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"Double Jeopardy: The Inherent Dangers of Dual CPS & Criminal Cases"

Julie Ketterman and P. Caleb Patterson

October 2013

 

As a parent, a call or visit from CPS (the Department of Family and Protective Services) is on of the scariest things that can happen. Why? Because it means the government is coming into your life with the power to potentially tear your family apart. Parents in these cases are talked down to, insulted, and often threatened with the loss of the children.

 

"Mother accuses CPS of neglecting child"

9-29-2011

 

Child Protective Services is being ordered to stay away from a child, due to what happened to the girl while she was in the agency’s custody.

 

"Hart: CPS worsens husband's grief over slain wife

5-2-2012

 

On April 17, Keith Schuchardt absorbed the horrific news that an unknown assailant had gunned down his wife of 3½ years, Kala, and had fled with the couple's three-day-old son, Keegan. When he learned from news reporters that the infant had been found safe, Schuchardt went to the Montgomery County sheriff's office around 3 a.m. on April 18 to retrieve his son. He had hoped his nightmare was coming to an end. It was only beginning.

 

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