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Another ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Story Here in Michigan…
A 1-year-old boy was brought into St. Joseph Mercy Woodland Health in Brighton with some very concerning symptoms. Doctors were immediately certain the little boy had been badly shaken. He was placed on a ventilator and transferred to a nearby children’s hospital. CPS was called, and then the police were notified. Officers, after hearing the…
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CPS Issues Raised at U of M Board of Regents Meeting
The duties of the board of regents at a University includes overseeing the financial management of the university, its investments, and its property holdings, as well as appointing the president of the university. So when the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents meets to make decisions for the University’s future, one hopes they take into…
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Study Shows That Neighborhood Conditions And Spanking Both Affect CPS Involvement!
A study jointly conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, and published in the Child Abuse and Neglect Journal reveals some very interesting facts about how spanking and neighborhood conditions play a role in CPS involvement with families. Specifically, the more kids are spanked, and the less involved and supportive…
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MDHHS Will be Introducing a New Computer System to Replace The Previous $231 Million Program
Michigan’s CPS agency has courted so much controversy over the last decade, that it’s almost par for the course to see awful news headlines these days tied directly to something CPS did, or should have done but didn’t. And the issue of their multi-million dollar software is no exception. Ever since spending a serious chunk…
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CPS Being Investigated For Kalamazoo River Intentional Drowning
44-year-old Ineza McClinton drove her car into the Kalamazoo river on purpose. It was a tragic choice, with heartbreaking results. But what made it even worse, was the fact that her 9-year-old twin daughters, Angel and Faith, were in the car with her, unable to escape. Unlike their cousins, who had been dropped off at…
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Family Suing CPS For Threatening Neglect Charges After Adopted Son Says he’ll Kill Them! (Pt 2)
If you follow our blog, or read the local news, then you’re probably already familiar with this story – we talked about it last week in an article that outlined what one Detroit family is up against with CPS. Greg and Tonya Burnett’s adoptive son, Alex, after the initial ‘honeymoon’ year with the family was…
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Detroit Family Suing CPS For Threatening Neglect Charges After Adopted Son Says He’ll Kill Them! (Pt 1)
Every foster and adoptive parent who takes on a child coming out of an abusive background, knows that there will be challenges. Kids coming out of abusive and neglectful homes have psychological and emotional damages they have to overcome before being able to settle into any kind of “normal” routine. But some damage is lasting,…
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Mom Charged With Abuse For “Unnecessary Medical Treatments”! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about a case that’s unfolding right now in our neighboring state of Wisconsin regarding a mother who is accused of abusing her daughter by subjecting her to unnecessary and invasive surgical procedures. In essence, it’s a classic case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, or that’s…
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Mom Charged With Abuse For “Unneccessary Medical Treatments”! (Pt 1)
Actual cases of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, where a parent is accused of seeking or administering unnecessary medical treatments to a child to get attention are incredibly rare. That’s not to say that they don’t happen, just that they don’t happen very often. So when medical staff claim that a parent (usually the mom) is…
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Mom of Dead Baby Has Prior CPS Record, But no Agency Workers Held Accountable!
Jackson Farrey was born in El Paso. He died that same year, not even a year old, and simply disappeared. His parents, Jenna and Jeffery Farrey, also disappeared around the same time, but they resurfaced later here in Escanaba, Michigan, where they set up home with their son Blake. No one questioned anything, until baby…
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