In the Family Court of New York, the Judge rules all. While criminal defendants and civil litigants received jury trial, parents who may lose their children have no such right. This is an injustice that must be corrected. In the interim, we will discuss why some Family Court judges are mere rubber stamps for ACS. ACS has a $3 billion dollar budget that must be fed. The ACS agenda includes intimidating judges who they can target. The tactic is simple. They make many baseless allegations against parents and prop up the implied threat to the Judge that if the Judge does not remove the children they will be harmed and the Judge will be on the front cover of The Post.
This is a powerful intimidation tool. Unfortunately, many judges throughout the city and state bow down to the demands of ACS. It is politically safer for a Judge to side with ACS than a parent in most cases. In addition, most parents in the ACS system cannot afford private attorney who can fight for them. They are left with Court- Appointed attorneys who according to a recent NY Times Article here, are simply overwhelmed. It is simply malpractice to speak to your client 5 minutes before a Court hearing. The People of the city and state of New York deserve jury trials in child abuse cases in Family Court. These juries will hold ACS accountable.
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