OKLAHOMA CITY - DHS workers are blowing the whistle on Oklahoma's Child Protective Services, saying they are overburdened with extremely high caseloads and the state is covering it all up to comply with a court order. As a result, children aren't being protected like they should. “I don’t know if all the children in my caseload are safe right now,” said one of the workers named … [Read more...]

Wesley and Sini Mathews, both in custody following the death of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews, attended child custody hearing for other daughter Wednesday A physician says she found several bone fractures last March on Sherin Mathews, a 3-year-old girl adopted from India who was found dead in Richardson last month. Dr. Suzanne Dakil testified that she suspected abuse and reported her concerns to … [Read more...]

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Ana Estevez, the mother of Aramazd Andressian Jr., who was brutally murdered by his father, spoke up for abuse victims during an annual event held by Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente collected 420 bags of toiletries and school supplies for domestic violence victims and their children during October, which was Domestic Violence Awareness month. It's the 14th year the … [Read more...]

The thick envelope thudded on the doorstep three days after she returned from the hospital. It was Charlotte’s father who noticed the manila package. The gray-haired man carried it into the bedroom where his 41-year-old daughter was curled in bed breastfeeding her days-old son. The new mother looked so blissful that he hesitated to tell her. Charlotte had been served. The plaintiff was … [Read more...]

Victims of domestic violence often turn to the court system for justice and safety. But sometimes that system — the quintessential symbol of fairness — is weaponized by abusers. Victims, service providers, lawyers, cops and policy advocates described to Greenwich Time how domestic violence offenders may use the legal system as a new arm with which to manipulate and control their … [Read more...]