The state will pay a Pennsylvania family $5 million in damages for the physical and sexual abuse their adopted daughter suffered as a baby while under the care of New Jerseys Division of Youth and Family Services.
The child in this case, identified only as S.A., was placed in her biological fathers home by DYFS in 2000 after her biological mother abandoned her.
During a five-month period in the Asbury Park apartment, the baby was brought to the emergency room twice, was burned and was later found to have been sexually abused.
Pa. family receives $5M in damages for abuse adopted daughter suffered under N.J. DYFS's care | NJ.com
The child was abandoned by her mother and abused by her father. Hence, the TAXPAYERS OF NJ have to pay for this?
Enough already. Child protection services are imperfect. They exist to assist families and minimize abuse. They cannot save every child. There are lots of bad people having children, and we cannot stop them from procreating. But we also cannot afford to give each of them $5 million.
These judges hand out these settelements like they are Santa Claus. They don't give a damn about whose money it is.
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