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Release foster parent data, court asked
Release foster parent data, court asked
BY JON CRAIG | http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...WS01/301080039 COLUMBUS – Attorneys argued before the Ohio Supreme Court todayTuesday whether the names and addresses of foster care parents should be public record. John C. Greiner, a Cincinnati lawyer representing the Enquirer, said, “We are not asking for the names of any children.” Enquirer reporter Gregory Korte made a public records request shortly after the August 2006 death of 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel, seeking an electronic database of all foster homes in Ohio. ADVERTISEMENT Marcus died after his foster parents left him tied up in a closet while they took a weekend trip to Kentucky. Liz and David Carroll Jr. were later convicted in the boy’s murder. The Enquirer reported in March that Hamilton County court officials discovered 27 foster parents had arrest records. Greiner said the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services made a policy decision – not legal decision – to withhold foster license records, effectively daring the Enquirer to file a lawsuit. He said the newspaper never sought the names of foster children, so would not have placed them in danger. But Assistant Attorney General Henry G. Appel, in defense of the state, said, “This case is about protecting vulnerable children against dangerous people.” Appel cited a case in which a natural mother tried to harm a foster family in Licking County. “Imagine if they used public records” to find her child, he said. During questioning, Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer pointed out that the state encourages contact between birth parents and their children, and foster cases in which there was violence had nothing to do with media coverage. “It’s no secret who the foster parent is,” he said. “They don’t need to read that in a newspaper.” Other justices focused on whether federal law bars release of the information, because foster parents may receive federal money through public assistance, or state training. Greiner said identifying foster care parents would not violate federal law because it would not identify who gets public assistance money. When it rules later this year, the Supreme Court could: -- order the foster records open -- give state and county agencies authority to seal them from the public, or -- rule on the narrower issue of whether parents receiving public assistance should have their names protected. While Marcus Fiesel’s name was not mentioned in the courtroom, Greiner told reporters afterward that the boy’s death prompted the newspaper inquiry and lawsuit. “That’s really what the public records law is all about,” he said. “The government should be subject to that scrutiny. . .I think it allows the public to function as a watchdog and extra check.” CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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