Administrative denial of adoption subsidy overturned – Verdict for Plaintiffs 
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Published: December 3, 2012
Tags: Administrative, Augusta County Circuit Court, Judge Victor V. Ludwig
Plaintiffs were the foster parents/ prospective adoptive parents of an infant child that had been placed in their home by local DSS days after the child’s birth in April 2009. The birth parents’ parental rights were terminated in March 2010, nearly a year after placement of the child in plaintiff’s home.
In July 2010, plaintiffs requested ...
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