KYEES v. COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY

No. 76-1723.

600 F.2d 693 (1979)

Charles KYEES and Pauline Kyees, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Justice, Logansport, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

H. Hanly Hammel, Jr., Lafayette, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and FOREMAN, Chief District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

On this appeal we are asked to decide whether foster parents and the foster children placed in their care during a substantial period have a constitutionally protected liberty interest in their relationship so that due process must be fulfilled before a state welfare agency removes the child from the foster home.

After argument of this appeal in this court, the Supreme Court discussed this question, but found resolution unnecessary in the case...

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