Family Rights and Child Abuse News

Woman With 8-Year-Old Arrested After Meth Lab Fire

The Tri Community Fire Department was called to 1259 Lester Lane this afternoon at approximately 4:50 p.m.

When they arrived on the scene it was determined that the fire was the result of a suspected methamphetamine lab. Child Protective Services was notified to respond to take custody of an eight-year-old child.

The Chattanoogan

February 18, 2010

Woman uses quilts to touch the lives of children in foster care

by Rebecca Clark

A thick roll of snowy-white batting rests on her bedroom floor, stacks of colorful lap quilts are folded on the bed and her old Singer sewing machine, where she spends most of her days, is on a table near the window.

For years, Bryant has been collecting scraps of cloth, stitching them together and creating beautiful lap quilts. She always gave them away. Bryant said if a man came to mow the lawn, she would ask him if he had a wife and children. If he said yes, she would send him home with a few quilts. About a year ago, Bryant decided she wanted to find a way to touch the lives of Cleveland County's neediest children.

shelbystar.com

December 23, 2011

Woman sues DYFS after her adopted child was allegedly sexually, physically abused under institution's watch

by Megan DeMarco

TRENTON - While under the care of the state's child protection agency, a Monmouth county baby was burned, beaten, and sexually abused, then ignored as doctor after doctor recommended therapy for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Three different caseworkers at the state's Division of Youth and Family Services could have stopped the abuse several times, attorney David Mazie contends, but none did. Now the girl is 13, and her adopted mother is suing the state Division of Youth and Family Services and three caseworkers for damages in a trial that kicked off Monday with impassioned opening arguments in Trenton.

nj.com

December 7, 2011

Woman sentenced to 60 to 160 years in prison for helping husband sexually assault their 3-year-old daughter

A woman convicted of five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct for helping her husband sexually assault their 3-year-old daughter will not be eligible for parole until she is about 97 years old.

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Jackson County Circuit Judge John G. McBain sentenced the woman to 30 to 80 years in prison on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct that he ordered to be served consecutively.

mlive.com

January 8, 2015

Woman sentenced for child neglect

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Martinsburg woman charged with a felony count of child neglect after her 23-month-old boy was found shivering and poorly dressed outside in sub-freezing weather conditions in December.

Wanda M. Murphy, 41, of 320 Twigg Drive, was placed on unsupervised probation for two years, Berkeley County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Saunders said. A 90-day jail sentence was suspended and Murphy was ordered to pay court costs, Saunders said.

The Herald-Mail

February 5, 2009