Asked in Criminal Law and Juvenile Law for Texas

Q: A 15 yro girl came to me saying her mom slapped her and the police gave her mom a ticket I called cps they did nothing.

She came to me again saying cps never talked to her atall. She's very afraid of cops here.police here are goof friends w her parents She feels they always take her parents side. They try to make her out to be this reallybad"teenager"and tell people she's "crazy" ive know her since she was 5 shes a very good kid shes almost like family tous they put her on Psych meds she told me,mom only gives her sleep meds her mom took her out of school because her counselor at school Called cps,They lock her in her room for hours.they tell her she worthles, she came to me again Friday so I took hertograndma's so now they are trying to file kidnapping charges on me. They let her stay Friday night w grandma after they found out where she was.

I called cps that night made another report on the way home. Monday morning the mom called grandma asked them if they could take tempcustody of her she said yes andcame got her. And now the step dad has threatened me on fb.told others im going tojail. HELP

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Kiele Linroth Pace
Kiele Linroth Pace
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Austin, TX
  • Licensed in Texas

A: Call CPS. Call law enforcement. If you get shut down, try taking it up the chain of command. Do not take matters into your own hands because you could end up behind bars.

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