The Lamb Warning is different than the Miranda Warning. It is in the case Commonwealth vs. Lamb that occurred in the 1970’s. It lets the person being interviewed know that the information that he or she is providing to the person asking the questions is not confidential and it would be shared with the court. […]

In many times if parties have been before the Court, they might have heard “ICWA”, which stands for the “Indian Child Welfare Act”. It has been in effect since 1978 and active at congress protecting Native American children.  It is regarding federally recognized Native American tribes.  There are additional protections for placement of Native Americans […]

In care & protection cases, the court appoints something called a “Court Investigator”, which is very similar to a “Guardian ad Litem” in Probate Court. The Judge tries to get as much relative information from an impartial source that might not otherwise be presented by any of the parties in the case. The Court Investigator […]

First, one of the analogies I like is: if you ask a barber if you need a haircut, he’s always going to say “yes”. So, if you ask an attorney whether you need an attorney, he’s probably going to say “yes”. But, DCF is involved, I’d strongly recommend hiring an attorney. Every case with DCF […]

It is a question and answer session. It is not the same as a regular conversation that you would be having. There generally will be a question and you can take a moment to think about the question, then answer it. It should not feel like a normal conversation, you want to make sure you […]

DCF is prohibited from a Disability Based Discrimination; which includes denial of opportunities to benefit different services and failure to reasonably modify its policies procedures and imposing methods of administration that have the effect of discriminating on the basis of disability. There has been found, including public letters by the US Department of Justice and […]

A Deposition is a question and answer session with the other side’s attorney.  The attorney for the other side will ask you questions that you will give answers to.  There will be a court reporter (Stenographer) taking all the information and keeping a record of everything that is being said in the deposition.  What Kinds […]

There have been more case law and findings where there are allegations that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice has found at times that DCF has discriminated; including, against a developmentally delayed mother, by assuming that she was unable or unsafely on how to […]