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NEWS ABOUT: Child Protective Services

Child Protective Services stories: 16 news summaries
OPINION

 'Mean' Kate 
 Belongs 
 in Jail 

Reality show mom proves her reputation in video clip

Jun 12, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 is rumored to have “a very serious attitude problem,” sure. But Michelle Collins figured she was just another “self-absorbed reality show bitch,” she writes for Best Week Ever. That changed when Collins saw behind-the-scenes footage of an Access ... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Child Protective Services • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Mady Gosselin

Octuplet Mom Spills to Dr. Phil, But Not on Stripper Past 

Suleman defends firing free nurses

Mar 25, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman tells Dr. Phil her version of her home's staffing shakeup in an interview airing today and tomorrow, E! reports, while attorney Gloria Allred fires back, saying Angels in Waiting nurses filed three reports with Child Protective Services and that Suleman's octuplets are in danger. “I personally felt... More »

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nurses • Gloria Allred • stripper • Dr Phil • interview • Child Protective Services • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Octu-Mom Cans Free Nurses 

Suleman freaks when one reports her to CPS

Mar 24, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Never a dull moment in the octu-house: Nadya Suleman fired four Angels in Waiting nurses helping with her octuplets after one filed a report with Child Protective Services, the Orange County Register reports. The nurse was concerned the house was overcrowded, says Suleman’s lawyer. Two nannies are still... More »

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nurses • nanny • Dr Phil • multiple births • Child Protective Services • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Octu-Mom Fears Hospital Won't Release Babies

Suleman says hospital is worried about her ability to care for eight more children

Feb 25, 09 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has told TV talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw that the hospital where her octuplets were born will not release them unless she can prove her ability to care for the babies, reports the Los Angeles Times. A distressed Suleman—due to appear on two episodes of the... More »

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Dr Phil • multiple births • Child Protective Services • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

 Kid Matador 
 Kills Record 
 6 Bulls 

Bloody spectacle gets last-minute go-ahead despite controversy

Jan 25, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - An 11-year-old Mexican bullfighter has broken a world record by killing six young bulls in a single bloody spectacle, reports the BBC. "I'm happy to have achieved this great victory," boasted the boy as he left the ring in Merida yesterday. The controversial bullfight exhibition won a last-minute... More »

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Mexico • children • animal cruelty • bullfighting • matador • Child Protective Services • boy

update

 Sect Kids Aren't Going Home 

Lawyer objects at last minute to release of 460+ children

May 30, 08 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The parents of children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas will not see their kids on Monday after all. At the last minute, a lawyer objected to the state's deal with the sect and stopped the judge from ordering the children's release. Now the judge plans to get them... More »

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Texas • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Yearning for Zion ranch • Barbara Walther • Texas Supreme Court

12 Children Returned to
Sect Parents

3 families reunited;
not allowed to return
to polygamist ranch

May 24, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas has agreed to return a dozen of the children in its custody to their parents, members of the polygamist sect FLDS, but the state is fighting to hang on to hundreds more, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The reunited families won't be allowed to return to the sect's Yearning... More »

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Texas • child custody • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Texas Appeals to Keep
Sect Kids in Custody

Challenge of ruling means case may go to state supreme court

May 23, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas officials today appealed yesterday’s ruling that the state acted incorrectly when it took custody of 460 FLDS children, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The ruling could have meant family reunions within weeks, but today's emergency filing means the children could remain in foster care pending state supreme court... More »

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Texas • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Eldorado • polygamists

Polygamy Kids Could Be Back Home in 10 Days

Texas must appeal surprise ruling or
send children back

May 23, 08 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's surprise court ruling in favor of a polygamous sect has Texas authorities scrambling, Time reports. An appeals judge ruled that the state had no right to seize children suspected of being sexually abused from the Yearning for Zion ranch. Officials now must appeal the ruling or return the children... More »

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Texas • US Appeals court • polygamy • child custody • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

UPDATED

 Texas Court: Return Kids
to Polygamy Sect 

Appellate body finds no evidence more than 460 children were in danger

May 22, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas appeals court found today that authorities, acting on "no evidence," and supported only by a "general allegation" of impropriety, should not have removed more than 460 children from a polygamist compound, the Dallas Morning News reports. The panel also said a local court "abused... More »

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Texas • US Appeals court • polygamy • judicial • child custody • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • Barbara Walther • polygamists

10 of Sect's 'Child Brides'
Are Adults

But state may return
to ranch to look for more children

May 21, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas authorities have admitted that 10 of the "children" taken into custody from the Eldorado polygamist sect are actually adults—including one who is 27—and more could be reclassified this week, reports the Houston Chronicle. This development could weaken the Child Protective Services' case that the sect was... More »

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Texas • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • Eldorado • polygamists

Hard Choice
for Polygamy Moms: Your Cult or Your Kids

Women may have to leave ranch

May 15, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mothers from the Yearning for Zion polygamist compound in Texas may have to distance themselves from their religion—or face not getting their children back, the Dallas Morning News reports. Texas officials have prepared a list of goals the women need to work toward to prove they can provide a... More »

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child abuse • polygamy • child custody • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

 Texas Keeps Sect
 Kids for DNA Testing 

Polygamous ranch forced children to obey, psychiatrist testifies

Apr 18, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge ruled today that 416 kids seized at a polygamous ranch in Texas will be held for genetic testing, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports. At the end of a 2-day custody hearing, Judge Barbara Walther said the tests were needed to sort out relationships between the sect's parents and... More »

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polygamy • Warren Jeffs • psychiatrist • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • San Angelo • expert testimony

13-Year-Old Moms Among Girls From Polygamist Ranch

Custody hearing told girls believed having babies was their duty

Apr 18, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moms as young as 13 are among the 416 children removed from the Texas ranch of a polygamous sect, a child protection officer told a hearing yesterday. The state, making its case to keep the children away from the ranch, testified that a pregnant 14-year-old and a number of pregnant... More »

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Texas • child abuse • Mormonism • teen pregnancy • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Polygamist Hearing
Has Chaotic First Day

State plans to relocate sect's 416 children

Apr 17, 08 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers for the state of Texas told a chaotic, objection-filled hearing today they would press for psychiatric evaluations and genetic testing of all members of a polygamist sect, the New York Times reports. On the first day of a custody hearing to determine the fate of the sect's 416 children,... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Texas Officials Justify Splitting Sect Families

Child-welfare authorities cite need to break 'code of silence'

Apr 15, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas family-services officials today defended their decision to separate the mothers and children removed from a polygamous Mormon sect last week as the only way to get at the truth about alleged child abuse, the Houston Chronicle reports. Fifty-seven of the 139 mothers were forced to leave the group of... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • fundamentalism • Mormonism • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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