STATE AGREES TO NEW SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN FOSTER CARE CASE; ONE YEAR TIME-OUT, AND THEN GRADUATED COMPLIANCE (12.19.16)
The state of Mississippi has agreed to a one year time-out and then graduated compliance in the Olivia Y. v. Bryant Mississippi child welfare case.
FOSTER-CARE RECEIVERSHIP REMAINS AN OPEN ISSUE IN THE OLIVIA Y. LAWSUIT (05.19.16)
The judge in the federal court foster-care lawsuit Olivia Y. v. Bryant today approved an agreement, once again postponing court action on plaintiffs’ request for the appointment of a receiver to take over the state foster-care system.