TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Georgia couple is suing a Kansas organization that once helped run the state’s privatized foster care system, claiming that the company failed to inform them that one of the three children they adopted had abusive tendencies.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that in 2012, a couple adopted three brothers after being approached by TFI Family Services.
The couple alleges that one of the brothers, a 7-year-old, exhibited inappropriate behavior toward other children. After obtaining the boy’s medical records through a pediatrician, the couple learned that the child had been in therapy in mental health facilities, and had a history of attempting to molest other children. The couple eventually had the boy removed from their home.
TFI has denied all allegations of misrepresenting the boy’s history during the adoption process.
The Associated Press is not identifying the couple involved in the lawsuit to avoid identifying the child.