In our first installment on the very controversial subject of conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors, and whether or not the process can be considered child abuse, we talked about what conversion therapy is. We also looked at what a number of different organizations had to say on the matter. For example, the Human Rights…
Category: Child Abuse
Conversion therapy, also sometimes known as “reparative therapy” refers to the attempts to cure or reverse the gender identity or sexual orientation of a minor. The practice is usually promoted as part of a religious or faith-based approach to dealing with homosexuality and gender identity issues. Conversion therapy is very controversial, in part because…
In our previous article on recognizing the signs of child abuse, we talked about two of the four forms of abuse that we hope to cover here, namely emotional and physical abuse. In this second installment we plan to discuss both sexual and mental/psychological abuse. According to the Mayo Clinic, there are different types of…
It may seem strange that attorneys whose practice focuses in part on defending those accused of child abuse would share an article on the signs of child abuse. But in actual fact, there’s nothing strange about it at all. Child abuse is a very real problem, and while we are attorneys, we are all…
Daveeta Walker, the young Kalamazoo mother convicted of torturing and abusing her young daughter to death, has been sentenced to life in prison. Court records show that in addition to the criminal charges, there is currently an abuse and neglect case pending against her in the Family Division of Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. …
23-year-old Christopher Scott Olinger and 27-year-old Asia Markham have both been charged in connection with the death of Markham’s daughter, 16-month-old Amiena Markham. Law enforcement says the child died as a result of blunt force trauma to the chest at a home on Commor Ave in Hamtramck, Michigan. According to police records, emergency…
Marc Steven Hartnett, a resident of Osceola County, has been sentenced to spend more than a decade in prison for physically abusing a toddler he was caring for in 2015 The situation that led to the initial criminal charges took place in September of 2015. Hartnett, who was 20-years-old at the time, was…
Judge John Hallacy, a Circuit Court Judge in Calhoun County, has refused to grant delays in the unrelated trials of two men accused of child abuse and homicide. In response, both defendants’ attorneys have filed motions with the Michigan Court of Appeals in the hopes of getting the delays they need. The two 29-year-old…
The child abuse trial for 29-year-old Nicole Gomez-Vilchis has just begun, although the alleged crime took place almost two years ago in 2014. Gomez-Vilchis, a resident of St. Clair Shores, is accused of abusing Kallee, a foster child she was tasked with caring for. According to court documents, the now-3-year-old Kallee and her brother…
38-year-old Hilary Ulp of Clinton Township has been convicted of first degree child abuse. Following her week-long trial, the jury took only 35 minutes to deliberate, before returning the guilty verdict. The accusations against Ulp that resulted in this verdict stemmed from an incident that took place on May 14th, 2015. Ulp was…