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The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
A proposed Texas law that would criminalize medical child abuse has been approved by a House committee after a hearing last week that included testimony from the Tarrant County sheriff.. The ...
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Joshua Carden, an attorney for the Gonzales family, reported that the family had made a "unified decision" to keep the child alive through artificial means, which at the time of the court dispute included constant use of a ventilator machine, pumping food and water into his body, and frequent suctioning fluids out of his lungs, even though the ...
The 5th Circuit Court has blocked a judge's order fining Texas $100,000 per day for failing to implement court-ordered fixes to its foster care system. Texas will not have to pay, for now, $100K ...
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a national association in the United States that supports and promotes court-appointed advocates for abused or neglected children. CASA are volunteers from the community who complete training that has been provided by the state or local CASA office. [ 1 ]
A day after a federal judge ordered Texas to pay $100,000 daily in fines for failing to comply with court-ordered fixes to its foster care system, the state on Tuesday asked the 5th Circuit Court ...
Roberson was slated to be put to death via lethal injection at 6:00 pm CDT on October 17 in the Huntsville Unit. [56] However, a Travis County judge issued an order to temporarily block the execution. [57] The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals subsequently overturned the stay after the prosecution appealed and ordered the execution to move forward.