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Families: DCF violated Constitution by not granting them custody when parents lost rights

TAMPA, Fla. — Relatives who claim Florida’s child welfare system broke their families apart aren’t giving up despite a judge dismissing their original complaint earlier this year, calling it a “shotgun complaint.”

Families suing DCF for custody of children in foster care

22 Florida families say the state is keeping cherished loved ones away from them. They are suing Florida’s foster care system.

More families accuse DCF of keeping relatives from getting custody of young family members

Claims amid lawsuit accusing state foster system of “internally diverting” kids from relatives then placing them with system-connected people.

Florida Child Agency Sued

Four Florida families are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis, Shevaun Harris, Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), Dr.

Lawsuit: DCF accused of keeping kids from relatives, adopting them to system-connected strangers

An explosive new lawsuit filed against Florida’s foster care system accuses state agencies of fabricating evidence, falsifying records and secretly collaborating so people connected to the system could take children for themselves.

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