Law Firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler Helps Parents Sue DCF for Filing Groundless Case, Violating Civil Rights; Judge Dismisses DCF Case against Mother of Handicapped Children; Suit Claims DCF Ignored Medical Histories and Facts.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- The Fort Lauderdale-based law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler has stepped up to the plate to help Sara and Alex Evans, a couple who had their children taken from them by the Florida Department Florida is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. Population and Demographics As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. of Children and Families (DCF DCF See: Discounted Cash Flows ). Officials from the Child Protective Team of DCF accused the couple of child abuse and said that Sara Evans This article has multiple issues: * It needs additional references or sources for verification. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. suffered from Munchausen's Syndrome Noun 1. Munchausen's syndrome - syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found Munchausen syndrome syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease by Proxy (MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. ). MSP occurs when a parent makes their child sick in order to draw attention to themselves. This disorder was widely publicized in 1999 when Kathy Bush was convicted of aggravated child abuse by a Broward County jury. Since then there have been numerous accusations and civil suits against DCF claiming that it made false allegations of MSP against other parents. According to the suit, DCF made no effort to contact the children's treating physicians in California to confirm their medical histories. The Evans' daughter, Emily's medical condition required the installation of a gastric feeding gastric feeding n. The administration of food directly into the stomach by a tube inserted either through the nasopharynx and esophagus or directly through the abdominal wall. tube which her parents helped maintain. Finally, on July 19, 2006, after almost six months of legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. , and over $300,000 in legal expenses, DCF dismissed its dependency case against Alex Evans and admitted that Sara Evans did not have MSP. The entire case was dismissed by the Judge on the following day. The Evans children have been reunited with their parents. The family has filed a Federal lawsuit claiming that the DCF violated their civil rights by taking away their children without any legitimate reason. The Evans have also claimed that their children's medical conditions worsened and they were emotionally damaged while in DCF custody. Russell S. Adler, of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, said, "DCF is supposed to have evidence of abuse or neglect BEFORE they take children away from their parents. DCF ignored the facts and acted recklessly by filing the dependency case against the Evans family. It has violated this family's constitutional rights." Alan Jay Braverman, attorney for Mrs. Evans, of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler (who successfully defended the dependency action that was dismissed yesterday), said, "There is nothing more gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. than to see justice finally done. Justice has allowed the Evans to be reunited as a family." California Physician, Dr. Mitchell Katz, who treated Emily and Jacob, stated in an Affidavit: "In my twenty nine (29) years of practicing pediatrics, I have been involved and diagnosed child abuse, child neglect and Munchausen's by Proxy.......and at no time have I ever suspected or believed that the welfare of both Jacob and Emily have been anything but the highest priority for Sara and Alex Evans." Dr. Katz's remarks are echoed by two other prominent California doctors who also treated the Evans children. Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler is a 31 attorney law firm based in Fort Lauderdale that maintains a diversified practice serving businesses and individuals. For more information, visit http://www.rra-law.com. |
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