The current law on how child abuse and neglect, and suspected child abuse and neglect are dealt with, is very clear. Any type of abuse or neglect of a child (including exposure to drugs or methamphetamines) must be reported to the police. And within 24 hours of that report, they’re required to reach out to…
Category: CPS Defense
Hello and welcome back. In the previous article we looked at a few of the different ways The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform is working with different CPS agencies around the country to help them overcome their difficulties. And if you follow our blog you know already know all about their difficulties. Here in…
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on your rights during a CPS investigation. As we mentioned in our previous article, many people know their Miranda rights when they get arrested, but they have no idea what rights they have when CPS shows up on their doorstep! The United States Constitution…
Many people are familiar with their rights when they get arrested for alleged criminal activity. They know they have the right to remain silent despite police questioning, and the right to an attorney. After all, just about everyone has seen a movie where someone gets arrested and read their Miranda rights. But did you know,…
Can you imagine what it would be like to have someone accuse you of being an uncaring parent who never made the effort to protect your child from danger? Most parents can’t, until they’re faced with those exact allegations. But what makes failure to protect such a devastating blow to moms, dads and caregivers all…
Apollo, a Van Buren County’s boxer/pitbull mix is being credited with saving a toddler’s life. Just days ago the boys mother, Myhia Perez, came home from working the third shift to discover that her almost 2-year-old son, Princeton, was missing. The little boy had been sleeping in bed with his dad, but was mysteriously gone….
Thank you for joining us again for the rest of this discussion on how the state is regulating parenting more and more in the current age a fact that we believe is both sad and unacceptable. The government has no business interfering in how parents choose to raise their children, and the over reaching…
If you think that CPS only takes kids away from “bad” parents, the kind you read about in the paper who allegedly beat and burn and bite their children, think again. Unfortunately, CPS is not nearly so magnanimous. There are a host of other reasons that they can remove your children from your care…
Addiction is hard. Ask anyone who has ever battled to regain their freedom from an addiction, and they will tell you it is one of the hardest wars you will ever fight. Even when you’ve won, you’re still not really safe. But those whose struggle is in some ways hardest are those who never…
When an expectant mother arrives at a hospital, ready to deliver her baby into the waiting arms of medical staff, one of the many processes she is required to undergo is blood work. For many mothers, this isn’t even something they’re aware of. Samples are drawn and whisked away for analysis without a word. And…