A 1986 National Foster Care Education Project survey found that foster children were 10 times more likely to be abused than children in the general population.
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The Home of the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County, MI.
Knowing you are a mandated reporter and knowing how to be an effective mandated reporter are two very different things. Learn how to recognize, respond to and report child abuse.
carehouse.org
October 17, 2006
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Major Resources for the New Family Law Attorney
by Barbara H. Garavaglia
While experienced family law lawyers are familiar with the research resources most useful to the family law practitioner, attorneys new to family law practice may need guidance.
"Family law" is "[t]he body of law dealing with marriage, divorce, adoption, child custody and support, and other domestic relations issues." It is also referred to as the law of "domestic relations."
michbar.org
September 15, 2006
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Families torn apart illegally? Heather Catallo investigates
When protective services take children from their parents, state law says a judge must first personally review the case and sign off. But that was not happening in one of Michigan's busiest courts.
It's called "rubber stamping," and last August 7 Action News first exposed how court staff were literally stamping a judge's name onto orders that allowed the state to take kids from their parents.
wxyz.com
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