Parents hold rally in Atlanta to ask Georgia Judicial Council to investigate family court practices

Parents hold rally in Atlanta to ask Georgia Judicial Council to investigate family court practices | The Augusta Chronicle:

ATLANTA — A small group of parents, including some from Columbia County, braved record heat and uncooperative security guards Wednesday to bring their call for an investigation of family courts to the Judicial Council of Georgia.

California Mother Fights Corrupt System in LA to Get Daughter Back

California Mother Fights Corrupt System in LA to Get Daughter Back:

Not being informed of court hearings. Falsified drug tests. Threats and accusations to intimidate and coerce. Social workers, her state representative and even the attorney assigned to her case ignoring emails, not returning calls. Her daughter ripped from a happy home and placed in a non-English speaking foster home without critical, life-saving medications. A system that seems to have already decided her family’s fate, without even the most cursory attempt at justice.

Mayan Hewes describes these events and wonders what happened to her rights, and the rights of her six-year-old daughter Layla, in L.A. County, California.

Child Protection cases closed on 'questionable grounds'

Child Protection cases closed on 'questionable grounds':

A new report calls Hennepin County's Child Protection system overworked, underfunded, and handicapped by "siege mentality" and a "culture of fear."The report from a national child welfare foundation, Casey Family Programs, was commissioned by the County itself as part of an effort to improve protective services for children.

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Differences between Child abuse and discipline

Differences between Child abuse and discipline:

SHERMAN, Texas -- A Sherman man was sentenced to ten years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to injury to a child. Chris Murphy admitted to hitting and kicking an 8-year-old boy left in his care in 2012. Prosecutors say abusers often claim they're just disciplining children.

Maryland Officials: CPS Shouldn't Interfere with 'Free Range' Kids

Maryland Officials: CPS Shouldn't Interfere with 'Free Range' Kids | Parenting:

The state's new policy directive states CPS should not get involved unless kids are harmed or in risk of harm.

Grandparent Custody Rights in Pennsylvania

Grandparent Custody Rights in Pennsylvania | Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP - JDSupra:

In Pennsylvania, grandparents and great-grandparents have physical custody rights surrounding their grandchildren. 

Vermont's New Law Makes Child Safety Priority

Vermont's New Law Makes Child Safety Priority - The New York Times:

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont's new child safety law shifts the state's priority in protecting children to their well-being from an imperative to reunite them with their families, officials said Monday during the governor's bill-signing ceremony at his Statehouse office.

 the new law changed the rules that required officials to consider as the first option reuniting a child with his or her family.