Legal Opinion
Charles Kyees and Pauline Kyees v. County Department of Public Welfare of Tippecanoe County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1979No. 76-1723PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
On this appeal we are asked to decide whether foster parents and the foster children placed in their care during a substantial period have a constitutionally protected liberty interest in their relationship so that due process must be fulfilled before a state welfare agency removes the child from the foster home.
After argument of this appeal in this court, the Supreme Court discussed this question, but found resolution unnecessary in the ease before the Supreme Court. Smith v. Organization of Foster Families, 431 U.S. 816, 97 S.Ct. 2094, 53 L.Ed.2d 14 (1977). That case arose from New York,…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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