Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

CPS ruiined my life.

when i was four my mother accused my father of doing ''things'' to me when in fact it was my mother who was physically and emotionally abusing me. so what does cps do? they give me to my mother after promising stuff to a four year old if i gave them the answers they wanted. I was four, how the hell was i supposed to know what was going on. anyway, because of this my entire childhood was filled with distress and misery, not to mention the constant emotional scarring from living with an abusive parent. and because of this. I am 21 years old with no friends, no license, and nothing but apathy. is there anything i can do to make child protective pay for messing me up so bad?


Asked on 12/17/08, 12:15 pm

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Re: CPS ruiined my life.

Unfortunately not. Governmental agencies have wide discretion, and sometimes immunity, in exercising judgments of this sort. Absent an abuse of discretion, or gross negligence in analyzing factors and variables in reaching a decision, a lawsuit has little chance of success. This is not to mention that the statute of limitations in your situation probably expired long ago. Best, M. E. Zuller

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Answered on 12/17/08, 9:28 pm


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