Category: CPS Investigation
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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…
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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…
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Target 8 Investigation Prompts Mixed Reactions About CPS Involvement 2
In the first installment of this two part series, we discussed the investigation that Target 8 had conducted into how much oversight CPS provides for families after a baby is born with drugs in it’s system. According to the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, the answer is not enough. But according to CPS, a parent with…
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Target 8 Investigation Prompts Mixed Reactions About CPS Involvement 1
Target 8 is the investigative arm of Wood TV8 out of Grand Rapids in Kent County. The media group regularly investigates situations and individuals it believes may be overlooked by the public. This list includes nursing homes, insurance benefits, and in the case of one recent story – CPS‘s involvement in the lives of babies…
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Parents Located For Oakland County’s Wandering Toddler
A miscommunication between parents and a babysitter resulted in a little boy left unattended, roaming the streets, to be later found by police. The issue was eventually resolved and no one was harmed, but instead of a joyous reunion between the parents and their missing son, CPS has taken the boy away from his parents…
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CPS Investigates Family of 8-Year-Old Who Stabbed Another Child in Kent County
Police and Child Protective Services are currently investigating the family of an 8-year-old boy from Kent County who is accused of stabbing another, 12-year-old child. According to police records, the incident took place in Grand Rapids, at about 8 pm on November 9th. It is reminiscent of the Jamarion Lawhorn case, where an abused and…
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7-Year-Old Shoots Father With High Powered Rifle
The majority of accidental shooting cases involving children, are usually instances where one child shoots another with a gun that they should not have had access to. It is, however, rare to hear about a child who has shot an adult with a rifle, and what makes this case even stranger is the fact that…
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Missing Child Report Results in CPS Investigation
In Canton, Michigan, a missing child report from a frantic parent has resulted in Child Protective Services opening an investigation into the family. Police reports say the incident that started the ball rolling took place in a Home Depot store, where a father who was shopping suddenly realized that he could not locate his son.…
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CPS Visit Results in Family Being Evicted
Child Protective Services showing up on your doorstep can mean a myriad of things, and very few of them are good. For one Delhi Township woman and her elderly mother, the issues that normally come with CPS visits were only the tip of the iceberg, as this particular visit resulted in them being evicted from…
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“Missing” Mom Fights For Custody of Daughter
Amanda Hayward, the Hamburg Township mother who fled to Florida with her daughter Sapphire a few weeks ago, is now fighting to keep her daughter out of the hands of CPS. She was considered missing because she left the state without notifying authorities. The case received considerable media attention, thanks to the nationwide Amber…