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A Place to Be Loved is a 1993 American television film with Richard Crenna and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title Shattered Family. The film is based on the story of Gregory Kingsley, who was the first American child to legally sever ties with a parent at the age of twelve. It was broadcast on CBS on April 4, 1993.
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Apr 4, 1993 · Recently viewed. 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 ...
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Gregory Kingsley. 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".
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. The story is based on the real case of the boy who really did have to take this action to avoid ...
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 ...
Synopsis. 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 ...
Apr 2, 1993 · Twelve-year-old Florida boy Gregory Kingsley made headlines last year when he sued to "divorce" himself from his neglectful natural parents. On April 8, ABC aired a dramatization of the Kafkaesque ...
