State wins foster child ruling

State wins foster child ruling


The state will not have to return 15 troubled foster teens it removed because of safety concerns from three private facilities, including one in Lacey, a Thurston County Superior Court judge has ruled in part of an ongoing lawsuit.

Texas couple charged with injury to adoptive son who died

Texas couple charged with injury to adoptive son who died


A Texas couple have been charged with injury to a child, their 4-year-old adoptive son who died in March.


Texas parents charged after adopted son, 4, dies

Child Protective Services in Florida

DCS caseworker faulted by judge wasn't disciplined

DCS caseworker faulted by judge wasn't disciplined

A Department of Children’s Services caseworker who failed to follow agency guidelines admitted backdating paperwork after a teen’s death and provided testimony during a wrongful-death trial in 2012 that a judge called not very credible was never disciplined.

Woman accused of smuggling child

Woman accused of smuggling child


Another child is heading to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and a woman is accused of trying to smuggle the undocumented girl into the country, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release.

Orphans, families in agonizing limbo

Orphans, families in agonizing limbo


More than 330 U.S. families had been preparing to bring Russian orphans home. Some special-needs children are almost certainly doomed to a life of solitude.

This is the media's sob story approach.  

Child Protective Services Under Fire!

This really needs to get out there.




Stolen from UnhappyGrammy btw.

FCC proposing to allow more sex and profanity during kids’ television viewing hours

FCC proposing to allow more sex and profanity during kids’ television viewing hours

If you thought that our television channels were already saturated with enough sex, vulgarity and profanity, you may want to brace yourself – the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing changes to its guidelines that would allow more racy content to infiltrate the small screen during hours when kids could tune in.

New judge sought in Topeka sperm donor case

A Topeka sperm donor being sued by the state for child support wants a different judge.

Dad claims foster son was kept in isolation in Chinese detention centre from the age of four

Dad claims foster son was kept in isolation in Chinese detention centre from the age of four

A foster dad has said that a disabled boy in his care was kept locked in prison for over three years after his parents were arrested and imprisoned for staging protests.

Conn. foster mom pleads guilty for spoon-spanking

Conn. foster mom pleads guilty for spoon-spanking

A foster mother faces 100 days in prison after acknowledging she spanked a 4-year-old girl with a wooden spoon.

Police say man who kidnapped his 2 kids in Braintree captured

Police say man who kidnapped his 2 kids in Braintree captured

Police say a father who kidnapped his two children from a foster home was captured late Monday night in Windsor, Conn.

Council which removed foster children after parents' Ukip membership was discovered finally apologises for its handling of the case seven months on

Council which removed foster children after parents' Ukip membership was discovered finally apologises for its handling of the case seven months on 

A council has finally apologised over the way it handled a decision to remove three Eastern European children from foster parents who were members of Ukip.

Cleburne parents face charge of injury to child after death of adopted boy

Cleburne parents face charge of injury to child after death of adopted boy


The adoptive parents of a 4-year-old boy who died two months ago were arrested Monday on a felony warrant accusing them of injury to a child, police reported.

Brooke Mueller - Brooke Mueller's drug abuse under investigation

Brooke Mueller - Brooke Mueller's drug abuse under investigation

Details of Brooke Mueller's drug abuse history will be made available to aid child protective services as part of an on-going investigation to decide whether she can retain custody of her and Charlie Sheen's twin sons.

Police: 2 missing foster children found unharmed in Conn., father arrested

Police: 2 missing foster children found unharmed in Conn., father arrested

Authorities say two children who were forcibly taken by their father from a foster home in Massachusetts have been found safe in Connecticut and their father has been arrested.

Sask. child advocate backs native protests

Sask. child advocate backs native protests


Saskatchewan's Children's Advocate is joining the national debate on aboriginal issues.

TEXAS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASEWORKER TURNOVER AT 34% IN 2012

TEXAS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASEWORKER TURNOVER AT 34% IN 2012

Note: They must suck to work for.


And the beat goes on.  This article tells us that the new director of Child Protective Services in Texas testified before the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee recently begging for more money for the embattled agency (Dallas Morning News, 2/11/13).

Spanking Leads to Cross-Country Flight From Human Services Office

Spanking Leads to Cross-Country Flight From Human Services Office

Parents who spanked their teenage daughter with a rod for sexting a boyfriend claim in court that social workers tried to force the girl to strip naked and be photographed, then chased the family cross-country when she refused.

Elder slams NT forced adoption plan

Elder slams NT forced adoption plan

An indigenous elder is pleading with Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles to scrap plans to address Aboriginal child neglect via forced adoptions.

Why Christians Like Me Should Listen to Critiques of Evangelical Adoption

Why Christians Like Me Should Listen to Critiques of Evangelical Adoption

I’d like to believe my sons’ best life is in my home, and not with their first families. But Christians committed to justice need to remember we are not entitled to other people’s children.

Russia May Change Adoption Law Over French Gay Marriage

Russia May Change Adoption Law Over French Gay Marriage

Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said on Saturday Russia may change its adoption agreement with France in response to the country’s new gay marriage law.

Japan’s Child Kidnapping Problem

Japan’s Child Kidnapping Problem


Dozens of American children are abducted to Japan every year—not by strangers, but by parents after messy divorces. As Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky and Jake Adelstein report, divorce laws protective of Japanese nationals encourage such illegal abductions.

Note: Only because these parents haven't quite figured out how to manipulate the system over here.  Had they learned, then the other parent would still loose out on the kid without the controlling parent having to run.