Child Welfare Law

Welcome to our Child Welfare Practice Area

Your family’s future is too important to leave to chance. In juvenile dependency cases involving allegations of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, the State’s intervention requires an immediate and powerful response. We provide relentless legal advocacy from the initial shelter-care hearing through fact-finding trials, guardianships, and the severe challenges of termination parental rights. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Secure your rights and your child’s well-being—contact our experienced attorneys now for a consultation.

Child Welfare Services

Below are the services we offer.

Juvenile Dependency

We represent the respective interests of children, and parents involved in dependency proceedings, ensuring that their legislative, and constitutional rights are protected when the State intervenes in situations where a child’s safety and well-being are at risk due to a parent’s abandonment, neglect, abuse; or child trafficking. We are present for these families at the initial shelter-care hearing where it is determined whether the child should be immediately returned home or placed out of home pending the adjudication of the dependency.

PERMANENCY PLANS

Achieving a permanency plan in a juvenile dependency is a crucial milestone. We strive to achieve the permanency plan of family reunification, however, there could be times when this option may not be viable. In situations like that we continue to work with the parents, and children for alternative plans like:

PERMANENCY PLANS

Title 13 Guardianship where parental rights, and familial relationships are intact while the child is appointed a guardian to have both physical and legal custody while assuming the roles and responsibilities that are similar to that of the parent, including, but not limited to catering to the child’s and general well-being.

Long-Term/Extended Foster- Care Placements. When all other permanency plan options fail, or when it is the child’s stated interest, or in the child’s legal interest, the child could remain in the custody of the state and placed in foster care from the ages of 16 until 21.

Termination of Parental Rights.

Recognizing the severity and finality of termination of parental rights, dubbed the “civil death penalty”, when a case reaches this stage, we approach with our innate values-vigor, commitment, and dedication- to ensure that the severance of the age-long recognized fundamental right in parenting is within all legal parameters.

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Child Welfare Law

Welcome to our Child Welfare Practice Area

Child Welfare Services

Juvenile Dependency

PERMANENCY PLANS

PERMANENCY PLANS

Termination of Parental Rights.

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