Child Protection Defense

Child Protective Services (CPS) can’t tell a valid report of neglect or abuse from an invalid one – until they look a bit closer at each situation. That’s why home visits are often part of an open case. During a CPS home inspection, the caseworker typically reviews a...

If the Child Protection Service (CPS) is investigating you, take it seriously. However ridiculous the idea of you mistreating your child is, the CPS is not coming to prove you are innocent. They are coming to look for signs that may prove you are guilty. While the...

In the United States, Child Protective Services (CPS) is an organization funded by taxpayer money and tasked with protecting children from abuse. CPS comes knocking to investigate a potential child abuse case.  If you're being investigated, it's natural to feel scared...

Families aren’t always the loving, supportive units they should be -- especially where kids are involved. If you have a family member who keeps calling Child Protective Services (CPS) on you for ridiculous reasons (or outright false ones), you need to know how to...

Learning that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) wants to investigate your family is one of the most frightening things parents face. Immediately, they wonder if they are going to lose their kids because of the investigation. Parents may...

If Child Protective Services (CPS) gets called in regards to your child, it may not be a family member or an ex who makes that call. Who else may it have been? Since many children spend as much time with a teacher as they do with their parents during the week, is it...

Child Protective Services (CPS) in Texas will investigate claims of abuse or neglect. If a caseworker thinks they found evidence substantiating those claims, they may arrange for the emergency removal of your children from your house. What happens after CPS removes...

Your toddler gets sick in the middle of the night and you have no idea why, so you rush them to the hospital. After a few hours and a little bit of care, you’re relieved to see that your child is getting better. Then a doctor steps into the room and says that they...

Parents in Texas have to be the best they can with what they have, and many sacrifice their own needs in order to meet their children's. Sadly, parents who are struggling financially are often easy targets for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services --...

Being investigated for alleged child abuse is frightening enough as it is, and not fully understanding the process can make it worse. Parents may feel as if they have few -- if any -- options for defending themselves. However, taking the time to learn more about how...