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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.
Read more... [Parents sue DCFS over removal of toddler from family]
 
No Recourse Print E-mail

By Mary Kelly Broderick, for Rise Magazine

Family Defense Center President Mary Kelly Broderick describes how parents in Illinois took their case againt the child welfare system all the way to the Supreme Court. Click Here to visit Rise's website for the full story.

 
Family Abuse Print E-mail

By Erica Green and Sandi Villareal, Medill Reports, Medill School of Journalism

In protecting children from abuse, the state has implemented “safety plans” that were challenged up to the U.S. Supreme Court. With the Court deciding not to take the case, Erica L. Green and Sandi Villarreal look into how families who have lived under the plans deal with the emotional and financial strain of a system they say is forcing them to do greater injury to their children.

Please visit the Medill School of Journalism page for the full coverage.

 
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Please help us make justice for families a reality. Please make contribution to the Family Defense Center today:

Family Empowerment Program facilitator and FDC active member Toni Hoy has a new book.  Read FDC Executive Director Diane Redleaf's comment in the book jacket below:

Toni Hoy is a child and family advocate par excellence.  Her personal story of the battle to save her family and her son is not just her story: she both beautifully and strategically weaves her own family's heartbreaking experience into the context of the needs of children and families, generally.

Read more...
 

Issue #12 of the Family Defender is here:

Click here to read the full version

 
This letter perfectly expresses what so many of our clients (and thousands of families across the nation) have faced due to wrongful investigations by DCFS and other child welfare agencies.  Even the best of intentions can have serious repercussions!

Read: Dear Neighbors

 
In response to legislation introduced in the wake of the recent Penn State scandal, see the Family Defense Center's Analysis of S. 1877 - the "Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act" (Click Here) and a listing of Child Abuse Misreporting Cases in the Docket of the Family Defense Center (Click Here).
 

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