We would do anything for our kids, so when CPS (commonly called “The Department”) knocks on your door for an investigation or with a court order to remove your children from your home, you will feel like your world is falling apart.
After an investigation, CPS will often come to your home with an Order to Remove your children and a Petition to Terminate Your Parental Rights. These are confusing and terrifying documents and the caseworker taking your children will not explain the legal process to you. Suddenly, your children are gone, you don’t know where they are going, and you are left with legal documents and confusion.
If CPS begins an investigation on you or your family, do not wait to call a lawyer. Be calm, polite and professional to your CPS investigator, but call JP LAW FIRM immediately. Jo understands the CPS process and in many situations can work with The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (The Department/CPS) to avoid removal of children or at least avoid legal proceedings. This is not always the case, but it is rarely the case if you do not have a lawyer advocating and negotiating for you and your children.
Sometimes it’s best to cooperate. Sometimes it’s best to fight. JP LAW FIRM knows when and how.