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Legal orphans in free fall; we can and must do better than this!
I just represented a great aunt. Her sister brought two kids here from another state, because she was caring for three grandchildren and wanted her sister to take care of two of them. The Massachusetts Great Aunt filed for a … [Read more...]
Why should Guatemalans have to give us their babies to save them from starving?
But then, the focus of child welfare law in these United States, post "The Adoption and Safe Families Act" [also called "ASFA"] is to speed up permanency, by which the law means terminating parental rights and moving children to "better" … [Read more...]
Why can’t haleigh’s grandmother visit her?
I attended the last hearing of the House Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect yesterday. So did Haleigh Poutre's grandmother. I listened to Sandra L. Sudyka talk about Haleigh eating scrambled eggs, writing her name, and … [Read more...]