NEW YORK CITY ACS DEFENSE LAWYER

As we have discussed, anyone can call ACS on anyone else. There are no barriers for anyone to file false complaints against anyone else. So if a call is made against a parent, the ACS worker will show up at the home an any hour and begin to question the parents. In many cases this is done at 2 am when the children are sleeping and the ACS workers demand to see them. So what exactly is the worker looking for? The answer is, anything that the ACS worker can attack the parents with. Simply because an ACS call was made about a parent not having adequate clothing, that does not mean the investigation will start there. It will mushroom into whatever the ACS worker can blame the parent with. ACS workers will ask you to sign a HIPPA form to allow them access to your child's medical records and be given access to your child's school records.Do not sign any documents over to ACS unless you have spoken to an attorney. BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM ACSATTORNEY.COM

ACS workers will now have former NYPD cops to help them in investigations. As the video states, " they will help parents open the door". This means that the officer will be used to intimidate parents into following ACS orders. This will lead to an attack on the rights of parents. BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM

Its 2 am and your doorbell rings. You look outside and you see uniformed police officers, You have no idea what this could be. This is actually a ACS home visit. That is correct. ACS had an emergency unit called ECS that visits families at all times of night. But recently one of our clients received one of these visits after we had gone to court and there was absolutely no emergency. The reason for the search was to make sure my client's husband was not in the home. So ACS will wake up children at 2am with police officers and call this child protection. We have heard many stories like this and have represented many parents whose homes have been invaded by ACS workers. This is how you treat drug dealers not parents. ACSATTORNEYS.COM BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM

THE SHOCKING NY TIMES STORY IS BELOW: Shantell lifted her 11-month-old daughter onto her right hip and looked into her eyes until she smiled. Then, she locked her long arms as if to make a swing and swayed the toddler back and forth. It was the kind of daily interaction that her lawyers say was unfairly stripped away from Shantell, who is intellectually disabled and a mother to two other daughters, ages 2 and 3, and parents like her. Child welfare workers have removed Shantell’s three children from her care at various times, beginning in July 2016, following reports from hospital staff and social workers that her “developmental delays” and “mental delays” could hinder her ability to parent. With the help of lawyers, Shantell’s children were returned to her by November 2016, but the ordeal spurred her to join a class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City for violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities. Shantell, ...

parents often ask if ACS will take them to court. To begin with the tactic of the ACS worker is to always threaten to take the parent to court if they do not "cooperate". You will hear this often from an ACS worker. In our experience here are the types of cases that ACS most often takes a parent to court for. 1. Sex abuse allegations 2. Domestic violence allegations 3. Physical abuse cases 4. Drug abuse cases 5. Alcohol abuse by the parent It is crucially important to remember not to speak to the ACS worker, They do not record the interviews in any way, and this allows them to lie in court with impunity. As soon as you are contacted by an ACS worker, call an attorney and protect your rights. BROOKLYNACSLAWYER.COM FIGHTACS.COM

ACS accuses parents in two different legal ways. One is in Family Court, where they can actually take away the child. The other is at OCFS. This is a state agency that does hearings on whether a parent should be indicated for child abuse and be placed on the state registry for maltreatment. The usual ACS tactic is if they cannot manufacture enough evidence against the parents in Family Court, they will file the case at OCFS. The hearings at OCFS are much more informal where hearsay is allowed. This is a very confusing process for parents. It is designed to give ACS workers another avenue to falsely accuse parents. If ACS has contacted you, do NOT speak to the ACS worker without an attorney.