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COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN The above statement is a prime example of what is happening to child vic-
AND FAMILIES tims who tell of abuse, child victims are being re-victimized by the child
HB 2137 Protective Parent Act
IGNORED
protection system. Children should be treated with dignity and respect after
HB 2542 Citizens Review Panel they report abuse, not treated as if they have no rights, because they do.
SQUASHED
HB 2538 Grandparents Compensation Bill ~ We must not only protect children from abuse but we must also protect
IGNORED It costs more money for the tax
payers to place children in the home of strang-
them from a child protection system
ers where they are more likely to be abused, that causes secondary trauma by re-
but the State isn’t interested in making sure moving the child from the non-abusive
Kansas children are safe or know their family parent and place them in the home of
members and where they come from.
SB 262 Grandparents receive preference in
the abuser.
custody cases PASSED, NO threat to the
State or Judges, they don’t follow the law Donna Roberts/Founder
anyway. ACRA-A Child’s Rights Association
1 Wichita, Kansas
Kansas “The Best Interest Of The Child”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu_mjvg_Vt4