CPS LITIGATION

• March 23, 2011
  Minority Children Have a Slimmer Chance of Being Adopted in Southeast Texas
  

  According to an article in the Victoria Advocate, minority children are less likely to be adopted than White children.  In Victoria, 55 percent of the children that are seeking adoptive ...

• February 10, 2011
  Racial Bias in Adoption
  

  According to data compiled by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, in 2008 there were 6,375 Texas children waiting to be adopted.  Over two-thirds of all the ...

• January 20, 2011
  CPS to Investigate Ballon-Boy's Family
  

  Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden informed reporters that he has asked CPS to investigate the Heene family to make sure the boys are living in a safe home.  CPS has ...

• January 7, 2011
  CPS Special Investigators Plan Failing
  

  In 2005, CPS started a program to employ special investigators, i.e., investigators with law enforcement experience.  The concept seemed simple enough, in order to better protect children hire persons ...

• January 3, 2011
  Foster Parents Challenge ICWA
  

  The foster parents of a two year old that they have cared for since he was six weeks old are challenging the planned removal of their foster son by CPS ...

• December 10, 2010
  CLE Paper--Getting Your CPS Case in Trial Ready Form
  

  I've posted the CLE paper for Thursday CAFA CLE on getting a case ready for trial.  I apologize for the delay in making the paper available; unfortunately, when I ...

• November 1, 2010
  Advocating for Nonresident Fathers in Child Welfare Court Cases
  

  The National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers and the Child Welfare System, a part of the ABA Center on Children and the Law, recently released a book and training ...

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• Heading back to Austin. Judge dismissed CPS case. Good clients and better parents picking up son today.
• Absolutely cool Google glasses. http://t.co/AumquQ0n
• 3rd leg of this weeks legal tour: Georgetown for a final hearing.
• Tax traps and divorce. Make sure to talk to not only your attorney, but tax advisor. http://t.co/5MIf9mB4
• Start of the morning in Judge Pope's court. Good breeze in Richmond this morning. Hoping thins remain cool.
• Bastrop this morning. Nice result for client. Off to Ft. Bend http://t.co/4BZ7wbHv
• File under things I take for granted http://t.co/ht07PpVs
• Divorce a top 5 cause of bankruptcy. Shifting joint debt to ex still leaves you exposed to creditors. http://t.co/cBFP3Uab
• DPS travel advisory re Mexico. Be extra careful if heading south of the border. http://t.co/7FwFKvy0
• Currently reading http://t.co/00E6DcZQ