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Approximately 40 percent of emancipated youth rely on some sort of public assistance, such as MediCal or welfare, to survive. California CPS News Archive
California News Coverage
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Child-Abuse Survivor Mesmerizes Audience
by Cheryl Romo
Human interest story.
Imagine 125 incarcerated, streetwise teen-age boys sitting still, mesmerized by a man speaking to them about what it was like growing up in a foster home where he was regularly beaten, berated and horrifically abused from the time he was 2 until he was moved to an orphanage 13 years later.
electpd.org
March 1, 2002
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Mom Jailed for Protecting Kids from Convicted Sex-Offender
by Michele Keller
A Northern California woman who ignored court orders and fled to Texas with her two young daughters to keep them away from her ex-husband, a convicted sex offender, was sentenced Jan. 11 to a year in jail, the Associated Press reported.
Debra Schmidt, who was convicted in December of felony child abduction, has been ordered to return the children to California. She was also sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay more than $44,000 in fines and attorney's fees to the children's father, Manuel Saavedra, who has had a variety
National Organization for Women
January 15, 2002
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Parents Lack Savvy Lawyers
by Howard Mintz
Parents thrust into the child welfare system, most of them poor and unfamiliar with the legal terrain, might then get a few minutes to tell their story before they find themselves in front of a judge.
To juvenile law experts, this fleeting encounter between parents and their court-appointed lawyers illustrates a serious problem provoking debate in Santa Clara County and across California. Critics say overworked, underpaid and often inexperienced lawyers are shortchanging parents in a near-invisible but crucial corner of the justice system.
The Mercury News
December 5, 1999
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Parents Lack Savvy Lawyers
by Howard Mintz
Dependency Court: Those trying to regain custody of children often are represented by inexperienced attorneys.
Critics say overworked, underpaid and often inexperienced lawyers are shortchanging parents in a near-invisible but crucial corner of the justice system.
electpd.org
December 5, 1999
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SenateWade
by Dori Meinert
In emotional and often tearful testimony, James Wade told a Senate subcommittee that San Diego County social workers destroyed almost three years of his life.
Wade, wrongly accused of the 1989 rape of his then-8-year-old daughter, said his life and that of his family were turned upside down. "We were put through a literal hell of contempt and accusations by evil manipulators bent on destroying me and my family," he told the Senate Subcommittee on Children and the Family. "Why? Because we had the misfortune of being the recipient of a random criminal assault."
The San Diego Union-Tribune
May 26, 1995
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Wade tells Senate panel of his life of 'literal hell'
by Dori Meinert
In emotional and often tearful testimony, James Wade told a Senate subcommittee that San Diego County social workers destroyed almost three years of his life.
Wade, wrongly accused of the 1989 rape of his then-8-year-old daughter, said his life and that of his family were turned upside down.
electpd.org
May 26, 1995
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Court exonerates father at long last
by Jim Okerblom and John Wilkens
Authorities focused on [Jim Wade] even though they knew another man, Albert Carder Jr., had been convicted of attacking four other girls in [Alicia Wade]'s neighborhood at about the same time.
Without a word of apology or regret, the district attorney's office yesterday dropped criminal charges against a San Diego Navy man who was falsely accused of raping his own daughter.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
November 16, 1991
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Wade Dismissal
by Jim Okerblom and John Wilkens
Court exonerates father at long last - Charges of raping daughter are dropped -- after 2 1/2 years.
Without a word of apology or regret, the district attorney's office dropped criminal charges against a San Diego Navy man who was falsely accused of raping his own daughter.
electpd.org
November 16, 1991
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Tragedy, errors shatter a family
by Jim Okerblom and John Wilkens
Jim, Denise, Joshua and Alicia were assigned court-appointed attorneys.
Denise said she was in a bathroom stall during a break in one court hearing when she overheard her daughter's attorney, Kandy Koliwer, tell [Diane Anderson], the social worker: "I don't know why we're here -- we know they did it."
The San Diego Union-Tribune
October 20, 1991
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Wade Tragedy
by Jim Okerblom and John Wilkens
Tragedy, errors shatter a family - Evidence overlooked for 2 1/2 years and just brought to light proves father did not molest his daughter.
[Denise, Pate], who ran a day-care program in the house, said she thought it unusual that the curtains were blowing from the open window in [Alicia Wade]'s room.
electpd.org
October 20, 1991
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Valley Woman Arrested for Shooting Man, Children Taken Away
A woman was arrested Sunday for assault with a deadly weapon, after allegedly shooting a man in the chest, according to Riverside County Sergeant Misty Reynolds.
Police arrested Andrea Auclair, 28, from Rancho Mirage. Auclair was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm in a negligent manner and child endangerment. Child Protective Services arrived and took custody of two young children.
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