by Artur Camins | Nov 15, 2024 | Child Abuse/Neglect, Restraining Order
If you have been summoned to a final restraining order hearing for domestic abuse, you may be considering invoking your right to “plead the fifth.” Before doing so, you should consider how taking the fifth in such a case may impact the outcome. As part of the Bill of...
by Artur Camins | Nov 26, 2019 | Child Abuse/Neglect, Child Custody, DCPP
When the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) receives an allegation of abuse or neglect, they are mandated by law to investigate it. The investigation will end in one of four findings: Substantiated, Established, Not Established or Unfounded....
by Artur Camins | Jan 10, 2019 | Appellate Division Decision, Child Abuse/Neglect, DCPP
Readers of this blog may remember our successful published decision earlier this year in DCF v. R.R. in which the Appellate Decision reversed DCPP’s administrative finding of Not Established of a parent we represented. In what we hope is a trend, the Appellate...
by Artur Camins | Oct 15, 2018 | Child Abuse/Neglect, Child Custody, DCPP, Family Law
In E.S. v. H.A. were parents of a minor child. The parties separated in December 2008 following an contentious series of proceedings, including a domestic violence action. The parties’ marriage ultimately came to a conclusion by way of a consent judgment of divorce...
by Artur Camins | May 21, 2018 | Child Abuse/Neglect, DCPP, Family Law
As attorneys that handle DCPP cases, by the time we get asked this question, often the door has already been opened both literally and legally. This is because when DCPP investigates, most parents comply because they do not know their rights, they think they have...
by Artur Camins | Mar 26, 2018 | Child Abuse/Neglect, DCPP
Our client, Hank – the names within this blog have been changed to maintain client privacy – was accused of abusing his seven-year-old daughter, Caroline. As he explained to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCF), Caroline was throwing a wild tantrum...
