The looseness of family courts have been the cause of so many things, one of which is that procedures are made to seem loose unlike a criminal case. In my last post, I showed how CPS gets to be so bold and easily step on the rights of parents.
In breaking the illusions and seeing the bigger picture for what it is, I am confidently saying most court appointed lawyers in CPS cases all eat from the same pot and work with conflict of interest so they act passively when handling cases of parents who can't afford a well versed lawyer.
Accused criminals get a sound attorney to handle their cases. Surprisingly, even the court appointed attorney or legal aid provided as part of their constitutional rights of being represented by a legal counsel, who ends up doing an impeccable job, mind you, this isn't always the case though. At times it is hard to even know if an attorney is court-appointed or not, because the attorney wants to do a great job of having another victory under his belt.
CPS goes after people who are mostly below average or those who are poor and do not have the fund to fight back. They end up with a court appointed attorney and they are stuck asking themselves if the lawyer works for them or the county. Though there are rare cases where a court appointed lawyer does a good job, but with what I have heard and my experience, i think it is easier to catch a slippery fish with my hand in a big river than to meet a court appointed lawyer who has the time and who would represent you completely. Most of them ask you to take a plea so they can move on to another case and get a quick pay from the county.
Who has more rights and protection?, Accused criminals are steps up the ladder than parents!, why the double standard?.
When I see criminal proceedings take place, I see numerous witnesses moving to and fro the stand. Court appointed lawyers and private attorneys urge their client to bring up names of people who can testify in their favor, the list is so exhaustive because there is the opportunity for you to build up and defend yourself.
Court-appointed lawyers persuade parents almost all the time not to bring in any witness and telling them it would be unwise if they do because it makes things difficult and lengthy. Don't ever fall for that piece of false information, you have a right to call witnesses, the court and your lawyer simply make this very difficult and most time make it seem you don't have the right because it is a family court. Big Lie.
Every single time, I am made to believe that accused criminals are so much protected by the constitution than parents who are struggling to keep their children. We all need to break these illusions and stand up for our rights that have been systemically hidden or buried.
