Death of 10-year-old Takoda Collins Spurs Reform Of Existing Ohio Child Welfare Laws
Ohio Governor DeWine Signs Ohio House 4 Bill Into Law; New Law Intends to Protect Abused Children From Gaps In The Child Services System
New legislation aimed to reform existing child welfare laws in the state of Ohio was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine at the end of February. These reforms intend to protect abused children from gaps that existed in the system that was designed to help them; gaps like the ones in Takoda Collins’s case.
“Takoda’s case is one that fell through the cracks and in Ohio we don’t want a tragedy like this to ever happen again,” said state Rep. Phil Plummer R-Butler Twp. to Dayton Daily News.
Takoda Collins was a 10-year old boy from Dayton, OH who died in 2019 after suffering extreme abuse from his father for years. His father, Al-Mutahan McLean, contacted authorities in December of 2019 when his son was unresponsive, and Takoda Collins later died at Dayton’s Children Hospital. An investigation into his death had revealed a long history of torture by his father, and Takoda Collins had suffered both physical and emotional abuse.… Read More... “LEGAL ALERT: New Ohio Child Welfare Reforms”