Rep. Kirkton Wants Comments On Child Protective Services

Rep. Kirkton Wants Comments On Child Protective Services:

State Representative Jeanne Kirkton will hold a listening session to hear comments on Missouri's children's protective services, including the child abuse hotline, and the removal, investigations and placement of children by the Department of Social Services.

Baby Veronica case: Dusten Brown to stop custody fight for Veronica

Baby Veronica case: Dusten Brown to stop custody fight for Veronica - Tulsa World: News:

 The girl’s biological father spoke for the first time since he gave up custody Sept. 23.
Ending a custody battle that stretched across two states and dragged on for nearly four years, Dusten Brown will drop all litigation in the "Baby Veronica" case, he announced Thursday.

A Painful Decision To Give Up Two Adopted Children

A Painful Decision To Give Up Two Adopted Children | Here & Now:

Writer Joyce Maynard has been very open with her readers about her life. When she adopted two girls from Ethiopia in 2010, she wrote about it in More magazine.

State audit cites improper spending by private foster care agencies

State audit cites improper spending by private foster care agencies:

$130,000 for parties, board meeting, charities questioned

Madison — Private placement agencies for foster children, including one in Milwaukee, used taxpayer funds to make nearly $130,000 in questionable charges for parties, a board meeting and charitable contributions, a new state audit has found.

Biological father to discuss next legal steps in disputed adoption of Cherokee girl

Biological father to discuss next legal steps in disputed adoption of Cherokee girl:

TULSA, Oklahoma — The next legal steps in the case of an Oklahoma girl adopted by a South Carolina couple are to be discussed at a news conference by the girl's biological father and Cherokee Nation officials.

Sandra Marti: Child-protection worker accused of falsifying reports

Sandra Marti: Child-protection worker accused of falsifying reports - Sun Sentinel:

A Broward sheriff's employee entrusted to help shield kids from harm didn't even bother to meet five children she needed to watch over, possibly compromising their safety, authorities say.

Father testifies about years of battling DCF to remove abusive child from their Wellington home

Father testifies about years of battling DCF to remove abusive... | www.palmbeachpost.com:

WEST PALM BEACH — 

For more than two years, Junior kept a terrible secret from his parents: He had been sexually assaulted by Jerald, a 10-year-old neighborhood kid whom his mother and father brought into their Wellington home after the boy’s own mother was declared unfit.