Family Law

Kinship Care vs. Foster Care
In the current issue of Families In Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, see "Matched Comparison of Children in Kinship Care and Foster Care on Child Welfare Outcomes," by Winokur, Crawford, Longobardi, and Valentine: "The documented growth of kinship...

Report -- Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
States require youth to leave foster care at ages that vary from 18 to 21. Abundant research shows that children who are "emancipated" directly from foster care to adulthood are at "high risk for a number of adverse outcomes during...

Detroit mom wants $30 mil after boy starves to death in foster care, suit alleges
In a nutshell: The plaintiff put her son in foster care because she couldn't care for him...

UCLA?S WILLIAMS INSTITUTE RELEASES NEW STUDY ESTIMATING COSTS OF KENTUCKY SB 68: BARRING UNMARRIED COUPLES FROM FOSTERING AND ADOPTING WILL DISPLACE OVER 700 CHILDREN; COST STATE $5.3 MILLION
LOS ANGELES ? Today, the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law released a cost estimate of Kentucky Senate Bill 68, ?The Child Welfare Adoption Act,? which seeks to prohibit unmarried couples from fostering or adoption children...

UPDATE: FLDS kids placed in foster care
USA Today has an update on the 437 children who were removed from the FLDS compound in south Texas...

AOC News: Foster Care Needed in Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Mason, Robertson, Kenton and Grayson Counties
The following releases from the AOC: Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Mason and Robertson counties Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Grayson County Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Kenton County These announcements provide a contrast with previous stories over SB 68 regarding adoption and foster care and the financial implications of the proposed legislation which did not get approved: Adoption, foster-care bill is dead for session UCLA?S WILLIAMS INSTITUTE RELEASES NEW STUDY ESTIMATING COSTS OF KENTUCKY SB 68: BARRING UNMARRIED COUPLES FROM FOSTERING AND ADOPTING WILL DISPLACE OVER 700 CHILDREN; COST STATE $5...

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

Can collection agency call me for my mother debt that she never had?
Get an Attorney - quickly. Do not talk to the collection people. Do not tell the...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

I want to know if its legal for a healthcare provider to tell you something is going to be covered and when it isn't charge you; after you specifically said you couldn't afford it?
I'm not going to sugar coat anything. It's a sad world we live in toda...

My father recently re-financed his home and was told they would give him $8,000.00 out of their loan origination fees for him to pay his credit cards off. He didn't qualify for any cash out so they were going to take car
Absolutely! I would call a RESPA attorney immediately as soon as you can. They a...

Foster Care Chile Molestation
Department of Children & Families pays $175,000 negligence settlement.

Child Abuse Settlement
The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care...

Adult Care
Friendship Care Assisted Living ordered to pay $20,000 fine for facility violations and negligence.

USCIS
faces class action lawsuit for allegedly denying visas to adult children of immigrant families

Foster Sisters
Department of Children and Family Services and Penny Lane Centers pay $420,000 child abuse settlement.

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