Short answer: Go to Dependency Court tomorrow. There you will be appointed an attorney who will provide you with a copy of the Detention Report and...

Criminal Defense Question

Short answer: 10+ months after you were supposed to have completed your 14 days of community service - a warrant issued for your arrest for failure...

What can I do if child services comes to my door saying there was a call about child abuse.. What are my rights

Short answer: Clear to you, not clear to the social worker who has a responsibility to investigate reports of abuse and neglect. Living with...

My girlfriend has a dcfs case open in California. Can I live with her if I’m not involved in the case?

Short answer: Wow! There is an open domestic violence Dependency case and the CSW and the Court have exercised their discretion to allow the...

Short answer: It is exactly what it sounds like. The ROE date, or Receipt of Report date, is not a date for a hearing. It is the nonappearance date...

Short answers: No attorney can lawfully advise you to break the law. An attorney's advice is necessarily limited by his/her access to all...

Can my son grandma which is his father mother take custody of my son?

Short answer: Hard to know for sure what will happen next, however, the unfolding scenario as you describe it indicates that you have been...

When can a child decide not to visit the other parent though the divorce judgment states the dad will have them 23% of the time

Short answer: Your question expresses understandable concerns, and asks for advice as to how to best utilize the judicial system to modify the...

Wat ?

Short answer: As you told it to the police, you and your boyfriend got into an argument because you were upset - believing he had cheated on you -...

Department of Child Safety (DCS) has placed my son back into my care. Can I file for full custody?

Short answer: Your question suggests that you have done nothing wrong and are therefore classified as a "non-offending parent". As such you are...