NEW YORK CITY ACS DEFENSE LAWYER

ACS workers routinely will ask parents to sign HIPPA forms so they may obtain a child's medical records. This even after the investigation has revealed that there is nothing wrong with the child. The ACS worker will states that their supervisor wants it and they are just following "protocol". The reason for the form is so ACS can dig through the child's medical records and find something to attack the parents with. A missed doctor's appointment or disagreeing with a doctor about a child's treatment are all reasons for ACS to possibly file a petition against the parents in family court. Before signing a HIPPA form, speak to an attorney. FIGHTACS.COM BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM

The average parent receives a knock on his door and an ACS worker is there based on an anonymous complaint. Most parents will panic. The ACS worker will then demand that the parent tale a drug test based on an anonymous tip that the parents use drugs. ACS uses drug tests as intimidation tools. If the drug test is negative, ACS workers will disregard it and keep asking the parent to take more tests. If it is positive, they will use that to attack the parents. We have seen cases where acs workers intentionally hide negative drug test.ACS is deigned to attack the parents not help children. If ACS wanted to actually help children, 32 would not be dead under their supervision. This is a highly dysfunctional agency that must be held accountable. FIGHTACS.COM QUEENSACSLAWYER.COM

Given the headlines that a dead child makes and the fact that the Mayor and the state have thrown millions of dollars at ACS, one would think that they could find a way to right the ship and actually protect children. This theory would apply to almost any agency, but not ACS. There is a structural reason for this and after 17 years of handling hundreds of cases and dealing intimately with ACS workers and lawyers, we have some answers. BLAME THE PARENT AT ALL COSTS The major reason that ACS fails and children die is that the focus is not on protecting the child. Once a report of child abuse comes in, the ACS worker will go to the home and immediately star t attacking the parent. The agenda of ACS workers is to make every parent a bad parent and demand that they enroll in services. This does not leave any time to actually focus on the children that are in true need. In fact, ACS workers, the majority of whom are poorly trained and lazy, would rather attack a healthy family then one w...