Category: Child Abuse
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Female Genital Mutilation To Be Outlawed in Michigan?
The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been raging through the media like wildfire over the last few weeks. Ever since three people in Michigan, two of whom are doctors, have been charged with performing this illegal procedure on minors here in the Mitten state, it has been the topic of choice for news…
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Abuse or Tradition: Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision
Last week we shared with you the story of a Michigan doctor who is accused of performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on a number of young girls in the name of tradition and religion. As is often the case when stories of a controversial nature become public, people on all sides step up to the…
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Michigan Doctor Charged For Female Genital Mutilation Practices
Female Genital Mutilation is something that the average American only hears about in news about other countries. In fact, it’s neither customary, nor legal to alter the genitalia of an underaged girl here in the US, and so it simply isn’t something that makes the local news very often. Yet, if Homeland Security and Child…
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CPS Petitions in Michigan: What You Need To Know 2
In the previous installment in this series on Michigan’s Central Registry, also known as the Abuse and Neglect Registry, we have been discussing the court process for parents who are accused of abuse or neglect. Previously we looked at the first steps in the process, where the Judge may choose to conduct a preliminary inquiry,…
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CPS Petitions in Michigan: What You Need To Know 1
Having just wrapped up a lengthy series on the Michigan Central Registry, which is a subject of ongoing debate with people who believe very strongly on both sides of the fence, the next logical stop would be CPS petitions. So moving forward we will be looking at what the court process entails for families involved in CPS…
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Child abuse – what are the long term effects?
Having just looked at the long term effects of foster care, we felt it was also necessary that we take a look at the long term effects of abuse on children. While we are very pro-parent in our approach to CPS defense, and we believe very strongly that it is a parent’s right to raise…
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Child Abuse: A Comparison of Developing vs. Developed Nations
In many, many ways, America is a wonderful place to live. Home to the world’s greatest melting pot of cultural and ethnic diversity, some of the best trauma care available on the planet, and a phenomenal inventive and creative sector. We have a lot to be proud of. But for all of that, a terrifying…
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CPS Removed Children After Toddler Severely Burned
22-year-old Kenneth James Jerone McCloud of Muskegon Heights has been accused of scalding his young son so badly that prosecutors are claiming that the child may be disfigured for life. As a result of the allegations, Child Protective Services has removed both the young boy and another child from the home and placed them in…
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Recent Appeals Court Ruling Affects Another Abuse Case
A decision handed down in the Michigan Court of Appeals recently may have ripple effects on other cases currently pending, as well as in the future. The Court of Appeals decided that a fetus is not legally a baby, and therefore is not covered under Michigan’s description of “child” in the legal definition of child…
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Michigan Court of Appeals Rules: A Fetus Is Not A ‘Child’
The Michigan Court of Appeals has thrown out a conviction against 30-year-old Melissa Lee Jones, a mother who was convicted of child abuse for using drugs during her pregnancy. This unprecedented ruling, while it has an immediate impact of Jones’ life, also has further reaching implications with regard to the abortion debate. Jones was convicted…