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December Child Support Round-Up Accounts for more than $74,000 from Delinquent Parents Owing more than $1.1 million
January 23, 2012
01.23.12 -- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) today announced totals from a December child support round-up that resulted in 126 arrests of non-custodial parents owing more than $1.1 million.
Louisiana Safe Haven Law Provides Alternative to Abandoning Newborns
January 18, 2012
01.18.12 - Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) Secretary Ruth Johnson said today that a mom who allegedly abandoned a newborn outside her home in St. Tammany Parish on Monday could have utilized Louisiana's Safe Haven law, which provides a legal means for parents to anonymously give up custody of infants without the threat of prosecution for neglect, abandonment or child cruelty.