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Is the California Legislature Providing Cover for Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Parents?

July 10, 2024 2:55 amJuly 10, 2024 5:11 pm

California’s courts are in the thick of the case of a divorced mother who has petitioned to have her 11-year-old son castrated for a gender-transition against the will of the boy’s father. The mother, who fled Texas for California with...

Bill That Expands the Reporting of Child Abuse Passed in the Senate

September 11, 2019 2:22 pm

Assembly Bill 189, which would allow Autism service providers and professionals to be mandated reporters of child abuse, passed the California Senate on Tuesday. AB 189 will also follow the current penal code. This means that if a mandated reporter...