CPS Law Cases

The web site for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, states as follows:

“Child Protective Investigations (CPI) examines reports of child abuse or neglect to determine if any child in the family has been abused or neglected. Investigators decide if there are any threats to the safety of all children in the home. If so, they determine whether the parents are willing and able to adequately manage those threats to keep children safe. If DFPS decides that children aren't safe, the investigator starts protective services.”

What the site does not tell you is that their investigators subjectively decide whether there are any threats to the safety of the children involved. Essentially, the investigator gets to use his/her life experience and prejudices to define safety and determine whether the safety of a child is at risk. Many times, the person making the decision is on his or her first job after college and has a completely different socio-economic background than the people being investigated.

It only gets worse from there. If your child is removed from you, you may get to see your child only for one hour each week; if you’re lucky, until you complete services created by the CPS system.

It is a broken system. An agency created to protect children (and which admittedly has protected many children from harm or death), has become overburdened by too many CPS law cases. This often results in a well-meaning system causing more harm than good for children.

Our team at San Marcos Family Law understands the work and endurance necessary as CPS attorneys to guide clients through this broken system. Please let us know how we can help.

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