First Department Bans Family Court Issuing of Arrest Warrants for Runaway Foster Children

The decision is careful to not criticize the Family Court or ACS, which for years has sought the arrest warrants when children it's responsible for abscond, often serially and at great risk to themselves. Instead, the panel indicates that a legislative solution is needed desperately.

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