Medical Kidnapping in California Results in Infant Death

Medical Kidnapping in California Results in Infant Death:

It is hard to imagine a mother hearing more difficult words than those Danielle Hines from Riverside, California heard after her ultrasound at 6 1/2 months of pregnancy. Doctors told her that her new baby would be born with a severe heart defect, and they advised her to abort her baby. She refused. There was a lot of love in her heart, and she was determined to meet the challenge, giving everything that she could to help her baby. After all of this, Child Protective Services swooped in and seized her baby before she was even two months old. In Danielle’s words: CPS removed her from our beautiful home because I have too many children and were fearful I could not care for her due to Hayden having Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. 

America Wakes Up To Find Its Judicial Branch Consumed By Organized Crime

America Wakes Up To Find Its Judicial Branch Consumed By Organized Crime | Pennsylvania Court Watch:

Many factors considered for grandparent custody

Many factors considered for grandparent custody | TheNewsEnterprise.com:

The decision to place a child into a person’s custody can play an important part on shaping the child’s future. Family court judges look at different components before adjudicating what’s best for the child or children involved. Sometimes kinship care is the best option. Other times, it’s not.

Attorney: CPS 'overreached' taking missing 7-year-old

Attorney: CPS 'overreached' taking missing 7-year-old:

Did Michigan’s Child Protective Services act too hastily when it successfully sought a court order seeking custody of a missing 7-year-old Hamburg Township girl found safe in Florida?

Former Texas Foster Children Tell Of Frequent Moves, Abuse

Former Texas Foster Children Tell Of Frequent Moves, Abuse « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:

DALLAS (AP) — At 5, the girl identified as S.A. entered the Texas foster care system. Within months, she reported being raped by an older child. She was moved more than 45 times, including to psychiatric hospitals, and missed several chances for adoption because of paperwork delays. At 18, after aging out of the system, she walked into traffic and was hit by a car. At last report, she was living in a homeless shelter.

LETTER: Family courts a plague on society

LETTER: Family courts a plague on society:

Bruce Eden recently wrote an excellent letter on why family courts should not jail fathers who fall behind in child support payments as it is clearly a civil matter, not criminal. However he did not go nearly far enough. The entire family court system is evil and should be consigned to the dust heap of history.

Cameron pledges more help for care leavers and adoption law changes

Cameron pledges more help for care leavers and adoption law changes | Politics | The Guardian:

David Cameron has unveiled an overhaul of the care system that includes significant changes to adoption laws and social services.