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It's not an unreal risk. CPS really does have the power to take your children away. A CPS investigation is not a pleasant thing to go through. Imagine having t
by paulrpotts 10y ago
It's not an unreal risk. CPS really does have the power to take your children away. A CPS investigation is not a pleasant thing to go through.
Imagine having to sit through a serious conversation in which every aspect of your home life is inspected. For example, a (former) family friend reported that in our 100-year-old house, there were some ants in our kitchen. Not thousands of ants, but a handful. Imagine having to defend this as if it was a serious threat to your children's safety by someone who could legally remove them.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> CPS really does have the power to take your children away. Strictly speaking, AFAIK, in most jurisdictions they actually don't have the power to do so, even temporarily, on their own judgement -- they either need a warrant issued by a judge on a finding of probable cause, or law enforcement action in an emergency situation where a warrant isn't practical. So, really, the police and/or courts have the power to take your children away.