When the bough breaks

By Barbara White Stack, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer

"When the bough breaks" is a series of articles published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 12 -- 19, 1999

December 12, 1999

When the bough breaks - Introduction to the series

A mother of five, a parent to none

Mother finally gives up long battle to adopt her 'heart's daughter'

December 13, 1999

Beaver County moves faster than average to sever parents' legal rights to their children

Child welfare hearings usually secret

Working against a family's reunion

PG Online chart Termination in record time

By Steve Thomas

December 14, 1999

Mother asks CYS for help; it takes her children

December 15, 1999

CYS fights family's adoption, then opposes benefits

December 19, 1999

Beaver County plans inquiry into Children and Youth Services. Newly elected commissioners promise probe following PG series

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