Child Protective Services Sometimes Does More Abuse Films/TV/Books in which children or adults have to fight Child Protective Services/Social Workers, absent parents or others in order to live the way they choose, for example:

children want to stay with parent deemed unfit
children "awarded" by court to one parent prefer the other
orphans want to stay together and take care of themselves
child and unrelated mentor want to continue forbidden relationship
child and unrelated mentor want to live as family
underage teens fight to be emancipated

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American Gothic (CBS, 1995-1996)

The Beniker Gang [Dear Lola, or How to Start Your Own Family](film, 1985)

The Champ (film, 1931)
The Champ (film, 1979)

Hector's Bunyip (TV film, 1987)

Henry and Verlin (film, 1994)

The Kid (film, 1921)

Konrad (tv film, 1985)

The Man Without a Face (film, 1993)

Necessary Parties (TV film, 1988)

Our Gang Series (shorts, Hal Roach, 1922-1938; MGM, 1938-1944, various episodes, 
  e.g., "Fly My Kite", 30 May 1931 

Sling Blade [Reckoning] (film, 1996)

A Thousand Clowns (film, 1964)

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