Massachusetts Court Rules Foster Parents May Not Use Corporal Punishment – Regardless Of Religious Beliefs

Massachusetts Court Rules Foster Parents May Not Use Corporal Punishment – Regardless Of Religious Beliefs - OPEN MINDS:

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) is required to protect children in foster care from trauma while in foster care, and therefore is able to reject potential foster parents who utilize corporal punishment as part of their "religious beliefs."

US veteran’s children taken away over his use of medical marijuana

US veteran’s children taken away over his use of medical marijuana | Society | The Guardian:

When Raymond Schwab talks about his case, his voice teeters between anger and sadness.“People who don’t understand the medical value of cannabis are tearing my family apart,” says the Kansas father and US veteran, who has a prescription for marijuana in neighboring Colorado, where it is legal.

Appellate court: Morris judge violated grandparents' rights

Appellate court: Morris judge violated grandparents' rights:

A Family Division judge in Morris County violated the constitutional rights of a set of grandparents by dismissing their complaint to adopt their grandchild without giving them a chance to argue in court and without articulating reasons for dismissal, the state's Appellate Division ruled Friday.

Hastings man jailed for sexually abusing three girls in his foster care

Hastings man jailed for sexually abusing three girls in his foster care - Arrow FM:

A Hastings paedophile has been jailed for eight and a half years for sexual offences against three foster children.

75 year old Raymond Day, of Churchill Avenue, was found guilty of ten offences, six counts of sexual assault and four counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child,  between 2007 and 2014.

Report: Mother of child killed by pit bull flees state with 5 other children

Report: Mother of child killed by pit bull flees state with 5 other children | Local News | fayobserver.com:

LUMBERTON - The mother of the 7-year-old boy who died after a pit bull attack on Sunday at a Robeson County home told a Raleigh television station that she has left the state to retain custody of her other five children.

Rampant sex, brawling women at child-welfare offices: suit

Rampant sex, brawling women at child-welfare offices: suit | New York Post:

The city’s child-welfare lawyers toil in a den of iniquity, with top staffers engaging in rampant sex with subordinates — and two women even brawling over the affections of their boss at work, according to a Brooklyn federal court suit.

Overdue victory for First Nations

Overdue victory for First Nations | Toronto Star:

Re: A victory for kids, Editorial Jan. 27                                                                                  The truly historic Jan. 26 ruling by the Canadian Human Rights (CHR) Tribunal, which found that the discriminatory policies of past federal governments led to the chronic underfunding of child welfare services for First Nations children living on reserves, is to be applauded. Currently a disproportionate and unacceptable number of First Nations children are being placed in foster care and this ruling is a critical first step in improving their health and well-being.