The child welfare system is, in the end, an information system, and there are legal consequences if files are lost because a social worker quits or some other foul-up, said James Marsh, a lawyer who has done pro bono adoptions in the District.
“It’s like garbage in, garbage out. If the information is bad, the court won’t make a good decision and the child won’t end up in a good place,” he said
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