Category: domestic violence

  • Schaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child

    Sunday, December 2, 2007 Last modified Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:03 AM EST Schaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child By Tom Law Source: The Toccoa Record State Sen. Nancy Schaefer last week called for an overhaul of the state’s child protection services provided through the Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS). Among…

  • Failure to Protect – A look at CPS and the System

    I’ve added a new page, Failure to Protect – Caseworker Files. Go check it out and the source: PBS’s Frontline series about CPS and our families/system. The information and stories are indescribable and full of information everyone needs to know. I’d love your comments on it, and if you’ve been affected by CPS and the…

  • Laws on notification of child abuse/neglect – and false notifications/allegations

    What are the laws on notification of child abuse/neglect? What about falsely accusing someone of child abuse? Child abuse is very serious, and false allegations or allegations made in bad faith ruin not just the target’s life, but the child’s…. Stricter enforcement of policies regarding the false allegations made by so many should be paramount.…

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  • Editing the layout

    If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ll probably notice the changes as I am playing around with the layouts available.  I would love some input on what you like best?  What information you might be looking for but can’t find.  I would like to do what I can to enhance your visit…

  • Survey: Too many children stuck in temporary foster care

      Overloaded courts, insufficient services part of problem By Susan Shepard   Media Credit: Mark Mulligan Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn tells reporters that action must be taken immediately to reform the Texas foster-care system. On Friday Strayhorn held a press conference to answer questions about her recently released report, “Forgotten Children.” Children are languishing…

  • In Memory: These children died In the government’s care in the name of “safety”

      These children were killed or died AFTER they were taken into CPS’s custody for allegations of abuse/neglect against their caretakers at their natural home . There are two parts of this list that get me the most in a shuddering chills kind of way – First, is how many times i roll the scroll…

  • Child welfare officer jailed (ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!)

    this is what i like to see – this case is a couple years old, but its a good leader to what needs to keep happening – accountability!!! The Pinellas sheriff’s employee lied about checking on children and filed false overtime claims, detectives say. By CHRIS TISCH Published December 10, 2004 Megan Gallagher faces felony…

  • Missing mom may have feared losing son

    The woman’s husband says she was afraid the state would take away their newborn like they did with their other kids. By CURTIS KRUEGER Published April 24, 2006 Gregory Pound sat in the Pinellas County Jail for a month for failing to reveal where his wife and baby son had gone, even though he insists…

  • How Does A CPS Case Work? When to report?

    The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (“Bureau”), a division of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Fam- ily Services (“Department”), provides child abuse preven- tion and related services in Milwaukee County. The Bu- reau receives reports of child maltreatment at its intake office. When an intake screener receives a call, he drafts an intake form…

  • What is Senate Bill 6?

    Senate Bill 6 amends the Education Code, Family Code, Government Code, Human Resources Code, Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Texas Probate Code to make a number of reforms to the children’s protective services and adult protective services programs, certain related guardianship issues, and other family law matters. It requires the Health and Human…

  • Ohio Mom on Trial in Foster Son’s Death; (Domestic Violence Past Was Unreported)

    By TERRY KINNEY AP BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) – A woman suggested binding her developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster son inside a closet, making her responsible for his death even if she did not intend it, prosecutors said Thursday as her murder trial opened. A defense attorney, however, argued that Liz Carroll was a wife intimidated into…

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