Legally Kidnapped

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• Fla. committee to review all child abuse deaths
• Social workers told to return snatched baby to France
• FLAVOR FLAV Facing Prison for Not Paying Child Support
• Only 8% of Florida foster kids have lawyer
• Reform ASFA 1997
• Court rules DHS must provide foster parent information to media
• Simons: Alberta care system ‘horribly broken,’ brother of slain worker says
• GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF SECRECY OVER CHILD ABUSE FIGURES
• Sandusky’s Second Mile charity moves to dissolve
• Sask. foster care suit launched

Fla. committee to review all child abuse deaths Posted: 26 May 2012 08:33 PM PDT Fla. committee to review all child abuse deaths Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins says his agency will now allow the state child death review team to review all child deaths.

Social workers told to return snatched baby to France Posted: 26 May 2012 01:08 PM PDT Social workers told to return snatched baby to France Two parallel stories last week highlighted what has become one of the most bizarre features of our "child protection" system – the fanatical determination of our social workers to track down mothers who have fled overseas to escape their clutches, and bring their children back to "care" in England.

FLAVOR FLAV Facing Prison for Not Paying Child Support Posted: 26 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT FLAVOR FLAV Facing Prison for Not Paying Child Support List of things Flavor Flav apparently thinks are a joke -- 911 and child support.

Only 8% of Florida foster kids have lawyer Posted: 26 May 2012 08:51 AM PDT Only 8% of Florida foster kids have lawyer While more than half of Palm Beach County foster children have attorneys looking out for their legal rights in court, those in the rest of the state are not as lucky.

Reform ASFA 1997 Posted: 26 May 2012 07:10 AM PDT Reform ASFA 1997 Reform Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 ***Since the enactment of ASFA in 1997, the number of children placed in, as well as adopted from, foster care has risen at a disturbing rate. Children are being removed from falsely accused parents without tangible evidence of wrongdoing. Nearly 99% of all children in foster care are now deemed 'special needs', which further increases federal funding. The title 'Special Needs' was previously only assigned to children with documented physical, mental or psychological disabilities; it now encompasses children in therapy, those on psychotropic medications and suffering with attachment/abandonment issues as a direct result of being removed from loving parents and homes.

Court rules DHS must provide foster parent information to media Posted: 26 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT Court rules DHS must provide foster parent information to media An appeals court has upheld a Tulsa district judge's ruling that the Department of Human Services must provide information on foster parents to the Tulsa World and television station KOKI-23.

Simons: Alberta care system ‘horribly broken,’ brother of slain worker says Posted: 26 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT Simons: Alberta care system 'horribly broken,' brother of slain worker says Teen accused of murder should have been in hospital, not group home, he argues

GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF SECRECY OVER CHILD ABUSE FIGURES Posted: 26 May 2012 05:45 AM PDT GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF SECRECY OVER CHILD ABUSE FIGURES The South Australian Government is being accused of excessive secrecy in failing to report accurate numbers of children being sexually abused in remote parts of the state.

Sandusky’s Second Mile charity moves to dissolve Posted: 26 May 2012 05:32 AM PDT Sandusky's Second Mile charity moves to dissolve No longer able to raise money, the charity Jerry Sandusky founded in 1977 for at-risk youth is moving to dissolve and divert its assets to a Texas nonprofit.

Sask. foster care suit launched Posted: 26 May 2012 05:23 AM PDT Sask. foster care suit launched Suggesting the Saskatchewan government failed in its legal responsibilities toward children abused in foster care, a Regina law firm has filed a unique proposed classaction lawsuit.

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