lawyer up.
“Some sort of a tropical malady?”
There is a financial incentive for CPS to keep the kids. However the legal route is really the only one to take. Maybe get a better lawyer/
My best advice is for them to hire their own lawyer if they can afford it. A court appointed lawyer... I just think one that you hire would do better. That being said, you mentioned a “healthy” diet. May I ask if the diet is be called into some sort of question? Are they eliminating all fats and sugars completely or have they adopted an extreme form of eating only a handful of items?
Probably following their lawyer’s advice at this point would be the best thing they could do. Except for one other, which is to PRAY. The gubmint loves any excuse to take peoples’ kids away when they’re Christians, homeschool, etc. But God is bigger than any government.
HSLDA: Homeschooling Advocates since 1983
They need to contact these people as ASAP! They defend homeschool families, and they are sharp!
HSLDA: Homeschooling Advocates since 1983
They need to contact these people as ASAP! They defend homeschool families, and they are sharp!
It seems odd that the other children would be taken without just cause. I can’t help but wonder if there’s more to the story that your wife doesn’t know about. However, if what you have written is accurate, then they need to hire a lawyer, get their children back, and sue the state.
From first hand experience, your friend’s case has gone way beyond easy fixes.
DO NOT get a lawyer that practices in that family court. They only kiss up for the next time they are in front of the same judge. You gotta get an attorney that has no reason to be nice to that judge.
We got our grandkids, their parents and practice preventative measures.
In hindsight, HSLDA membership would have been wise.
In the present, they shouldn't be relying on a court-appointed legal representative. If their church community can't help them find a good attorney and, if necessary, help with the costs, then they need a better church community.
Could the ... agency, institution, whatever ... that placed the Ethiopian children with them help them to find competent representation?
If this is the case I think it is, the girl didn’t exactly die of “natural causes.” She died of hypothermia, in the rain, in her own backyard.
A prosecutor friend told me that court appointed lawyers regularly committed unethical acts by telling their clients to agree to pleas that the lawyer should have fought. (Now this is criminal law, but I think the reasoning applies here too.) The reasons they did this is the lawyers have to deal with the same prosecutors all the time and they want the relations to go smoothly. Also, the court appointed lawyers are looking for better jobs as court appointed anything is the bottom of the food chain. The court appointed lawyers lack experience and that’s what they’re getting in their present job but many of them pencil-whip the job without putting any effort into their clients’ defense.
These folks need their own lawyers.
Maybe she says no because she is really a young man.
Not enough info here to make any sort of a judgement based on the circumstances. Writing this with minimal facts, just brings idle speculation that does nothing productive. What are the specific contentions that removed the children from the home?
According to this article, the coroner ruled that she died of hypothermia.
CPS in Washington state (King County especially) are the most evil bastards on the planet. Do not try to bargain with them; do not try to be helpful with them - it only strengthens their resolve to screw you. Lawyer up as quality ($$$) as you can, and interview them to make sure that they are conversant and current at dealing with family law.
Good luck!
There's the problem. (Must be a sign of the liberalism up there if they are appointing lawyers for civil matters. Most places only appoint lawyers for criminal prosecutions).
If you really want to help, send them money for a good attorney. Although I do wonder a bit about someone who could afford multiple international adoptions but can't afford to hire an attorney.
The more I think about it, the more it seems that we are missing 'the rest of the story'.
Troll much?
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