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A second person arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma has been charged with murder, authorities said Friday.. Ivon Adams, 36, was taken into custody ...
Oklahoma authorities are now in the midst of an urgent search for a young girl after her mother confessed to having handed her over to a drug dealer in 2022. The woman, 39-year-old Moore resident ...
Alysia Adams, 31, is charged with two counts of child neglect in the case. The bureau said its agents recovered the girl’s body on Jan. 17 after police said the search had become a “recovery ...
In March 2006, the Oklahoma state legislature passed the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act to reform the way courts and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) handle cases related to child abuse and neglect. [10] The bill's co-author, Senator Harry Coates, presented the measure in committee.
Pages in category "Child abuse incidents and cases" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Child neglect is an act of caregivers (e.g., parents) that results in depriving a child of their basic needs, such as the failure to provide adequate supervision, health care, clothing, or housing, as well as other physical, emotional, social, educational, and safety needs. [1]
According to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, during the calendar year 2023, there were 13,773 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect across the state.
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to McGirt v. Oklahoma, decided in 2020.In McGirt, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Congress never properly disestablished the Indian reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma when granting its statehood, and thus almost half the state was still considered to be Native American land.