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<blockquote data-quote="emotionallybankrupt" data-source="post: 329838" data-attributes="member: 8226"><p>Wow, ambersue, what a nightmare. I, too, had a short-lived experience with CPS, totally different circumstances except that difficult child was the trigger and it was a ridiculous and stressful situation.</p><p> </p><p>I'm guessing due to your circumstances that you may have had a family law attorney at some point. At the time I had my crisis, I'd already been through my divorce and so had an attorney as well, and a very good relationship with her. I contacted her, and she intervened, calling CPS to discuss the case and relay the circumstances. When they said they still needed to interview me, she told them that would be fine but that she wanted to be present. Just asked them to let her know when and where.</p><p> </p><p>The whole issue then disappeared. I was never interviewed.</p><p> </p><p>I realize you should be in good shape with CPS, because you didn't do anything wrong. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong either, but I also felt more secure having the back-up, because I consider any contact with CPS to be an adversarial situation and a risk. I was very happy that they considered me to be not worth the trouble when they found I had an attorney. My perspective in dealing with any government entity is that you have at best a 50-50 chance of being connnected with an intelligent, competent individual, who then often controls your fate at least temporarily.</p><p> </p><p>Given all the angles of your case, I'm thinking it could be a good idea to maintain a link with a family law attorney anyway. To open or re-open that relationship based on this incident shouldn't put bio-dad on defense but could be useful "insurance" for you to have the established contact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emotionallybankrupt, post: 329838, member: 8226"] Wow, ambersue, what a nightmare. I, too, had a short-lived experience with CPS, totally different circumstances except that difficult child was the trigger and it was a ridiculous and stressful situation. I'm guessing due to your circumstances that you may have had a family law attorney at some point. At the time I had my crisis, I'd already been through my divorce and so had an attorney as well, and a very good relationship with her. I contacted her, and she intervened, calling CPS to discuss the case and relay the circumstances. When they said they still needed to interview me, she told them that would be fine but that she wanted to be present. Just asked them to let her know when and where. The whole issue then disappeared. I was never interviewed. I realize you should be in good shape with CPS, because you didn't do anything wrong. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong either, but I also felt more secure having the back-up, because I consider any contact with CPS to be an adversarial situation and a risk. I was very happy that they considered me to be not worth the trouble when they found I had an attorney. My perspective in dealing with any government entity is that you have at best a 50-50 chance of being connnected with an intelligent, competent individual, who then often controls your fate at least temporarily. Given all the angles of your case, I'm thinking it could be a good idea to maintain a link with a family law attorney anyway. To open or re-open that relationship based on this incident shouldn't put bio-dad on defense but could be useful "insurance" for you to have the established contact. [/QUOTE]
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