| Baltimore foster care case nears end |
 Lawyers for children file motion to end court role |
 wilson on June 25 2009 19:47:25
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| Judge denies Hauser family request to take back control of son's cancer treatments |
| A Brown County judge ruled Tuesday against a request by the Hauser family to regain independent control over their son's cancer treatment after learning that court-ordered chemotherapy is helping the boy. |
wilson on June 25 2009 19:42:27
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| Kevin Libin: Readers detail rarely-seen ugly side of child-protection agencies |
| My in-depth look at the tremendous power and frequent unaccountability of Canada’s child welfare agencies has touched a nerve, and inspired an outpouring of response from parents, teachers and social workers across the country, many of them recounting the most harrowing experiences with what they describe as abusive, incompetent, arrogant and unaccountable child welfare authorities.
The piece even elicited a quick Twitter response from the Ontario Ombudsman, André Marin, who, as the official public watchdog of the province, has long worked to pull the Children’s Aid Societies into the universe of his investigative power, to help improve that accountability. His tweeted response to the story: “CAS has long used your money to ward off oversight. Don’t forget, you and I fund this network of agencies.” And about oversight, he said: “They oppose it vigorously, tho they need it badly.”
Of course, there are undoubtedly many, many child welfare workers and agencies that do excellent, responsible work.
Here, however, are some clips of just a few of the reports from readers that detail a much uglier, rarely seen side of child-protection agencies (the law requires that all names be concealed). |
wilson on June 17 2009 09:18:39
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| Public officials call for major changes in family law |
| OAKLAND — One by one, parents around the Bay Area are beginning to step forward to share heart-wrenching stories of the injustices they experienced in California's family court system. |
wilson on June 11 2009 22:22:23
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| Facebook and Divorce |
| Not long after Patrick told his wife Tammie he wanted a divorce, she posted an angry, hurt note on "the wall," or public-comments section, of his Facebook page. Embarrassed that his colleagues, clients, church friends and family could see evidence of his marital woes, he deleted it and blocked his wife from seeing his page. A couple of days later, the IT worker in Florida--who asked that his last name not be used in this story — found alarmed messages from two Facebook friends in his inbox. Tammie had used a mutual friend's account to view Patrick's wall and e-mailed several women he had had exchanges with. He says her e-mails were borderline defamatory. She says they merely noted that he was married with children, a fact he had left off his Facebook profile. Either way: Ouch. |
wilson on June 11 2009 18:13:37
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| Court punishes woman in alienation case |
| A 42-year-old Toronto woman who spared no effort to alienate her three daughters from their father has been ordered to pay court costs of $251,641. |
wilson on June 09 2009 20:04:51
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