CPS Emergency With Client
It’s 3:40 am here, and I’ve just spent several hours going through a CPS scenario with a parent at a hospital.
This client and I have been through much in their case.
The Hospital
This client has had repeated concerns with their ex, and it’s pretty malicious and vengeful. This client has, from my observation, deeply cared for their child, and I’ve had no red flags on this client.
CPS has even been called numerous times on the other parent by outside parties, without my client initiating these calls.
BUT, this client has beaten at least four false allegations by the other parent.
The child had a tummy ache which has not subsided, so this client took their child to a hospital. They had to notify the other parent, even though it was my client’s parenting time under court order.
The other parent showed up, and somehow orchestrated getting my client kicked out of the room, and all of a sudden, allegations of abuse were automagically conjured.
It was related to physical discipline, and my client assured me that their child is a great child and the max that has been done is to take the child’s phone for 10 minutes or so, but NO physical corporal punishment or anything of the sort occurs.
Because this client has beaten these false allegations repeatedly, this was just another turn at a parent who lost abusing a parent who won with the system.
They kicked my client out of the room and said they were calling CPS.
My Involvement
My client called me, in a panic, because that’s what legal abuse does. I assured them that I would walk through this with them and help them communicate.
CPS showed up, and the very FIRST question to CPS is always “Am I being investigated for a crime?”
We asked this and got a No.
The CPS worker immediately started asking my client questions about how they disciplined their child. I stopped this, and asked what duty he had to answer this question. (There is no duty). The CPS worker couldn’t answer this, so they stopped questioning my client.
They let it slip that they could not go against a court order, and my client has a court order (that was on their phone) that says that it’s their parenting time.
Let me be clear, If you take your child to a hospital, you are walking through a minefield of threat, terror, and possible kidnapping by the medical industry. They ask leading questions, make shit up, and use tactics that are totally skewed against fairness.
My client finally called the police, and in this case, amazingly enough, the cops enforced the court order and my client went home with their child.
I was there at every step, invoking the ADA, telling the CPS worker and the police that I was there to facilitate effective communication, and they were on their toes.
This has been one of the most rewarding weeks. I have another success story coming.
P.D., Jay V. Shore, Certified ADA Advocate
It’s amazing how even the smallest win can keep us working to the point of exhaustion for months on end. That IS the difference between us and them. Love. Love is something that God has given us. It’s a fire in our belly that no man can put out. Love drives us to protect the things that matter most and to distinguish the difference of what actually does matter. People matter, their families matter. Keeping them connected in a meaningful way, matters. Love matters. Government workers would not do their work without a paycheck at the end of the week. They clock out at 5:00 and act like nothing happened today at work. Advocates do not. They often work all night long and fall asleep at their desk, if at all. There is no such thing as not thinking about the case. In some cases, the cases control every waking thought because we are so vested in the outcome due to the injustice that has occurred because we know anyone (even us) could be next. These seemingly small wins are not small to us. They are HUGE. It’s God giving us a little encouragement that all is not for naught. Keep up the amazing work you are doing Jay. Mighty towers need strong foundations.
This is outstanding, Jay. Great job. These must be the times where doing what you do is rewarding.
I just brought my mother back from a 4 day hospital stay. Everyone was pleasant enough, and she received a much higher standard of care from the VA than she has in the past, but hospitals are a hotbed of woke mania...
I'm able to remain politically neutral, but my mother manages to bring out the partisanship in people, getting them singing the 'amen chorus' to whatever crap de jure is going on (often because they've misunderstood her... We don't fit neatly onto the political spectrum...). In a way, I'm glad I don't have a child for these reasons, especially being a man.
At any rate, after years of watching them ply their craft, we now only go to the hospital as a last resort, and her health is in much better condition because of it.