Tag: CPS Defense Attorney
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Federal Funding Available For Legal Representation in Michigan CPS Cases
Battling CPS can be a nightmare. They seem to have all the aces up their sleeves, while Michigan families are left in the dark, trying to understand policies that make no sense and workers that don’t have to answer for their actions. Not to mention, fighting CPS is a long and expensive battle. Many families…
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Should The Public See Child Death Investigation Results From The Ombudsman?
Right now in Michigan, the only people who are allowed to see the results of an investigation into the death of a child conducted by the Ombudsman are those who can file complaints with the agency. In other words, the parents and guardians of the deceased children, their attorneys, and other mandated reporters or legislators.…
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MDHHS Will be Introducing a New Computer System to Replace The Previous $231 Million Program
Michigan’s CPS agency has courted so much controversy over the last decade, that it’s almost par for the course to see awful news headlines these days tied directly to something CPS did, or should have done but didn’t. And the issue of their multi-million dollar software is no exception. Ever since spending a serious chunk…
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Should Michigan CPS Replace Their Flawed Multi-million Dollar Software? (Pt 2)
Hey there, thanks for joining us for this look at the serious issue faced by Michigan CPS right now – what to do about their terrible software. As we mentioned in the previous article, the federal court required Kurt Heisler, an independent consultant, to do a complete analysis and figure out what was wrong with…
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Should Michigan CPS Replace Their Flawed Multi-million Dollar Software? (Pt 1)
When people say “that’s the million dollar question” they probably aren’t referencing to whether or not Michigan CPS should replace their deeply flawed software system, but they could be! After all, it is the issue that CPS is grappling with right now under the supervision of the federal court, and the software in question certainly…
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How CPS Handles Abuse Investigation When Drugs Are Involved (Pt 2)
Hi there and welcome back. We’ve been discussing how CPS handles parents with drug addictions during abuse and neglect investigations. As we mentioned before, substance abuse is a growing problem here in Michigan, especially when it comes to opiates. Which means that if CPS is really going to help families battling this issue, they will…
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Rare Medical Condition, or Child Abuse? How Can You Tell? (Pt 3)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the wrap up of this discussion on rare medical conditions and how they can sometimes be mistaken for child abuse. So far in the series we’ve talked about the experts involved in testifying for you when CPS falsely accuses you of child abuse, and the kinds of…
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Can Children Participate in CPS Court Hearings That Affect Their Future?
Ask any parent and they’ll tell you – given the choice between cake and ice-cream for dinner, or broccoli and chicken, most kids would choose the less healthy option! Why? Because kids usually go for what feels or sounds good right now, without taking into account how that choice could impact them in the future.…
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Texas Judge Orders Sanctions Against CPS For Wrongful Removal (Pt 1)
It’s not often that you hear of a Judge actively seeking to punish CPS for their rotten choices and violations of people’s rights. In fact, CPS workers so often seem to operate with total disregard for the law, and so we tend to assume that they don’t believe they’re accountable to anyone. But every now…
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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…