In 2000 Michigan enacted the Safe Delivery Law, which was put in place to protect unwanted newborn babies from being abandoned. With few options after delivery, and fear of legal reprisal, mothers often abandoned unwanted newborns that they were unable or unwilling to care for. Some of these babies were found and survived, but…
Month: April 2017
The 2017 Kids Count in Michigan data is in, and unfortunately for our marvelous mitten, it isn’t looking good. Kids Count Data Center, the nation’s premier source for data on child and family well-being in the U.S., gathers data from all across the country. Using this, they work to present an accurate picture of…
Welcome back and thank you for joining us against for this discussion on “Wyatt’s Law” – the pending child abuser registry currently being considered by the Michigan legislature. In our previous article we talked about some of the consequences that sex offenders live with as a result of the state’s sex offender registry, and…
Picture this: Your spouse is accused of child abuse. The two of you do everything you can to fight the charge – hire the best attorney you can afford, deny the allegations, work to discover the truth – but to no avail. Your spouse is convicted and heads to jail. Thankfully the charge is…
Disney may be the most magical place on earth, but for one woman who is facing felony charges for allegedly choking a teen girl during a fireworks display, it may have lost some of it’s luster. Being arrested and charged with felony child abuse tends to have that effect on people. Tabbatha Kay…
April is child abuse prevention month, and while we are child abuse defense attorneys, we are also parents. We love our families and would be thrilled if all children could be loved and cared for. We are only too aware, however, that this isn’t the case. So while the focus of our work is…
Traditionally the issue of embezzlement is dealt with by criminal defense attorneys and has nothing to do with the issue of abuse. However, when the victim is a vulnerable adult, embezzlement can be viewed as a form of abuse, because stripping a vulnerable person of their financial safety net can have very serious implications…
Termination of parental rights is a subject that causes a great deal of confusion and fear for many Michigan parents, and rightly so. Having your parental rights permanently terminated is a terrifying concept, and should be taken very seriously. However, while the fear is completely understandable, the confusion is actually easy to deal with….