by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2013 | Crime / Courts
A proposal in the House would lift the statutes of limitations on civil and criminal actions in cases of child abuse and child sexual abuse. Missouri law has a 10-year statute of limitations on actions for damage or personal injury caused by child sexual abuse and...
by Mike Lear | Dec 4, 2012 | News
A joint House-Senate committee that will look at how agencies at all levels in the state handle cases of child abuse and neglect has held its first hearing. The body has decided to split into several subcommittees that will each study a set of issues related to such...
by Mike Lear | Dec 1, 2012 | Crime / Courts, News
A House-Senate committee on child neglect and abuse will hold its first hearing on Monday. Representative Bill Lant (R-Joplin) sponsored the legislation that created the Joint Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect when it was passed as part of another bill. He will be...
by admin | Aug 25, 2009 | Crime / Courts
The parents of a Virginia man who recently went public with information that he was the victim in a $600,000 pedophile priest cover up case are urging other victims to come forward. Doctor Mark McAllister came forward to say that he, while a resident of Boonville, was...
by admin | May 17, 2009 | Health / Medicine
The annual KidsCount report is out. It provides county-by-county data on the health and wellbeing of Missouri’schildren. While child abuseand neglect cases in Missouriare down from last year, high school dropout rates are higher. The Kids Countreport compares...
