Senior judges warned yesterday of a growing risk of knife attacks and violence by parents in the family courts.
They believe that judges are increasingly vulnerable to assault or stabbing in cases in which parents are told they must lose their children.
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Thursday, July 04, 2019
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
Sarasota County deputies uncover statewide data breach led by DCF employee
A statewide identity theft crime ring has been shut down by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. The ringleader was an official at the Department of Children and Families.
Last month, Sarasota county deputies got a call about a fraudulent purchase at the Mall at UTC. It seemed like a rather routine case but they soon uncovered a statewide criminal enterprise with a DCF employee at the top.
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Last month, Sarasota county deputies got a call about a fraudulent purchase at the Mall at UTC. It seemed like a rather routine case but they soon uncovered a statewide criminal enterprise with a DCF employee at the top.
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Sherin Mathews' Father Says He Was Doing Something Nice By Disposing Of Her Body
The adoptive father of a three-year-old girl with special needs has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the little girl’s death.
A jury handed down the unanimous decision on June 26, after hearing two days of testimony from 39-year-old Wesley Mathews, KTVT reported.
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A jury handed down the unanimous decision on June 26, after hearing two days of testimony from 39-year-old Wesley Mathews, KTVT reported.
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DCS: Lawsuit Charging Failure to Protect Children Will "Demoralize" Staffers
Indiana's Department of Child Services is firing back at a lawsuit accusing it of failing Indiana foster children.
The response from DCS director Terry Stigdon is unusual in a couple of ways. The state usually doesn't comment on lawsuits at all. And Stigdon issued not a statement, but a seven-minute video on the agency website. She accuses the New York nonprofit A Better Childhood of cherry-picking horror stories and painting a misleading picture of an agency she maintains has improved dramatically over the last year. She charges the filing of the lawsuit is "demoralizing" for agency employees.
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The response from DCS director Terry Stigdon is unusual in a couple of ways. The state usually doesn't comment on lawsuits at all. And Stigdon issued not a statement, but a seven-minute video on the agency website. She accuses the New York nonprofit A Better Childhood of cherry-picking horror stories and painting a misleading picture of an agency she maintains has improved dramatically over the last year. She charges the filing of the lawsuit is "demoralizing" for agency employees.
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Immigrant children encounter inhumane side of U.S.
The Trump administration’s cruel treatment of children and families at the border has not stopped. Children continue to die in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez, who died May 20 just hours after being diagnosed with the flu.
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More >> Immigrant children encounter inhumane side of U.S.
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- Exclusive: Migrant children report verbal abuse, threats while in Border Patrol custody
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- Advocates sue to block US policy on children seeking asylum
GBI: Former DFCS worker tried to trade vehicle for adoption rights to child
A Georgia couple has been arrested after allegedly using inside information and a vehicle to convince a mother to give up rights to her own child.
In a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, agents say they were called in to investigate on Wednesday by the Fannin County Sheriff's Office regarding allegations that a couple tried to use a vehicle to persuade a mother to sign over the child.
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In a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, agents say they were called in to investigate on Wednesday by the Fannin County Sheriff's Office regarding allegations that a couple tried to use a vehicle to persuade a mother to sign over the child.
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Woman accused of posing as social worker to kidnap week-old baby in Santa Ana is charged
A woman who police say posed as a social worker to try to take a newborn baby from a Santa Ana home has been charged.
Sara Orozco Magana, 38, of Santa Ana was charged with one felony count each of attempted kidnapping of a child under age 14 and attempted taking of a minor from a parent, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
More >> Woman accused of posing as social worker to kidnap week-old baby in Santa Ana is charged
Sara Orozco Magana, 38, of Santa Ana was charged with one felony count each of attempted kidnapping of a child under age 14 and attempted taking of a minor from a parent, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
More >> Woman accused of posing as social worker to kidnap week-old baby in Santa Ana is charged
How Same-Sex Marriage Creates A Court-Mediated Market For Orphans
Pop quiz. Name one great novel in which a child embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing uncle. Just one. No? Okay.
How about this? Name a major motion picture in which the central drama surrounds the main characters desperate search for their mother’s long lost boyfriend.
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How about this? Name a major motion picture in which the central drama surrounds the main characters desperate search for their mother’s long lost boyfriend.
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Sisters Separated After Adoption Reunite At Logan Airport
It was a meeting nearly 70 years in the making. Two sisters, one from Massachusetts, met for the first time– and they had a lot of catching up to do.
It was an overwhelming moment at Logan airport Tuesday morning as 71-year-old Cori Rowe from Lynn met the sister she never knew she had.
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It was an overwhelming moment at Logan airport Tuesday morning as 71-year-old Cori Rowe from Lynn met the sister she never knew she had.
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Removing children from their parents doesn't just happen at the border
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has now ended its policy of separating minors from their parents at the border; that’s a move that a majority of Americans — even those who want stronger border security — support.
That’s because Americans are seemingly united in the belief that there is an innate sanctity to the nuclear family; the bonds between parents and children cannot be replicated — and should only be severed in the most severe of circumstances.
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That’s because Americans are seemingly united in the belief that there is an innate sanctity to the nuclear family; the bonds between parents and children cannot be replicated — and should only be severed in the most severe of circumstances.
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Tuesday, July 02, 2019
EDITORIAL: Sad legacy continues of taking Indigenous children from their parents
New mothers anywhere in this country can likely relate to the feelings of apprehension and anxiety that come along with the joy and elation of child birth.
So, on top of that, imagine this scenario. Rather than nurses coming to take the newborn to the hospital’s nursery for a checkup, it’s a social worker who has come to take the baby into foster care for reasons largely unknown to the parents.
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So, on top of that, imagine this scenario. Rather than nurses coming to take the newborn to the hospital’s nursery for a checkup, it’s a social worker who has come to take the baby into foster care for reasons largely unknown to the parents.
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17-Year-Old Soon to Age Out of Foster Care Pleads to Be Adopted by ‘Anyone Who Will Take Me’
In just a few short months, a 17-year-old boy named Haven will age out of foster care and be forced to fend for himself. He’s now desperately seeking a family to call his own.
The teen living in Oklahoma City has been in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Humans Services since he was 12 years old. After living in a shelter for the past five years, he says that he is losing hope that a forever family will adopt him. With his upcoming 18th birthday in October 2019, time is now running out for Haven.
More >> 17-Year-Old Soon to Age Out of Foster Care Pleads to Be Adopted by ‘Anyone Who Will Take Me’
The teen living in Oklahoma City has been in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Humans Services since he was 12 years old. After living in a shelter for the past five years, he says that he is losing hope that a forever family will adopt him. With his upcoming 18th birthday in October 2019, time is now running out for Haven.
More >> 17-Year-Old Soon to Age Out of Foster Care Pleads to Be Adopted by ‘Anyone Who Will Take Me’
Adopted children let down by cash-starved schools, research finds
Schools are failing to meet the needs of adopted children because of growing funding constraints and inadequate teacher training, research has found.
The survey by the charity Adoption UK reveals that adopted children often struggle to cope in schools, with significantly higher rates of exclusion – including internal, fixed-term and permanent – than their peers.
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The survey by the charity Adoption UK reveals that adopted children often struggle to cope in schools, with significantly higher rates of exclusion – including internal, fixed-term and permanent – than their peers.
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Social services brainwashed kids into thinking they were abused, sold them to foster parents
This may be the worst story you read today.
Eighteen people have been arrested in relation to a case in which children were brainwashed into believing they had been sexually abused by a parent and then sold to foster families.
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Eighteen people have been arrested in relation to a case in which children were brainwashed into believing they had been sexually abused by a parent and then sold to foster families.
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Biological sibling denies adopted sibling's status
We have two married daughters, one of whom is adopted. The biological daughter has two children who, we recently discovered, have been told that it is wrong to call our adopted daughter "aunt so-and-so" because she is not really family. Nor, according to our biological daughter and son-in-law, is her husband an "uncle." We're planning a visit to our biological daughter's family. How should we deal with this?
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More >> Biological sibling denies adopted sibling's status
NATIVE ADOPTION SCAMMER RELEASED TO THE CENTRE, INC.
Six months after receiving a more than four-year sentence, Betty Jo Krenz was released to a minimum-security rehabilitation center.
Krenz, 48, of Woodworth, pleaded guilty in January under the Alford plea, which means she acknowledged there was enough evidence to be convicted, but refused to admit to felony theft of property involving faking adoptions of Native children.
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DCS director calls children's lawsuit "puzzling" and "misleading"
The director of the Indiana Department of Child Services calls a class action lawsuit “puzzling” and “misleading” in a newly released statement Monday.
The agency had previously said it would not comment on litigation, but on Monday it released a two page statement and video in response to the lawsuit filed Tuesday against Governor Eric Holcomb, the Indiana Department of Child Services and DCS Director Terri Stigdon, alleging Indiana is failing in its duty to protect more than 22,000 children in the state’ child welfare system.
More >> DCS director calls children's lawsuit "puzzling" and "misleading"
The agency had previously said it would not comment on litigation, but on Monday it released a two page statement and video in response to the lawsuit filed Tuesday against Governor Eric Holcomb, the Indiana Department of Child Services and DCS Director Terri Stigdon, alleging Indiana is failing in its duty to protect more than 22,000 children in the state’ child welfare system.
More >> DCS director calls children's lawsuit "puzzling" and "misleading"
Georgia Couple Accused of Trying to Induce Adoption
A Georgia couple is in custody after they allegedly tried to induce an adoption with the promise of a car.
The Times reports 44-year-old William McClain and 36-year-old Rebecca McClain, of Blue Ridge, were arrested Thursday after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked to help the Fannin County Sheriff's Office's investigation of a couple persuading a mother to sign over her rights to her 10-month-old child "for the consideration of a vehicle."
More >> Georgia Couple Accused of Trying to Induce Adoption
The Times reports 44-year-old William McClain and 36-year-old Rebecca McClain, of Blue Ridge, were arrested Thursday after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked to help the Fannin County Sheriff's Office's investigation of a couple persuading a mother to sign over her rights to her 10-month-old child "for the consideration of a vehicle."
More >> Georgia Couple Accused of Trying to Induce Adoption
Grandmother Saves Children From Alleged Abuse, Social Workers Blame Her Instead
In was on Oct. 13 that Yolanda Bryant, 44, started to receive text messages from a family friend’s phone. It was her 10-year-old grandson. After some chit chat, the boy started to open up. He and his 5-year-old sister had been staying with the family friend for five months already. During that time, they hadn’t been to school. “He said, ‘We’re not allowed out the room,’” Bryant said. “He said they get beat with sticks.” Her heart sank.
More >> Grandmother Saves Children From Alleged Abuse, Social Workers Blame Her Instead
More >> Grandmother Saves Children From Alleged Abuse, Social Workers Blame Her Instead
Push to disclose more about foster children sent out of state still alive in Oregon Senate
Lawmakers may still act this weekend to require Oregon child welfare officials to disclose basic information about out-of-state facilities where foster children are sent to live.
But legislators won’t set strict conditions for how and when foster children can be placed out of state.
More >> Push to disclose more about foster children sent out of state still alive in Oregon Senate
But legislators won’t set strict conditions for how and when foster children can be placed out of state.
More >> Push to disclose more about foster children sent out of state still alive in Oregon Senate
Authorities investigate reports of migrants trying to buy children to enter the U.S.
Some migrants in Tijuana are trying to purchase children from vulnerable single mothers in local shelters so they can more easily cross into the United States, according to shelter directors, migrants and Tijuana law enforcement authorities.
Migrants in Tijuana shelters said they are alarmed after reports of single mothers being approached by groups of men who have offered to buy children to improve their chances of safely crossing into the United States.
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Migrants in Tijuana shelters said they are alarmed after reports of single mothers being approached by groups of men who have offered to buy children to improve their chances of safely crossing into the United States.
More >> Authorities investigate reports of migrants trying to buy children to enter the U.S.
Monday, July 01, 2019
15-month-old foster child may have been exposed to fentanyl before death, sources say
Authorities in Massachusetts are investigating the death of a 15-month-old girl who died at Lawrence hospital over the weekend.
More >> 15-month-old foster child may have been exposed to fentanyl before death, sources say
Indigenous newborn ‘Baby H’ returned to parents on brink of court hearing
Parents of a two-week-old baby who was apprehended shortly after her birth were preparing Wednesday evening to argue their case in court the next day when they were informed social workers were coming to their home to return the infant.
The paternal grandfather said social workers showed up at the couple’s apartment and told them if they could get one of their mothers to come stay with them, they could have the baby for the night.
More >> Indigenous newborn ‘Baby H’ returned to parents on brink of court hearing
The paternal grandfather said social workers showed up at the couple’s apartment and told them if they could get one of their mothers to come stay with them, they could have the baby for the night.
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ICE is not a child welfare agency. Migrant children deserve better.
What happens to you if you leave your child in a sweltering car? What if you locked your child in a cage? What would happen if you didn’t know where your children were — or how many you have?
Each of these actions are abundantly reasonable grounds for Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families to come knocking on your door with police to rescue such abused and neglected children.
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Each of these actions are abundantly reasonable grounds for Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families to come knocking on your door with police to rescue such abused and neglected children.
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Birth parents warned about messages to adopted teens
Families that have given up children for adoption are increasingly using social media to track them down as teenagers, threatening to destabilise their new lives, according to a report.
The charity Adoption UK said that a quarter of 3,500 parents surveyed reported that their adopted teenager had had some form of contact with their birth family in the past year that was outside a formal agreement. The most common form of contact was through social media.
More >> Birth parents warned about messages to adopted teens
The charity Adoption UK said that a quarter of 3,500 parents surveyed reported that their adopted teenager had had some form of contact with their birth family in the past year that was outside a formal agreement. The most common form of contact was through social media.
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