A one year old baby boy is dead, and the woman entrusted by the state to care for him now faces a second degree murder charge. Kemari Morgan died on May 24 after being found...

You can read about family court. You can study statutes and hear language about protection, best interests, and child safety. But until you stand there, until you feel it settle in your chest, you...

For parents who have been pulled into the family court or child welfare system, the experience often feels confusing, intimidating, and one sided. Decisions that affect the most intimate parts of family life are...

A former Colorado social worker has been ordered to pay three million dollars to an Aurora city councilwoman after a court found she knowingly filed a false child abuse report. The case has become...

For decades, America’s family courts and child protection agencies have operated in a world largely shielded from public scrutiny. Parents rarely see the evidence used against them. Proceedings unfold behind closed doors. Judges hold...

Families vs DHR Editorial There is a quiet injustice sweeping through communities that most Americans do not even know exists. It moves in silence, carried out by real people working inside a system that has...

It usually starts with a knock. No court order. No paperwork. Just a stranger at your door claiming to be from DHR, sometimes with a police officer standing nearby. They say they are just...

In the heart of Alabama’s Wiregrass, in counties where the population is small and the power structure is tight, families are saying the same thing over and over again. From Houston County to Geneva,...