In a story Oct. 26 about a Kansas couple whose children were taken into state custody, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an appellate court found that Raymond Schwab tested positive for methamphetamine and opioids during a court-ordered blood screening last year. The court found Schwab tested positive after a urine screening. A corrected version of the story is below:
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court won’t consider the case of a couple whose children were taken into state custody.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the court Friday declined to hear the case of Raymond and Amelia Schwab, who claimed their children were placed in state custody because of Raymond Schwab’s use of medical marijuana.
A Kansas appellate court said earlier the children were taken into state custody because of neglect and Schwab’s suspected drug use, not because of Schwab’s use of medical marijuana. The appellate court found that Raymond Schwab tested positive for methamphetamine and opioids during a court-ordered urine screening last year.
Raymond Schwab then appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court, where he intended to represent himself. The high court’s refusal to hear the case denies him that opportunity.
