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Family Defender Issue 3 Print E-mail

Click Here to read Issue #3 in PDF (Fall 2007)

In this issue: Domestic Violence and Family Defense

Family Defense Briefs, page 2

Message from the Executive Director, back page

Features:

How the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Responds--on Paper--to Domestic Violence, page 3

The Nicholson Case: What Happens when Children Witness Abuse? page 6

A Survey of Domestic Violence Issues within the FDC's Docket, page 7

Domestic Violence Advocacy Organizations, page 8

A Salute to Our First President: Briggitte Carlson, page 9

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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!

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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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