Holly Springs foster parent charged with child abuse

Holly Springs foster parent charged with child abuse :: WRAL.com:
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — A Holly Springs foster parent faces felony child abuse charges after allegedly abusing two children in her care.

Ex-criminals allowed to care for foster kids

Ex-criminals allowed to care for foster kids | WWLP:

(WWLP) – A new report reveals that criminal convictions may not disqualify Massachusetts adults from becoming foster parents.

Native American Groups Seek Child Welfare Probe

Native American Groups Seek Child Welfare Probe - ABC News:

Four national Native American organizations on Monday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native children in the private adoption and public child welfare systems, saying civil rights violations there are rampant.

Report On Child-Custody System Targets Areas To Examine

Report On Child-Custody System Targets Areas To Examine - Courant.com:

A task force has identified areas of the state's child-custody system that it says the Judicial Branch ought to evaluate, including whether to establish billing rates for legal guardians appointed to represent children in contentious court cases.

DCF handbook shocker: Criminal past doesn’t disqualify foster parents

DCF handbook shocker: Criminal past doesn’t disqualify foster parents | Boston Herald:

This is the Ma. Handbook. Here is the link to the NH Handbook which proves plenty of bias.

http://unhappygrammy-grandparentsblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/nh-dcyf-court-and-legal-handbook-this.html
DCF OVERSIGHT: Criteria uncovered by the Herald in a Department of Children and Families manual shows a stunningly permissive set of rules for screening potential foster home parents, allowing a history including sex offenses involving minors, violence such as manslaughter, and drug offenses such as trafficking cocaine and heroin within 1,000 feet of a school.


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Transparency in the family courts: new practice guidance takes effect

Transparency in the family courts: new practice guidance takes effect. By John Bolch. - Marilyn Stowe Blog:

The President of the Family Division’spractice guidance on the publication of judgments takes effect from today.

The purpose of the guidance is to increase the number of family court judgments that are published, with the ultimate aim of improving ‘transparency’, i.e. making the public more aware of the work of the family courts, thereby countering the charge that the family courts operate ‘a system of secret and unaccountable justice’.

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NH Gov. Slippery Slope updated

DMVC Productions = Results : NH Gov. Slippery Slope updated:

NH RSA 329-B -3  - Mental Health Board...
This board now includes the  HEINOUS AND LETHAL
SUSAN VONDERHEIDE, of Nashua, NH
NOMINATED BY - Maggie Hassan, Governor of NH (d) on  7/10/13  without public notice because...
(coincidentally the same day the Supreme Court denied a Plaintiff's appeal against Vonderheide; on appeal to a higher court.)

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