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 – or an advocate for or parent of a child in the foster care system – the Justice for Kids blog is here to help.
Every year, thousands of foster children, medically needy children, or those physically abused, sexually abused, are the victims of personal injury, legal damages, and pain and suffering and are left to seek solutions on their own. No child should go through this on his or her own, and for the almost 500 who have died while under state watch, they deserved better.
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This blog was created by Justice for Kids, a unique law practice and division of law firm Kelley Kronenberg. Founded by Howard Talenfeld, the preeminent children’s rights attorney focusing exclusively on protecting the rights of physically and sexually abused children, developmentally disabled children, neglected children and other at-risk children, Justice for Kids blog addresses key issues facing those with foster care, physical abuse, child sexual abuse, social services, dependency, disability or personal injury and damages claims or lawsuits against the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), lead agencies, community based care providers, and other child welfare providers.
Governor Scott Signs $5 Million Claims Bill for Child Sexually Abused by Foster Boy Living in the Home
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 Florida for one child who was emotionally and sexually abused against a governmental defendant, DCF. Children’s rights attorney Howard Talenfeld served as co-counsel for C.M.H.
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Law Firm for Eight Abused Former Foster Care Children Settle With NYC, Child Care Agencies for $26 Million
Attorneys representing eight developmentally disabled foster children who were placed in what one judge called a “house of horrors” foster home settled with New York state adoption and child welfare agencies and their state-contracted providers in 2014 for $26 million.
New York Child Advocate Attorney – Howard Talenfeld
Florida Department of Children & Families Hit With $5 Million Verdict in Child-On-Child Sex Abuse
Florida child abuse attorney Howard Talenfeld earned a $5 million jury verdict in 2013 against the Florida Department of Children & Family Services on behalf a child repeatedly raped by a foster child and known child-on-child sexual predator who had been placed in the plaintiff’s home.
State Care Provider Settles Violent Child-On-Child Rape for $4 Million
Child abuse attorney Howard Talenfeld successfully negotiated a $4 million settlement on behalf of a child repeatedly raped in a residential facility. Administrators at the center were ignorant of systemic abuse, repeated reports by and from state officials, the testimony of another minor child who was raped while there, as well as a psychiatrist and the child aggressor.
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