Foster Care Abuse

Anchorage, AK: (Jan-14-08) A.J. and D.D., two unnamed boys aged 17 and 18, brought a lawsuit against the state, alleging that they were abused and neglected in and out of foster care. The suit accused the state of failing to protect the boys from their own families, who were dysfunctional from drug use and alcohol abuse, and that things only got worse when the two were put in an Anchorage foster home where they saw their foster mother beat another child to death. Sources stated that the state agreed to resolve the civil lawsuit with a $2.4 million payout to the two boys. Lawyers for the boys said that the settlement was not enough money to make things right for them. But the state had threatened to keep the case tied up in appeals for years and years, and the boys wouldn't have received any money for a long time. Records show that the two are still in state custody. [ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS: FOSTER CARE ABUSE]

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Published on Jan-15-08