I recently spoke with Lisa Kane Brown – a Montgomery County, PA area attorney with considerable experience in juvenile matters and as a guardian ad litem – about Pennsylvania’s child
Continue Reading Pennsylvania’s Child Abuse Hotline (“Child Line”) ExplainedDomestic Violence: A Report From The Data
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. And, earlier this month the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Court (“AOPC”) issued its summary of statistics related to this form of action.
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REFORMING CHILD ABUSE LAWS IN PENNSYLVANIA
On December 18th, Governor Corbett signed into law a bill updating Pennsylvania’s child abuse laws. When the abuses perpetrated by Jerry Sandusky were exposed, Pennsylvania’s child abuse statutes were scrutinized
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Mandatory Reporting – Cases Hiding in Plain Sight
(Image by Bettman/CORBIS) – Lunch at 800 feet only seems normal if you are used to it.
I recently took a phone call from an individual who wanted to learn about
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Emotional Abuse Just as Harmful as Physical Abuse
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