Articles

By Chicago Tribune 4/13/2010

"...Carolyn Lowe took custody of two infant boys and kept them for years without any court approval. Her only authority: two form letters issued to her by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. ..."

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By KTLA.com 3/18/2010

"A day care owner under investigation in the death of a 2-year-old girl who authorities say was struck with a hammer was reportedly the subject of five child abuse complaints."

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By KTLA.com 10/9/2009

"A central California mother accused of abandoning three of her newborns and leaving one to die in the back of a pickup could face more than 22 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse charges."

Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-abandoned-babies,0,1963986.story

By FoxNews.com 8/18/2009

"A juvenile court judge ruled Tuesday that a 10-year-old boy charged in the alleged gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl be released from juvenile detention and placed in a therapeutic foster-care home."

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By Beverly Majors Oak Ridger - Tennessee 5/11/2009

"Juvenile Court Judge April Meldrum was the guest speaker last week at the "Lunch with the League," a League of Women Voters bi-weekly event. Meldrum was elected judge in 2006, defeating longtime Judge Patricia Hess. "I want to tell you about Juvenile Court and how little people know about it," the judge said.
Meldrum said Juvenile Court deals with child support issues, foster care cases, status offenses, traffic, all removal cases and delinquent offenses or crimes. The judge said her court deals only with child support issues for children born out of wedlock, and explained that status offenses have to do with crime only because those crimes involved those for people under age 18, such as alcohol and tobacco offenses.
"Juvenile Court is one of the most diverse," she said. "We can deal with anything from murder to child support."..."

Read the entire article: http://www.oakridger.com/news/x1518872240/Juvenile-Court-Child-support-truancy-murder

By Mindelle Jacobs --The Beacon Herald - Canada 4/30/2009

"This is the tragedy of a messed up mom who couldn't parent, a stable dad who wanted to but was overlooked and a troubled child who's been raised by the state. Some men don't want anything to do with the children they've fathered. Others, like David, do but end up shut out of their kids' lives because of hostile ex-partners, government bureaucracy and legal fees that sap their spirits as well as their bank accounts. I'd like to identify David (not his real name) but I can't because his daughter, almost 17, is in foster care in B.C. She has been a permanent ward of the state since age 8, when she was removed from her unfit mother's care. When a child is taken into protective custody, both parents are supposed to be served with court papers. Somehow, David, 44, an Edmonton computer systems analyst, was never contacted. So a father who'd been looking for his daughter for 15 years was denied the right to parent and a child who had often wondered about her dad grew up angry and suicidal in state care."

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