If you are in Los Angeles, the Dept. of Children and Family Services investigates and submits a report to the court for stepparent adoptions. You...

Could feeling emotionally abused and unsafe result in emancipation ?

In order to be emancipated, you would need to file a petition in family court asking that you be emancipated from your mother only, as the...

A relative that is related by marriage and not blood can be considered for placement as well as a non-related family friend. However, the social...

The system could try to take this baby away but only if social services is called because of abuse or neglect. If there were no problems with the...

CPS reports filed

There are not enough facts given in your question to advise you on why a social worker said that you would lose custody. If the hospital believed...

Unfortunately, it is very hard to prove perjury against social workers. If the arrest occurred for the DV incident and you have a DUI conviction,...

What can I do to get justice for a Child Abuse Case?

It sounds like the police did not find you credible in 2010 because you changed your story the first time you were abused and this time the DA did...

Brother mentally ill, fathers a baby with mentally ill women. Baby is now adopted, shes about 1yr. I want custody.

The prior answers are correct. An adoption can only proceed if the parental rights of the mother and father were terminated. Then if the baby is...

Custody and restraining order California

You could also immediately file paperwork in Family Law court and request immediate restraining orders against the mother. The mother should get...

The guy I'm talking to about to turn 21 and I'm 16

In most states, including Texas and California (where I practice) it is called statutory rape, when an adult male or woman has sex with a boy or...

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