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Deborah Goodwin is a Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker. Born in Manchester, England, raised in the Montreal art scene, graduate of Dawson College's drama department and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Los Angeles refugee; (where she went to the AFI for screen writing & worked at USA Networks, CBS kids programming, CAA's basement ...
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- A Life Gone Awry and Its Aftermath
- A House of Mourning
- A Discrepancy Over Testimony
- Evidence of Ill Will?
- The Price of Going Public
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Goodwin raised her daughter, Sarah, as a single mother, mostly in Hawaii. She worked at nonprofit and educational organizations, most recently as executive director of the Kahilu Theatre in Kamuela. In 2013, she was a finalist for Hawaii Business Magazine’s “Woman of the Year” in the nonprofit category. She remembers her daughter Sarah as adventuro...
In May, DHS returned J.J. to his mother. Because of what a DHS worker later called “a procedural error,” DHS did not perform its normal supervision of Sarah and her son. In August, Sarah abandoned J.J. at a homeless shelter. He was placed again with the same foster family, who reported that he had lost weight, had a “distant stare” and slept for tw...
Another turning point in the case came in early 2018, when DHS recommended a permanent home for J.J. The agency said it had rejected Goodwin – again because of the earlier “unsuccessful” placement but also in large part because of its concerns about her ability “to promote family connections” for J.J. DHS said that Goodwin’s ex-husband, Marshall Th...
The judge noted in her decision that Perez said she bore no ill will toward Goodwin, although Perez “found her interactions with Goodwin to be frustrating” and eventually asked a supervisor to take over communicating with her. But in texts with the guardian ad litem, the person appointed by the court to represent the interests of the child, Perez r...
In the end, Goodwin’s decision to go public with her complaints worked against her. Perez testified that she was concerned about the Civil Beat article because it revealed that J.J. was in foster care and included photographs and “personal information” about him. Hiatt found this persuasive. “The court does not dispute Goodwin’s right to express” h...
Deborah Goodwin tried for six years to adopt her orphaned grandson, but a Family Court judge denied her custody and blamed her for going public with her case. She says she had no choice but to expose the system's flaws and injustice.
May 30, 2019 · Deborah Goodwin, a Waimea resident and marine biologist, has been denied adoption of her grandson J.J. by the state of Hawaii for nearly three years. She says the state favored non-relatives over her, despite her suitability and the child's bond with her.
Sep 26, 2022 · Deborah Goodwin talks about moving from acting to writing.Learn more about Deborah here:https://www.goodwindeborah.com/
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Dec 26, 2023 · The case involved a Big Island woman, Deborah Goodwin, trying to adopt her grandson after the death of her daughter.
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Jan 25, 2016 · The Pastor: Directed by Deborah Goodwin. With David Iacono, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Micah Hauptman, Victoria Cartagena. An imprisoned former gang leader discovers his faith in God while in solitary confinement.
