Child Abuse and Neglect

Slusher v. City and County of Napa

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 07:09

3 y.o. girl, survived by her father (addicted to meth and incarcerated when she died) and grandparents, killed by her mother and mother’s boyfriend, who were convicted of her torture and murder. Napa Police and County CPS social workers failed to obey their mandatory duties to investigate and report multiple reports of child abuse and neglect, in violation of state CANRA law. Federal court due process claims had been dismissed and were on appeal; state court negligence claims pending in Napa County Superior Court.

Schulkers v. Kammer

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 17:12

Social workers violated children’s Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable seizure where they removed them from classroom and subjected them to interrogation without a warrant or consent and did not have reasonable suspicion that mother abused or neglected children; social workers violated mother’s substantive and procedural constitutional rights by constraining her ability to be alone with her children without any valid governmental interest and no procedural protections.

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