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no_hypocrisy

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5. It was horrific. The Division equated poverty with child neglect.

Reply to StevieM (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 08:35 AM

Oct 2016

The Division was supposed to provide financial services and programs as well as aid for domestic violence.

The Agency hoped to bolster its image by having five siblings adopted by their foster family. Plus the caseworker was to be paid $8000 for each child adopted. You do the math . . . . .

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The Latest: After hot car death, parents talked of more kids [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP

Something similar happened to me. no_hypocrisy Oct 2016 #1

Thank goodness they were ultimately reunited with their mother. StevieM Oct 2016 #3

It was horrific. The Division equated poverty with child neglect. no_hypocrisy Oct 2016 #5

This doesn't surprise me. These agencies can often be as ruthless as the adoption industry. StevieM Oct 2016 #6

It's hard to know how we would react if this happened to us. Chemisse Oct 2016 #2

The whole thing is bizarre mdbl Oct 2016 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #7

Why do they think he killed his son deliberately? Bradical79 Oct 2016 #8

he did internet search for it. bad acting on video JI7 Oct 2016 #9

Here's more on the case from a thread posted earlier in October: Judi Lynn Oct 2016 #10