Issue of relinquishing custody to obtain mental health

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Issue of relinquishing custody to obtain mental health

http://www.house.gov/stark/news/108th/custrelen.htm

July 15, 2003

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) addressed the Senate Government Affairs Committee on the growing problem of child custody relinquishment in which many parents are forced to give up custody of their mentally ill or emotionally disturbed child in order to get them needed mental health treatment. Last year, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) joined Rep. Stark in requesting that the General Accounting Office investigate this phenomenon that is tearing families apart.