Child welfare bills lining up on both sides of the aisle for 2012 session

Child welfare bills lining up on both sides of the aisle for 2012 session

They may not always see eye to eye politically, but pols Christine Watkins and LaVar Christensen seem to have the same vision for tweaking child welfare and parental rights laws this legislative session.

Both veteran lawmakers are working up bills aimed at providing a course correction for a child welfare system they say doesn’t do enough to keep children with parents and other kin.