cps in texas
By tbrown1227
@tbrown1227 (221)
United States
April 9, 2010 11:39pm CST
I needed to know about cps in texas, my brother and his wife were turned in by someone to cps here in tx, well cps went to the school today and pulled my 15yr old niece out for almost three hours asking her all these types of questions. My brother and his wife had no idea what was going on until my niece called them after school, the cps caseworker told my niece to tell her parents to expect a visit sometime within the next week. they have an 11 yr old boy as well that goes to the school across from his sister and they didn't go and talk to him.
Don't the parents have to be notified either by the caseworker or the school itself, doesn't seem right that they can just go and pull this girl out of class for three hours.
2 responses
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I don't know how Texas works but in Wisconsin the Social Workers staff every call and decide if it is worthy of an investigation. If you call on a Friday before a holiday weekend you may not get any result as they don't want to ruin their plans. I have seen cases where people have been turned in for reprimanding children in a restaurant when they take food off of a strangers plate. Go Figure. I have had students self report because their parents grounded them and would not let them see a friend and DSS is right on it and other cases where you call in a neglect case because a 12 year old was left home with an infant to care for over the weekend and no action is taken. DSS and CPS seem to answer to themselves and do what they want. I have very little time for them.
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I would think that the parents would have to be notified, but then again it is CPS. You might tell them that their home (not implying anything) should be dam near spotless. As for if it was a phoney call, because someone was mad at them, who knows. And CPS doesn't seem to take that into consideration, they will investigate every call that comes in. However, I would check into if they are allowed to talk to a child without the parents knowing about it.
