Child Abuse

One of the more difficult and disturbing cases attorneys have to deal with are child abuse cases. Members of the DCF (Department of Children and Families) have been quoted as saying that child abuse cases are "extremely difficult". This is mainly due to the difficulty...

An ongoing investigation into the death of a 3 year-old girl, whose mother said was killed by a hit-and-run driver, is about to take an odd legal turn.An Orange County, FL, judge has ruled that the mother's other child, a 2 year-old boy, will remain in custody of the...

We can't imagine how or why a young child could be left home unattended for, but you hear it on the news almost everyday and the criminal justice system is always dealing with the issue. Today, a father was arrested on child neglect charges after his 2 year old son...

The term "child abuse" immediately strikes a nerve in all of us when we hear about it on the news. 30 years ago, a mother and a father could discipline their child by spanking them on the behind and nothing would ever come from it. Times have changed, mostly for...

There's no way to sugarcoat a story about child neglect. While defense attorneys must protect their clients from doing any prison time, when you hear a tale like this one, it makes the job at hand much more difficult. A mother of a 4 year-old girl in Sanford, FL,...

A crew member on the Disney Dream cruise ship was arrested yesterday for allegedly molesting a 13 year old girl.Disney contacted Port Canaveral police to report that one of their workers was suspected of molesting a young girl. Disney even notified the Coast Guard, as...

Child abuse comes in many forms. Aside from the most common ones involving physical, emotional and sexual, neglect is one type of abuse that we hear on the news all the time.A mother in Orlando was recently arrested by authorities, who described her home as...