REISMAN v. STATE OF TENN. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 90-2756-4BRO.

843 F.Supp. 356 (1993)

Cady Lauren REISMAN, by her Next Friends, Laurel REISMAN and Ben Reisman, and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; Charles Wilson, Director of Child Welfare Services, Tennessee Department of Human Services, in his official capacity; and Other Unnamed Employees of Tennessee Department of Human Services; and Charles Burson as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, W.D.

October 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden Lait, and Connie Westbrook, Memphis, TN, for plaintiff.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter for the State of Tennessee, and Dianne Stamey Dycus, Sr. Counsel, Gen. Civ. Div., Nashville, TN, for defendants.


FINAL DECISION OF THE COURT

McRAE, Senior District Judge.

When this case was filed in 1990, Ben and Laurel Reisman had been approved as foster parents by the Department of Human Services of the State of Tennessee ("the Department"), and given temporary custody of Baby Jane Doe whose custody had been obtained by the Department and more particularly the Child Welfare Services Division ("CWS") pursuant to statutory and regulatory authority of the state of Tennessee...

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