Written by Tess Koppelman | Fox 4 | 15 May 2012

Topeka, Kan. — A mother said her daughter was taken away from her and she’s never been allowed her day in court to fight for her child. The woman’s story has now inspired lawmakers to look into what they can do to change the system.

Written by Children's Advocacy Institute

• State-by-state report card grades how states protect their legal rights;
• Advocates say abusers have more legal rights than the abused;
• Call for stronger protections in federal and state law

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the moral imperative and sound fiscal basis for protecting the legal rights of abused and neglected children, half of U.S. states cheat them of appropriate legal representation, denying them an effective voice in proceedings that determine their futures, according to a state-by-state study conducted by two national child advocacy organizations.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the District Court of the Second Circuit, State of Hawaii, Judicial Nominee, Mimi DesJardins, for a term of six years.

Submit Testimony Here

DATE: Thursday, January 12, 2012
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
PLACE: Conference Room 016,  State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street

Written by Linda Chalat | InJuryBoard | 10 January 2012

In a highly unusual ruling, yesterday the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that three siblings severely abused in the home of their biological mother and later in foster care can pursue their lawsuit against Adams County social workers who allegedly failed to protect them and deceived their adoptive parents about the extent of their problems.

In the summer of 2002, the siblings — then ages 9, 6 and 3 — were adopted by a couple who only learned about the history of abuse on the eve of the adoption. The children were engaging in incestuous acts with each other, and one became suicidal and had to be removed from the adoptive home.