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Archive for May, 2009

Foster Care: It’s Really About Supporting and Reuniting Families…

Sometimes people become foster parents when they are in search of children to adopt.
But, sometimes, they just want to help other families get through a difficult time and then reunite.
One Utah couple is in the latter category.
They actually mentor the parents whose children are in their foster care.
Some of their former foster kids, and [...]

Kids left in cars

It’s debate time again Breeder Readers. This time the topic is about kids who get forgotten about and left behind in hot cars to die. A lot of us including me say how can a parent forget one of their own children in the car?
This article from the Washington Post sent to me by reader [...]

Justice Isn’t Cheap, Especially in British Columbia, Canada …

In British Columbia, Canada, divorce and custody litigation – or, for that matter, any litigation – can be really expensive.
It’s not the legal fees, as some might leap to conclude.
It’s the court clerk fees, which are substantially higher than elsewhere in Canada.
A litigant must rent the courtroom.
That might run $15,000, payable in advance.
And [...]