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We are pleased to announce that our law firm has been named a 2017 Law Firm 500 Honoree awarded to the fastest growing law firms in the US.

You have a right to an attorney when being charged with a crime. You also have a right to an attorney whenever facing proceedings about your child's placement or your parental rights.

You can refuse certain services the DCP&P asks you to accept, but the DCP&P can then involve the family court.

In a dispositional hearing, the judge decides on the placement of the child. Dispositional hearings follow fact-finding hearings wherein the relevant facts of the case are presented and reviewed.

Understanding your rights is step one to successfully handling a visit from CPS caseworkers. Knowing how to keep a level head and protect your rights can make a huge difference in your case.

Your child welfare caseworker can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Unfortunately, many parents find them to be the latter.

Although you have very little time in which to prepare for the hearing—you will typically have less than two days—speaking with an attorney even briefly is well worth your time.

Parents can sometimes feel like they are fighting an uphill battle when involved in child welfare litigation. The stakes are great, and you are up against a formidable adversary: the State of New Jersey.

If the DCP&P conducts an emergency removal, it must then immediately file a complaint and seek court approval within 48 hours of the removal. The hearing at which the DCP&P will seek a court order for the removal is called a Dodd hearing.

Typically, family court proceedings involving issues such as custody and divorce are held in open court, and the resulting records become a part of the public record.