Emergency Custody: Keeping Children Safe
NOTE: EVERY Texan, including me, has a duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). Please do so here asap: https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Contact_Us/report_abuse.asp . In a perfect world, none of my family law cases would involve any abuse, neglect, drug use, sexual assault, and so on. But it’s not a perfect world and many of my clients are either facing allegations of child misconduct or are forced to bring an opposing party to task for such misconduct. It is not a comfortable position to be in, trust me. However, with a family law attorney experienced in such tough cases, you can get your side of the story across and obtain justice. What warrants emergency custody of a child? In cases of child abuse or neglect, contact the DFPS immediately as set out above. Then I urge you to seek out an attorney. If you have learned about abuse, neglect, drug abuse or even sexual assault against a child, or...