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“When The Welfare People Come” – The Broken Child Welfare System in America
The issue of CPS’s unethical approach to parenting oversight, and the long history they have with dividing families, has been a subject of heated debate for many years. And yet for many people who’ve never personally encountered CPS, they have no idea that the issue is even an issue – can you imagine that!? Despite…
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How CPS Plans to Fix Everything That’s Wrong at The Agency
If you follow our blog (or read the news) then you know that CPS is in trouble. A recent audit revealed that mismanagement, errors and poor case outcomes are not occasional issues, but daily norms at CPS. Hundreds of investigations not handled. Thousands of children left in seriously abusive situations, or pulled from loving families…
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Understanding the Various Types of Caseworkers in Neglect/Abuse Cases
In some of our family law cases, our clients are also dealing with some sort of caseworker in a related neglect/abuse case. However, we might not know exactly with which type of caseworker our client is dealing with. Knowing the answer to that—and then understanding the differences between the various types of caseworkers—will help us…
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Does CPS Investigate Every Single Allegation Made?
The answer is yes. And no. (Confusing, right?) If an allegation is made about a child being abused or neglected, CPS is required to investigate the claim. However, there’s a little more to it than that. Sometimes an investigation amounts to nothing, and there are usually reasons for that. Sometimes the claim obviously doesn’t warrant…
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What You Need to Know About Suing CPS in Michigan’s Federal Court
The thought of suing CPS can be a very daunting process. After all, they have access to enormous resources, and have “the law on their side” – or so they’d like you to think. But when CPS has violated your constitutional rights, sometimes you have no other option but to fight fire with fire. And…
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What is ‘Brittle Bone Disease’ And Why Does it Matter to CPS?(Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about brittle bone disease and how it’s been the cause of so many falsely accused parents here in Michigan. As we pointed out before, in the previous article, most cases of brittle bone disease happen when worried parents take their crying babies to hospital to…
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What is ‘Brittle Bone Disease’ And Why Does it Matter to CPS? (Pt 1)
You might never have even heard of it before. Many people haven’t. But ‘Brittle Bone Disease‘, which is also known as ‘Fragile Bone Syndrome’ is a very serious condition that has made life incredibly hard for many families over the years. How, you wonder? By having innocent children with undiagnosed medical conditions torn from their…
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The House Oversight Committee Begins CPS Hearings.
If you follow our blog, then you already know that a recent audit done by the Office of the Auditor General, called CPS out on the frightening number of things they were mismanaging,. They’ve also made it plain that things need to change. But how exactly are we going to implement that change? Well,…
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Will CPS Make me Take a Polygraph During a Child Abuse Investigation? (Pt 2)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about how potentially unreliable polygraph tests are, and how frustrating it is that CPS sometimes uses them during child abuse investigations, despite the fact that they’re very unreliable. So what can you do about it, if you’re accused of abusing a child, and a CPS workers wants to hook you…
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Will CPS Make me Take a Polygraph During a Child Abuse Investigation? (Pt 1)
Most people have seen lie detector tests in the movies, but never in real life. Usually it’s some intense FBI thriller, and they’re trying to catch a bad guy. Because in the movies, good guys are never subjected to polygraph tests. Oh and in the movies, the polygraphs are always completely accurate and 100% certain.…
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