Families Best Interest

Family sues state, contractor after children taken for 467 days (The Center Square) – A federal lawsuit filed against a child welfare investigator contracted by the state of Illinois, and others, alleges three children were taken away from their parents

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/04/10/florida-dcf-workers-test-positive-for-covid-19-others-exposed?media=AMP+HTML

Florida DCF workers test positive for COVID-19, others exposed Nine workers with the state Department of Children and Families have tested positive for COVID-19, and 16 others are self-isolating after being exposed to the...

https://meaww.com/amp/body-6-month-old-boy-found-plastic-storagge-container-months-placed-violent-criminal-dcf

6-month-old found dead in house months after Florida DCF placed him in custody with violent criminal Scorpio Sharp's body was reportedly found unresponsive in a plastic container at the home in Cape Canaveral apartment complex in Brevard County

Truly unprecedented! At the bottom of the story is a link to the actual US Department of Health and Human Services Civil Rights Division document with its findings of discrimination. Click on the link to download and read the document. This needs to be shared everywhere; it has the potential to help a lot of parents.

Feds order baby returned after DCF takes custody due to mother's disability In an unprecedented move, the federal government has ordered the Department of Children and Families to return a child her mother. And on Tuesday, we are hearing for the first time directly from th...

Officials: 4 girls escaped foster care facility in Hillsborough County

Foster Shock, Documentary on Florida's Broken Foster Care System, Debuts at Film Festival A few years ago, a teenager approached Mari Frankel, a local documentarian, saying she'd been abused at Pembroke Pines' Center for Adolescent Treatment Services, which houses boys and girls aged 14-18 who have emotional, behavioral, or mental health issues. The girl, Frankel said, claimed she'd been…

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Why “Best Interest” is not Always Best Interest - Libertarian Party of Florida By: Lauren Anthony On its way to Governor Rick Scott’s desk for his signature is a benign-sounding change to existing Florida dependency and adoption law, which reportedly clarifies a conflict arising from the circumstances surrounding a proposed adoption. Chapter 63, the statute governing adoption,…

HSLDA Takes Prosecution of Arizona CPS Worker to Supreme Court The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit excused two Arizona social workers from liability for threatening to take John and Tiffany Loudermilk’s children into state custody if they didn’t immediately consent to a search of their home. This result is deeply disappointing. It allows CP…

GREAT NEWS out of Florida! A mom in Tampa filed a pro-se appeal (Petition for Writ of Certiorari) with the 2nd DCA, challenging the trial court's order denying her motion to lift the no contact order against her sons and sua sponte ordering that they be evaluated for their ability to protect themselves.

Today, in a strongly worded opinion, and the FIRST written opinion in a DCF case this year, the Court granted the mother's petition and quashed the trial court's order.

This is the FIRST written opinion on a DCF case out of the 2nd DCA this year.

www.2dca.org

Raquel Okyay, freelance journalist, was a guest on the radio program below. Professional and articulate, she here discusses what she has found out in a 3 year investigation into Child Protective Services.

Special Guest Raquel Okyay (6 March 2015) This Friday on Parenting Revolution, Host Tim Skomo presents special guest, Raquel Okyay. Raquel is a professional freelance journalist who investigates and exposes Social Services, Chi