Category: family
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Over 1300 online petitioners say judicial actions in FLDS case is deserving of impeachment
Click Here to view the 1385 Online Petition Signatures to Impeach Texas District Judge Barbara Walther Over FLDS Fiasco Published by Daniel T. Weaver on Jun 01, 2008 Category: Government/Law Region: United States of America Target: State of Texas Web site: http://upstreamzine.wordpress.com Description/History: Texas Judge Barbara Walther authorized the removal of more than 400 children from…
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ACP Offers Freedom For Abuse Victims in Texas
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.590626&w=325&h=250&fv=] more about “Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.COM |Texa…“, posted with vodpod I left my abuser…but he keeps coming after me… nobody was there to stop him…so I went back… If I leave him, he’ll just come find me… so I might as well stay…” I’m afraid to stay home…
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FLDS: READ THE APPEAL COURT RULING: ACTUAL COURT PAPERS
This ruling is an awesome show of the law and how it works. CPS is rarely overturned. In particular, to have the Third District Court of Appeals rule so specifically on the terms of what they can constitute “imminent danger” requiring the removal of a child, and also implementing the requirement to make every reasonable…
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FLDS: Appellate Court Rules CPS HAD NO RIGHT TO REMOVE CHILDREN
http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=8365745 AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The Third Court of Appeals has ruled that Child Protective Services did not have the right to remove children from the Yearning for Zion ranch last month. The ruling comes as a result of a document filed by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid last month. The TRLA is the largest provider…
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CPS v. FLDS: Truth v. Lies: ItsAlmostTuesday v. Media- I CALL FOR A STRIKE
I am disgusted by CPS – again. I am disgusted by the Media – again. I miss my children… again… So, the saga continues… FLDS, CPS, ElDorado, Media, Rocky, Bullwinkle…. hrrrrm? My day started out a little emotional with this post as I read the Dallas Morning News Opinion Blog – where Sharon Grigsby posted…
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Checking In: Violations in Texas Foster Care
Below I have compiled a sample of real violations within the foster care system in Texas. These facilities are in major metropolitan areas (ie Dallas/Ft.Worth, Austin, San Antonio areas) and they are listed here exactly as they are reported here by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. While we talk about foster care…
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Texas foster care system struggling
Some, but not enough, experience the challenges and joys of opening homes and hearts. By Corrie MacLaggan AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Monday, May 07, 2007MANOR — Yolanda and Michael Gobert tell friends, business associates and fellow members of Little Zion Baptist Church about something they’ve been doing for four years, something they think others should consider: foster…
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FLDS parents complain of vague custody plans
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints make their way towards the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas for the first round of hearings regarding the family plans on Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/San Angelo Standard-Times, Brian Connelly) Tuesday, 20 May 2008 Michelle Roberts – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANGELO, Texas…
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Sadly, Statistics Say So….
Every day more than 3 children die as a result of abuse and neglect. Over 75% of the child abuse fatalities were children under the age of 5. Children who have been abused experience anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, and even worse many contemplate or attempt suicide. Over 50% of foster youth become juvenile…
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ElDorado Childrens’ Removal by CPS was based on False Allegations
But still … they are keeping the kids in foster care…. ? Why? Warrant dropped against man named in polygamist retreat raid May 2, 2008 ELDORADO, Texas (AP) — An arrest warrant has been dropped for a man thought to be the husband of a teenage girl whose report of abuse triggered a raid on…
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Abuse changes brains of suicide victims
Source:By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Tue May 6, 9:47 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suicide victims who were abused as children have clear genetic changes in their brains, Canadian researchers reported on Tuesday in a finding they said shows neglect can cause biological effects. The findings offer potential ways to find people at…
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Foster care provider Lawrence Bright is a predator
Foster care provider Lawrence Bright is a predator Police say 70-year-old Lawrence Bright was a licensed foster care provider, and a persistent predator. He lived with his girlfriend in this house on Pinnacle Road in Henrietta. There, they cared for several foster children, including the alleged victim. She told investigators the abuse began in 2002…
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Keepin’ the Kids – The Latest News on Eldorado
News Brief: Friday, April 18, 2008 We are very gratified with today’s decision to keep all the children in temporary state custody because it stops the abuse and keeps all the children safe. This allows us to keep children safe as we conduct a complete and thorough investigation and provide the physical and mental health…
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Videos:Foster care from the child’s point of view
PART 1 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu4nldTcpt8&feature=related] PART 2 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbrk_Rd8xEU&feature=related] PART 3 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNIlXOALJjo&feature=related] PART 4 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8C9W5JewDI&feature=related]
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Texas Argues Death Penalty For Child Rapists
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/041708dnnatscotus.6c5b97cf.html?npc U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas argue death penalty for child rapists 08:39 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 By BRENDAN MCKENNA / The Dallas Morning News bmckenna@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON — Texas says sometimes the sexual assault of a child can be so violent or obscene that the only appropriate punishment is…
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Special thanks to Former Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn
click here to read the Texas Medicaid Fraud News Reports and Investigation Findings on Its Almost Tuesday’s Medicaid Fraud Page. In working with abuse cases, government systems, and foster care, there are many obstacles & tragedies on a daily basis. We fight a system enormously large by comparison (to a single mom on aol) who…
