In part, a mandated reported who in his or her professional capacity has “reasonable cause” to believe that a child is suffering physical or emotional injury that results from either (1) abuse inflicted upon the child which causes harm or substantial risk of harm to the child’s health or welfare( includes sexual abuse); (2)neglect( includes […]
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Feb
If DCF decides to place children away from the parents or guardians DCF policy is supposed to look for “family first” as placement such as grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins( also to a certain extent family friends, teachers etc.). The reason is that the transition will be easier for the child. You should at least […]
08
Feb
Talking to social workers, court investigators and GAL’s is stressful. They are looking at you like you are on stage and looking to see if you are a loving, stable and thoughtful parent. A few hints are: keep focus on children not your or significant other or ex if you need to make focus on […]
02
Nov
As you probably guessed the answer is YES! Be very careful what you post. I have seen people claim to have no money in front of a judge and be confronted with Facebook posts of expensive vacations or new cars. I have seen many cases where one parent badmouths the other ( and sometimes the […]
03
Nov
I have been in the midst of a long trial dealing with the issues of the so called family first policy versus possible bonds with a prior foster family. Their have been several experts in the case dealing with bonding versus the identity issues with biological family. This appears to be a cutting edge issues. […]
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