Tusla is opposing a proposed new law that would remove parental rights from people who kill their partner, arguing that a child’s best interests may still be served by maintaining a connection with their birth parents, even if the parent who remains is responsible for the death of the other.

Internal emails show that the agency was disappointed that the Department of Justice ignored its objections to Valerie’s Law, which would remove automatic guardianship rights from those convicted and in some cases suspected of killing the other parent of their child.

Valerie’s law is named after, of course, Valerie French, and her brother David spoke to Anton this morning.