Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) permanently ends the legal relationship between a parent and child. This article explains what TPR means, how it happens, and the rare legal paths that may allow a parent to appeal, challenge, or fight for restoration.

A former Hendricks County Department of Child Services employee is facing 16 felony charges, including falsifying child abuse or neglect information and official misconduct by a public servant. Brianna Spillman, who resigned her position in...

Nine children were supposed to be safe. Instead, they were delivered straight into a nightmare. Authorities in Columbia County, Florida, say nine children were rescued from what deputies described as a “house of horrors,” where...

Across Alabama, parents are told the same thing by the Department of Human Resources: “Take these services, and you’ll get your children back.” It is said as if it is a guarantee, a roadmap...

In a country that claims to value freedom of the press, there’s a growing crisis the public hasn’t fully reckoned with: the silence and complicity of local and mainstream media in the destruction of...

As part of our Back to School Awareness Campaign, we’re providing a tool every parent needs in their back pocket: a simple letter you can send to your child’s school stating that you do...

With reporting by AL.com A 3-year-old child in Alabama foster care has died after being left inside a parked vehicle for roughly five hours while under the supervision of a Department of Human Resources (DHR)...

As families across the country prepare for the first day of school, we’re sounding the alarm on one of the biggest entry points for DHR involvement: the classroom. Public schools, places meant for learning and...