Family court helps families get on their feet

SoMdNews.com: Family court helps families get on their feet:

Recovery, not incarceration, is desired outcome

Although problems like drug addiction and having a child taken away by the state might seem insurmountable, Charles County families now have a solution that allows them to better themselves and rebuild a solid family unit.

Texas official over CPS quits after Abilene investigation

Texas official over CPS quits after Abilene investigation - Houston Chronicle:

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services commissioner Howard Baldwin resigned Thursday just weeks after Abilene detectives seized files from local Child Protective Services workers as part of a criminal investigation into possible evidence tampering and cover-ups in the death of a 22-month-old toddler.

Exclusive: 17-Year-Old Foster Care Girl Speaks About Affair With DCF Worker

Exclusive: 17-Year-Old Foster Care Girl Speaks About Affair With DCF Worker « CBS Miami:

MIAMI (CBS4) – An audio taped police interview with the 17 year old foster girl at the center of sex scandal involving a fired DCF investigator reveals he offered to pay her $1000 dollars to keep her mouth shut about their affair.

Life After TPR New laws give some families a second chance.

Rise Magazine - By and For Parents in the Child Welfare System:

Under federal law, parents typically have only 15 months to prove that they can safely reunify with their children. For parents struggling with addiction, that’s a short time to break the cycle of relapse and recovery. Yet research shows that children in foster care do better when they have parents or other biological family members in their lives. Here, LaShanda Taylor, associate professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law, describes how some states are making it easier for parents and children to stay connected despite termination of parental rights (TPR).

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Man indicted in child's death on Indian reservation

Man indicted in child's death on Indian reservation | Michigan news | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:

MT. PLEASANT — A grand jury indicted a central Michigan man Wednesday in the death of a 4-year-old boy, more than four months after the child's badly burned remains were discovered outside the victim's house.

Ask the GAL: Law strictly governs psychotropic medications for foster children

Ask the GAL: Law strictly governs psychotropic medications for foster children | Ask the GAL | Bradenton Herald:

Q: How many abused, abandoned, or neglected children in dependency are taking psychotropic medications?

Since when?

Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2012/11/08/4270109/ask-the-gal-law-strictly-governs.html#storylink=cpy

Texas Supreme Court Reinstates Family Law Judge Who Was Caught on Camera Beating His Disabled Daughter

Texas Supreme Court Reinstates Family Law Judge Who Was Caught on Camera Beating His Disabled Daughter:

The South Texas family law judge who garnered Internet infamy last year after a YouTube video emerged showing him severely beating his then-teenage daughter has been reinstated by the state's Supreme Court effective immediately.

How's that for Justice? Or should I say Injustice?