I was arrested on a child abuse charge. The kid is 15 years old and we were playing basketball and i was accused of hitting him

If you were arrested and you have court on May 8th, the State of Florida has already pressed charges. It is not up to the child's parents at this...

I learned that DCF supported an allegation of neglect against me a while ago but I was never notified.

Did you file a request for fair hearing which they denied or did you just ask about filing? How did you eventually find out about the finding? Do...

The judge can order unredacted reports to be provided to the court but typically, those are not provided to the parties without further action by...

Can my husband adopt my children even when the biological father keeps changing his mind?

You can file a step-parent adoption petition but with the father having just gotten visitation and the likelihood that he will contest the...

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Do I need an attorney?

You should be able to get a copy of any incident report the officer filed from the record department at Framingham Police Headquarters. You can go...

Can children be taken out of home on suspension only?

I don't practice in Alabama but the standard language for when child protective services (CPS) agencies can take children out of their homes is...

I believe it is an open question whether it is legal or not. I lean toward not. But the Mass. Assoc. of School Committees in its "File: JLF-E...

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How can i move my probation to another state? no family there ( my fiance' lives there) and i never lived there?

This is not really a family law question. The best category to have picked is probably criminal defense. I will change it. The answer is...

Terminate dads rights

As the two prior answers stated, you do not need termination of the father's parental rights to get custody through a guardianship if the child's...

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What do i need to do if i am being accused of molestation based on what was said awhile ago and now accuser is denying it?

You need to stop posting about this in public internet forums where CPS, the police and prosecutors can access your information and potentially use...