February 15, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

Abuse Allegations Involve Students at Drug Treatment Boarding School   Although this story doesn’t take place in Michigan, it involves a drug addiction treatment center.  We have a number of those here in the mitten state, and teenagers come from states all over the country to use them. So while this incident didn’t happen here,…

February 13, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

  Jennifer Marie Klutman, a former firefighter and EMT from Middleville, has admitted to making false claims of domestic abuse against a person who doesn’t actually exist. Which sounds confusing, indeed, so let’s break down the events as they took place…

February 8, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

  One of the issues that has been raised since the death of Mackenzie Maison and the trial of her parents, Andrew and Hilery Maison, is the issue of mandatory reporting. Specifically, whether or not relatives should be legally required to report child abuse.

January 30, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

Perhaps you remember riding the school bus as a child. But your experience was most likely determined by the generation in which you grew up. For the older generation, while children were certainly noisy and sometimes even naughty, they were considerably more respectful of their elders. But in this day and age, bus drivers face…

January 26, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

If there has been one decided focus that the Flint water crisis has taken, it’s the overwhelming desire to find someone to blame for what happened. And Governor Snyder seems to be the guy at the top of the bonfire pile. But whether or not you agree with the nationwide drive to point the finger…

January 23, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

Nicholas Racine Says He Was Taken Advantage Of   27-year-old Nicholas Racine, a resident of West Branch Township in Marquette County, is saying that he wants to withdraw the ‘no contest plea’ he made previously. His reason? he was taken advantage of by his former attorney, and had no idea what he was really committing to….

January 19, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

The former owner of Honey Bee Daycare in Kingsley, and her employee, have both been sentenced to probation after being charged with child abuse. Kristy Helmreich, who owned the small, home-run daycare, and Mary Zenner, who assisted her with the children there, will spend the next six months on probation.  

January 14, 2016 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

The Sasiwaans Immersion School, a Saginaw Chippewa tribal school located in Mount Pleasant, is the subject of quite serious allegations of abuse. According to a spokesman for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe, an investigation is now being conducted, but very few details are currently being provided to the public.

December 13, 2015 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

Molestation Allegations Deemed “Credible” In recent years, the Roman Catholic Church has been under fire for the number of priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse and molestation. Many of those claims have proven to be true, and that seems once again to be the case with these most recent accusations.

December 11, 2015 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

Saginaw Couple Sent to Prison  Stephen Torres and his wife, Erica Jackson-Torres, have been sentenced to prison for their abuse of a relative’s 2-year-old son. The Saginaw couple both accepted plea bargains in October, and plead no contest to attempted first degree child abuse.