Thomas v. Cabinet for Families & Children

STUMBO, Justice.

Removing children from their birth parents is always a decision fraught with high emotion. Deciding with whom to place the children after termination of parental rights can be just as challenging. This case comes to us from a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the Grayson Circuit Court’s dismissal of an action against the Cabinet for Families and Children. After much deliberation, we now affirm the Court of Appeals.

Barry and Elizabeth Thomas agreed to adopt two siblings, Moe and Rachel. The rights of the siblings’ parents had been terminated, and they were living in…