug in the best-interest standard

June 27, 2008

The New York Times has a piece today about how tough it is to transfer children removed from their homes in one state to relatives who live in another state.

The story is datelined Hyattsville and features five kids from Washington whose Maryland grandparents and aunt and uncle want to take them in. Because of the bureaucratic hurdles that accompany interstate transfers, the kids are in foster care, “where they could remain for months while their relatives wait for Washington and Maryland to make formal requests, home inspections and approvals,” the Times’ Erik Eckholm writes.

“From the kids’ point of view, it’s like they’re being punished,” the aunt, Mia Johnson, told the Times.

CARYN TAMBER, Legal Affairs Writer

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Posted by Jackie Sauter | Filed Under law, maryland, washington 

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