child abuse

A bill to compensate victims of the Dozier and Okeechobee reform schools passed its first Senate committee meeting.

The bill (SB 288), filed by Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, would create a certification process for victims of abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee.

The move from keeping troubled families intact to placing the children in foster homes hasn't worked as advocates had hoped.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, First Lady Casey DeSantis and child-welfare advocates are warning about the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on some families.

Different forms of abuse often happen under the same roof. Now, a senate committee is backing a proposal to require child and animal abuse agencies to…

Marital privilege means spouses don’t have to testify against each other. But Sen. Gayle Harrell (R-Stuart) thinks there should be exceptions -especially…

It used to be conventional wisdom among medical and scientific professionals that young children couldn't recall abuse or neglect they had witnessed or…