Court turns down request from undocumented children

Court turns down request from undocumented children - Sun Sentinel:

A divided South Florida appeals court Wednesday rejected a legal-dependency request from four undocumented-immigrant children who entered the United States after their parents died in El Salvador.

Arizona Appeals Court: No grounds to reinstate fired child-welfare workers

Arizona Appeals Court: No grounds to reinstate fired child-welfare workers:

The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a request from five child-welfare workers that they were wrongly fired.

Judge Tosses Lawsuit By Kansas Marijuana Activist Who Lost Custody Of Her Son

Judge Tosses Lawsuit By Kansas Marijuana Activist Who Lost Custody Of Her Son | KCUR:

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a Garden City, Kansas, mother who lost custody of her son over her use of cannabis oil in an incident that drew national attention.

Sister of abused teen speaks out against the foster care system

Sister of abused teen speaks out against the foster care system | WHNT.com:

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A 14-year-old boy was rescued in Helena from abusive adoptive parents in November.  Police said he had withered away to fifty-five pounds, after nearly two years of confinement in a basement.

Foster Care Children Abused with Psychotropic Drugs.

CCHR STL Foster Care:

Whether under the care of Child Protective Services, Departments of Family and Child Services, or Youth Welfare Offices, foster children—often removed from family homes because of abuse—are further abused when they are prescribed psychotropic (mind-altering) drugs. Already troubled over their circumstances, these children are drugged for emotional and behavioral issues, sometimes with tragic outcome.

A grandmother’s lament for a holiday without loved ones

Daily Inter Lake , A grandmother’s lament for a holiday without loved ones:

After reading about Maurita Johnson’s appointment to the Division of Child and Family Services, I am hoping that Ms. Johnson will take on the task of cleaning up an extremely broken system that is causing far more harm to our children, and families, than good.I am one of the many grandparents, trying to cope with the corruption of Child Protective Services. Currently I am battling for the return of my granddaughter, who has been in our lives since birth. Does CPS really try to keep families together? Not in my experience. Not in mine either!

Norway child case: Aryan's Indian mother formally seeks help from Sushma Swaraj

Norway child case: Aryan's Indian mother formally seeks help from Sushma Swaraj - NewsDog:

Highlights

• 1Mother of the child in Norwegian custody seeks help.
• 2Aryan is in custody since December 13.
• 3His parents have been accused of child abuse.

The mother of Aryan, the five-year-old child in foster custody of the government of Norway, has formally sought help from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.