NEW YORK CITY ACS DEFENSE LAWYER

 ACS commissioner David Hansell recently announced the formation of Family Enrichment Centers to "help families in need" The Administration for Children’s Services is funding the new centers under the auspices of its newly created Division of Child and Family Well-Being. We have appropriated the necessary resources to ensure that the centers have what they need to succeed. Each contracted site will receive $450,000 a year and ACS is allocated an additional $150,000 for training, technology and other costs . At $600,00.00 a year these centers will serve as a new way to intake cases into the ACS system It will provide ACS with a softer approach to force parents into useless services that prop up the ACS budget and new opportunities to remove children from their parents and place them in foster care which is where ACS gains most of their financial windfall.  Meanwhile, ACS was fined and held in contempt for not buying a child in foster care a new wheelchair that was badly needed...

 ACS has a website dedicated to what happens to parents in an ACS case. You can find it here.  What ACS does not tell you is that you have legal rights that ACS cannot remove. We will discuss each one. 1. THE RIGHT TO A LAWYER - The New York and Federal constitution guarantee a right to a lawyer. ACS workers will often tell parents they do not need a lawyer because the case is not in court. This is incorrect. When dealing with a state authority, a parent should awls seek legal counsel. Most parents are not equipped to deal with ACS workers. 2. YOU MUST COOPERATE: Parents have the absolute right to ignore ACS workers demands and force ACS to speak to their attorney. 3. YOU CANNOT RECORD ACS WORKERS : ACS workers do not like to be identified or be held accountable. You have the right to record them in your home. 4.YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK A JUDGE'S DECISION: The only thing that stops ACS workers is a Judge's order. When an ACS worker is being abusive you can ask y our attorn...