A 1-year-old girl in court fight between foster parents, KY officials and mother in ICE custody

By: Deborah Yetter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 8, 2026

Words: 1,118

Last Updated: 3 days, 22 hours ago

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The Kentucky Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked child welfare officials from removing a one-year-old girl from foster parents and returning her to the mother who was accused of attempting to harm the girl as a newborn.

The order, issued late Friday by Judge Sara Walter Combs, followed a flurry of activity last week in which the foster parents sought to delay an order by Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson that the child be …

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