Legal Opinion
Kovacic v. Cuyahoga County Department of Children & Family Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2013No. 11-4002PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Boggs, J.,
SUTTON, J. (pp. 702-13), delivered a separate dissent.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In 2002, Plaintiffs-Appellees Daniel Kovacic and Katherine Kovacic (collectively, “the children”) were temporarily removed from the custody of their mother Plaintiff Nancy Kovacic (“Nancy”) by Defendant Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (“CCDCFS”). De*692fendanh-Appellant Patricia Campbell-Ponstingle, a social worker involved with the case, determined that exigent circumstances existed and, with the assistance of North Olmsted police officers, removed the children from Nancy’s…
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