Steven Orloff, former foster father, charged with online sex abuse

Steven Orloff, former foster father, charged with online sex abuse - UPI.com:

BOSTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A former foster father and Massachusetts school official posed as a 14-year-old boy online to get girls to strip for him on camera, federal prosecutors say.

DCF combing through cases of two fired social workers

DCF combing through cases of two fired social workers | Boston Herald:

Officials at the Department of Children and Families are scrambling to review the cases of two fired state child welfare workers they say failed a missing 5-year-old Fitchburg boy, whose disappearance authorities are investigating as a “possible homicide.”

Warrant: Upstate foster mother kept abused child in doghouse

Warrant: Upstate foster mother kept abused child in doghouse - Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports:

SENECA, SC (WYFF) -

An Upstate foster mother is accused of abusing a child in her care and is now facing several charges, according to Seneca Police Chief John Covington.

Missing boy’s uncle, dad plan to sue DCF

Missing boy’s uncle, dad plan to sue DCF | Boston Herald:

A relative of the missing 5-year-old Fitchburg boy who authorities fear was murdered said today he intends to sue the Department of Children and Families after it was revealed that social workers knew about abuse in the boy’s home in May — but police only found out this month.

State family agency fires two in case of boy feared dead

Police report: Fitchburg children and their mother were terrorized for months by her boyfriend - Metro - The Boston Globe:

Failure to visit troubled Fitchburg home cited; long-missing child’s mother, boyfriend held

FITCHBURG — State officials acknowledged Tuesday there was a “serious failure” in their handling of the case of a 5-year-old boy, firing the social worker and supervisor who, despite reports of abuse, let months pass without visiting him. The boy is now feared dead.

Ohio court returns custody of child to mother living in Arizona, rejects grandparent's claim

Ohio court returns custody of child to mother living in Arizona, rejects grandparent's claim (12/17/13 10:17 am):

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a child returned to the custody of her mother who had moved to Arizona, rejecting custody claims filed by the child's paternal grandfather.

Sir James Munby: Caesarean mother case shows need for "radical change" in family courts

Sir James Munby: Caesarean mother case shows need for "radical change" in family courts - Telegraph:

The case of a mother whose baby was taken away following an enforced caesarean is an "irrefutable demonstration of the pressing need for radical change" in the family courts, senior judge says.