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DON'T WAKE UP TO THIS CPS NIGHTMARE!

DON'T WAKE UP TO THIS CPS NIGHTMARE!
What Constitutes Abuse:Sexual abuse or exploitation as listed by incident in 11165.1; neglect; willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment; any physical injury inflicted other than by accidental means - See more at: http://statelaws.findlaw.com/california-law/california-child-abuse-laws.html#sthash.OQpV3bgi.dpuf
When CPS takes your child from you, it's done under the pretense of an accusation and charges of abuse are brought against you. If your not guilty, your suppose to be able to defend yourself in a court of law and you have a right to a jury trial. In family court, you don't get the option of a 12 man jury. Your case is heard and decided by 1 judge and the evidence they consider is the CPS Social Workers report to the court on their findings and opinions. 
The CPS Social Worker interviews the family, investigates the incident, removes the child, writes the report, oversees the case, place the child, and more. In most cases, there is no physical evidence entered into evidence. The decision is solely decided upon what the CPS Social Worker say's the facts are in the report without any evidence or testimony of an expert to back up their allegations. 
There are many people here in California including myself where our parental rights were violated in regards to due process, competent legal representation, explanation of prima facie evidence, and/or given false explanation of what the hearing was for and it's level of importance as well as what our parental rights were in that 1st hearing as to our options available. Many of us as I was was told the 1st hearing is a nothing hearing, that it is the 2nd hearing that we need to be concerned about. This is a LIE and it is not true.
A prima facie case is the establishment of a legally required rebuttable presumption. It is generally understood as a flexible evidentiary standard that measures the effect of evidence as meeting, or tending to meet, the proponent's burden of proof on a given issue. In that sense, a prima facie case is a cause of action or defense that is sufficiently established by a party's evidence to justify a verdict in his or her favor, provided such evidence is not rebutted by the other party.
A prima facie case is a cause of action or defense that is sufficiently established by a party's evidence to justify a verdict in his or her favor. This is the type of evidence in the petition that is sent to the Judge to get a temporary custody order. Now the rest of that sentence is what is important: 
provided such evidence IS NOT REBUTTED by the other party.
------------------------------------------------------------By not properly serving parents the petition 24 hours in advance before the hearing, our right to due process was violated. 
By not properly explaining that 1st hearing to a parent, our right to due process was violated. 
By not advising your client, the parent, of their right to appeal the decision, our right to due process was violated. 
By asking the judge to be dismissed from your clients case at the end of the conclusion of the termination hearing leaving your client without proper legal representation, our right to due process was violated.
By communicating in writing to your client that you will not follow through with their request to file an appeal for them as well as instructing them that they would have to do that on their own, the right to due process was violated.--------------------------------------------------------------
When these points are brought to the attention of our public defender, many of us were told that bringing that up in court really isn't going to make any difference. Only when the client insisted that it be brought up, was it ever mentioned to the court. Almost every time the court was advised that proper service had not been given, the court ordered a continuance of that case in order to allow the parents to make an informed decision as to whether or not there is reason to dispute the PRIMA FACIE evidence.
When will PARENTS & their CHILDREN finally get the justice that they deserve and are entitled to?
Do you still think your parental rights protect you from this ever happening to you personally? People! Wake up and think again! Help do something before you wake up one day and find yourself in the same situation as thousands of others have! Where CPS has taken your children without a valid reason, stomped on your rights, and you have to fight an unbalanced justice system to get them back! You are not protected from CPS. They can and will do this to you without a care as to what it does to the family structure of your home.
CPS DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU, THE LAW, OR YOUR RIGHTS! ALL THEY CARE ABOUT AND CAN SEE IS 
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HELP DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TO LATE FOR YOUR FAMILY!DON'T WAKE UP TO THIS CPS NIGHTMARE!
CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR: Forensic Audit of the Fourth District Division Two Appeals Court. - Sign the Petition!Marlene just signed this petition on Change.org.868 signatures are still needed!
http://www.change.org/petitions/california-state-auditor-forensic-audit-of-the-fourth-district-divis...

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