Los Angeles, CA asked in Child Custody, Family Law and Legal Malpractice for California

Q: Is it legal for CPS to remove my children from my custody as a direct result of the neighbor who agreed to care 4 them?

On July 23rd 2018 I have to go swimming and paperwork on the San Diego Superior Court and wish my daughter's beg me to stay with her friends which the mother agreed to watch them. I left them at 4:20 arrived at the courthouse at 4:44 and I got the time stamps for 4:50, i lost my grandmother found her. I bwgan to drive on the freeway at about 6: 28 take a shower went to sleep the neighbor was not aware that I was home, my phone was dead before I went to sleep I charged it upon waking up I turned on my phone and woke up to a message stating that my daughters are outside unattended and unsupervised because she did not want to be charged for kidnapping so she left my kids outside without adult present the police was called remove my children who is , and the social worker lied in the report in spite of the proof of the text messages and the friend's mother admitting that she left them outside because she had to go to work who's responsible for child endangerment?

1 Lawyer Answer
William John Light
William John Light
Answered
  • Legal Malpractice Lawyer
  • Santa Ana, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: Yes, it's legal. Your children were unsupervised. All of the excuses in the world don't change the fact that your children were in danger due to lack of adult supervision. You should put your efforts into following the directives of CPS for getting your children back, rather than trying to fight that they were taken from you.

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