Karen Maple Case

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=vt&vol=/supreme/&invol=99-351

Findlaw website for the full version of the Vermont Supreme Court's ruling in the Karen Maple case.

A point of interest: this entire matter happened under the watchful eye of then Governor Howard Dean. His cronies were responsible for much of the mess and the ill treatment of Karen. In 2004 after a new governor was elected the Dept. of Social Rehabilitative Services (SRS) became the Department for Children and Families (DCF) and experienced an overhaul. The old arrogant commissioner was tossed out on his cookies and, I'm all but certain, the new commissioner was none other than the author of Karen's Supreme Court ruling, Judge Morse.