Seventh Circuit· 9/24/1990

K.H. ex rel. Murphy v. Morgan

Citations

914 F.2d 846

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holding that a child in state custody has a liberty interest in not being placed in an abusive foster home
holding that children in state custody have a right not to be placed in the custody of an individual “whom the state knows or suspects to be a child abuser”
holding that children in state custody have a right not to be placed in the custody of an individual “whom the state knows or suspects to be a child abuser”
recognizing right of child in state custody not to be handed over to foster parent or other custodian whom state knows or suspects to be child abuser
holding that the State may not place a child in danger and that “[i]t should have been obvious from the day Youngberg was decided that a state could not avoid [its] responsibilities . . . merely by delegating custodial responsibility to irresponsible private persons”
explaining that never before had there been a case accusing welfare officials of selling foster children into slavery, but those officials nevertheless would not be entitled to immunity

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Judges: Coffey, Posner, Wood

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