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What Happens When Parents are Wrongly Accused? Print E-mail

Fox News Covers the Family Defense Center

Your child trips, falls and bumps his head. Of course, you rush him to the doctor because that's what good parents do, right? Now we show you what can happen when a simple accident is misdiagnosed as something far more sinister. Mark Saxenmeyer reports on what can happen when parents are wrongly accused of abuse.

Fox News interviews the Evans family, President Mary Broderick, and FDC Executive Director Diane L. Redleaf.  Click Here to watch the video.

 
Seeking a Safe Haven Print E-mail

Parents abandon teens under a Nebraska law passed to save babies.

By Toni Hoy, for Rise Magazine

In July, Nebraska instituted a "safe haven" law that allows parents to leave a child at a hospital without fear of prosecution. The law was intended to allow parents to safely abandon infants they could not take care of, and many states have similar laws. However, the Nebraska law did not specify that it applied only to babies, and in September and October, as many as 25 parents dropped off older children at hospitals, saying that because of problems and financial woes, they could no longer care for their children. Click here to visit Rise's website and read the full story.

 
Parents sue DCFS over removal of toddler from family Print E-mail

Parents sue DCFS over removal of toddler from family

By Ofelia Casillas | Chicago Tribune reporter

October 3, 2008

A toddler's parents are suing state child-welfare investigators and police officers who took their daughter and then forced them to have only monitored contact with her for days during a child-abuse investigation, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
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Illinois Supreme Court decision in Julie Q. v. Dep't of Children and Family Services was highlighted in the March 25, 2013, issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: the the 6-0 decision declared DCFS's use of "Environment Injurious" rule exceeds the agency's legal authority.

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Click here to read the Illinois Supreme Court Decision in Julie Q. v. Department of Children and Family Services pdf button

 

Issue 14 (Winter 2013) of the Family Defender is now available: Click Here to Read the Full Version

 

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