One of the most stressful circumstances in your family’s life can be the result of Child and Family Services (formerly known and frequently referred to as Child Welfare) getting involved. While this agency is there to ensure the safety of the child, which everyone can agree is a good thing, it can also seem like a very invasive circumstance.

Child and Family Services steps in when a child is in need of intervention and there are reasonable and probably grounds to believe that the survival, security, or development of the child is being endangered. This could mean that the child has been neglected, the child is at risk of physical or sexual abuse, the child has been emotionally injured by the guardian, or the guardian is unable to protect the child from injury, among other reasons.

Even after Child and Family Services has closed its file and believes the child is protected, you may feel like you don’t have a concrete parenting plan in place.

We regularly work with families that have current or past involvement with the Child and Family Services. It can often feel like you don’t know what to do next – let us help you. Contact us online or call us today at 587-943-1394 and we can walk you through the process and explain your rights, and the next steps for you and your family.