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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Is Government Destroying Our Most Precious Resource?
CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING, BUT WHERE IS THEIR “#METOO” MOVEMENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 5, 2018) — On Tuesday, someone using a “US Senate” ISP accessed three different articles about a Tennessee mother who lost custody of both of her daughters in what she described to us as a web of corruption, deceit, and unconstitutional acts […]
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Los Angeles County Taxpayers Fund Hefty Pay Raises, Promotions for Child “Welfare” Employees
BUT ARE THEY DESERVED? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 11, 2018) — Publicly-available data shows that virtually all social workers and supervisors involved in a case originating in March 2016 with the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) have received pay raises and promotions funded by county taxpayers. The case, encompassing mother “Michelle […]
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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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Parents of Three Children Taken by DCFS Enjoy “Bittersweet” Reunion
“I KNOW I DID EVERYTHING I COULD” by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2018) — In a stunning development, the mother of three children set to be adopted by her parents in Southern California reported on Thursday that she and her husband were able to visit with their children after two and one-half years of no […]
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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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Boy Returned to Parents by Norwegian Child-Welfare Authorities
BUT HOW MANY MORE “KAIS” ARE THERE? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 22, 2018) — A 12-year-old boy taken from his parents by Norwegian authorities on February 9 as a result of their homeschooling him for several weeks has been returned to their custody with conditions. The Kristiansens had taken their son out of the school […]
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Has a Restraining Order Been Terminated or Not?
COURT ORDER APPEARS, BUT WITHOUT A SOURCE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 22, 2018) — Last Thursday, The Post & Email published an article reporting on an October vehicular incident between the parents of a three-year-old girl taken by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) from the mother in March 2016 and […]
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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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Contested Hearing Will Not Include Visit Between Mother and Child
HOW ASSIDUOUSLY DID THEY SEEK A MONITOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 25, 2017) — A hearing to take place on Tuesday to contest the decision of the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to award legal and physical custody of a toddler to her father will not provide the opportunity for the mother to […]
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California Attorney General’s Office Acknowledges Letter on State Child-Protective Agency
BUT WILL HE INVESTIGATE? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 2, 2017) — On March 15, The Post & Email sent a letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra regarding its observations about the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) agency based on information gleaned from three cases covered directly […]
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Restraining Order Issued Against Parent for Communicating with DCFS Social Workers
PURPOSEFUL OBSTRUCTION? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2017) — On Thursday, a Los Angeles mother whose 15-month-old daughter was removed from her care by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) a year ago informed The Post & Email that a three-year restraining order has been granted as requested by five DCFS social workers […]
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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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Do DCFS Social Workers Have an Agenda in This Case?
BOTH PARENTS INVOLVED IN ALTERCATION; ONE GETS CUSTODY by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2017) — Since reporting on the story of the Hendersons, whose eight children were ensconced in the foster system in 2011 and, to our knowledge, never returned to their parents despite no charges of neglect or abuse, The Post & Email has […]
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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 […]