Guardianship Estate of Keffeler v. Department of Social & Health Services

The representative class plaintiff, Danny Keffeler, argues that the State violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution by misusing funds and refusing to exercise discretion in social security fund disbursement, causing foster children with the State as a representative payee to be treated differently from children with a private representative payee. Keffeler further argues that the State of Washington violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by refusing to provide appropriate notice to children and their guardians…