Lawsuit alleges foster abuse

Lawsuit alleges foster abuse - News - VVdailypress.com - Victorville, CA:

VICTORVILLE — A recently filed lawsuit accuses two Victorville foster parents of abuse over a period of two-and-a-half years and when combined with a similar complaint filed early last year, four of five children in the foster family are now alleged to have been mistreated.

Woman’s case over alleged forced adoption of son dismissed

Woman’s case over alleged forced adoption of son dismissed:

Court told nun insisted woman would be ‘put out on the street’ if papers not signed

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a woman’s case against a religious order over the alleged forced adoption of her four-month-old son 46 years ago. Her case against a second religious order and the HSE is still pending.

UK Goes Full Orwell: Government To Take Children Away From Parents If They Might Become Radicalized

UK Goes Full Orwell: Government To Take Children Away From Parents If They Might Become Radicalized | Techdirt:

And now it seems the UK is going even further, adopting Oceania's reputation for the swallowing up of citizens should they be found suspect of thought-crime by those watchful citizens. Specifically, the Family Division of the Judiciary has put out a memo declaring exactly how it will remove children from the homes of anyone it suspects might radicalize those children.

Pending Foster Care, Adoption and Juvenile Bills In Congress Right Now

Pending Foster Care, Adoption and Juvenile Bills In Congress Right Now:

There is a whole lot of youth-related legislation in the ole’ congressional hopper these days. And with Congress revved up for bipartisan compromise, it’s almost certain to move!

DCF hesitates on surprise home visits

DCF hesitates on surprise home visits:

A new Vermont child protection law would require DCF to make unannounced home visits, but safety and other concerns complicate the mandate.

Why are some parents still unfairly losing their children to adoption?

Why are some parents still unfairly losing their children to adoption?:

Just over 10 years ago, Cassandra Jardine in an article in this newspaper (“Children are taken away but the system won’t admit it’s wrong”) described how local councils were achieving their adoption “targets” by forcibly removing children from parents convicted, on the basis of disputed medical theories, of having deliberately caused their injuries. “The pain these parents suffer is hard to overestimate” she wrote. 

South Carolina Mother Arrested For Child Abuse After Questioning Doctors and Losing her Children

South Carolina Mother Arrested For Child Abuse After Questioning Doctors and Losing her Children:

Danielle and William Headley’s four boys were seized by South Carolina Child Protective Services in July, following frustration by the parents over the care that their youngest son, Jack, now 4, was receiving at Greenville Memorial Hospital. (See original story here.) A Child Abuse Specialist has accused Danielle of Munchausen by Proxy, and last week, Danielle was arrested on charges of Child Abuse and Neglect.