Sunday, January 23, 2011

Lawsuits against the state, CPS regarding abusive fathers, official investigations of or by CPS (USA)

After a couple of requests, I have tried to draw up a very preliminary list of cases where lawsuits have been filed against the state or CPS (sometimes by moms, sometimes not). These are limited to cases involving the father's mistreatment of the children (murder, abuse/neglect, abduction, etc.). A few cases listed here involve "official" after-the-fact investigations of or by CPS.

This is not a comprehensive list by any means. Unfortunately, I never tagged cases involving a lawsuit, so they're difficult to find at Dastardly. But it's a start in terms of additional research.

If you know of additional cases, please feel free to contact me. And please send a link to a newspaper article or other documentation if you can. Thanks.

Washington State:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2011/01/state-to-pay-285m-for-child-abused-by.html
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/06/lawsuits-filed-against-state-dshs-for.html

Michigan:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/judge-jonker-mom-has-high-hill-to-climb.html
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/07/additional-information-on-custodial-dad.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/09/detail-outlining-dhs-role-in-girls.html
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/09/ombudsman-report-tells-public-little.html

Arizona:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/outrageous-cops-let-off-for-allowing.html

Tennessee:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/08/mother-of-15-year-old-girl-murdered-by.htmlhttp://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/08/mother-of-girl-slain-by-sexually.html

Ohio:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2011/01/custodial-dad-son-both-face-death.html

California:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/08/dad-kills-2-year-old-son-during-court.html

Texas:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2011/01/us-supreme-court-rejects-case-of-us.html

Pennsylvania:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/09/grandmother-to-sue-county-for-boys.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/02/dhs-not-at-fault-for-abuse-death-of-10.html

Kentucky:
http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2009/07/mom-sues-over-babys-murder-by-custodial.html