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DHHS "Substantiation" Hearings Described

By Smith Law Offices,

The power of the Department of Health & Human Services to intervene in families lives on the thinest of suppositions never ceases to amaze me. Prior to a few years ago if the Department sent a letter "substantiating" you as a sex offender or a danger to children there was very little practical recourse. From that point forward the Department would require the subject of the letter no to have contact with children-even their own natural children who were not subject to any allegations (i.e. a man accused of sexual contact with a 15 year old unrelated girl might be prohibited from living with his 3 year old son or his natural teenage daughter). There would not need to be a court order because the prohibition would be phrased in such a way that if the "suggestion" were not followed the Department would seek an ex parte court order snatching the children and placing them in a foster home...continue to full post

Full post as published by SexCrimeDefender on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).