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Norway Begins Adoption Process for 5 Children Who Were Seized From Christian Parents
Unsealed adoption records reunite families
Indiana adoption advocates optimistic about legislation
US family launches Facebook search for triplet sons they were forced to give up
Law requires ultrasounds from some abortions be sent to DHHS
Utah teen in foster care fights for right to own gun
Texas should not condone detention of immigrant children
Foster child’s death is one in list of problems for DCS
DCF failed to intervene on behalf of toddler, report states
Update: A DCF Caseworker’s Slaying Reverberates Statewide
Out of Options, California Ships Hundreds of Troubled Children Out of State
Judge criticises council over boy cared for by convicted paedophile
Bill aims to protect DCF workers
Judge says mom may see children, but end run by agency thwarts ruling
CIC parent faces second charge of sexually violating child
Kids can now get themselves to school – and parents won’t get arrested
CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help
Norway Begins Adoption Process for 5 Children Who Were Seized From Christian Parents
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 11:27 AM PST
Norway Begins Adoption Process for 5 Children Who Were Seized From Christian Parents

Norwegian child services have begun the adoption process for five children who were seized from a Romanian Pentecostal family in November after concerns were expressed about the parents’ Christian faith, the family says.

Unsealed adoption records reunite families
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 11:24 AM PST
Unsealed adoption records reunite families

In a Columbus hospital bed, the 14-year-old mother was awash in a mix of relief and regret as she awkwardly held her newborn son.

Indiana adoption advocates optimistic about legislation
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 11:21 AM PST
Indiana adoption advocates optimistic about legislation

The leader of an advocacy group for Indiana adoptees says she’s optimistic state lawmakers will endorse a bill to expand adoptees’ access to sealed records.

US family launches Facebook search for triplet sons they were forced to give up
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:51 AM PST
US family launches Facebook search for triplet sons they were forced to give up

In 1972 Cynthia Bush was 16 years old, pregnant with triplets – and alone.

The US woman was told she had brought shame on her family by falling pregnant to boyfriend Brian Bush, and was sent from her hometown in upstate New York to stay with an aunt in Kansas until after she gave birth.

Law requires ultrasounds from some abortions be sent to DHHS
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:49 AM PST
Law requires ultrasounds from some abortions be sent to DHHS

A state law that takes effect Friday requires doctors who perform abortions more than 16 weeks after conception to submit ultrasounds taken before the procedure to the state Department of Health and Human Services for review, regardless of whether the woman consents.

Utah teen in foster care fights for right to own gun
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:53 AM PST
Utah teen in foster care fights for right to own gun

An 18-year-old in foster care is planning to appeal after a juvenile court judge once again ruled he can’t own a firearm.

Teen in foster care continues fight for right to own gun

Texas should not condone detention of immigrant children
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:44 AM PST
Texas should not condone detention of immigrant children

Texas is seeing another influx of unaccompanied and accompanied minors crossing our southern border.

Foster child’s death is one in list of problems for DCS
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:59 AM PST
Foster child’s death is one in list of problems for DCS

The Department of Children’s Services said its foster care program is about providing children safety and security.

Teen charged, children removed from home after death of 6-year-old foster girl
Teenage boy charged with murder in death of 6-year-old in Memphis while foster mother at work
14-year-old charged with murder for 6-year-old foster child’s death

DCF failed to intervene on behalf of toddler, report states
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:38 AM PST
DCF failed to intervene on behalf of toddler, report states

The panel charged with investigating the untimely death of children found that the state Department of Children and Families failed to intervene and make sure a mother was receiving services before the death of a 2-year-old child.

Update: A DCF Caseworker’s Slaying Reverberates Statewide
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:37 AM PST
Update: A DCF Caseworker’s Slaying Reverberates Statewide

Those still inside Barre City Place rushed to the windows to peer at the parking lot below. Lara Sobel, 48, a state Department for Children and Families caseworker, was on the ground, mortally wounded. A woman with a rifle stood nearby, yelling that DCF had taken her 9-year-old daughter. Police affidavits later identified the shooter as Jody Herring.

Out of Options, California Ships Hundreds of Troubled Children Out of State
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:35 AM PST
Out of Options, California Ships Hundreds of Troubled Children Out of State

At 14, Deshaun Becton’s life is a roadmap to California’s faltering efforts to care for its most troubled children.

Judge criticises council over boy cared for by convicted paedophile
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:50 AM PST
Judge criticises council over boy cared for by convicted paedophile

Social services staff have come under fire after a family court judge heard how a boy spent at least two years living with a relative who was a convicted paedophile.

Judge criticises social services after boy lived with paedophile uncle for two years
Social workers slammed as boy aged 7 is left to live with paedophile

Bill aims to protect DCF workers
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:28 AM PST
Bill aims to protect DCF workers

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to take up a bill early in the upcoming legislative session that would enhance criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening Department for Children and Families workers.
Judge says mom may see children, but end run by agency thwarts ruling
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 10:27 AM PST
Judge says mom may see children, but end run by agency thwarts ruling

Ivan Ruiz and his girlfriend left with her children to Mexico, and the kids have been sent back to Racine to be with their grandmother, after the episode caught the attention of authorities because of the man’s alleged history of child abuse.

CIC parent faces second charge of sexually violating child
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 09:57 AM PST
CIC parent faces second charge of sexually violating child

Former Children In Crisis house parent Michael Joseph Hellen has been charged with sexually violating a second young girl in his care.

Kids can now get themselves to school – and parents won’t get arrested
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 09:51 AM PST
Kids can now get themselves to school – and parents won’t get arrested

The first-ever federal ‘free range parenting’ legislation was signed earlier this month, freeing parents from civil or criminal charges for allowing kids independence on their way to school.

CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help
Posted: 01 Jan 2016 07:15 AM PST
CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help

It’s happening all across the nation, but it’s something state and medical authorities are afraid to discuss. It’s something called medical kidnapping – the warrant-less seizure of children based on mere suspicion of child abuse. For example, if a parent disagrees with a medical diagnosis placed on their child and they want a second opinion, then authorities may label them “abusive parents.” Child protective Services (CPS) is called in to “rescue” the child, taking custody, leaving concerned parents heartbroken and powerless.