DCF decisions are regularly overturned when people challenge them in fair hearings, state data show. In 2022 , a hearing officer reversed DCF’s decision 48 percent of the time. In 2020, it was ...

State hearing officers reversed DCF’s findings against parents and caregivers 40 percent of the time last fiscal year, new data show, while dozens of others were partially overturned.

It came after Lori went through multiple failed rounds of IVF. Then, the couple found exactly what they were looking for in the little boy. “Met him and just fell in love instantly,” she said.

Local News Fitchburg parents charged with kidnapping their own children become focus of anti-DCF activism A conservative group says DCF took the parents' children for refusing a vaccine.

Florida DCF Secretary Shevaun Harris sits with foster parents to discuss their concerns, ... Sexual assault was motive for Lori Paige’s murder, state attorney says .

DCF began “an aggressive investigation," “even though DCF has no authority to assess or investigate a fetus or a first-time, expectant mother," the Vermont ACLU says.

DCF gives limited response to questions about Rose Hill child’s death by: Laura McMillan. Posted: Feb 18, 2025 / 01:56 PM CST. Updated: Feb 27, 2025 / 08:12 PM CST.