The three children of Philip O’Gorman have been put up for adoption because it is alleged one of them missed some days in school, some medical appointments were missed, they were seen to be dirty and unkempt and that they would not cooperate with social services. The family contest the allegations, and believe that neither of these allegations is sufficient to warrant children being forcibly adopted into another family.

Pauline Goodwin went into hospital to give birth to a baby daughter in June 2005, where social workers asked her to sign the papers that would entitle them to put the baby into care. Goodwin refused.

When the baby was just three days old, Goodwin was summoned to court and instructed to leave her baby in the care of the hospital. The judge issued a care order and by the time Goodwin left the courtroom, the social services had already dropped by the hospital to collect her baby.

Norfolk couple whose children were removed and adopted out because of alleged child abuse, which in retrospect didn't seem to be the case. Since adoption is irreversible, they will not get back their children.

8-year-old girl was plucked from her bedroom by Albert Raymond Carder Jr., a known sex offender active in the area. Carder took the girl to a nearby field and raped her. He told her to be quiet or he would kill her. Then he brought her back. Alicia told all this to authorities the next day, after her injuries were discovered.

Authorities thought she was lying to protect her father. Alicia was taken from her family and placed in foster care. Her therapist, her social worker and even a Juvenile Court judge pushed the girl to tell a "more believable" story. In time, she accused her dad, Jim Wade.

Authorities pursued the case against Wade even though they knew Carder had attacked five other girls in the same neighborhood at about the same time. They had prosecuted Carder, winning convictions and a 25-year prison sentence. With Wade's trial in the offing, defense attorney Michael McGlinn asked to have Alicia's night clothes tested for evidence. Semen stains, overlooked by police investigators, were discovered. Testing on the stains excluded Wade as the source of the semen. The testing pointed instead to Carder. Charges against Wade were dropped and Alicia was returned home.