Did a DHS caseworker really forge records to take away this woman’s child?
Suit: DHS worker ‘unlawfully’ searched home and ‘threatened’ couple
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- Category: Unaccountable caseworkers
- Created: Tuesday, 21 March 2017 21:00
- Written by Wesley Muller & John Fitzhugh - Sun Herald
A Lee County couple filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the Mississippi Department of Human Services and a former worker in Hancock County, alleging the worker unconstitutionally searched their home and made false statements in court that led to the unwarranted removal of their children.
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Mississippi took their kids away — so this couple started recording everything
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- Category: Unaccountable caseworkers
- Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:55
- Written by Wesley Muller & John Fitzhugh - Sun Herald
FROM PART 1: Following a closed-door youth court hearing, a child-services caseworker arrives at the home of Jennifer and Scott Berry, walks in and begins waving a court order that empowers her to take their kids into state custody. Accused of mentally abusing their children, the couple fought tirelessly for months to prove their innocence, get their kids back and escape the bureaucratic maze of the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
Did a social worker lie to take away this Mississippi mom’s child?
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- Category: Unaccountable caseworkers
- Created: Friday, 12 August 2016 20:56
- Written by Wesley Muller & John Fitzhugh - Sun Herald
FROM PART 2: In March 2014, a Hancock County couple, along with their five children, were thrust into a child-protection case that left the family torn apart for months. Almost a year after getting their kids back, the couple watched closely as a familiar name emerged from a criminal investigation involving a child-services worker accused of forgery.
A single mother from rural Hancock County walked into the sheriff’s office in 2015 with a stack of documents and an allegation that sparked criminal investigations into what may be the most secretive government entity in Mississippi. The woman told investigators a child-services worker had forged a document and used it to take away her child.
The allegation, described as “disturbing” by Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam, was the first of several lodged against the Mississippi Department of Human Services throughout 2015. The other allegations included document tampering and children being sexually abused while in DHS custody.
This is Part 3 of ‘Fostering Secrets,’ a six-part investigative series into Mississippi’s child protection system.
Can DHS take your kids if you make them do too much homework? This couple says it happened
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- Category: Unaccountable caseworkers
- Created: Friday, 26 August 2016 20:54
- Written by Wesley Muller & John Fitzhugh - Sun Herald
Four months after child-protection workers showed up at their home to investigate an anonymous complaint, Jennifer and Scott Berry began packing — they couldn’t get out of Hancock County fast enough. The Berry family endured what they say was the most traumatic experience of their lives, a nightmare that still keeps Scott, Jennifer and their five children awake at night.
This is Chapter 1 of ‘Fostering Secrets,’ a six-part investigative series into Mississippi’s child protection system.
The Mullighan Inquiry coverups and an eighty year supression order in South Australia
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- Category: Child Protection Inquiries and Royal Commissions
- Created: Monday, 31 August 2015 19:08
- Written by Alecomm2
On 1 April 2008, the South Australian Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry report was tabled in State Parliament. Commissioner Ted Mullighan QC led the associated inquiry which included 1592 allegations of sexual abuse and the investigation of the deaths of 924 children in state care.
The Mulligan Inquiry has an 80 year suppression order on it. This Suppression Order must be removed, it is there for one reason only, To Hide The Guilty.. The suppression order was put in place by the then Attorney General and now Speaker of the house Michael Atkinson with Mike Rann. Evidence in regards to some of the missing children was handed to the Mulligan Inquiry and was never investigated, in particular the Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon cases.
History of Child Protection in Australia
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- Category: History of Child Protection
- Created: Thursday, 01 January 2015 22:00
- Written by Australian Institute of Family Services