Illinois - Foster Care Parenting

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (Reuters) - Illinois can sever ties to Catholic charities that provide foster and adoption services for the state if the groups discriminate against unmarried and gay couples when placing children, a judge ruled on Thursday.Catholic charity groups had sued in ...

See my comments below for my Qualifications.The law with relation to families is ever evolving and even those practicing in this area of law daily are challenged to adjust their thinking to the needs of those affected by those changes. I have ...

Foster parents offer temporary homes to children who are unable to live with their biological parents due to abuse, neglect, inadequate finances or other reasons. In Illinois, foster parents may be single or married, but must be over 21, have a clean ...

A dead child.Nothing sounds worse. Just before Christmas, a report by consultant Ed Cotton laid bare in detailed facts and figures the problems that Morton hopes to end. Compared to the Illinois system in the mid-1990s, Nevada is something of a Shangri-la.Illinois ...

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