Comments on: Update: State not liable for assault by foster-care teens http://overlawyered.com/2006/04/update-state-not-liable-for-assault-by-foster-care-teens/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dustydog http://overlawyered.com/2006/04/update-state-not-liable-for-assault-by-foster-care-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 dustydog Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:56:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3344#comment-2698 When I was in college in Washington DC, I met a 17-year old girl whose mother had abandoned her (mother moved to france, father not in the picture since the girl was 5). the girl was working a full-time job to pay for school. Since she was underage, I tried to jump through the hoops of DC govt to get her declared a ward of the state, so she could get tuition assistance. Short story - yes, she's eligible but protective services will be damned if they'll do their jobs without a court order. Since the girl didn't want to get arrested (for what? Doesn't matter to us) in order to get the paperwork rolling, we gave up. When I was in college in Washington DC, I met a 17-year old girl whose mother had abandoned her (mother moved to france, father not in the picture since the girl was 5). the girl was working a full-time job to pay for school. Since she was underage, I tried to jump through the hoops of DC govt to get her declared a ward of the state, so she could get tuition assistance. Short story – yes, she’s eligible but protective services will be damned if they’ll do their jobs without a court order. Since the girl didn’t want to get arrested (for what? Doesn’t matter to us) in order to get the paperwork rolling, we gave up.

]]> By: Overlawyered http://overlawyered.com/2006/04/update-state-not-liable-for-assault-by-foster-care-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-2699 Overlawyered Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:24:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3344#comment-2699 <strong>Teenage assault: the taxpayers did it</strong> "A King County jury [last week] awarded a Somali refugee $8.8 million, finding that negligence by state social workers contributed to a savage assault by a gang of teenagers living in a West Seattle foster... Teenage assault: the taxpayers did it

“A King County jury [last week] awarded a Somali refugee $8.8 million, finding that negligence by state social workers contributed to a savage assault by a gang of teenagers living in a West Seattle foster…

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