Los Angeles County will pay a family $20 million after its Department of Children and Family Services failed to act on a court order that would have removed a 4-year-old boy before his parents tortured and murdered him in 2019.

California's largest county announced the settlement on Tuesday in the lawsuit over the death of Noah Cuatro at the hands of his parents.

"It is DCFS' hope that this resolution gives Noah's family a sense of peace," the agency said in a statement. "His death and other child tragedies reveal the complexities of child welfare work, which often involves helping families heal from issues of generational trauma, untreated mental health, domestic violence and drug use, among other deeply personal challenges."

Noah's parents lost custody of him once but he was returned

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