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Disclaimer: Most cases result in a lower recovery. Results may not be typical and reflect awards before deduction for attorneys’ fees and expenses. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. The adoptive parents of a young boy with special needs have been awarded $13.5 million in damages… View Article
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Disclaimer: Most cases result in a lower recovery. Results may not be typical and reflect awards before deduction for attorneys’ fees and expenses. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. In one of the largest jury awards in Florida history, a young girl has been awarded a… View Article
Disclaimer: Most cases result in a lower recovery. Results may not be typical and reflect awards before deduction for attorneys’ fees and expenses. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. Christopher Nevarez, the father of Makenzie Nevarez, a 6-month-old baby girl who suffered catastrophic injuries and later… View Article
On Friday, March 23, 2018, Governor Rick Scott signed CS/HB 6509, a claims bill that directs the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to pay more than $5 million awarded by a Florida jury to C.M.H., a victim of sexual abuse by a child in foster care. This marks the largest known recovery in… View Article
Disclaimer: Most cases result in a lower recovery. Results may not be typical and reflect awards before deduction for attorneys’ fees and expenses. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. Eight developmentally foster care children who were placed in what one judge called a “house of horrors” foster… View Article
Disclaimer: Most cases result in a lower recovery. Results may not be typical and reflect awards before deduction for attorneys’ fees and expenses. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. In 2013 a Palm Beach County jury returned a $5 million verdict against the Florida Department of Children… View Article
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Thousands of foster children, former foster children, developmentally disabled and medically fragile children are part of the Florida child care system. If you’re currently or formerly a child in care, or an advocate for or parent of a child in the foster care system, the Justice for Kids team is here to help. Every year,… View Article
By: Julianna Walo, Esquire Illinois’ child welfare system, overseen by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is facing a deepening crisis rooted in chronic understaffing, high caseworker turnover, and systemic negligence. Reports and audits have consistently shown that Illinois caseworkers carry caseloads well beyond recommended limits, resulting in delayed investigations, missed red flags,… View Article
By: Justin Grosz, Esquire In the past few months, more than 100 unaccompanied migrant children have been removed from their homes and placed into federal custody after agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted unannounced “welfare checks” at foster care homes across the country. These… View Article
By: Howard Talenfeld, Esquire When Foster Care Ends, the Struggle Often Begins For many young people in the Texas foster care system, turning 18 does not feel like a celebration; it feels like being cut off. No more stable housing. No guaranteed help with school or work. No one to call when things go wrong…. View Article
Howard M. Talenfeld, a top children’s rights and foster care abuse lawyer, has been selected to the 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list for personal injury law. Howard has consistently been recognized by Super Lawyers since 2006. Howard is a co-founder and lead partner of Kelley Kronenberg’s Justice for Kids Division, a premier law practice… View Article
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