Panel to review Oklahoma Department of Human Services' policy

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT | Published: November 24, 2009   

The adoption policies of DHS need further review, the co-chairman of a legislative task force on adoption said Monday.

Especially troubling is the dilemma adoptive parents face when the child they adopt develops mental or violent problems, and they are told they must keep the child although the child poses a threat to them or others in their family, said Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City.

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"People are just looking to adopt a child from DHS, but they’re basically getting a child that needs therapeutic care of some kind whether DHS knows about it or...
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