Legal Opinion
Kovacic v. Cuyahoga County Dep't of Children & Family Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 26, 2010No. 08-4656PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
I
Plaintiff, Nancy Kovacic, brought this action on behalf of herself and her minor children claiming that their constitutional rights were violated when social workers from the Cuyahoga Department of Children and Family Services, aided by several North Olmsted police officers, entered her home by force and removed her two children, Daniel and Katherine. The children were placed in the temporary custody of the County and were not returned home for 10 months. Based on this conduct, plaintiffs claim that defendants violated the United States Constitution and other…
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