Oklahoma Adoption Attorney Approves Baby Deseray Removal for Friend

Oklahoma Adoption Attorney Approves Baby Deseray Removal for Friend - ICTMN.com:

Next week, South Carolina Judge Marsh Robertson has a hearing scheduled for the finalization of the adoption of Oklahoma-born infant, Merry Rejoice Bixler, better known as “Baby Deseray,” in Greenville County family court. The hearing, on Monday, October 28, comes a little over a month after Oklahoma County Judge Allen Welch granted custody of the girl to the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and ordered her return to that state.

Report shows DHS needs help to improve child welfare practices

Report shows DHS needs help to improve child welfare practices | News OK:

THREE out-of-state experts who are monitoring the state's child welfare reform efforts rapped the Department of Human Services pretty good in their first progress report Wednesday. The report also included this message for the Legislature and the general public: Their help is also needed.

Jail social workers who take children without telling parents why, says Britain's top family judge

Jail social workers who take children without telling parents why, says Britain's top family judge | Mail Online:

Sir James Munby attacked workers in Bristol who didn't explain themselves

They did not tell a couple why their two children were being taken from them

They breach a court order in doing so - which could carry a jail term in future

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Woman fined Dh10k for illegal baby adoption

Woman fined Dh10k for illegal baby adoption - Emirates 24/7:

The court found the woman guilty of failing to follow official regulations when she adopted the baby

Lawmaker hosts town halls across the state to highlight CPS experiences

Lawmaker hosts town halls across the state to highlight CPS experiences | news10.net:

CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA - Almost six months since the taking of Baby Sammy Nikolayev shined a spotlight on Child Protective Services, the push to change how children in California are protected is gaining momentum.

"Sorry, but DHR is robbing foster children": A reply to agency's defense in taking children's assets

Daily Kos: "Sorry, but DHR is robbing foster children": A reply to agency's defense in taking children's assets:

In my last diary, I wrote about the practice of state foster care agencies taking foster children's social security benefits as government revenue. I wrote a commentary in the Baltimore Sun about the practice in Maryland, available here.  The Maryland Department of Human Resources Secretary Ted Dallas wrote a response defending the practice - and my reply to the Secretary is in today's Baltimore Sun, available here: "Sorry, but DHR is robbing foster children." (which includes a link to the agency's defense of practice). Below is an excerpt responding to the Secretary's assertions/defenses:

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Woman threatens to shoot caseworker, blow up Northampton County Children, Youth and Families Division, records say

Woman threatens to shoot caseworker, blow up Northampton County Children, Youth and Families Division, records say | lehighvalleylive.com:

An Easton woman — who was found with a BB gun in her bra — threatened to blow up the Northampton County Children, Youth and Families Division and shoot her caseworker, according to court records.