Court Rules Kentucky Must Pay Relatives Who Care for Foster Children

Court Rules Kentucky Must Pay Relatives Who Care for Foster Children | WKMS:

A federal appeals court has ruled that Kentucky must pay relatives who foster a child just like it pays adults who are licensed foster parents.

Scalded Arizona girl faced horrors; including living with sex offender

Scalded Arizona girl faced horrors; including living with sex offender - El Paso Inc.: National:

Before being submerged in scalding water, allegedly by the woman who recently adopted her, a Tucson 5-year-old lived with a foster father now imprisoned for sex crimes against children.

California Attorney Shawn McMillan on Why He Fights CPS: “They’re Stealing Kids”

California Attorney Shawn McMillan on Why He Fights CPS: “They’re Stealing Kids”:

California civil rights attorney Shawn McMillan recently sat down and spoke with Tammi Stefano of the National Safe Child show regarding his work in litigating against corruption within Child Protection Services (CPS). McMillan gained national headlines at the end of 2016 in a case against Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) when a jury awarded his client, Rafaelina Duval, $3.1 million in damages for wrongfully seizing her child. 

Arizona foster care worker busted in child porn case

Arizona foster care worker busted in child porn case | 12NEWS.com:

TUCSON - A Tucson man faces charges of of peddling nude pictures of children online, while he was caring for foster children removed from their homes by the state.

Child welfare workers held in contempt after refusing to attend hearing into the death of a teenager who livestreamed her own suicide in foster home on Facebook

Child welfare workers held in contempt after refusing to attend hearing into the death of a teenager who livestreamed her own suicide in foster home on Facebook - Long Room:

A judge investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself live on Facebook has threatened to hold child welfare workers in contempt after they failed to turn up to the hearing.
Nakia Venant broadcast her death live from her foster home in Miami and later police found her hanged in her bathroom.

Federal ruling aims to keep Kentucky foster children in relative

Federal ruling aims to keep Kentucky foster children in relative - WPSD Local 6: Your news, weather, and sports authority:

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A federal appeals court ruling aims to keep foster children in the care of their loved ones in Kentucky. 

"This would be a win for families and a win for children, regardless of the cost," said McCracken County Family Court Judge Deanna Henschel.

PA Supreme Court Decision Changes Grandparents’ Ability to Seek Physical

PA Supreme Court Decision Changes Grandparents’ Ability to Seek Physical - Visitation Rights Legal Blogs Posted by Jennifer Ryan - Lawyers.com:

Topic: Child Custody   Visitation Rights  

Prior to Sept. 9, 2016, grandparents in Pennsylvania were able to seek partial physical custody or supervised custody of their grandchildren in the following situations:

1. If a parent of the child is deceased;
2. If the parents of the child were separated for a period of at least six months or had commenced and continued a proceeding to dissolve their marriage; or
3. If the child, for a period of at least 12 consecutive months, resided with the grandparent or great-grandparent, excluding brief temporary absences of the child from the home, and was removed from the home by the parents, and the grandparents filed a complaint within six months of the child being removed from the home.