December 19, 2023 6:21 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Following a seven-day trial led by the Justice for Kids Team, a jury awarded $13.5 million to a family that suffered harm after the adoption agency Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS) failed to warn them about psychological problems that make their adopted son unsafe to be around their daughters, one... View Article
April 12, 2023 1:53 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Despite three decades of litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union, broken promises, court orders, news reports, and letters from informed officials, DCFS continually lacks placements for children in its care, forcing some foster children to be wrongfully incarcerated. The recent lawsuit seeks to represent all individuals placed in DCFS... View Article
June 2, 2021 9:03 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Kenisha E. Anthony has become an agent for change within the foster care system. She began her journey as a “ward of the state” when she was only four (4) years old. Her parents struggled with drug addiction and Kenisha was taken from them. She would then be placed in... View Article
December 15, 2014 12:50 pm
Published by Jeff Zbar
Talenfeld Law recently celebrated its grand opening with an open house event at the firm’s office. Scores of South Florida child advocates, attorneys and others who help protect children in the child welfare system were in attendance. Led by Howard Talenfeld, one of the nation’s preeminent children’s rights attorneys, Talenfeld Law... View Article
