Good morning from warm and wonderful Fort Worth, Texas! It’s been a busy two months. First off, the offender in the below case that I investigated pleaded guilty to Endangering a Child, which is a State Jail Felony in Texas, meaning punishment is capped at 2 years. The offender in […]
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Happy 2021 to all. Let’s hope it’s a better year than the last. 2020 was a very difficult year for many, and it was no different for those of us who present publicly at conferences and trainings. Let’s hope 2021 is a better year for all. In December of last […]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. This has been a very busy first year of consulting for me. There have been many trainings and many meetings on the topic of Medical Child Abuse. It has also been a busy year in my day job reference this abuse. The new year […]
It’s been a while since I have posted on this blog. Things have been busy. This past weekend I presented at the 10th Annual Juris Educational Resource Knowledge Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. That’s right, the JERK Conference. That is it’s actual name. Some of those not so close to […]
August was a busy month, starting with a two-day training seminar on medical child abuse at the Douglas County, Colorado, Child Advocacy Center on August 8th and 9th. I went expecting to have to spend the first hour changing perceptions on this abuse. As a police officer, I can flatly […]
BY MICHAEL WEBER When talking about liability in cases of medical child abuse, there are several angles to examine when it comes to the medical profession. How are individual doctors liable in medical child abuse cases? How is the hospital as an organization liable in medical child abuse cases? What […]
By Michael Weber I was fortunate enough to be asked to be a guest on “A Thread of Evidence,” a forensic radio show/podcast on the America Out Loud network. A special thanks to Joni Johnston, Psy.D for the invitation to talk in depth about medical child abuse (Munchausen by Proxy) […]
When talking about liability in cases of medical child abuse, there are several angles to examine when it comes to the medical profession. How are individual doctors liable in medical child abuse cases? How is the hospital as an organization liable in medical child abuse cases? What do both doctors […]
Where Family court judges, attorneys ad litem, and even child protective attorneys go wrong in these cases of abuse is that they often fall into the mental health trap. To clarify this topic, lets address what this abuse is and how it’s classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of […]
Good morning, Professionals may ask “why do I need training on this subject? We never get any of these cases.” Well, you don’t see what you don’t know, especially when it comes to this form of abuse. In Texas, these cases will normally come in to CPS as a medical […]