To any advocate or attorney who works to protect abused children, neglected kids or others at harm, when a foster child or a child with his or her family dies under the watch of family or a state agency or organization tasked with his or her care, that epitomizes a... View Article
South Florida child abuse attorney and child sexual abuse lawyer Howard Talenfeld was interviewed this week on CBS News regarding the case of 3-year-old Ahziya Osceola. The Seminole Indian boy was discovered abused and dead in his Hollywood home after his family had reported him missing. Now, charges have been... View Article
Children’s rights attorney Howard M. Talenfeld, Managing Partner of Talenfeld Law, was recently selected as a finalist for South Florida Business & Wealth’s 2015 Leaders in Law Awards. This is the second year of this awards event, which was created to honor the lawyers, law firms, and corporate counsel that... View Article
Imagine living life locked in a closet, deprived of food, medical care, even the use of a bathroom. Now imagine being a child or young teen suffering such child abuse and neglect. This tale emerged as police in Palm Beach County arrested a couple who kept their two children, now... View Article
Fort Lauderdale attorney Howard Talenfeld has been designated a AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. The rating attest to Talenfeld’s legal ability and professional ethics based on the opinions of other lawyers, client review ratings, self-reported professional credentials and other fact-based performance data. Talenfeld is Florida’s premier foster... View Article
According to a television news report, the Florida Department of Children and Families apparently knew about the abuse, neglect and abandonment endured by young Ahziya Osceola, the Hollywood, Florida, boy who was found dead and in garbage bags in March. Florida foster child attorney and child advocate Howard Talenfeld discusses the death... View Article
Florida child sexual abuse attorneys and advocates who work to protect victims of abuse know the costs of such harm go far beyond what’s typically reported. Child sexual abuse is a billion-dollar drain on Florida’s economy. It’s cost is immeasurable to the health, welfare and well-being of Florida’s children who... View Article
Among Florida foster child abuse attorneys and child advocates from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to throughout the state, it’s no secret that the Florida Department of Children and Family’s experiment in privatization of child welfare services has been a failure. Hundreds of children, many known to DCF officials to be... View Article
Florida’s Children First, the state’s premier advocacy organization for at-risk children, will host the Florida’s Children First 2015 Broward Reception tonight – Thursday, February 26 – from 5:30-7:30PM at the Riverside Hotel (620 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301). The organization will honor child advocates in Broward at its annual... View Article
Last year was a big year for Florida foster children and those kids who suffer physical harm, sexual abuse, neglect or injury in the child welfare system. Child advocates and foster child attorneys who fight for those vulnerable children watched as the Florida Legislature passed child welfare reforms, funding measures... View Article