Baby Veronica case: Victory unlikely for either side as mediation begins

Baby Veronica case: Victory unlikely for either side as mediation begins | Tulsa World:

Historians in the 19th century described Cherokee stickball as an ancient but brutal tradition, leaving players bloodied and bruised, sometimes even maimed or dead.
More than a game, it was an alternative to war, a way to settle disputes over hunting grounds and property, perhaps even child custody. 

The Baby Sellers portrays the dark side of international adoption

[Birth Mother] First Mother Forum: The Baby Sellers portrays the dark side of international adoption:

Prospective adoptive parents who look to other countries to adopt because of a "shortage" of "adoptable infants" here in America, or who do so to avoid those pesky birth mothers who want "open adoptions," will find Lifetime's new movie, The Baby Sellers, unsettling. Premiered last night, the film is a absorbing depiction of the trafficking of infants from around the globe, specifically India and Brazil, to unknowing people who want nothing more than a baby to take home, no questions asked.

Sounds just like many of the Foster stranger's chosen to raise our stolen children.

Murder-suicide revives custody-rights debate

Murder-suicide revives custody-rights debate | New Hampshire Crime:

A man commits suicide by lighting himself on fire in front of a county courthouse in Keene.

An Amherst doctor who works at the V.A. Medical Center in Manchester drives to Vermont in a rental car and shoots his ex-wife's husband before killing himself.

And last Sunday, a Manchester father fatally shoots his own 9-year-old son and then himself during a supervised visitation session at a downtown YWCA.

So who's at fault? Parent's are pushed over the edge by the Family Court's who they perceive will act fairly in their quest for Justice!

Families adopt more children from foster care

Families adopt more children from foster care | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com:

The percentage of children adopted from foster care is swinging upward, a new report suggests.

Note: Of course it's swinging upward. Why wouldn't it when CPS/DCYF are rewarded for EVERY child they steal! Shouldn't they only be rewarded for EVERY Family kept together. I'm sure VP Mondale is shaking his head right now saying, "I told you so!"

ENFORCING CHILD CONTACT ORDERS: ARE THE FAMILY COURTS GETTING IT RIGHT?

Jordan Publishing:

There are long-standing concerns that courts fail to enforce their own orders in child contact cases following parental separation. 

Mediation papers filed in Cherokee custody battle

Mediation papers filed in Cherokee custody battle | azfamily.com Phoenix:

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Two families seeking custody of a 3-year-old girl filed a mediation agreement Friday while attending hearings in Oklahoma and tribal courts to determine the best course forward for the child.

Taxpayers foot the bill for flawed family court system

Taxpayers foot the bill for flawed family court system | ABQJournal Online:

We, in America, like to say that what happens behind closed doors is nobody else’s business. But what if what happens between consenting adults leaves the rest of us paying billions when things go wrong?