Legal Question in Family Law in California
Is there legal recourse?
unsubstantiated accusation of child abuse // found to be initiated by childs grandmother who coached child to tell social workers of abuse. child admitted grandmother told her what to say. / social services took child statements for gospel and rather than explore all contradictory evidence, they built their case on speculation,conjecture, and inconsistent statements by the minor. final report was extremely bias,incorrect, and one sided. now they (social services) are threatening to take my children away if i dont comply with their counseling & therapy. though there was no abuse in the first place. they separated me from my family though they never had any evidence of the supposed abuse. do i have any recourse? these people are threatening to permanently take our children from us. is there anyone i can talk to, or report this unfair treatment to??
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Is there legal recourse?
Of course you have recourse. However custody cases are much to complex to give opinions without a sit down session with an attorney. Contact an attorney who is familiar with juvenile court and they can give you good advice. Good Luck, Pat McCrary
Re: Is there legal recourse?
Mr. McCrary is correct. You need to take the reports etc that you have and contact an attorney immediately. Remember that the time line in juvenile dependency court is very short. Once the court finds jurisdiction and makes the child a ward of the court it will be even more difficult to defend yourself. Also if the court terminates parental rights to one child, parental rights to other children is in jepardy. This includes children who have not yet been born.
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