Adult adoptees getting more access to birth records from states

Adult adoptees getting more access to birth records from states | Political Fix | stltoday.com:

For many years, adults adopted as children who wanted to find out who their birth parents were ran up against a brick wall because they had no legal right to simply get a copy of their original birth certificate in most states.

NSW child protection system probed

NSW child protection system probed - Yahoo7:

Hundreds of NSW children in state care could be at risk after some Department of Families districts failed to meet the government's own criteria for a child-safe organisation, an inquiry has heard.

Kathleen Danby continues to defy secret courts who tried to stop her from seeing her family

Kathleen Danby continues to defy secret courts who tried to stop her from seeing her family | Daily Mail Online:

Kathleen Danby's granddaughter Janine is forced to live in care home 

She ran away to Kathleen, 75, but was made to return to the home

Kathleen jailed for three months in 2014 after caught hugging Janine

She now faces further investigation after her granddaughter stayed over 

LOIS HENRY: CPS secrecy amended out of bills

LOIS HENRY: CPS secrecy amended out of bills - The Bakersfield Californian:

It looks like legislation that would have shrouded how child protective agencies handle abuse and neglect cases where children nearly die has been amended to keep the public in the loop. Two bills, Assembly Bill 855 and Senate Bill 1625, would have made the release of documents in near-death cases subject to an arbitrary “relevance” standard.

Mother wins court battle against CPS but it cost her and taxpayers thousands

Mother wins court battle against CPS but it cost her and taxpayers thousands - Story | KRIV:
HOUSTON (FOX 26) - “You are guilty until you prove yourself innocent,” said Barbara Marks. Child Protective Services spent many months and an untold amount of tax dollars trying to terminate Mark’s parental rights.

CPS officials also point out in every case where children are removed they file to terminate parental rights.

Parent Released After Serving 18 Years In Prison on False Child Abuse Allegations Related to Custody and Divorce

Parent Released After Serving 18 Years In Prison on False Child Abuse Allegations Related to Custody and Divorce – Custody Calculations 702-675-5120:

February 2016, a Lake County man convicted of sexually abusing a child was released from prison after his alleged victim, his daughter, recanted the testimony she gave when she was 10 years old. The man, Luther Jones, spent 18 years behind bars. A judge set him free after his daughter told Lake County District Attorney’s Office investigators she had lied at the behest of her mother, who at the time was battling Jones over custody of their  daughter.

California’s foster care prescribers fuel the medication of vulnerable kids with antipsychotics

California’s foster care prescribers fuel the medication of vulnerable kids with antipsychotics:

Editor’s Note: Southern California Group’s sister publications in the San Francisco Bay Area produced this report, the latest installment in their series investigating doctors’ use of powerful anti-psychotic drugs to control the behavior of the state’s foster children.