Parents may sue over alleged child removal fraud, the Child Protection Inquiry has heard

Parents may sue over alleged child removal fraud, the Child Protection Inquiry has heard | thetelegraph.com.au:

QUEENSLANDERS have been hoodwinked for a decade into believing there's an army of frontline workers in child protection, the Child Protection Inquiry has been told this morning.

Since the early 2000s state governments have told the public support staff and associated workers are in the frontline, it has been alleged.

Foster care: Why the debate over open courts matters

Foster care: Why the debate over open courts matters | Washington Times Communities:

WASHINGTON, September 4, 2012 — An underreported debate among foster care advocates and court watchdogs has been quietly brewing across the country.  At issue: whether courts that handle foster care cases should be open to the press.

The United States Supreme Court has never considered whether there is a First Amendment right for the press to attend civil child dependency proceedings and so the issue is wide open for debate.

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Tribe takes control of child welfare from state

Local News | Tribe takes control of child welfare from state | Seattle Times Newspaper:

The Port Gamble S'Klallam is the first Native-American tribe in the nation to start running all of its child guardianships, foster care and adoptions. The agreement with the federal government essentially severed any oversight by the state Department of Social and Health Services.

Speak Up! - Guest NH Rep. Andrew Manuse

New Hampshire is known as the Baby Snatcher State!

Speak Up! - Guest Gus Breton NH Redress Petitioner No. 28

Obamacare Begins Child Sterilization, Without Parental Consent

Obamacare Begins Child Sterilization, Without Parental Consent - Health & Wellness - Catholic Online:

Scandalous provision quietly takes effect in Oregon.

With back-to-school season in full swing across the nation, parents in Oregon have more to worry about than shopping for sweaters and purchasing pencils. In the state of Oregon, the Obamacare mandate, which went into effect on August 1, 2012, provides free sterilizations to girls as young as fifteen. Now, your daughter, your high school freshman, can choose, without your consent, to be permanently sterilized.

Who has oversight over Guardians ad litem in the State of Maine?

Who has oversight over Guardians ad litem in the State of Maine? – And Justice For All - BDN Maine Blogs:

We believe the one big, overriding issue for Guardian ad litem reform is the total lack of oversight of their work. This issue has been identified by several other important groups before – but in thinking more deeply about this issue – it is more than just a lack of oversight in the form of supervision. It is that most (if not all) Guardians ad litem are licensed professionals – lawyers, social workers, and such. They are in professions that have legally mandated oversight by their various Maine boards of licensing, yet these professional boards seem to be disabled by current laws governing Guardians ad litem from taking any normal corrective action on complaints from the public.