A Place to Be Loved
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A Place to Be Loved is a 1993 television movie
with Richard Crenna
and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom
under the title Shattered Family.
is a boy, abused by his biological father, who is placed with social services by his natural mother. The foster
family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his natural mother to court, to have her parental rights revoked, in hopes of being adopted by his adoptive family. The story is based on a real life case of child abuse
.
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
with Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna
Richard Donald Crenna was an American motion picture, television, and radio actor and occasional television director. He starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid...
and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
under the title Shattered Family.
Plot summary
Gregory KingsleyGregory Kingsley
Gregory Ralph Kingsley made legal history in the United States when he went to court to sever his legal ties to his parents—and won.-Early life:Kingsley was born in Denver, Colorado to Ralph Kingsley, Senior and Rachel Kingsley...
is a boy, abused by his biological father, who is placed with social services by his natural mother. The foster
Foster care
Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward is placed in the private home of a state certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent"....
family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his natural mother to court, to have her parental rights revoked, in hopes of being adopted by his adoptive family. The story is based on a real life case of child abuse
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
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