No. 25-285
Elizabeth White, et vir v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: adoption-assistance child-welfare-act federal-adoption procedural-interpretation special-needs-children state-agency-disclosure
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference:
2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether North Carolina misinterpreted the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 by reversing an Order granting Petitioners adoption assistance and what duty state agencies have to disclose information about Federal adoption assistance
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
1. Whether North Carolina misinterpreted the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 by reversing an Order granting Petitioners adoption assistance. 2. What duty, if any, do state agencies and/or private nonprofit child -placing agencies have to disclose information about Federal adoption assistance to prospective adoptive parents of special needs’ children?
Docket Entries
2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-09-29
Waiver of right of respondent Forsyth County Department of Social Services to respond filed.
2025-09-25
Waiver of right of respondent Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-09-19
Waiver of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-19
Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to respond filed.
2025-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 14, 2025)
Attorneys
Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc.
Everett B. Saslow Jr. — Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty, PLLC, Respondent
Everett B. Saslow Jr. — Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty, PLLC, Respondent
Elizabeth White, et ux.
Tiffany Bolling Massie — Freedom Law NC, Petitioner
Tiffany Bolling Massie — Freedom Law NC, Petitioner
Forsyth County Department of Social Services
Erica Glass — Forsyth County Department of Social Services, Respondent
Erica Glass — Forsyth County Department of Social Services, Respondent
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Nicholas Scott Brod — North Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Nicholas Scott Brod — North Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent