Grandma claims Kids Central ignored drug-positive birth, reunited siblings with addicted mother

A Marion County grandmother alleges that Kids Central, Inc., ignored her warnings about her daughter’s drug addiction and placed her three grandchildren in an environment where they were physically and psychologically abused until their mother was eventually arrested on charges of attempted murder and child neglect.

The lawsuit was filed in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court on Friday, March 20. The legal complaint, brought by B.B. on behalf of her grandchildren, M.B. and K.K., claims that KCI failed in its primary duty to protect the children by recommending they be reunified with their mother despite her active drug use and mental health struggles.

M.B. was born in October 2019 and is currently 6 years old. K.K. was born in May 2021 and is currently 4 years old. According to court records, the children were initially removed from their mother’s care in 2021 due to substance abuse and domestic violence…

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