FERDINAND v. DEPT. FOR CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES

Civ. A. No. 90-0538P.

768 F.Supp. 401 (1991)

Rose FERDINAND, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES and Robert L. Carl, Director, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John William Dineen, Yesser, Jessup & Green, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Kevin J. Aucoin, Thomas M. Bohan, Department for Children and Their Families, Providence, R.I., for defendants.


ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

Litigation in this case began when the plaintiff, Rose Ferdinand's, request for an adoption subsidy under Title IV-E, 42 U.S.C. § 673(c) was denied by the defendants, Department for Children and Their Families of the State of Rhode Island et al ("DCF"), in February of 1990. Ms. Ferdinand adopted her daughter, Nia, a black child, through Children's Friend and Service and DCF. At that...

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