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  • Termination Of Parental Rights in Michigan: Voluntary vs. Involuntary

    Termination of parental rights means the complete and total severance of the parent-child relationship. It is absolute and permanent. A parent loses not just the right to care for and raise their child, but the right to maintain a relationship or have any contact with their child, without prior permission. Essentially, in the eyes of…

  • New Charges in Michigan’s FGM Case

    When Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, a respected emergency room doctor at Henry Ford hospital, was arrested for performing genital cuttings on two young girls from Minnesota, the country erupted. When another doctor and his wife were accused of being present at the time, fully complicit in the crime, a community came under the laser eye of…

  • Mother and Boyfriend Charged in Battle Creek Abuse Case

    This is a horrifying story. We don’t have all of the details, so we aren’t certain yet which parts of it are fact and which parts are simply allegations. But we do know that a young boy was treated very badly, and will need a long time to recover physically from his ordeal. According to…

  • Lawmakers To Investigate Alleged CPS Document Forgeries

    A few weeks ago we shared some information with you about how certain CPS workers are claiming that their bosses falsify documents in order to appear to be in compliance with state regulations. It’s a disturbing and very sad possibility, but Michigan lawmakers are vowing to get to the bottom of this. The Lansing State…

  • A New Push to Hold CPS Accountable in Michigan

    One of the greatest complaints that has followed CPS through their history here in Michigan, is their lack of accountability. They seem to operate without oversight, and in many cases, without consequences. Which means that families are torn apart, children are placed in dangerous homes, or left in dangerous situations, and CPS workers are not…

  • CPS Investigating Dog Bite That Left Infant Dead

    A tragic situation has left a 3-week-old infant dead, and a family under investigation by CPS and the Grand Rapids Police Department. According to police records, Susannah Jean Murray was bitten by a dog while left unattended by family members. Officers say this kind of devastating tragedy is avoidable, as children should never be left…

  • $410,000 Raised to Help Fight Child Abuse in Michigan

    Sometimes preventing child abuse means getting involved in a difficult situation with a student at school. Or with your neighbors. Sometimes it means making a report to police, which can be difficult because you run the risk of having misunderstood what really happened. So now you’ve put a potentially innocent family right under the laser…

  • FGM Case Update: What’s Next For The Families Involved?

    If you read our blog with any regularity then you have probably heard about the female genital mutilation case that has caused such an uproar recently. Although in truth, you don’t have to follow our blog to have heard about it. There isn’t a newspaper or media source in Michigan that hasn’t covered the issue…

  • CPS Workers Say Work Documents Were Falsified To Fake Compliance

    This incredible story has hit the media like a tsunami in the last few days, and people are responding with understandable outrage. We agree. If this is true, then it is indeed terrible. However, what ‘s surprising to us is not that it happened, but rather that no one seemed to suspect this before now.…

  • Police Chief Says 4-Year-Old’s Death Wasn’t An Accident

    4-year-old Ivy Yurkus was rushed to the hospital, where she lived for a few hours with severe stomach pains, before passing away. In the wake of her death, investigators have looked into her condition and her injuries, and determined that she was most likely the victim of child abuse. The Roseville Police Chief, James Berlin,…