· 2/22/1977
Kelsie v. Indiana
Citations
- 429 U.S. 1094
- 97 S. Ct. 1108
How courts have described this case
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- holding that race can be considered in determining custody so long as race is not the sole consideration
- holding that race can be considered in determining custody so long as race is not the sole consideration
- finding obfuscation of “one of the ‘essentials of due process and fair treatment’ ” in the cumulative effect of three erroneous instructions
- “[I]n the eyes of the state, which creates the foster relationship, the relationship is considered temporary at the outset and gives rise to no state created rights in the foster • parents”
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