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Family Defender Issue 4 Print E-mail

Click Here to read Issue #4 in PDF (Spring 2008)

In this issue: Focus on Safety Plan Stories and Cases

Family Defense Briefs, page 2

Message from the Executive Director, back page.

Features:

Family's Long Safety Plan Nightmare Ends; Juvenile Court Dismisses Case for Lack of Probable Cause, page 3

Credit Where Credit is Due, page 4

The Supreme Court 101: The Road to Certiorari, page 4

Viewpoint: Why So Few Child Protection Decisions? page 6

Family Exonerated After Safety Plan Brings Them Nearly to Ruin, page 7

 

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

Issue #12 of the Family Defender is here!

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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!

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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