News Report | August 7, 2016
Overhaul Of Texas Child Protective Services Imminent Under Supervision Of Special Masters
The Texas Department of Protective and Family Services (DFPS) is preparing to overhaul its child protective services (CPS) processes as required by the December 2015 federal court ruling on M.D., v. Abbott. In March 2016, to guide the overhaul, the court appointed two special masters Kevin Ryan, former New Jersey Commissioner of Children and Families, and Francis McGovern, JD. On July 7, 2016, an appeals court denied the Texas Attorney General’s (AG) petition filed in March to vacate the special masters’ appointments.
During the AG’s challenge to the special masters’ appointment in April 2016, Governor . . .