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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had an experience with CPS a few years ago when my son was in a private kindergarten (our public school is only two hours/day for kindergarten).  Apparently, a child told his parents that another boy had touched his privates.  [b]CPS shows up at my door demanding to enter and interview me.  I was on maternity leave with my second child.  It was all kinds of scary.  The CPS lady interrogated me.[/b]

And then told me they wanted to interview my kindergartener - and that parents wouldn't be able to be with him during it.  My husband and I were also questioned by a local detective.

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What made you decide to let her enter your house and to answer her questions? Based on what I have heard in this podcast series, I want to believe that I would say no to interacting with them unless someone showed up with a warrant. I realize they are likely to threaten a removal to achieve what they can't get voluntarily, however.

We have a good friend who is a CPS worker in another state--every year we adopt 3-4 of the kids her agency serves for the holiday, so we have a good idea of what kinds of resources kids are lacking and workers are trying to provide. But 100% agree, the power they bring to the situation is scary.

If you are in doubt, just listen to the third episode of the "Do No Harm" podcast, which contains the taped interaction between the profiled family and the CPS worker the night he did the removal. Even he knew that what he was doing was dodgy as hell. [/quote]I probably should not have let her in the house without a warrant, but I was severely short on sleep and she claimed a right to enter.  She checked things like working smoke detectors and the infant's crib, and all was cool. Fortunately, she didn't find the unlocked liquor or the unlocked cleaning supplies under the sink.  Our attorney said it was probably the right move to let her in as any roadblocks may make them more suspicious (attorney was retained after this visit).  I offered her a drink and calmly answered her questions, such as who would have had access to my child and could have abused him.  I did have my wits about me enough to take notes on every question she asked so I was able to share that with my husband and the attorney later.[/quote]

I am really sorry you went through this. Thanks for saying more about what it felt like. [/quote]

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