How to Protect Your Kids (and Yourself) This Holiday Season Hi there, and thanks for joining us again. We know this isn’t the kind of topic most parents want to think about—especially around the holidays. Parenting is already hard enough without adding scary possibilities to your mental load. But the truth is, keeping our kids…
Category: CPS Defense
The “Freezer Mom” Case: A Shocking Story With a Remarkable Outcome for Two Surviving Children If you’ve followed our blog—or the news over the past few years—you’ve likely heard of “Freezer Mom,” the nickname given to Mitchell Blair, the Detroit woman convicted of killing two of her four children and storing their bodies in a…
Mother of Disabled Michigan Teen Sentenced in Tragic Neglect Case If you follow our blog, you may already be familiar with the heartbreaking case of 16-year-old Hannah Warner, a physically and mentally disabled teenager who died as a result of long-term neglect. Hannah suffered from chromosome translocation, a genetic condition that left her bedridden, requiring…
Aging Out of Foster Care in Michigan: No Support and No Safety Net (Part 2) Welcome back, and thanks for joining us again as we continue our discussion on the challenges faced by kids who age out of Michigan’s foster care system. As we explained in the first part of this series, when foster youth…
What Happens to Foster Kids When They Age Out? A System That Leaves Too Many Behind There’s long been a public sentiment that children in foster care often get a raw deal. They lose their families, are shuffled from one unfamiliar home to another, and often lack basic stability or security. While foster care is…
A Momentary Decision Led to Criminal Charges for This Michigan Mom Parenting isn’t easy. Sometimes, in the rush of everyday life, even good parents make impulsive decisions that seem minor in the moment but carry serious consequences. That may have been the case for a young mother in Warren, Michigan, whose spur-of-the-moment stop for a…
Child abuse charges can be pretty complicated in Michigan. Yes, we know, it doesn’t seem like a complicated subject, but there’s a lot you need to know in order to understand how our system works here in the Great Lakes State. So, because we find ourselves explaining this to a lot of our clients who…
Foster Care and Mental Health, Part 2: Reactive Attachment and Borderline Personality Disorders Welcome back. In Part 1 of this series, we explored the devastating emotional impact that foster care can have on children—particularly the widespread prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders following removal from their homes. Now we turn to two additional, and often…
The Hidden Toll of Foster Care: How Children Suffer After Being Removed From Their Families Numerous studies have shown that children removed from their homes and placed in foster care often suffer significant emotional trauma—even when their family environment wasn’t ideal. Whether due to abuse allegations, neglect, or misunderstandings, the process of forced separation is…
Welcome back and thanks for swinging by to wrap up this discussion about being charged with child abuse in Michigan, and what that looks like. We know it’s a tough subject and not one that any parent or caregiver enjoys, but understanding what you’re up against can go a long way towards providing peace of…