In 2008, Children's Rights, along with Oklahoma law firms Fredric Dowart Lawyers, Seymour & Graham LLP, Day, Edwards, Propester & Christensen PC, and international firm Kaye Scholer, filed a lawsuit against Hendrick, other commissioners of the Department of Human Services, and the Governor of Oklahoma. The suit was filed on behalf of the nine named plaintiffs and more than 10,000 children in Oklahoma who had been removed from their homes by the state. The Complaint alleged violations of the constitutional rights of the children in the state's care by routinely placing them in unsafe, unsupervised and unstable living situations, where they were frequently subjected to further maltreatment.http://www.childrensrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/2008-02-13_dg_complaint_as_filed.pdf The parties settled the case in 2012 with an agreement for independent oversight of the Department.http://www.childrensrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Signed-Settlement-Agreement-1-4-2011.pdf
