In the first four parts of this five-part series, I have discussed 1) The fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family; 2) Some vital questions the media is mostly ignoring on this case; 3) Why DSHS and the Courts usually prefer reunification with biological parents; and 4) An attorney’s perspective on dealing with DSHS.
Today, in…
In the first three parts of this five-part series, I discussed 1) The fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family; 2) Some vital questions the media is mostly ignoring on this case; and 3) Why DSHS and the Courts usually prefer reunification with biological parents.
Today, in part four, I offer an attorney’s perspective on dealing…
In the first two parts of this five-part series, I discussed 1) The fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family; and 2) Some vital questions the media is mostly ignoring on this case.
Today, in part three, I explain why DSHS and the courts tend to prefer reunification with biological parents.
Nationwide statistics show that when children…
Sometimes it’s hard to let go of loved ones – especially when a loved one has a nice, fat military pension, and social security to boot.
In a story that Norman Bates would appreciate, Reuters reports that Penelope Sharon Jordan of Sebastian, Florida kept her mother”s mummified remains on a bed in a spare bedroom – for six years.…
In the first part of this five-part series, I discussed the fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family.
Today, in part two, I go over some vital questions the media are mostly ignoring on this case.
Not Poca – Yet another cute kid
All the articles I’ve found on this case minimize the fact that…
Wouldn’t you know it? I just yesterday wrote an article praising Saudi Arabia for taking some tentative steps towards progress – because the Kingdom is apparently considering banning underage marriage (this in response to international criticism of a Saudi judge who refused to anul a wedding between a 7-year old girl and a 47-year old man).
Then I…
Another DSHS (Department of Social and Health Services) scandal is bubbling over in Snohomish County, this involving foster parents Amy and Dick Langley and their foster daughter Poca. Poca was apparently born a very sick preemie to drug addicted parents, and has been living with the Langleys from the age of four months to almost four years old. Now DSHS…
Last month we wrote about a Judge in Saudi Arabia who refused (twice!) to annul a wedding between an 8-year old girl and a 47-year old man. Well times change quickly sometimes. First, the groom himself agreed to divorce his child bride. So the little girl may get a childhood after all. Yay!
More surprisingly, the Kingdom may be deciding…
According to ananova.com, a 22-year old Muscovite suffered only minor injuries after downing three bottles of vodka and jumping out of his 5th floor apartment – twice in one night.
Alexei and Yekaterina Roskov were having a fight when Alexei suddenly hurled himself out of the 5th floor kitchen window. Amazingly he not only survived, but managed…
There are 4 basic ways of appealing a court decision you don’t agree with:
We looked at Revisions and Reconsiderations in previous…
