Families Vs. DHR

The Role of Judges in the Crisis Every day in courtrooms across **Alabama—and the United States—**parents walk in believing they will finally be heard.They assume that the courtroom is where facts matter, where both sides...

There comes a point where injustice becomes too patterned, too precise, and too devastating to be dismissed as coincidence. What happens when it’s not just one worker, one agency, or one mistake—but a web...

Behind every courtroom order, every removal notice, and every traumatic knock on a family’s door, there’s often a worker—an individual who has been given the authority to make life-altering decisions. But what happens when...

A Truth Telling Thursday Article Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) is one of the most extreme actions the child welfare system can take. It’s supposed to be the “last resort,” a step taken only when...

Over the last several months, I’ve poured hours — no, days — into researching and understanding where and how the Alabama child protective system, and systems like it across this nation, have gone so...

Every parent’s worst fear is having their child taken from them. Yet in Alabama, especially in counties like Houston, that fear has become reality for far too many — not because of abuse or...

Every time another tragic headline surfaces — another child lost to violence, another teenager arrested, another preventable crisis — the same question makes its way across newsfeeds, dinner tables, and talk shows: “Where were the...

A New Day for Parental Rights in Alabama In a powerful step toward justice and accountability, Alabama State Representative Kenneth Paschal (R-Pelham) has filed a bill that would require the Department of Human Resources (DHR)...