Despite federal law and due process rights, most children taken into foster care on an 'emergency' basis, without judge's ...

Prosecutors say Annalee Nitz gave children melatonin on several occasions at the Fox Cities day care she worked at without ...

Carol Erskine, the former top juvenile court judge in Worcester, says the death of a 4-year-old girl resulted from a "highly ...

Rule 803 lists categories of statements that are admissible regardless of the declarant’s availability. These exceptions are ...

The cabinet secretary for West Virginia’s Department of Human Services outlined eight pillars of reform responding to a recent federal audit of Child Protective Services, including plans to improve ...

MSF expects reported cases to remain high due to heightened awareness, noting a recent uptick in Oct 2025 potentially linked to awareness of the Megan Khung case.

The cabinet secretary for West Virginia’s Department of Human Services outlined eight pillars of reform responding to a ...

A child tells a psychologist that his parents get drunk and hit him. He begs her not to report to child protection services.

SIX. FIRST HERE AT 6:00, A WISCONSIN TEENAGER STARVED ALMOST TO DEATH. HER FATHER AND THREE OTHER ADULTS ARE IN JAIL TONIGHT CHARGED WITH CHRONIC CHILD NEGLECT. 12 NEWS HANNAH HILYARD EXPLAINS THE ...

ONEIDA COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) -- Multiple suspects have been accused of child neglect out of Oneida County, Wisconsin. Last summer, a 14-year-old girl was found severely malnourished in her father's ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- Melissa Goodman became the fourth person charged with child abuse for the treatment of a 14-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital weighing just 35 pounds. Goodman, along with ...

Three Oneida adults were charged Nov. 11 with chronic child neglect after authorities learned in August a 14-year-old child living with the adults weighed only 35 pounds. Here's what to know about the ...