Family court and termination of parental rights

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2026 · 12 articles

• How I Can Help: CASA Guardian Ad Litems (in their words)

  July 28, 2026

• Youth Tried as Adults: Life Sentences, Trauma, and the Failure of America’s Juvenile Justice System

  July 15, 2026

• Only One Country Denies Children Basic Rights: The United States

  June 27, 2026

• Mandated Reporting and Why We Don't

  June 23, 2026

• CASA Minnesota Guardian ad Litem Opportunities

  June 22, 2026

• Thank You Cyndy Etler (don’t lock them up)

  June 20, 2026

• International Rights of the Child Treaty (& why jails are full)

  June 19, 2026

• Alex Miller’s Leadership Is Rebuilding Minnesota’s CASA Program

  June 5, 2026

• In Custody, In Crisis (podcast episode #1)

  May 25, 2026

• "Kids Are Slowly Being Neglected To Death" - Hennepin County Judge Jane Ranum (Thank You from the children in my caseload)

  May 10, 2026

• The Cost of Children Waiting for Their Voice In Court (Guardian ad Litem)

  February 8, 2026

• Child Safety and MAAFPA Tensions

  January 29, 2026

2025 · 10 articles

• Millions of Abused Children, 2 Powerful Programs, 1000's of Volunteers—and Little Public Awareness”

  December 22, 2025

• International Visitor Leadership Program & Guardian ad Litems (Leadership Series Part 4)

  October 2, 2025

• What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader (part 3)

  September 7, 2025

• What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader? (part 2)

  August 31, 2025

• What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader? (part 1)

  August 27, 2025

• Terminating the CASA Volunteer GAL Program Will Cost Children's Lives and Taxpayers Money

  August 14, 2025

• MN Guardian ad Litem Program by the Numbers

  June 5, 2025

• Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 4 of 4)

  April 24, 2025

• Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 1 of 4)

  April 20, 2025

• (CASA Guardian ad Litem) Be a Voice For Abused Children Where You Live

  March 2, 2025

2024 · 13 articles

• Realities of Mandated Reporting (why child abuse reporting is sporadic)

  November 15, 2024

• COVIDs Impact on CPS, CASA volunteers, & Guardian ad Litem Staff

  November 3, 2024

• Child Welfare News Fall 2024 (compiled articles)

  September 12, 2024

• Thank You Ann Ahlstrom (MN Guardian Ad Litem Board Chair)

  August 22, 2024

• AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN 100 CHARTS (read book draft)

  August 8, 2024

• Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse

  August 6, 2024

• Celebrating Minnesota's CASA Guardian Ad Litem Progress

  March 28, 2024

• New Linked In Group For Volunteer CASAs & All Guardian ad Litem (interactive)

  March 7, 2024

• Don't Leave It To the Professionals (thank you Naomi Schaefer Riley)

  March 5, 2024

• Professionalism In Child Protection

  February 24, 2024

• HUGE NEWS: Former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz Appointed to MN Guardian ad Litem Board

  January 26, 2024

• A Courageous Vote! Thank You Minnesota Guardian ad Litem Board For Saving CASA Volunteer Program

  January 22, 2024

• Were Governor Walz State Board Members Misled About Volunteers (and what it could mean)?

  January 4, 2024

2023 · 13 articles

• CASA MN Newsletter (Guardian ad Litem News & Updates)

  December 1, 2023

• Have Governor Walz State Board members been mislead?

  November 24, 2023

• Child Death, Employee Burnout & Guardian ad Litem Volunteers

  November 17, 2023

• Rich Gehrman Rebuttal of MAD Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Report

  October 18, 2023

• Save MN CASA Community Volunteers With Your Public Comment Today! (takes just a minute)

  October 15, 2023

• Saving the MN CASA Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program (1 easy important thing)

  October 9, 2023

• Saying Goodbye to the CASA Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Program

  September 21, 2023

• Inside the Henn Cty Guardian Ad Litem Office Today

  August 12, 2023

• Hennepin County Child Well-being Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (with KARA notations)

  July 1, 2023

• Saving the CASA Volunteer Community Guardian ad Litem Program

  March 31, 2023

• Do Kids Count? (it depends on where you live)

  February 23, 2023

• Tracking Success (and Failure) in Child Protective Services

  February 3, 2023

• Juveniles In Justice

  January 1, 2023

2022 · 6 articles

• Saving Vulnerable Foster Children - Saving the Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program

  October 4, 2022

• Is This About Child Protection or Something Else?

  September 19, 2022

• Tasered and Tried as Adults

  August 3, 2022

• Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Guardian ad litem program in MN Today - PART 4)

  July 26, 2022

• Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Predicting the future – Part 3)

  July 18, 2022

• Child Welfare Articles and Statistics For Week of 6.10.2022

  June 10, 2022

2021 · 3 articles

• Minnesota Child Abuse + Child Protection (fall 2021)

  October 4, 2021

• Self Destructive Habits & Institutions (CASA guardian ad litem program in MN Today)

  July 2, 2021

• Child Protection/Unassigned CASA Guardian ad Litem Cases

  March 1, 2021

2020 · 9 articles

• Tasered and Tried as Adults - Police Training, Resources & Courts Meet America's At Risk Children

  November 29, 2020

• Minnesota Child Protection Stories, Statistics & COVID - June 2020

  July 27, 2020

• Being a Voice For an Abused Child - CASA guardian ad Litems speak for the child

  June 24, 2020

• COVID and Foster Care

  June 16, 2020

• Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part IV

  April 27, 2020

• Foster Care News 2019

  March 6, 2020

• A Critical Look At Foster Care

  March 2, 2020

• Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)

  January 26, 2020

• Revisiting the Tragic Abusive Death Of Eric Dean (& the legal non requirement of "due care")

  January 10, 2020

2019 · 14 articles

• Sad Stories Child Abuse - Child Death Articles & Statistics

  December 18, 2019

• Guardian ad-Litem Blogs & News

  December 16, 2019

• Child Abuse & the LGBT Community

  December 9, 2019

• Speak For An Abused Child in Court (short video) WE NEED YOU!

  October 19, 2019

• Infant Death Stories & Statistics October 2019 (find your state here)

  October 10, 2019

• Recent Stories, Statistics & Articles About Adoption & Foster Care

  September 29, 2019

• CASA Guardian Ad Litem Activity Around the Nation (where you live)

  August 1, 2019

• MN Mesabi Academy, St Cloud Group Home & Florida (privatized group homes in America)

  July 12, 2019

• Minnesota's At Risk Children's News, Stories & Statistics Part II

  March 6, 2019

• Recent Child Burns/Torture Reporting & Statistics

  January 10, 2019

• Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part IV)

  January 5, 2019

• Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part III)

  January 4, 2019

• Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part I)

  January 2, 2019

• Recent Infant Abuse Death Reports & Statistics

  January 1, 2019

2018 · 16 articles

• Recent Child Sex Abuse Reports & Statistics

  December 31, 2018

• Judge Kavanaugh, The Catholic Church, Statistics & Child Sex Abuse

  September 29, 2018

• Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 2 (sad stories)

  September 27, 2018

• Taxes, Children & a Guardian ad Litem's Perspective

  September 19, 2018

• BE A Child's Voice In Court (learn about being a CASA guardian ad Litem (August 20th)

  August 15, 2018

• National Center For Youth Law (highlights)

  August 7, 2018

• Child Burns, Torture and Trauma for June 2018

  July 14, 2018

• CASA Guardian ad Litem News for Summer 2018

  July 12, 2018

• Reported Child Sex Abuse for June 2018

  July 11, 2018

• Child & Infant Death June 2018

  July 8, 2018

• Domestic & International Violence Against Children (May 2018) 3

  June 24, 2018

• International Visitor Leadership Program & Guardian ad Litems

  April 7, 2018

• Child Well Being & Trauma March 2018 (part I)

  April 1, 2018

• Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part I (child abuse - child death stories & statistics)

  March 1, 2018

• MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (V)

  January 13, 2018

• MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (IV)

  January 13, 2018

2017 · 10 articles

• Snapshot of Child Abuse News Headlines August 2017 (thank you Eileen King & Child Justice)

  September 7, 2017

• Resurgence Of Child Fatalities In Minnesota (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)

  July 22, 2017

• Minnesota At Risk Children's News June 2017

  July 13, 2017

• Save the Date (CASA guardian ad Litem event) August 3rd 630 pm

  June 30, 2017

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb Thru May 2017 Part III

  June 17, 2017

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb thru May 2017 Part II (be a voice for children)

  June 16, 2017

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb -May 2017 Part I

  June 14, 2017

• Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Recognition Event - Could Not Have Been Better

  April 25, 2017

• CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation December 2016 -January 2017

  February 4, 2017

• CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation October/November 2016

  February 2, 2017

2016 · 12 articles

• Minnesota's Mental Health Problem (probably your state's mental health problem too)

  December 15, 2016

• Minnesota At Risk Children's News November 2016

  December 4, 2016

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for September 2016

  October 8, 2016

• CASA guardian ad Litem News & Stories for August 2016

  September 17, 2016

• CASA Guardian ad Litem News From Around the Nation July 2016

  August 13, 2016

• MN Child Protection News July 2016

  August 10, 2016

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for June 2016

  June 25, 2016

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News April & May 2016

  June 19, 2016

• Yesterday's Child Protection News (state's & governments needing special scrutiny for failing their youngest citizens)

  April 20, 2016

• CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Through March 2016

  April 7, 2016

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation 1.1.16-2.13.16

  February 14, 2016

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation 10.1.15 Through 12.31.15

  February 13, 2016

2015 · 9 articles

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation

  November 12, 2015

• Fines and Judgements For Child Protection Failures (millions of $ badly spent)

  August 25, 2015

• Imprisoned Judges & Police Officers In Pennsylvania (still sending innocent people to jail - by the thousands)

  August 8, 2015

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News (find your state here) August 2015

  August 2, 2015

• Child Abuse by Judge In Michigan (9 year old jailed for failing to speak with violent wife beating father)

  July 12, 2015

• Want To Know More About the CASA guardian ad-Litem Program?

  July 1, 2015

• CASA News Around the Nation for April (what do guardian ad-Litems do?)

  April 17, 2015

• CASA guardian ad litem News Around The Nation (find your state here)

  March 5, 2015

• 1% of U.S. Family Courts Are Safe Baby Courts

  February 25, 2015

2014 · 6 articles

• Privatized Juvenile Prisons - Kids For Cash The Movie (watch the trailer)

  September 17, 2014

• Guardian ad-Litem News

  August 28, 2014

• Guardian ad Litems Exchanging Stories & Ideas

  August 9, 2014

• CASA Guardian ad-Litem News (updates from around the nation)

  June 22, 2014

• 477 Child Deaths In FL (preserving families but costing lives)

  March 18, 2014

• Another Failed State (no protection from child rape and no foster parents in Montana)

  February 17, 2014

2013 · 11 articles

• America’s Amazingly False Answers To Mental Health Issues

  September 8, 2013

• CASA & GUARDIAN AD - LITEM NEWS (for August)

  August 29, 2013

• Justice For Children In Atlanta Is Suffering Under Judge John Goger

  July 13, 2013

• Repeal The Decision to Aware Elizondo Custody Of His Child; Sign This Petition

  July 1, 2013

• It Can't Happen Here

  June 29, 2013

• Connect To CASA's (Court Appointed Special Advocate's) Around The Nation (300)

  June 12, 2013

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation

  June 6, 2013

• Religious Freedom In Philadelphia Kills 2 Young children (4 years apart, same home)

  May 29, 2013

• Judges Jailing Children For Money In America (yes it happens)

  April 30, 2013

• Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Compiled)

  February 8, 2013

• New York Saves $666 per State Ward Child (Destroying Children & An Important CASA Program)

  January 27, 2013

2012 · 7 articles

• Great CASA story

  September 9, 2012

• Best Interests Of The Child; ICWA, Politics, & Media

  September 7, 2012

• Indiana's At Risk Children & Governor Mitch Daniels;

  August 31, 2012

• Destroying Child Protection Records In Iowa, A Better Iowa For Children?

  August 14, 2012

• Being A Child Protection Worker In AZ

  June 19, 2012

• Guardian Ad-Litem News From Around The Nation

  April 28, 2012

• Thank You Judge Kevin Burke

  March 5, 2012

2011 · 3 articles

• It Costs Way Less To Hire & Train Social Workers;$68 Million Settlement Proposed for 10 Children Fraudulently Adopted and Abused

  December 31, 2011

• Fix Texas For Children; Remove Judge William Adams

  November 2, 2011

• What's It Gonna Take? Judge Lucy Wieland Is Dead Right

  April 16, 2011

2010 · 7 articles

• Raised By The Courts, A Judge’s Insight Into Juvenile Justice

  October 12, 2010

• Counterpoint To Yesterday's Post

  July 25, 2010

• What Oklahoma Will Show The Nation

  July 11, 2010

• Ireland Implements guardian ad-Litem Program

  March 5, 2010

• More Volunteers Needed For Children In Court System

  February 9, 2010

• California's Child Protection Problems Grow

  February 6, 2010

• Voices For Children Foundation Announces Their 2010 Be A Voice Feel the Magic Gala with Special Cirque Du Soleil Performers

  January 29, 2010

2009 · 4 articles

• New York, Meet Missouri

  December 14, 2009

• FEATURED GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM WASHTENAW COUNTY

  August 1, 2009

• FORGOTTEN CHILDREN RALLY STATE CAPITAL

  May 13, 2009

• Wisconsin officials have agreed to an aggressive new plan aimed at fixing persistent problems

  April 27, 2009

2006 · 1 articles

• Another Day in Family Court

  February 19, 2006

2005 · 2 articles

• Is Undertreatment of Mental Health Counter-Productive?

  December 4, 2005

• Dear Judge John

  July 11, 2005