Minnesota appeals court upholds family rights in foster care cases

In a victory for relatives of children placed in foster care, a Minnesota appeals court has ruled that child welfare agencies in Minnesota must go through a formal court proceeding before ruling out family members as adoptive parents for neglected children.

A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals decided last month that Anoka County Social Services violated state law when it denied a woman’s petition to be the adoptive parent of her three grandchildren without first obtaining a court order expressly excluding her.

http://www.startribune.com/minn-appeals-court-upholds-family-rights-in-foster-care-cases/504131802/