Dcfs is threatening to terminate my parental rights before I've even had a trial?

I am sorry for your loss. I hope your other children are at least placed with a close family member right now as they must be also traumatized...

This is a Juvenile Dependency question. In the State of California - parents are usually assigned a Court Appointed Attorney in Juvenile...

Your foster son has lived with you for the majority of his life now. The mother has had the children turned to her care once and failed to...

You need a Juvenile Dependency attorney. Make sure the attorney you meet has experience in Juvenile Dependency court. A Family Law attorney or a...

Is it best to appeal?

Whether or not you should appeal is impossible to tell based on the information you have provided. You need to work with your attorney to resolve...

Contact the Orange County Department of Environmental Health.

When the government (CPS) takes your children in to protective custody they have 72 hours to file a petition which triggers a Detention hearing in...

Im looking for a family law attorney

If you have a CPS case, you do NOT need a family law attorney. You need a Juvenile Dependency attorney. There are several excellent juvenile...

Can i request the court to grant me a replacement for my court appointed lawyer in a CPS case ?

When you have a court appointed attorney in a Juvenile Dependency case - you may ask the court for a "Marsden Hearing" to relieve counsel and ask...

When a CPS case is closed and the parents are not together as a couple - the Juvenile Dependency Court will issue "exit orders." These orders at...