Long-time Belfast Foster Parent to Prison for Molesting Girl in His Care

Long-time Belfast Foster Parent to Prison for Molesting Girl in His Care | WABI TV5:

A long-time foster parent in Belfast accused of molesting a child in his care is going to prison for nine years. Lawrence Oxton, 71, pleaded guilty Monday to gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact.

No more excuses from Child Protective Services

No more excuses from Child Protective Services:

The Department of Health and Human Services, the largest state agency, has a budget of almost $4 billion. DPHHS is in charge of everything from welfare programs to Child Protective Services. Last fall’s audit of CPS did not paint a rosy picture and pointed out several standards which needed implementing if we are going to truly protect our neediest children. Audit findings noted the lack of communication with caregivers, do timely investigations, comply with state law and resolve inconsistencies between the law and department policies.

Editorial: Fresno County report documents CPS mistakes before Seth Ireland’s murder

Editorial: Fresno County report documents CPS mistakes before Seth Ireland’s murder | Fresno Bee:

Its legal avenues to withhold from the public a 2009 report on the death of 10-year-old Seth Ireland all but exhausted, Fresno County finally released a lightly redacted version of its investigation Feb. 3 at a morning news conference.

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/editorials/article58262073.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/editorials/article58262073.html#storylink=cpy

Families beware: DCF is quite aggressive

Families beware: DCF is quite aggressive - Journal Inquirer: Other Commentary:

The Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate issued a report on Dec.r 22, 2015, strongly blaming the Department of Children and Families for failing to prevent the death of Londyn S., a 2-year-old who resided in a clearly abusive and neglectful home. The report is available online and describes how DCF ignored numerous red flags and failed to investigate police concerns.

The impression to the public may be that DCF is not aggressive in investigating complaints of child abuse or neglect and has to get tougher.

That would be a misleading impression: DCF is already quite aggressive, in most cases, as thousands of Connecticut families have discovered.

Today is the Ten Year Anniversary of the ILLEGAL State Kidnapping of my Grandson Austin

                                   Austin-Before the NH DCYF ILLEGAL Kidnapping

Austin-After the NH DCYF ILLEGAL Kidnapping at St. Charles Children's Home Rochester, NH-Drugged and Alone

Ten years ago today, two NH DCYF caseworker's and four Nashua Police Officer's showed up at my door to forcibly take my Grandson Austin and his little sister. There was NO Court order and NO warrant, though DCYF stated they had both but refused to produce either. Not aware that they did not have the right to enter without seeing the Court order or warrant, someone let them in.
They took Austin's sister out first. As Austin screamed and cried, scrambling through the house for his Mother, one of the caseworker's dragged him out to the living room, where the four Police Officers rushed him out the door and dragged him down the street kicking and screaming to DCYF's waiting car. The backs of his feet, bloodied and raw from being dragged.
There was no Hearing. There was nothing. The kids sat at the DCYF office until they were delivered to a Foster home in Merrimack.
After finally receiving the case file, there were two different Court order's in it. One that was written a week before the kidnapping, but never signed until that day, stated DCYF didn't want the kids to have contact with their sickly Aunt who lived with us. It said nothing about taking the kids. Fifteen minutes after it was signed, they arrived at my house to steal the kids. As for the warrant, there never was one. After speaking to one of the Officer's, two years later, he told me there was NO warrant.
The other Court order in the file stated we did not follow the No Contact order, so the kids were being removed. If they considered the first one to be a no contact order, in all actuality, it definitely wasn't. We never got to be heard in Court. No matter how many times we filed for custody, we were denied. Each time, we were told to be at the Courthouse, but were never allowed in. We were told we had no standing, because we were "only" grandparents, which means absolutely nothing these day's. Odd, but you would think we had standing since the kids were stolen from our house. Not in New Hampshire, where the Family Court Judges consider DCYF's words above God's and let DCYF pull their string's.
We never got Austin back. He was ILLEGALLY adopted. His Father was never contacted and the criminal charges against his mother were dropped due to evidence proving innocence in Criminal Court, but the same Judge refused to drop them in Family Court after denying the admittance of the same evidence. The reason being, because NH Family Court Judges make up their own rules, not to mention they only listen to DCYF AND their CASA puppets!

Woman barred from publishing family court fight details

Woman barred from publishing family court fight details « Jersey Evening Post:

A woman who wants to raise awareness of her family court fight over her three-year-old daughter has been ordered to limit the amount of information she reveals about the little girl's case.

Adoptions paused over flawed drug tests leaves would-be parents 'extremely frustrated'

Adoptions paused over flawed drug tests leaves would-be parents 'extremely frustrated' - Toronto - CBC News:

CBC News revealed on Monday that the Ontario government hasordered hundreds of adoption cases to stop moving forward while a judge reviews whether the children should have been taken into the care of children's aid in the first place.