Bill would require better tracking of child abuse cases that are screened out without investigation. Minnesota’s counties received nearly 68,000 reports of child abuse or neglect last year but closed most of those cases without investigation or assessment. A review of state and federal data by the Star Tribune shows that the number of child abuse reports being screened out without any … [Read more...]

Recently, criticism of the state's guardians ad litem have hit an all-time high. GALs are reportedly withdrawing from their cases left and right, while grievances appear to be mounting. Family court, by definition, is charged with high emotions and children, unfortunately, are at the center of the storm. The GAL is supposed to be a beacon in the dark night, illuminating a path so a child can … [Read more...]

A stream of testimonials continues to flow into the Independent Gazette from all over Pennsylvania and beyond regarding the abuse of judicial power rampant in family courts. In addition to verbal threats and intimidation, multiple sources claim the courts are issuing gag orders to guarantee silence in custody cases involving the physical and sexual abuse of children. Judges are forbidding both … [Read more...]

A Superior Court judge who sentenced an heir to the du Pont fortune to probation for raping his 3-year-old daughter wrote in her order that he “will not fare well” in prison and suggested that he needed treatment instead of time behind bars, according to Delaware Online. Court records show that in Judge Jan Jurden’s sentencing order for Robert H. Richards IV she considered unique circumstances … [Read more...]

A man who was convicted of child molestation after an "Oprah" show prodded a teenage girl to report him received a 20-year prison sentence and some stern words from a Cobb County judge. Adrian DeShawn Burney, 38, was convicted on March 7 of two counts of child molestation. According to an announcement from Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds, Burney had lived with the victim at the time … [Read more...]