OPERATION CPS REFORM AND FAMILY LAW REFORM SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES RECOMMENDATIONS BY SENATOR NANCY SCHAEFER. By Nancy Schaefer Georgia State Senate, 50th District revised September 25, 2008 · That according to the California Little Hoover Commission Report in 2003, 30% to 70% of the children in California group homes do not belong there and should not have been removed from their homes. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Call for an independent audit of all State Child Protective Services (CPS) and for a Federal Congressional hearing on Child Protective Services nationwide. 2. Activate immediate change. Every day that passes means more families and children are subject to being held hostage and their lives destroyed. 3. Abolish the Federal and State financial incentives that have turned Child Protective Services into a business that separate families for money. 4. Grant to parents their rights verbally and in writing. 5. Mandate a search for family members to be given the opportunity to adopt their own relatives if children need to be removed permanently. 6. Mandate a jury trial where every piece of evidence is presented before permanently removing a child from his or her parents. Open family court. Remove the secrecy. Allow the press and family members access. Give parents the opportunity in court to speak and be a part of their children’s future. 7. Require a warrant or a positive emergency circumstance before removing children from their parents. (Judge Arthur G. Christean, Utah Bar Journal, January, 1997 reported that “except in emergency circumstances, including the need for immediate medical care, require warrants upon affidavits of probable cause before entry upon private property is permitted for the forcible removal of children from their parents.”) 8. Uphold the laws when someone fabricates or presents false evidence. If a parent alleges fraud, hold a hearing with the right to discovery of all evidence made available to parents. parentalrights.org/index.asp?SEC=%7B5433EE7C-6775-4D17-A2A1-CE4686AE1697%7D
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