Legal Opinion
California Department of Social Services v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 3, 2003No. 00-17266PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
“The practice of relatives or kin parenting children when their parents cannot is a time-honored tradition in most cultures.” Kinship Care: A Natural Bridge: A Report of the Child Welfare League of America (1994). Increasingly, our own society has turned to relatives for assistance in providing foster homes to children in need of them.1 The issue here is under what circumstances foster parents who are related to their foster children can receive funds under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Foster Care Program (“AFDC-FC”).
AFDC-FC is a federal program…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State of California Department of Social Services v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. BenussiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2006