Family
Apr. 20, 2011
Supreme Court Decision Costly to O.C.
Orange County soon will pay a mother as much as $10 million in damages and interest for having taken away her daughters illegally 11 years ago.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Orange County soon will pay a mother as much as $10 million in damages and interest for having illegally taken away her daughters 11 years ago.
The verdict is the largest civil-rights award in the nation over improperly cutting off parental rights, according to Shawn A. McMillan, the mother's San Diego attorney.
"The county has every intention of paying this judgment," t...
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