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Exclusive: NC county using using illegal child custody agreements

By ​ Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr

Investigative reporters Mitch Weiss, Charlotte, and Holbrook
Mohr, Jacksonville, for an exclusive story revealing
that a county welfare agency had been using illegal custody agreements for
years to remove children from parents under duress and sometimes without cause. https://bit.ly/2GgTpyr

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By The Associated Press

MARCH 22, 2018

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