HOUSTON CHILD PROTECTION LAWYERS
Fighting for Texas Families in CPS Actions
The Texas Department of the Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services, or CPS) fulfills a vital mission: keeping children safe from abuse or neglect. Yet sometimes CPS goes too far in its zeal to protect. Children get trapped in the system, separated for extended periods from parents, relatives or foster families while CPS makes those adults jump through an endless series of hoops.
The law firm of Bill De La Garza & Associates, P.C. can step in to rescue children from the rescuers. We advocate for families who are seeking to have children released after CPS has taken them away for months on end. Contact our Houston office today. We practice in Harris, Galveston and all adjoining counties in Texas.
Experienced CPS Defense Attorneys
Once Child Protective Services removes children from the home, the process of getting them back is long and frustrating. CPS places the child with relatives or in foster care, and it can take up 18 months to prove that you are fit to parent again. When the child is very young and in this circumstance, it can be challenging to overcome such a disruption in the life of the child.
More importantly, it is scary and confusing for the child, and detrimental if the separation lasts too long. Kids in foster care, especially very young children, can literally lose the ability to re-bond with the natural parent or family members if kept apart too long.
Our attorneys have more than 80 years of combined legal experience and have handled many CPS defense cases. We are committed to helping parents, grandparents or foster families take on the system to regain custody of their children sooner rather than later.
We can help clients avoid traps in the process of getting their kids back. CPS requires parents or custodial caregivers to take parenting classes, meet with drug and alcohol counselors, engage in family therapy, and submit to drug tests and psychological evaluations. Meanwhile, parents also must show that they can provide a stable home by keeping a steady job. As parents jump through the hoops, CPS counselors are watching for any misstep as proof that the adults are not ready to resume parenting. And so the cycle continues.
Our firm can bring in private psychologists and other experts to conduct an independent evaluation to prove to the court that you have met the requirements to be reunited with your children.
CPS Adoptions
If the natural parents have abandoned the child or made no serious attempt to get their kids back from CPS, we represent foster parents, grandparents or other adoptive parents in the process of formally adopting the child. These adults face the same CPS scrutiny and bureaucratic hurdles in proving that they can provide the child with a safe and reliable haven. Again, we can hire independent professionals to prove that our clients are fit for the role and that it is in the best interests of the child to be released from the CPS system. We work to establish custody and then begin the adoption process, including termination of parental rights of the biological parents.
Texas Child Endangerment Protection Lawyers Handling All Elements of Child Abuse Protection
For vigorous representation in taking on the inflexible CPS system, call (281) 486-7007 or email us to arrange a consultation with our experienced Houston child protection attorneys.