Tag: Michigan CPS Defense
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What Happens When CPS Petitions The Court to Take Your Kids? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about what happens when CPS opens an investigation into your family, and decides that your children are at risk. As we mentioned in the previous article, once CPS opens an investigation into your family, if they decide your children are at risk they’ll file…
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Do You Need a Lawyer to Help You Fight CPS in Michigan? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion. As we mentioned in the previous article, choosing a good attorney is critical, but how do you know you’re getting a good attorney? All lawyers will tell you that they’re experts in their field, and that you’re making a big mistake if you don’t…
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CPS Investigator Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Minor
People whose jobs require that they hold others accountable for their actions, are rarely cut any slack when they themselves violate the law. Police officers who assault others, judges who abuse drugs and prosecutors who hire prostitutes are all viewed as being worse than the average violator when they screw up. So it comes as…
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Michigan’s Child Welfare System is STILL in Need of Major Overhaul!
Ten years ago Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services settled a federal lawsuit, and promised to overhaul their system. More staff, more effective trainings, greater resources. It was going to be better. The system put in place to protect Michigan’s kids was going to improve. And here we are, a decade later, and the…
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Are CPS Services Enough For Parents With Drug Abuse Problems?
People who struggle with substance abuse problems need a lot of help. Not some help, or occasional help. A LOT of help. Why? Because addiction takes over. It infiltrates every aspect of your life, and directs your thought patterns. It becomes a routine part of your daily activities, and affects how you think and feel…
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Dealing With CPS? Be Careful Where You Get Your Advice!
If you were to ask Forrest Gump, he’d probably tell you the internet is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get lucky and find the caramel ones. And sometimes you strike out and get the nougat one instead. (Eugh!) But how do you tell the difference before taking that first bite? How do make…
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When Are my Kids Old Enough to Stay Home Alone In Michigan?
There isn’t a week that goes by without some tragic story making the headlines, about a neglectful or abusive parent who makes terrible parenting decisions and CPS has to step in. But not everything is the way it appears in the media. Not every parent painted with that brush is actually a ‘bad parent’ or…
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Former Foster Youth Conduct Survey – Keep Families Together!
There have been countless studies conducted over the years to determine whether children fare better in foster care, or with their natural families. The answers have been unanimous across the board – kids are better off with their own families, wherever possible. But what makes this particular piece of research unique is that it was…
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Families of The Accused Also Suffer in Child Abuse Cases!
When someone is accused of abusing a child, they suffer enormously, even if the allegations aren’t true. In fact, those are by far the most tragic cases – where someone is falsely accused of hurting a child, and as a result of the allegations their life’s turned upside down. They lose their job, their relationships…
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Would CPS Label You “Neglectful” if They Showed up at Your House Today? (Pt. 2)
Welcome back, and thanks for joining us again for this difficult discussion on predictive risk assessment as it’s used by CPS to determine if parents are likely to harm their children. In the previous article we looked at an article written by Virginia Eubanks that explained the problems with predictive risk assessment, and how it…