Parents are misled by ACS workers in several ways. One of the most glaring, is when an ACS worker tells a parent that the investigation will be open for 60 days. This is important in several respects. First, it gives parents hope. Parents see the 60 day time frame and anxiously wait for it to end. Second and most important, because parents believe it is only 60 days, parents will do anything the ACS worker says in that 60 days. The fact of the matter is that while the 60 day time frame is in the statute, it is rarely followed by ACS workers. The investigation will go on as long as the ACS worker needs to accuse the parents of wrongdoing.
Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department AD3d Argued - May 17, 2022 FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P. JOSEPH J. MALTESE PAUL WOOTEN LARA J. GENOVESI, JJ. 2021-07543 DECISION & ORDER In the Matter of Lexis B. (Anonymous). Administration for Children’s Services, petitioner-respondent; Natalia B. (Anonymous), appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Joseph B. (Anonymous). Administration for Children’s Services, petitioner-respondent; Natalia B. (Anonymous), appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 2) (Docket Nos. N-1916-21, N-1917-21) Michael S. Discioarro, New York, NY, for appellant. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel, New York, NY (Deborah A. Brenner and Andrea Nishi of counsel), for petitioner-respondent. Anne M. Serby, Long Beach, NY, attorney for the child Lexis B. In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County ...
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