October 21, 2024
A major ruling was made in 13-year legal battle over Texas’ foster care system. For Jacqueline Juarez, it’s a fight close to home.
HOUSTON — Parties on both sides of a 13-year legal battle over failures in foster care in Texas are anticipating what comes next in the suit after a major ruling in the case from a federal appeals court earlier this month.
Jacqueline Juarez is waiting to see, too.
The 19-year-old, who lives in Houston, has been following the case for years.
I went through a lot of things that no kid should go through. I wasn’t really supported by the people I thought were going to be there who promised me a better life, a better home and failed completely.
Jacqueline Juarez
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Children’s Rights, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) on behalf of immigrant children placed in Washington’s foster system and Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, a nonprofit that provides direct legal services and advocacy for youth and young adults.
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