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How you can work effectively with CPS during an investigation into your family

While Child Protective Services ( CPS ) has an open case in your family, you will contact several persons involved with investigating whether or not ...

Communicating with Child Protective Services employees during an investigation

You may consider yourself to be a friendly, outgoing person, but that does not necessarily mean that you possess the communication skills needed to ...

Approaching a Child Protective Services case as an incarcerated parent

The Department of Family and Protective Services ( DFPS ) investigates situations that involve abuse and/or neglect of a child. If it is suspected ...

What CPS looks for when investigating your family

To have the privacy of your home disrupted can be jarring. We are used to the four walls of our home being a place where we can be ourselves, spend ...

Working on a CPS case while you are incarcerated: Communicating with the caseworker

If you are incarcerated as Child Protective Services ( CPS ) is investigating an allegation of abuse or neglect of your child, it is likely to be one ...

Will Child Protective Services talk to children outside of the parent's presence?

2020 was the year where parents went out of their way to protect their children. The pandemic caused us to come face to face, many of us for the first ...

What considers a parent unfit?

For most parents having your parenting style or parenting results questioned by another person can be extremely irritating. Think of all the times ...

Representation for Parents in a Texas CPS case

Some of the most difficult yet rewarding family law cases to represent families in are Child Protective Services cases. These are the sort of cases ...

Help your child and yourself in a Child Protective Services case by remaining actively involved

When you've just been dealt a blow in your life, you may feel like stepping back and not doing much of anything. For instance, if Child Protective ...

Child Protective Services Investigation- What to expect and how to handle the situation, Part 3

In the third and final installment in the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC’s series of blog posts on Child Protective Services , we will discuss issues ...

Handling a Child Protective Services case while addicted to drugs or alcohol

Suppose you are a parent facing a CPS investigation due to an addiction to drugs or alcohol. In that case, there is specific information you should be ...

What can a CPS investigation into your family mean now and in the future?

Some of the most frustrating and sad cases that the attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC , work on for our clients center around Child ...

What you need to know about the Texas foster care system before a CPS case

If your child is involved in a CPS case in the state of Texas, then you need to be aware that he or she could be removed from your home and placed ...

To what degree can your child’s siblings visit with him during a Texas CPS case?

If you have multiple children involved in a Child Protective Services ( CPS ) investigation, then the agency will make every effort to place those ...

How do you fight a false CPS report?

It can be one of the most frustrating experiences for a person to go through when it comes to being told that you did something that you did not do. ...

What to know about Child Protective Services, Part Two

In part one of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC ’s series on Child Protective Services , we discussed the basic framework of a CPS investigation ...

Can Child Protective Services take action against you for abusing drugs or alcohol?

Some of the more frantic and concerned people that I have the opportunity to meet with as an attorney with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC , are ...

Foster Care and its relation to your Texas CPS case

When your child is removed as a part of a Texas Child Protective Services ( CPS ) case and placed into foster care , it would be natural on some level ...

In what circumstances could your child end up living with your relative during a CPS case?

If you have a relative or close family friend or are interested in housing your child during a Child Protective Services ( CPS ) case, you should ...

What will CPS be keeping an eye on regarding your parent-child visitation sessions?

Unfortunately, some parents do not take advantage of the time available to them in Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations . I don’t ...

How to stand up for yourself during a Texas CPS case

It is a helpless feeling to be involved in a Child Protective Services ( CPS ) case in Texas. Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to speak ...

Managing a Texas Family Law Case, Part Three

Your rights in a Child Protective Services (CPS) case It can feel like you have no rights whatsoever and that CPS can do whatever they would like to ...

How can you take advantage of visitation with your child during a CPS case if you are incarcerated?

To get ready for any visitation session that you are provided in your Child Protective Services ( CPS ) case, your child’s caseworker and your ...

What is it like to have supervised visitation during a CPS case?

Having another person oversee the interactions that you have with your child is downright awkward. Imagine having a stranger sitting in your living ...

What is a plan of service in connection with a Texas Child Protective Services case?

If you and your family become involved in a Texas Child Protective Services case, you must understand as much as you can about the case process. The ...

What are my rights when CPS comes to my House?

One of the most intimidating sites as a parent must be seeing Child Protective Services show up at your door unannounced one morning. CPS caseworker ...

Can I sue CPS for emotional Distress?

If there is 1 emotion that most of us have felt over the past year, it is distressed. Whether it is distress regarding concerns over the coronavirus, ...

Visiting with your child during a Texas CPS case

Whatever visitation you are provided with during your CPS case is precious. You will not have many opportunities to spend quality time with your child ...

How to successfully work with Child Protective Services during an investigation

The tricky part of being involved in a Child Protective Services ( CPS ) investigation is that the same people who are investigating you for allegedly ...

What to Do When CPS Asks for a Drug Test in Texas

I frequently get the call from potential clients when they have come under the radar of CPS after someone has placed an anonymous call to the Texas ...