Child abuse and neglect are two of the most difficult topics to discuss in relation to Texas family law. Divorces and child custody cases are the most ...
The beginning years of a child’s life are the most important for their development. Therefore, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ...
One of the most rewarding aspects of being a family law attorney is having the opportunity to serve the community in which we live. The attorneys and ...
It can be alarming and worrying to receive a knock at the door only to find someone from Child Protective Services on the other side of your front ...
If you have children, you may understand what a joy being a parent to a child is. A child's innocence is one of the purest things in life, and as a ...
Child Protective Services in Texas is part of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). This state agency’s objective is to ...
Under the Texas Family Code, Child Protective Services (CPS) provides a great deal of authority to investigate allegations of abuse or neglect against ...
Other than the fear of being investigated yourself by CPS for having committed a neglectful or abusive act against your child, one of your biggest ...
Family law cases involving Child Protective Services ( CPS ) involve some of the more frustrating and challenging subject matter of any case that the ...
If you and your family are involved in an investigation with Child Protective Services ( CPS ), you should be aware that part of that investigation ...
Of all the potential concerns that a parent can have probably the most significant is related to the possibility that your children may be removed ...
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 ...
Of all the different family law cases you and your family could go through, I think the most frustrating and often disheartening is a Child Protective ...
Unfortunately children suffer from abuse and neglect at the hands of caregivers or other adults all too often. With this in mind Child Protective ...
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 ...
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 ...
Going through a contested CPS case means that you are likely encountering this state agency for the first time. One of the most common questions that ...
There is nothing more invasive than a state agency knocking on your door and asking you for access to your life. Add to that the fact that you are ...
One of the most frightening propositions that I can think of that a parent would have to go through is having their child removed from their home by ...
For most parents having your parenting style or parenting results questioned by another person can be extremely irritating. Think of all the times ...
In attempting to restrict the spread of the coronavirus many counties in Texas initially encouraged staying at home. The various stay at home orders ...
One issue that I would like to touch on at the outset of this blog post is that if CPS becomes aware of potential abuse or neglect of your child ...
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 ...
An unfortunate part of our world today is that drug use is a reality in the homes of many children living in Texas. When parents use drugs in the ...
An unfortunate side effect of the pandemic and our government's response to it has been an increase in occurrences of child abuse. While many of us ...
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 ...
Picture this: your one-year-old child is just starting to walk and has toddled into the kitchen looking for a snack. You look down at her and smile ...
If you have become involved in a Child Protective Services investigation about your child or a child in your family, you likely have many questions ...
When we feel like we are not in control of a situation, it can be uncomfortable. It’s like being behind the wheel of a car on the freeway and ...
And extremely daunting in nerve-wracking experience. That is how most parents that I've ever worked with will describe a CPS case. A CPS case is one ...
