And not a single charge has been filed against anyone.
Don’t worry. It’s coming.....
When a parent loses custody in my state they do not become felons, BTW...
Many an asset has gone over to the Gov’t without a charge being filed. That’s the beauty of asset seizure here in the Land of the Free.
Remember the guy that stood in front of the tank in Tienanmen Square? After they executed him they sent the widow a bill for the cost of the bullet.
The Texas State Government seems to be the functional equivalent of the Communist Chinese government. The only real difference that I can see is that the Chinese man had charges against him.
First you steal the children, then you can sieze their property to pay you for you siezing the children. SWEET! </sarc
They don't have to file criminal charges, they can file a civil case (in family court)...which seems to be what they have already done in order to gain custody...and still make the parents pay via court-ordered child support payments, that is standard in Texas, seen it happen many times, so this doesn't surprise me. The difference? Under a civil court case, they don't have to provide the parents with court appointed attorneys and there is no right to trial by jury. It is the way CPS works in Texas, they are as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
That is the reason that child abuse investigations should be taken away from CPS and given to local law enforcement. If there are credible charges of abuse, I feel the parents should be arrested and given due process.
Who cares. Asset forfeiture doesn’t require a charge to be filed against anyone.
I say if this tactic is good enough to screw someone accused of growing a pot plant, it’s good enough to screw another group of people that the government doesn’t like.