Tag: Child Abuse Defense Lawyer
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Is It Constitutional For Caseworkers To Lie In Court?
One of the issues we have raised on a number of occasions here in our articles, is the unbridled freedom that CPS workers have, coupled with a startling lack of oversight, when dealing with parents and families. Which is why we would like to share this particular case with you, that deals with whether or…
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U of M Law School Gets Grant To Review Shaken Baby Cases
The University of Michigan’s Innocence Clinic is receiving an astounding $250,000 in federal grant money in order to reexamine convictions in a number of ‘shaken baby” cases. More and more in recent years, science is revealing that a great deal of the symptoms closely associated with shaken babies, are actually the result of a much…
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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…
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Mom Sentenced To Prison For Accidentally Smothering Baby
Although this incident took place in the Upper Peninsula where our firm doesn’t often practice, we would still like to share it with you as it is a situation that could happen anywhere. In this case, the tragedy took place in Ishpeming, to a mother of eight. According to court records, 37-year-old Nicole Christensen was…
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Appeal Filed by Mom Who Got High While Pregnant
30-year-old Melissa Lee Jones is currently behind bars in the St. Joseph County Jail, having been convicted of First Degree Child Abuse. Ultimately she is assigned to serve out her time at Huron Valley Complex, a women’s prison, where there are a number of people incarcerated for exactly the same reason. But what is interesting…
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Foster Parent Charged For Sexually Assaulting a Minor
61-year-old Jackie Lee Pittman, a licensed foster parent and Macomb County Adoption Board member, is accused of raping a teenaged girl. Although there are no foster children currently living with Pittman since his wife passed away from cancer four months ago, the allegations are said to stem from an incident that took place in July…
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Woman Charged For Giving Alcohol To a Toddler
64-year-old Deborah A. Holloway of Muskegon has been charged with child abuse for allegedly giving alcohol to a child that she was caring for. Based on the fat that she has a substantial criminal record, Holloway may end up behind bars for more than a decade, if convicted. According to Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor…
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Burton Mother Suspected of Child Endangerment DUI
The term ‘child endangerment’ is somewhat self explanatory – it refers to a situation or a specific act that endangers a child’s well being. Under Michigan law “child endangerment” is almost exclusively used in reference of a person putting a child in danger by driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol with a child in…
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Mom Arrested, Daughter in CPS Custody
Michelle Marie Andrews, the 47-year-old mother who chose not to surrender her daughter to Child Protective Services and instead fled the area, has been arrested. Her daughter, a 3-year-old named Arianna Rene’e Andrews, was found safe at a relative’s house, and has since been taken into the custody of the state. According to police…
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Is CPS To Blame For Two Babies Deaths?
By the time Scott Jurewicz was arrested for the abuse and murder of 1-year-old Brenden Hartranft, he was no longer dating Brenden’s mother, Brooke Hartranft. He had already moved in with his next girlfriend, Andrea Conaway, and her children, one of whom died the day before Jurewicz’s arrest. Which is why Conaway’s family is convinced…