Baby to be reunited with parents today after judge overturns decision to take her from mom who used medical marijuana tea

Baby to be reunited with parents today after judge overturns decision to take her from mom who used medical marijuana tea | cleveland.com:

Cleveland, Ohio -- An infant taken from her parents after her mother drank medical marijuana tea to ease pregnancy and labor pains will be reunited with her family today.

Adoption and child protection: are councils misusing a key part of the law?

Adoption and child protection: are councils misusing a key part of the law? | Social Care Network | The Guardian:

Contested adoptions in which children are permanently removed from parents desperate to keep them may be the most controversial aspect of state intervention in family life. But social services’ apparent misuse of section 20 of the 1989 Children Act, under which a council looks after a child in foster or residential care after getting parental consent, may now be coming a close second.

Law makes foster kids a target: advocate

Law makes foster kids a target: advocate:

A child protection advocate says children in foster care are being left exposed by the legislation designed to protect them

Ma. DCF seen trying for custody of more kids

DCF seen trying for custody of more kids | Boston Herald:

DCF sought custody of an increasing number of children in September, records show — a surge in court cases that union leaders called a panic move by child welfare bosses under fire after a summer that saw two kids under state watch die and two others left seriously injured.

North Carolina Child Medically Kidnapped Starving to Death in Foster Care

North Carolina Child Medically Kidnapped Starving to Death in Foster Care:

A North Carolina grandmother is “horrified” at the condition of her 4 year old grandson Malakai. The deterioration in his health reportedly happened after Child Protective Services removed him from his family and placed him in foster care. She reports that he had previously been very healthy, with no medical problems. Now, the foster parents are collecting disability payments for him and he looks like he is starving. Kimberly Deese is fearful for her grandson’s life.

Comment: It happens in NH as well and most probably in other States. Been there!

Mother jailed after not paying guardian ad litem

Mother jailed after not paying guardian ad litem | WREG.com:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- WREG has the story of a Bartlett mom who spent time behind bars, not because she committed a crime, but because she didn't pay a lawyer.

Ohio Social Workers and Attorneys Criticize “Chaotic and Tyrannical” Judge for Abducting Children

Ohio Social Workers and Attorneys Criticize “Chaotic and Tyrannical” Judge for Abducting Children:

A Cuyahoga County magistrate who removed a newborn from her parents last month after a mother drank marijuana-based tea for pregnancy pains chronically oversteps her legal authority in child custody cases, according to county children services workers and attorneys.

County attorneys objected to Magistrate Eleanore Hilow’s order to take Nova Sanford from her parents after her mother agreed to not use marijuana. Workers found the baby was in no danger living with her parents, Hollie and Daniel Sanford.