Lawsuit against Deval Patrick, Health and Human Services secretary, Department of Children and Families commissioner takes aim at foster care system | masslive.com

Lawsuit against Deval Patrick, Health and Human Services secretary, Department of Children and Families commissioner takes aim at foster care system | masslive.com: "SPRINGFIELD - The state’s foster care system is a wrenching cycle of neglect, abuse and mismanagement for many children, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.

A New York-based child welfare advocacy group and a Boston law firm are suing Gov. Deval L. Patrick, Health and Human Services Secretary Judyann Bigby and Angelo McClain, the commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, on behalf of six children who allegedly suffered a host of horrors while in state custody."

Types of Hearings Involving Child Protective Services (CPS) | Mr Custody Coach

Types of Hearings Involving Child Protective Services (CPS) | Mr Custody Coach: "The child has been removed from your home and you’re in a panic. Remember to request an attorney of both CPS (child protective services) and the court. Even if you cannot afford an attorney, the court is required to provide one for you in cases involving the removal of a child after an investigation by child protective services."

Reasonable Efforts to Preserve or Reunify Families and Achieve Permanency for Children

Reasonable Efforts to Preserve or Reunify Families and Achieve Permanency for Children: "Series: State Statutes
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway
Year Published: 2009
Current Through July 2009

You may wish to review this introductory text to better understand the information contained in your State's statute. To see how your State addresses this issue, visit the State Statutes Search.

Reasonable efforts refer to activities of State social services agencies that aim to provide the assistance and services needed to preserve and reunify families."

Statute of Limitations - Tolling The Statute - Time, Action, Tolled, Debt, Disability, and Period

Statute of Limitations - Tolling The Statute - Time, Action, Tolled, Debt, Disability, and Period: "Statutes of limitations are designed to aid defendants. A plaintiff, however, can prevent the dismissal of his action for untimeliness by seeking to toll the statute. When the statute is tolled, the running of the time period is suspended until some event specified by law takes place. Tolling provisions benefit a plaintiff by extending the time period in which he is permitted to bring suit."

Adoption process in Oklahoma merits review | NewsOK.com

Adoption process in Oklahoma merits review | NewsOK.com: "A 2006 grand jury report revealing a pay-to-play adoption system came as a shock to many Oklahomans but not so much to those who knew the system best. Babies were all but traded for cars, televisions and vacations."

Is media protective of our state, our courts and child protection service? - Grand Rapids Family Court | Examiner.com

Is media protective of our state, our courts and child protection service? - Grand Rapids Family Court | Examiner.com: "Is media protective of our state, our courts and child protection service?
November 26th, 2010 3:30 pm ET
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Nicholas Braman was murdered by his father after Child Protective Service failed to protect the boy.  CPS had been involved in the case and had removed the two older siblings in the family from the father, but left the youngest boy Nicholas with his father."

CPS is drugging 6 and 7 year old children - for profit