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  • What You Need to Know About Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome

    Munchhausen by proxy. For those who have heard of this disorder, and are familiar with what it entails, just the words can dredge up feelings of horror and fear. This is primarily because it is a disorder that, while quite rare, has been popularized via sensationalist novels, movies and tv shows for many years now.…

  • Drowned Baby in Kalamazoo Results in CPS Investigation

    24-year-old Jennifer Ruth Spicer, a Kalamazoo mother, is accused of being negligent with her infant during bath time, which resulted in the child’s death. Spicer is being charged with both child abuse and manslaughter. According to police reports, officers were dispatched to Spicer’s home on Phelps avenue in Kalamazoo in response to a 911 call…

  • CPS Relative Placement – What Are The Facts?

    Relative Placement refers to when Child Protective Services removes a child or children from their parent’s care, and places them into the care of relatives. Michigan law requires that the courts and CPS give serious consideration to any and all viable relative placement options. This is because relative placement is almost always preferred to traditional…

  • Detroiters Helping Each Other – Working To Negate CPS in Detroit

    Although the business districts in Detroit have seen a great deal of growth and resurgence in recent years, very little of that new wealth has trickled down to the poorest neighborhoods. However, while this means thousands of people are living in stark poverty, a new underground economy has sprung up to meet these needs, and…

  • Mom Facing Charges After Children Were Left Alone at Home

    Sara Maria King, a 25-year-old resident of Detroit, has been charged with leaving her two young daughters alone and unsupervised at home. The two girls, aged 6 years and 8 months, were discovered by a neighbor, standing on the home’s front porch on Tyler Street at about 2:30 in the afternoon, shouting for help. According…

  • Mandatory Reporting: A Teacher’s Nightmare!

    A recent news article, while it isn’t an incident that is taking place in Michigan, perfectly illustrated something that could easily happen anywhere in the U.S. A teacher from Columbia County in Georgia has been arrested and accused of failing to report suspected child abuse to the proper authorities. In this particular case the teacher…

  • Father Who Kidnapped Daughter Was Losing Parental Rights

    News in Michigan, like news just about anywhere else in the United States, has been very centered on our turbulent political situation. However, while the President and protesters have dominated our media, a lot of other events have been taking place here in the Mitten state that are equally relevant. In particular, the attempted parental…

  • Michigan Lawmakers to Remove Statute of Limitations on Child Sexual Abuse?

    In Michigan right now, Murder, Solicitation to Commit Murder, Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First degree, and violations of Michigan’s Anti-Terrorism Act are all crimes that have no statute of limitations. This means that if someone is discovered to have committed any of these specific crimes, 10, 30, or even 60 years ago, they can…

  • Child Endangerment in Michigan: What You Need To Know

    When someone has a few too many drinks and gets behind the wheel, they are likely to face drunk driving charges. However, if they have a few too many drinks and get behind the wheel of a car with a child in it, drunk driving charges are going to be the least of their concerns.…

  • CPS Petitions in Michigan: What You Need To Know 3

    In the previous installment in this series on CPS petitions, we looked at everything in the process that leads up to the trial. Moving forward, we are going to look at exactly what is involved in an abuse or neglect trial in family court. If you are only joining us now, we recommend that you…