{"id":821,"date":"2024-09-11T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/?p=821"},"modified":"2025-06-29T19:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T19:37:43","slug":"up-north-live-abandoned-by-parents-in-jamaica-traverse-city-teen-finds-hope-in-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/up-north-live-abandoned-by-parents-in-jamaica-traverse-city-teen-finds-hope-in-foster-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned by parents in Jamaica, Traverse City teen finds hope in foster care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upnorthlive.com\/news\/local\/abandoned-by-parents-in-jamaica-traverse-city-teen-finds-hope-in-foster-care-adoption-advocacy-grand-traverse-county\">September 11, 2024 Up North Live: Abandoned by parents in Jamaica, Traverse City teen finds hope in foster care<\/a><br>Programs Mentioned: Atlantis Leadership Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional reading:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2024\/09\/11\/michigan-boy-abandoned-adoptive-parents-jamaica-elijah-goldman\/75173108007\/\">Detroit Free Press: \u2018Finally, he\u2019s being seen\u2019: Michigan boy abandoned by adopted parents finds new home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Alli Baxter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elijah, a survivor of Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, was scheduled to have a hearing in Grand Traverse County Family Court on September 11, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elijah was abandoned in Jamaica by his wealthy adoptive parents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawn Post, Elijah\u2019s attorney, has been staying with Elijah since he returned to the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A circuit court referee went on the record to report that the hearing was waived and Elijah would be placed with Child Protective Services, followed by a foster care placement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post, Paris Hilton, and other child advocates had reportedly spent months reaching out to officials in Michigan on Elijah\u2019s behalf, but they received no response<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSources UpNorthLive spoke to said the parents told them they were under the impression if they went to Jamaica they would be arrested.\u201d<br><br>More than a dozen people attended Elijah\u2019s hearing, including TTI survivor and advocate Jenn Marie Newton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elijah\u2019s parental abandonment has not been legally recognized by the court yet, but a pretrial will be scheduled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 11, 2024 Up North Live: Abandoned by parents in Jamaica, Traverse City teen finds hope in foster carePrograms Mentioned: Atlantis Leadership Academy Additional reading:&nbsp;Detroit Free Press: \u2018Finally, he\u2019s being seen\u2019: Michigan boy abandoned by adopted parents finds new home Author: Alli Baxter Elijah, a survivor of Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, was scheduled to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,35,16],"tags":[49,48,50],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-local-news","category-news","tag-adoption","tag-atlantis-leadership-academy","tag-jamaica"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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