End to family court experts gravy train: Witnesses paid thousands in 90% of care cases | Mail Online:

End to family court experts gravy train: Witnesses paid thousands in 90% of care cases

• More than nine out of ten child care cases involve four expert reports
• Children complain about having to tell their stories repeatedly
• One psychiatrist suspended by GMC one day after writing expert report
• One in five expert witnesses do not have any qualifications

A halt has been called to the routine use of controversial ‘expert witnesses’ in life-changing custody battles.

8-Year-Old Disabled Boy Charged with Two Felonies

8-Year-Old Disabled Boy Charged with Two Felonies:

ALLEGAN , Mich., April 22 (UPI) -- An 8-year-old Michigan boy with disabilities has been charged with two felonies following an incident where he allegedly assaulted an officer and damaged a police vehicle.

Michigan Supreme Court rules against grandmother in Muskegon guardianship case

Michigan Supreme Court rules against grandmother in Muskegon guardianship case | MLive.com:

LANSING, MI – The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the Florida grandmother of several Muskegon County children shouldn’t be favored to be their guardian just because she’s a relative.

Six Ariz. child services workers fired over ignored abuse reports

Six Ariz. child services workers fired over ignored abuse reports - Your West Valley News: Valley & State:

PHOENIX -- Six state workers associated with having nearly 6,600 reports of child abuse ignored were fired Wednesday.

Hide the Eggs!!! - Baby LK Report For April 20th 2014

5 CPS supervisors fired after probe into unchecked cases

5 CPS supervisors fired after probe into unchecked cases:

Five CPS supervisors were fired Wednesday morning and a top administrator of the Department of Economic Security was replaced after an investigation into 6,600 unchecked reports of child neglect or abuse to the state's child welfare agency.

Child Protection Continues to Fail

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Capitol Alert: Tim Donnelly wants to abolish CPS, start over from 'ground up'

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly, from Twin Peaks said Tuesday that he would abolish the state's Child Protective Services system and start over "from the ground up," saying social workers often remove children from their homes without sufficient reason.

"If I were in charge of the entire state, I can tell you right now I would abolish CPS," he said at a news conference at the Capitol, "because CPS has become the greatest threat to the very kids it was designed to protect."

news conference to promote legislation that would require social workers to conduct video or audio recordings of their interactions with children and parents when investigating child abuse. He said recordings would protect both families and social workers in disputes.

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