Man guilty in foster baby's death

Man guilty in foster baby's death:

OCALA, Fla. (AP) -- A north Florida man has been convicted in the death of a foster baby. 28-year-old Jesus Mata was convicted Friday of aggravated manslaughter. He faces up to 30 years in prison.

Judge commends 'tremendous' efforts to engage parents who attacked services on social media

Judge commends 'tremendous' efforts to engage parents who attacked services on social media | Community Care:

A judge has praised a local authority who went ‘far beyond what would normally be expected’ to work with parents who campaigned on social media against the ‘kidnapping’ of their baby.

A Wiradjuri grandmother’s sad story: ‘The Stolen Generations have never stopped’

A Wiradjuri grandmother’s sad story: ‘The Stolen Generations have never stopped’ | Asia Pacific Report:

Laura Lyons is a 48-year-old Wiradjuri woman living in Sydney. She alleges that three of her children as well as four of her grandchildren have been stolen from her by the Australian government. Laura is a member of Grandmothers Against Removal (GMAR), a group of grandmothers who are fighting to get their stolen children and grandchildren back. This is Laura’s story in her own words as told to Camille Nakhid.

Court rules foster parents can adopt abused child instead of grandmother

Court rules foster parents can adopt abused child instead of grandmother - News - The Times-Tribune:

A Lackawanna County judge who granted a grandmother’s petition to adopt her abused granddaughter ignored overwhelming evidence that the toddler was better off with the foster parents who sought to adopt her, the state Superior Court ruled.

How Child Protective Services made a family's tragedy worse

How Child Protective Services made a family's tragedy worse:

In a field filled with subjectivity and bias, it’s sometimes assumed that one determination is easy: figuring out if a death was caused by child maltreatment.In fact, that’s often as subjective as everything else. I usually illustrate this with the following hypothetical.

BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain

BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain | Daily Mail Online:
Up to 300,000 Spanish babies were stolen from their parents and sold for adoption over a period of five decades, a new investigation reveals. 
The children were trafficked by a secret network of doctors, nurses, priests and nuns in a widespread practice that began during General Franco’s dictatorship and continued until the early Nineties.

Child welfare must be front and center at Legislature

Child welfare must be front and center at Legislature - San Antonio Express-News:

If ever there was a time ripe for Texas to invest in child welfare, it’s now. It is, in fact, critical. This has been made clear in the headlines and articles detailing the problems with foster care, and it is a problem that was laid out in recent testimony by the recently appointed head of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Commissioner Hank Whitman.