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Child’s best interest is not always family

JAMM AQUINO
CTY - Attorney Francis O'Brien is photographed on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at his law office in Honolulu. O'Brien won a key CPS case that went to the Hawaii Supreme Court earlier this year. The court ruled that a CPS policy that required foster children to be placed with relatives, as opposed to non-relatives, in permanent placements was unlawful. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino). CTY - Attorney Francis O'Brien is photographed on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at his law office in Honolulu. O'Brien won a key CPS case that went to the Hawaii Supreme Court earlier this year. The court ruled that a CPS policy that required foster children to be placed with relatives, as opposed to non-relatives, in permanent placements was unlawful. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino).