Family Rights and Child Abuse News

Woman's history allowed in child abuse case

by Jenny Lancour

ESCANABA - Previous acts of violence by an Escanaba woman - accused of seriously abusing her baby - will be allowed to be presented as evidence of domestic violence during her trial in March, the court decided Friday.

Angel Dawn Micheau, 21, accused of first-degree child abuse, is scheduled to go to trial on the 15-year felony March 12-15. Micheau was arrested on Oct. 21, 2011, for child abuse stemming from an April 11, 2011 incident involving burns on her three-month-old daughter. Her daughter is now one year old. The charge accuses Micheau of knowingly or intentionally causing serious physical harm - partial thickness burns - to the victim. The burns were allegedly caused by exposure to scalding water or steam, according to court records.

dailypress.net

January 16, 2012

Woman, 3 children found hanged in Texas

A young mother who may have been depressed apparently hanged three of her small daughters and herself in a closet using pieces of clothing and sashes, authorities said Tuesday.

The only survivor was an 8-month-old baby, saved by her aunt when she made a noise in her tiny noose, made out of a sweater. She called 911 and said through sobs that the baby was dying.

MSNBC (TX)

May 29, 2007

Women get past legal hurdles to jointly adopt

by Lorna Thackeray

In what may be the first proceeding of its kind in Montana, two women jointly adopted 4-year-old Morrgan -- both names were on the petition, not one or the other as is the usual procedure when gay couples want to adopt.

"We filled out the forms and the state wouldn't accept them. They're all set up for a mother and a father, not two mothers," Boettcher said. "When our case was transferred from Cascade to Yellowstone County, we were assigned a Family Resources officer. He was supportive and helped set us up to both be adoptive parents."

Billings Gazette

November 25, 2009

Women Sentenced to Prison for Not Reporting Sexual Abuse

An Ohio woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after prosecutors say she failed to report a child's sexual abuse.

usnews.com

July 7, 2017

Woodland College hosts series to aid 'kinship families'

New supports for teens about to "age out" of foster care, how anxiety can affect a child's performance at school, and the devastating effects of abusive head trauma will be the focus of a free training next month.

The Woodland Community College Foster and Kinship Care Education Program will present its annual Spring Kinship Mini-Conference from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5. The free training, which will feature three workshops, is open to relative caregivers, foster parents and the general public.

dailydemocrat.com

April 27, 2012