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Apr 4, 1993 · A Place to Be Loved: Directed by Sandy Smolan. With Richard Crenna, Rhea Perlman, Linda Kelsey, Cotter Smith. Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and takes his natural mother to court to have her ...
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Sandy Smolan
- 1993-04-04
Gregory Kingsley is a boy who is abused by his father and placed with social services by his mother. The foster family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his mother to court to have her parental rights revoked, in the hopes of being adopted by his foster family.
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Apr 4, 1993 · A Place To Be Loved (9 to 11 tonight, WCPX-Channel 6) is the second commendable TV film about the landmark case of 12-year-old Gregory Kingsley, granted a “divorce” from his natural parents in ...
Apr 4, 1993 · Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and takes his natural mother to court to have her parental rights revoked so that he can be adopted by the Russes.
Gregory Ralph Kingsley (born July 28, 1980) is the first American child, who, at the age of 12 years, legally severed ties with his mother. He changed his name to Shawn Russ after the juvenile court judge Thomas S. Kirk "ended the parental rights of his natural mother and allowed [his] foster parents to adopt him". [1]
The story is based on the real case of the boy who really did have to take this action to avoid being sent back into an unacceptable situation. Gregory Kingsley, a boy...
9/10. One boy's heroic struggle to find a place to be. Andreas_N 31 December 2005. There was one boy who made a stand and fought for nothing but a place to be. His unprecedented courage stirred public conscience and paved the way for children's rights. Rights - unalienable rights, as they are held self-evident by the Declaration of Independence ...
