Family Rights and Child Abuse News

Oakland County Family Law: How did it go so wrong?

While this article is specific to the Oakland County Court System, the advice contained here applies equally to most of our nations family courts. An old adage comes to mind, "Let the buyer beware" bodes true.

They all hide behind a government agency without fear or accountability for their actions and poor decision making and worse yet, are supportive of one another's decisions, no matter how wrong or unethical it is. The Judges and their employees have completely lost their focus on what is in the best interests of our children and instead base their important decisions not on the welfare of our children, but on their personal feelings.

oaklandinjustice.com

March 13, 2016

Police grill schizophrenic baby-sitter, career criminal boyfriend in death of Staten Island toddler

Police are questioning a baby-sitter - who is a diagnosed schizophrenic with a pill problem - and her career criminal boyfriend in connection with the death of a Staten Island toddler, sources said Monday.

Little Anthony Delgado, just 16 months old, had been hit numerous times in the head, had rectal bleeding and suffered what resembles a bite or burn on his penis, sources said. The baby-sitter and her boyfriend are insisting to police that the child fell, sources said.

nydailynews.com

February 22, 2016

Feds Slap 70% Tax on Legal Marijuana Businesses

A law passed in the '80s to prevent drug dealers from getting tax breaks is now taking a huge chomp out of legitimate outfits in Colorado and Washington.

Legal marijuana sales in Colorado and Washington State have grossed billions, but legal dealers will see little of that thanks to a draconian federal law meant to punish street pushers. In one of the first years of legal sales, 2015, Colorado moved nearly $1 billion worth of marijuana and is estimated to take in $135 million in taxes on it. Meanwhile, Washington is expected to pull in around $1 billion in revenue from sales taxes between 2015 and 2019. Despite technically being illegal on the federal level, these businesses must file taxes to the Internal Revenue Service-and they may pay as much as 70 percent in taxes to the feds. That's thanks to Section 280E of the tax code. Congress passed the measure in 1982 so that businesses who are "trafficking in controlled substances" that are prohibited by federal law may not utilize many tax deductions and credits available to other businesses, like deducting rent and employee-related expenses. That means a marijuana business owner can pay an effective tax rate as high as 70 percent, as opposed to the more typical 30 percent rate.

thedailybeast.com

February 18, 2016

RV industry scores a victory with revised federal rules

New language in federal rules distinguishes larger, park model RVs from manufactured housing

A muddied definition of recreational vehicles that alarmed the industry two years ago -- classifying park model RVs as permanent rather than temporary housing — is being cleaned up in a revised U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule. The proposed rule, published this week, is intended to draw a bright and distinct line between large park model RVs and manufactured housing.

elkharttruth.com

February 13, 2016

Michigan Teen Medically Kidnapped and Placed in Juvenile Detention Facility as Her Health Deteriorates

Last year Leiani McMichael was an honor student, artist, and a varsity swimmer at her high school. She was a good kid with a great life. Now the Michigan teenager's family fears for her life.

The 17 year old was seized from her family by Child Protective Services on November 4, 2015, after the University of Michigan Mott's Children's Hospital called CPS and accused her mother of Munchausen by Proxy. The family and supporters believe that Mott's is trying to cover up their poor care of Leiani. Doctors and social workers are blaming the teen for her debilitating illness, but her mother, Rebecca Campos-Santana, insists that there is no way this is all in her head - it's in her digestive system.

medicalkidnap.com

January 21, 2016