Yvonne L. v. New Mexico Department Of Human Services

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the constitutional right of foster children to be reasonably safe from harm was clearly established
• “As applied to a foster care setting we doubt there is much difference in the two standards.”
• children in care of State had due process right to being placed in safe child care facility
• “‘failure to exercise professional judgment’ . . . implies abdication of the duty to act professionally”
• minors in state custody have constitutional right to safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).