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badger
10/19/2012, 09:28 AM
Stories like this make me more upset now that I'm a mother :(

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20121019_11_A1_CUTLIN611649)


An appeals court ruling has allowed a Tulsa foster mother to "profit from her own neglect" by collecting about $1 million in insurance proceeds after a baby died in her care, according to court records and a motion by an attorney representing the child's estate.


The ruling Wednesday by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that children in Oklahoma's foster care system or their estates have no right to file "bad faith" lawsuits against companies providing insurance for the state.

I am lucky to have such good child care providers. They love Baby Badger so much that sometimes when I arrive they're carrying her around the hallway so she can smile at more people than just in her tiny tot room. Hell hath no fury if anyone tries to harm Baby Badger :mad: