Judge clears path for 1-year-old girl to be reunited with mother

By: Deborah Yetter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 663

Last Updated: 3 days, 22 hours ago

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A judge has rejected an emergency effort to block the reunification of a one-year-old girl in foster care with her birth mother who is scheduled to be deported to Guatemala and currently is in custody of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement.

In an order released Friday, Judge Sara Walter Combs, with the Kentucky Court of Appeals, turned down an emergency appeal by the foster parents who opposed the move and argued they had not had …

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