Description
Proving Innocence chronicles thirteen months of agony and frustration suffered by the innocent Bonilla and Frontiera families as a result of Children’s Protective Services removal of young James Bonilla from his parents. Most people are not prepared to navigate the maze of sometimes senseless procedures of a government agency that has too much power. The Frontiera and Bonilla story and reports of several other cases across the country should be a wake-up call to a public unaware of how the state agencies charged with protecting the nation’s children are failing. Interviews with lawyers, caseworkers, and others who work within the system, point out specific steps that should be taken to improve how these agencies work. The author issues a call to action from the public to charge all levels of government to make necessary changes in these agencies. They must protect children from abuse and neglect without persecuting innocent families. Deborah K. Frontiera grew up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula but moved to Houston, TX in 1985 after stints in Colorado and Kansas. She had a twenty-three year teaching career in Houston Independent School District before retiring in 2008 to focus on her writing. From 2008 to 2015, she was part of Writers In The Schools in Houston, teaching creative writing part-time in inner city elementary classrooms. Now a “migratory creature”, she and her husband spend May through October near where Deborah grew up, and where her grown daughters and grandchildren often come for their vacations. She has won several awards for various books over the years. Visit her web site at: www.authorsden.com/deborahkfrontiera
