Texas Seeks To Vacate Appointment Of Special Masters For Foster Care System

The State of Texas is waiting for a ruling on its petition to vacate the appointment of Kevin Ryan, former New Jersey Commissioner of Children and Families, and Francis McGovern, JD as co-Special Masters for a court-ordered reform of the foster care system. Special masters are experts appointed by courts to guide implementation of consent decrees. After the judge overseeing a court-ordered reform of the Texas foster care system appointed two special masters in March 2016 to guide the reform, in early April 2016, the Texas Attorney General filed a petition to halt the work. The judge . . .