Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told

Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told | News | Law Society Gazette:

Litigants in person are not getting fair hearings, the Common’s Justice Committee heard this morning.

Legal aid cut for family courts 'damaging' for children

BBC News - Legal aid cut for family courts 'damaging' for children:

Children are being damaged by the rising number of estranged couples representing themselves in family court battles, a former judge has claimed.

Psychotropic Drugs in Foster Care

psychotropic drugs in foster care | Wandervogel Diary:

In California, a year-long investigation by the San Jose Mercury News discovered foster and healthcare providers across the state mis-medicating thousands of children in their care with psychotropic drugs.

Woman arrested after foster child in her care dies

Woman arrested after foster child in her care dies | KFOR.com:

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – A woman was arrested after a foster child in her care died. Authorities say 25-year-old Mallory Krajian is accused of injuring one of the foster children in her care.

Failing Children - Baby LK Report For August 31st 2014

Officials investigating child death at foster home

Officials investigating child death at foster home | KSN-TV:

BEL AIRE, Kansas – Officials are investigating a Bel Aire foster care home after an infant died last Thursday.

Stop over-drugging our foster children: Letters

Stop over-drugging our foster children: Letters:

Children are supposed to do their very own thing

This report (Aug. 24) on drugged children in the foster system was sickening, and I thank you for shedding light on this intolerable situation. Children’s lives should not be destroyed this way. Diana Dooley, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, and Will Lightbourne, director of Social Services, and Toby Douglas, director of Health Care Services, are those who hold the health and welfare of our children in their hands and are to blame for this situation.