SETTLEMENT OK'D FOR KIDS ABUSED UNDER FOSTER CARE.Byline: Troy Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Staff Writer The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Claims Board on Monday recommended a $450,000 settlement for two children who were abused in foster care and rarely visited by social workers. The children, identified as Christian B., 11, and Jessica B., 12, were born suffering from cocaine cocaine (kōkān`, kō`kān), alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in and alcohol withdrawal and were placed in the Los Angeles home of their paternal PATERNAL. That which belongs to the father or comes from him: as, paternal power, paternal relation, paternal estate, paternal line. Vide Line. aunt under the supervision of dependency court, Assistant County Counsel Roger Granbo wrote in board documents. In October 1995, their aunt notified the Department of Children and Family Services that she was moving to Sacramento County with the children, along with four of their siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) , Granbo wrote. The Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services, which has also agreed to pay $450,000 to settle the lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. , agreed to supervise the children. In June 1996, Christian and Jessica were removed from their aunt's home after a ``nightmarish list of abuses'' were reported, wrote Los Angeles attorney Andrew Ritholz in the children's lawsuit. ``The aunt resorted to giving up cleaning and feeding the kids, hitting the children into submission until they bled, drugging the children so they would go to sleep and leaving them alone while she ran to Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. ,'' Ritholz wrote. Due to the allegations, Sacramento County terminated courtesy supervision and the children were placed in a foster home in Los Angeles County, Granbo wrote. The aunt completed parenting classes and in September 1997, despite the refusal of Sacramento County to provide courtesy supervision, the children were returned to their aunt's care, Granbo wrote. Between January and August of 1998, social workers visited the children, but after August 1998 no further visits occurred, Granbo wrote. In October 2000, Sacramento County substantiated allegations that the children had been reabused by their aunt, Granbo wrote. As a result, the children were returned to Los Angeles, where they have remained in foster care since. Their aunt was arrested and was convicted for endangering the life and health of a child, Granbo wrote. She served two years in prison. The Board of Supervisors will vote Nov. 29 whether to give final approval to the settlement. The county spent $217,654 on attorney's fees attorney's fee n. the payment for legal services. It can take several forms: 1) hourly charge, 2) flat fee for the performance of a particular service (like $250 to write a will), 3) contingent fee (such as one-third of the gross recovery, and nothing if there is no and costs on the case. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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