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Offline WyldCard4

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Help on procedures for kids of dead parents.
« on: August 02, 2008, 07:27:37 PM »
In a story I am writing a boy's father commits suicide, I was wondering if there was any online resource for what the police would do with the boy and his younger brother.

I was thinking it happened in a small town in Kansas, the boy is 13 years old with a 7 year old brother, only living relative is 19 year old sister in another state.

Is there anywhere I could find information about what would be done?

Only the first day or so matters for the story as acts of plot make it moot afterward.

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Re: Help on procedures for kids of dead parents.
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2008, 11:58:30 AM »
I'm guessing that the kids would first be taken into police custody and then placed in foster care, but the best thing to do would be to check with a member of the police force or somebody in Social Services  who could give you accurate information.  The procedure might also vary from state to state.
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Re: Help on procedures for kids of dead parents.
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 05:57:45 AM »
if the sister is their closest living relative, I'd imagine they'd  at least contact her about the custody issue, given that she's legally an adult
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Re: Help on procedures for kids of dead parents.
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2008, 08:11:06 AM »
Kansas CPS manual:

http://www.srskansas.org//CFS/cfp_manuals/ppmepmanuals/ppm_manual/ppm_sections/Table_of_contents.htm

Click around, they will have a section somewhere in there on co-ops with Law Enforcement.



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