New definition emphasizes that kids can’t be taken from their family because of poverty. But police and lawyers say it might ...

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia hopes a newly-released video outlining the process followed in child abuse and ...

A baby girl has been found dead and two people arrested on suspicion of child neglect. The tragedy unfolded this afternoon after emergency services received a welfare call about the incident.

The Peace Center already houses the Rockford Police Department's sensitive crimes and domestic violence units at its current ...

support from the community is equally important to reduce cases of child neglect, say groups. They added that with the law on protecting children already in place, it will only become more ...

Investigators found that an 11-year-old boy died during a movie theater outing after foster care staff ignored signs of ...

The bill would ensure judges can hear cases involving children in the DCF system alleging abuse and neglect even once those children turn 18.

The lawsuit claims Childtime Children's Center negligently hired and failed to properly train it's employees. According to the state's Child Development and Early Education website, Childtime had ...

The lighter sentence does not include supervision, and allows the couple to seek expungement of their child neglect convictions after three years. On the social media front, they were banned from ...

The sentence does not include supervision and allows the couple to seek expungement of their child neglect convictions after three years. They were also banned from filming Cody or Emma on YouTube ...

Japan reported 73 child abuse deaths in fiscal 2018, up eight from a year ago, with cases of neglect exceeding physical abuse for the first time, according to an expert committee of the welfare ...