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Archive for December, 2007

Be Careful What You Wish For ?

Massachusetts man buys lottery ticket.
Man wins $1 million lottery.
All is good in his universe.
Until ?
Man gets charged with violating terms of his probation on bank robbery charges.
Not his first probation violation.
Then man is served with contempt of court papers for failure to pay almost $40,000 in back alimony and child …

Despite Rulings Unfavorable to Oregon Foster Parents, Mediation Goes Their Way for Adoption

Four month old baby removed from parents? home by social services.
Baby placed with foster family.
Biological parents? parental rights are terminated.
Foster family wants to adopt Baby, who is a dual citizen of the USA and Mexico.
Twenty two months later, Baby?s biological grandmother in Mexico seeks to adopt him.
Trial court holds that …

Christina Rivera Drives Drunk with Seven Kids in the Car

In the “How stupid can you be?” category comes this story out of California.
Christina Rivera, 30, got drunk. Then she piled seven kids in her car, ages two months to 11 years of age, and took off. It was only a matter of time before she lost control of the car and crashed. Whoops!
Luckily for her no […]

WI: Immigrant Spouse Loses Legal Status Because Partner?s Birth Certificate Was Amended to Same Gender After Genitalia Surgery for Health Reasons

Immigrant woman marries American from Wisconsin.
Due to birth defects, for most of the American?s life, this individual could have been denominated either a male or a female. But the original birth certificate designated this individual a male.
Prior to the marriage, this individual had surgical removal of male genitalia, reportedly …

Christina Rivera Drives Drunk with Seven Kids in the Car

In the “how stupid can you be?” category comes this story from California. Christina Rivera, 30, got drunk and piled seven kids in her car, ages two months to 11 years of age. Then she lost control of the car. Whoops!
Luckily for her no one was killed. The most serious injury was a broken arm. However, […]

Therapy Golden Yasmin & her incredible Dad, Arthur Salomon

He retired to Florida but wanted to stay useful and productive and what he has been doing, for 3 hours daily over the past 8 years at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital through their Healing Paws pet therapy program, is truly inspiring. …
Original post by Rochelle Lesser and synicated by Search Marketing Consultants
Written by […]

Susan and John Griffin Charged in Death of Malnourished Two-Year-Old

In Towson, Maryland, Susan Griffin, 37, and John Griffin, 38, were arrested for first-degree child abuse after their two-year-old son, Andrew, died.
The boy only weighed 14 pounds, the weight of a normal three-month-old and the height of a normal eight-month-old.
When John took the boy to the emergency room, Andrew was cold to the touch and unresponsive. He was […]

The Stress of Festivities Causes Child Abuse

The holidays aren?t over yet.
And during the time from Thanksgiving to New Year?s, one largely hidden statistic on the rise is: child abuse.
Throughout the season of good cheer, parents are under much more stress than usual. And that stress leads to abuse of children.
Not just more abuse, but …

Say Hi To Florida!

Say Hi to Florida! from mblevine on Vimeo.
Original post by The New Dad and synicated by Search Marketing Consultants
Written by and sponsored by South Florida Children

MD: Pilot Social Services Program All But Eradicates Child Abuse and Neglect

Montgomery County, Maryland has been conducting a pilot program that has been providing in home services to high risk, first time parents and families.
After ten years in operation, the family services agency there concludes that the program has reduced both child abuse and neglect dramatically, nearly to nonexistence.
Outcomes are actually …