Showing posts with label Neglect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neglect. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

SEN. NANCY SCHAEFER EXPOSES EVIL CPS

US Senator Nancy Schaefer was murdered several years after coming out against CPS, describing them as "Protected Empire Built on Taking Children and Separating Families"...Great, MUST SEE Video!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

DEPENDANCY - WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ARE REMOVED BY DCFS?

One of the most traumatizing things that can happen to parents and children is to have their children removed by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Unfortunately, DCFS conducts interviews of parents and children without a right to counsel first. Thus, they often discover information that they can use to justify taking the children, information they would not have gotten if in the parent(s) had the right to speak with an attorney first, or have an attorney present when they were interviewed.

So what can you do? You can refuse to be interviewed or you can ask to have an attorney present when you are interviewed, either of which may not prevent DCFS from detaining the children. However, it will give them less information to plead as to why your children should be detained from you. You may also assert your 5th Amendment right to not reveal information that may incriminate you. Understand, statements you make to social workers are discoverable by District Attorneys and should your case involve criminal charges, everything you tell a social worker can be used against you in a criminal proceeding.

What you should do is immediately contact an attorney qualified to practice in Dependency Court and seek counsel as to your rights and legal options.

ADVISEMENT: The preceding is for informational purposes only and should not be construed or interpreted as legal advice.

Monday, February 7, 2011

CERTIORARI GRANTED In 9th CIRCUIT CASE CITING COLEMAN ARTICLE


Oct 26, 2010 | Duke Law News
In a recently published opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cites the work of Professor Doriane Lambelet Coleman in a case relating to the constitutional rights of children and parents in child sexual abuse investigations. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case in mid-October.

Principally at issue in Greene v. Camreta was whether the actions of a child protective services caseworker and deputy sheriff who sequestered and questioned a nine-year old child suspected of being the victim of sexual abuse at her school for two hours “without a warrant, probable cause, or parental consent” violated the child’s Fourth Amendment rights. The Ninth Circuit held that they did.

In doing so, it specifically considered the “competing considerations” at issue in such cases, including the state’s “compelling interest” in protecting children and other vulnerable members of society from abuse in their homes and parents’ “exceedingly strong interest in directing the upbringing of their children, as well as in protecting both themselves and their children from the embarrassment and social stigmatization attached to child abuse investigations.”

The court cited Coleman’s work in connection with its balancing of these competing interests:

Of the 3.6 million investigations conducted by state and local agencies in 2006, only about a quarter concluded that the children were indeed victims of abuse. … This discrepancy creates the risk that ‘in the name of saving children from the harm that their parents and guardians are thought to pose, states ultimately cause more harm to many more children than they ever help.’ Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Storming the Castle to Save the Children: The Ironic Costs of a Child Welfare Exception to the Fourth Amendment, 47 WM. & MARY L. REV. 413, 417 (2005).”

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

LA DCFS SEXUAL PREDATOR ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING A MOTHER

December 02, 2010 Los Angeles County DCFS
Social Worker Arrested for Sexual AssaultLos Angeles: A Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) social worker was arrested today on felony sexual battery charges stemming from allegations he had sexually assaulted a woman during a home visit in Woodland Hills on September 17, 2010.

The 30-year-old victim claimed the suspect, 53-year-old Yadullah "Eddie" Lorghaba, forced her to submit to unwanted sexual advances after threatening to remove her children from her home.

After the assault, the suspect told her he would not be removing her children that day; however, he would be returning the following week for another follow-up visit.

The victim immediately reported the assault to DCFS and law enforcement. DCFS supervisors immediately removed Lorghaba from the field and placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. The district attorney's office filed charges after forensic analysis of crime scene evidence, DNA, confirmed the victim's allegations

Lorghaba has been employed with DCFS for 13 years. LAPD Detectives are trying to determine whether this is an isolated incident and are requesting any other person who may have been victimized by Lorghaba to come forward.

Lorghaba was released on $75,000 bail. His next court date is January 5, 2010, at Van Nuys Court to set a date for the preliminary hearing.

Anyone with information regarding this matter is asked to call Topanga Area Detective Stewart at 818-756-3375.
After-hours or on weekends, calls may be directed to a 24-hour, toll-free number at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (527-3247). Callers may also text "CRIMES" with a cell phone or log on to www.lapdonline.org and click on "Web Tips." When using a cell phone, all messages should begin with "LAPD." Tipsters may remain anonymous.