NEW YORK CITY ACS DEFENSE LAWYER

 We receive this question from parents often. ACS workers will knock on your door and demand to be let in. If you do nit let them in, several things may happen. First, and most common, the ACS worker will return with a police officer to try to intimidate you into opening the door. This will often work as many people will not defy a police officer's request. if a parent still refuses, the ACS worker has the option of going to court and obtaining a court order. The more vindictive ACS workers will ask the judge to force the parent to bring the children to the ACS office. This application to the Court will be done without any notice to the parent. This is how ACS workers operate. They use intimidation, lies and the Courts to attack parents. If ACS has targeted your family, call our hotline at                                                ...

 ACS workers are trained to obtain cooperation from parents. In this endeavor, they have what are called hard and soft tactics. One of the most effective soft tactics that they have is to tell the parent in the beginning of the investigation that they (the acs workers) doesn't even know why they are there and the investigation " should be closed soon."  This has the affect of putting the parent at ease. Then, the ACS worker will return to the home and state that their " supervisor" has told them they must take services from ACS or face a case being filed against them in family court. This scenario can vary a little but the outcome is always the same. The parent cannot understand how the case went from being closed to the parents having to do services. These tricks used by ACS workers are akin to the used car salesman using his "manager" as a higher authority. Unfortunatey, we are dealing with the safety of children and the rights of parents. The goal o...

It is a shock to most parents. You receive a letter in the mail from the Office of Children and Family Services, stating that you have been indicted for child abuse. What does this mean? The OCFS is an office that handles child abuse cases. If ACS does not have enough evidence against parents to bring charges against them in family court, they will bring a case in OCFS. The office does a "review" and advises the parent if they have been indicted. The vast majority of parents will be indicted by OCFS. The process then involves a hearing before an administrative law judge. These indications have serious consequences for parents who work in child care or healthcare. ACS assigns an attorney that handles the OCFS case and will prosecute the case. usually, ACS does not call any witnesses and relies on the reports issues by the ACS worker. Most ACS workers are poorly trained, and seek ways to attack the parent any way they can. It is important to prepare  a cross examination and h...

We have always strongly advised to record the ACS worker. We advise clients to tell the ACS worker that they are being recorded. It would be best to make a video recording. The ACS worker will react in a very negative manner. They will wrongly tell the parent that it is illegal to record her and that she does not want to be recorded. New York law allows in most cases to record your own conversations. As soon as you are aware that an ACS worker is coming after your family. contact an attorney ASAP. You can always advised the ACS worker that you are represented by counsel. BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM