ADOPTED BY GRANDPARENTS THROUGH LOS ANGELES DCFS by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 16, 2019) — On Saturday, the mother of three children who were legally adopted by her parents through the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) over the course of several years informed us that in September, she and her husband were […]
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Parents of Three Children Taken by Los Angeles DCFS Enjoy Recent Visits
“IN ALL I AM BLESSED TO SEE THEM” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 5, 2019) — An Alabama couple whose three children were placed with their maternal grandparents despite no substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect against their parents were able to speak in person with the children on two occasions last week, their mother, Kanika […]
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Los Angeles Parents’ Petition Denied by U.S. Supreme Court over Children’s Adoption
AS ORDERED BY THE CALIFORNIA COURTS by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2018) — Just after publishing a story Saturday morning of a brief but happy reunion of Roosevelt and Kanika Williams with their three children, Kanika contacted us to advise that she and her husband received a denial to their petition for a writ of […]
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Case Against Los Angeles DCFS Docketed at U.S. Supreme Court
“WE’VE FOUGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 19, 2018) — On March 5, a petition for a writ of certiorari regarding a case decided in California’s Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District involving the Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) was docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court. The […]
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Mystery Deepens as to Alleged Los Angeles “Court Order”
SUPERVISING JUDGE: TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS NO REFERENCE TO KEY DOCUMENTS, ONE OF WHICH NEVER APPEARED by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 10, 2018) — As The Post & Email has reported, a Los Angeles domestic violence victim was told last month by a local police department that the DVRO (domestic violence restraining order) approved by Torrance Superior Court […]
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Appeal of Adoption Orders Filed with California Supreme Court
PARENTS VOW TO “NEVER STOP FIGHTING” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 16, 2017) — On August 21, a petition for rehearing in the case of two children ordered to be adopted by the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) was denied by California’s Second Appellate Court, Division Four, with the parents, Roosevelt and […]
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Parents Petition Appeals Court to Halt Adoption of Third Child
AT HANDS OF DCFS, JUDGE MARGUERITE DOWNING by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2017) — The parents of three children scheduled to be adopted by their maternal grandparents have just filed an appeal brief to the Second Appellate District, Division Four in Los Angeles in the case of their third child. As The Post & Email […]
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Child Custody Goes from “No Case” to “Adoption” Track in Eight Weeks
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 8, 2017) — A father and mother whose legal address is in Alabama but whose three children were placed with their maternal grandparents in California by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are continuing their efforts to overturn the decisions of the Edelman […]
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Report: Los Angeles Judge Ignores Jurisdictional Question from Alabama Father
“JUDGE DOWNING, YOU ARE A CRIMINAL!” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 15, 2017) — On Tuesday, March 14, a hearing to determine whether or not the third child of a couple from Alabama should be designated for adoption by her California-resident grandparents was held at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA. The father of […]
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Adoption Hearing for Third Child Scheduled for Tuesday in Williams Case
PARENTS CLAIM “ADOPTION WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 13, 2017) — A hearing will take place on Tuesday for the third child of Roosevelt and Kanika Williams at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to begin the adoption process by Kanika’s parents, Willie and Katie Grant. The two elder children […]
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Los Angeles TV Station Reported on Family Court Corruption Three Years Ago
CAN THIS SYSTEM BE CLEANSED? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2017) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email reported on a third child-custody story having its origins in the Los Angeles, CA child-protective and family court system in which a mother who lost custody of her young daughter a year ago alleges corruption, cronyism and […]
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Parents Appealing Impending Adoption Ordered by Judge Marguerite Downing
FEDERAL LAWSUIT APPEAL ALSO BEING PREPARED by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 24, 2017) — The parents of three children successively placed in a foster home by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on a trajectory toward adoption are in the process of writing an appeal of the juvenile court judge’s decision ordering […]
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Parents Appeal Los Angeles Judge’s Adoption Order for Two Children
COURT GRANTS TEN-DAY EXTENSION AFTER 90 DAYS REQUESTED IN FIVE-YEAR-OLD CASE by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 23, 2016) — The parents of three children taken from their custody over a five-year period have appealed a Los Angeles judge’s August 2016 order that the elder two be formally adopted by their maternal grandparents. Edelman Children’s Court Judge […]
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Children’s Court Judge Accused of “Perverting the Law”
FATHER: SOCIAL WORKER PROVIDED “MANUFACTURED ACCOUNT” TO JUDGE IN CHILDREN’S COURT by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 3, 2016) — In the case of an Alabama couple attempting to regain custody of their three children from the state of California, the father, Roosevelt Williams, reported that he was denied a Marsden hearing requested in August of this […]
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Parents’ Five-Year Struggle to Regain Custody of Children Replete with Twists and Turns
FATHER CLAIMS “DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS” ON JUDGE’S, SOCIAL WORKERS’ PART by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2016) — For approximately three months, The Post & Email has reported on a child-custody case originating with the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and what has been described to us by the parents as internal […]
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Parents Continue to Appeal Loss of Rights, Custody, Scheduled Adoption of Their Children
IN FIVE-YEAR-OLD SAGA by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 17, 2016) — A couple whose three children are in the custody of the mother’s parents by action of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has appealed the termination of their parental rights over the eldest two children ordered by Judge Marguerite Downing. The […]
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Who Oversees the Process in Child Dependency Cases?
“THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2016) — In a dependency case involving three children initiated by the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in 2011, The Post & Email has reported that the children’s parents dispute the findings that they are unfit, claiming numerous procedural violations […]
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Do Los Angeles DCFS and Judges Dislike Men?
TWO CASES, ONE JUDGE by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2016) — When The Post & Email was covering the case of the Henderson family whose eight children were removed from their custody and placed in various foster homes, Jeffrey Henderson told us that the judges at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, who adjudicate […]
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Los Angeles Juvenile Court Judge Continues to Wield Unbridled Power to Separate Families
MOTHER CLAIMS “HORRIFIC” TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THREE CHILDREN by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 16, 2016) — In a case hauntingly reminiscent of that of the Henderson family of Los Angeles, three children have been taken from their parents without any evidence of abuse or neglect, with two soon to be legally adopted by the mother’s parents […]
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Radio Show Discusses Attacks on Parenting, Families by Child Protective Services
ERICA HENDERSON TO APPEAR AS GUEST by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2015) — A new radio show on the IPM Radio Network will host Erica Michelle Henderson, mother of eight children taken away by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), on which The Post & Email has reported extensively. Initially, six […]