Monday, June 16, 2008
Contributed by Ashley Christensen
Family Drug Court Coordinator
The Federal Government has provided a grant to implement Family Drug Courts (FDC) in Iowa. Parents and Children Together (PACT): A Family Drug Court Initiative, in a joint effort from the Court personnel, area and county attorneys, the Department of Human Services, Jackson [...]
Friday, June 13, 2008, 10:52 AM
By Darwin Danielson
The Iowa Supreme Court says the state’s rules involving the adoption of an Indian child are unconstitutional. The case involves a 20-year-old Sioux City woman who is a member of Tyme Maidu Indian tribe in California.
The woman gave birth to a baby girl in [...]
Published Tuesday May 27, 2008
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Several leading child welfare groups Tuesday urged an overhaul of federal laws dealing with transracial adoption, arguing that black children in foster care are ill-served by a “colorblind” approach meant to encourage their adoption by white families.
Recommendations for major changes [...]
Published Thursday May 22, 2008
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - A Texas appeals court said Thursday that the state had no right to take more than 400 children from a polygamist sect’s ranch, a ruling that could unravel one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history.
The Third Court of Appeals [...]
By KEN KUSMER Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
Published Sunday May 11, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey’s arms until she started singing softly to him, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The newborn began dozing within seconds.
“That’s kind of our little song. It usually calms [...]
BY ELIZABETH AHLIN
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Life and lunch were among the topics Tuesday when Iowa first lady Mari Culver sat down with a few boys at the Children’s Square USA emergency shelter.
Before they feasted on chicken, baked potatoes and pasta salad, Culver made the sign of the cross and [...]
By Michelle S. Han
City Limits WEEKLY #635
April 14, 2008
Youth involved in Family Court cases are ready to be seen and heard, not just discussed by others.
A movement to include more young people in their own Family Court hearings has slowly but surely been gaining momentum over the past several years.The question now, [...]
John Council
Texas Lawyer
April 18, 2008
Lawyers for the state tried to prove why the judge should give them temporary managing conservatorship of the children
As some of the parents of the 416 children that Child Protective Services removed from a West Texas polygamist compound looked on, 51st State District Judge Barbara Walther tried her [...]
By LEE ROOD • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • April 6, 2008In the wake of a baby’s violent death in Waterloo, child advocates are stepping into the public light to tell state leaders: We warned you.
A wide mix of advocates - foster and adoptive parents, attorneys for children, policymakers, social workers - say they told state [...]
By Tim Evans
March 24, 2008
State to take over some decisions; advocates of change expect savings of millions of dollars
Tucked into the 600 pages of tax-reform legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Mitch Daniels are several provisions that will mean judges might no longer get the last word in deciding what’s best for abused [...]
