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CLIENT'S CHILD RETURNED AFTER 1028 HEARING

NYC ACS Lawyer Announces Return of Child in 1028 Hearing ACS took our clients child away from the hospital upon her birth. After weeks of testimony and outright fabrications from the ACS worker, the child was reunited with her mother. NEW YORK  -  June 3, 2019  -  PRLog  -- The case against N.P was particularly sad. The parents had been ambushed by an ACS worker at the hospital. ACS workers like to attack parents in the hospital after they have given birth because they are in a weakened state and cannot defend themselves. The ACS worker removed the child from the parents custody and would not let child leave the hospital. This is the power that ACS has. The Law Offices of Michael S. Discioarro, LLC filed a demand from a return of the child. This is known as a 1028 hearing. The hearing began and what followed was weeks of testimony before the Hon. Frias-Colon. ACS was adamant about the child not returning to the mother despite there being no imminent risk ...

WHY DOES ACS NOT ALLOW LAWYERS AT A CHILD SAFETY CONFERENCES

ACS workers will often call parents into what they call a child safety conference. This is a meeting between the parents and the ACS worker and supervisor. It is ACS policy not to allow attorneys in the conference. WHY? The answer is obvious. ACS uses a few tactics to attack parents at the conference and an attorney would not allow this to happen. The first tactic is to use the good/cop bad/cop approach. The ACS worker will bring in her supervisor and they will play off each other. Often they are both bad cops. This is akin to the car salesman bringing in his manager to close the deal. The vast majority of the time, ACS will file a court case against the parent regardless of the parent's behavior at the conference. To this end, these conferences are a great way for ACS to take more information from the parent. Keep in mind, the conferences are not recorded in any way. They only recording would be the notes taken by the ACS worker. This conference is on their turf and they control...

WHAT IS A CHILD SAFETY CONFERENCE, ACS JUST CALLED ME IN TO DO ONE

After ACS has made their initial visit, the ACS workers and supervisors have a very useful tool which they use to attack parents with. It is called a CHILD SAFETY CONFERENCE. The parents are ordered by the ACS worker to be at their office at a certain time. One they arrive the parents will be meeting with the ACS worker and her supervisor. This can be more aptly called an ambush. At this conference the ACS worker will accuse the parents of wrongdoing and demand that they enter into "services". During the process, the parents will be threatened with the removal of their children and court action. ACS workers often threaten parents with the statement " we will take this to court ". On important fact about CHILD SAFETY CONFERENCES IS THAT ATTORNEYS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. ACS worker will not even allow the attorney to wait in the lobby. Thus ACS is the only state agency in America who does not allow an attorney to participate in their proceedings. This puts ...