Category: False Allegations
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Rare Medical Condition, or Child Abuse? How Can You Tell? (Pt 2)
Hi there, welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing the issue of rare medical conditions in children, and how they can sometimes lead to child abuse allegations when the symptoms aren’t correctly diagnosed. In our previous blog article we discussed what this looks like when CPS decides you’re a child abuser and…
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Why Would a Child Lie About Being Molested? (Pt. 1)
Asking why a child would lie about something, ordinarily, is like asking why dogs chase their tails, or why people like ice cream. Just because. Kids lie to get what they want. They lie to avoid getting into trouble. They lie to see if they can get away with it. Sometimes, they lie for reasons…
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The Truth About Interviewing Victims of Child Abuse (Part 4)
This is a series aimed at taking an in-depth look at the many challenges a forensic interviewer faces when interviewing a child. In the previous article we talked about the issue of confirmatory bias, and why it’s so important to keep all of the collected data free from preconceived ideas. In this segment we’re going…
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Police Body Cameras: How Do They Affect Falsely Accused Parents? 1
Body cameras on police officers is something that our Firm has written about a number of times in the past. In 2015, both Detroit and Bay City equipped their officers with body cameras by the end of the year. Lansing has since followed suit. And they certainly weren’t the first departments to do so. In…
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Inkster Father’s Life “Ruined” By CSC and Murder Charges
22-year-old James Lee Saltmarshall was a young father whose life, while it had normal ups and downs, was pretty average. Until April 20th, when he woke up beside his 8-month-old daughter in a motel in Inkster and discovered she wasn’t breathing. Suddenly everything changed. And that was only the beginning. He performed CPS on Janiyah…
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Common Causes of Wrongful Convictions in Abuse Cases Pt.2
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about the subject of wrongful convictions and how they sometimes result from false allegations of abuse. As such, we have been looking at the six most common causes of wrongful convictions, according to the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic. We know that not all of these instances relate to child…
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Common Causes of Wrongful Convictions in Abuse Cases Pt.1
We’ve discussed the issue of false allegations of abuse on a number of occasions. Those articles have sparked considerable debate, and one of the issues that was brought up time and again is the issue of wrongful convictions. After all, false allegations sometimes lead to wrongful convictions, which is a heartbreaking tragedy, especially for parents.…
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Toxic Co-Parenting and CPS: What You Need To Know
A toxic co-parent, by definition, is a former spouse who attempts to turn the thoughts and feelings of their children against the other parent. Tools like bad-mouthing, blaming, and other forms of manipulation are used to achieve this terrible result and, if successful, can have catastrophic results that can ruin relationships for life. This is…
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Novi Family Reunited After CPS Drops Investigation
If you were to ask the Geers what hell on earth looked like, they would describe for you their own lives. But all of that has changed, now that CPS had finally dropped the child abuse investigation that tore their family apart and resulted in their five children being removed from their home. The…
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CPS Removes 5 Kids From Novi Family, But Was It a Mistake?
The day after CPS removed five children from a Novi family’s home, their friends, family and church congregation crowded the courtroom to speak out against this injustice. Packed so tightly, they filled the courtroom and spilled out into the halls, people from all walks of life who stood united for one purpose – to demand…