Kentucky

Faced with conflicting court appearances on the same day in late June, state social worker Aaron Jackson said he followed a supervisor's directive to attend family court in Jefferson County and notify Bullitt County court officials that he'd miss a child-welfare hearing there.



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Bullitt Family Court Judge Elise Givhan Spainhour, who ordered Jackson jailed on July 1, declined to comment through a spokeswoman for the state Administrative Office of the Courts.

Judge frustrated

But Jackson's lawyer, Joseph Wantland, who attended the July 1 hearing, said the judge made it clear she was frustrated with what she described as a pattern of Jefferson County workers failing to attend hearings in Bullitt County, which was hampering her from protecting children in suspected abuse or neglect cases.