Child Protective Services

Colorado Child Protection Services

The primary mission of Child Protection Services (CPS) is to protect the safety and well-being of Colorado’s children and youth. CPS exists because far too many parents abuse and even kill their own children. CPS is absolutely necessary, has the most important mission in all of government, and their job of protecting children from their own parents is incredibly hard.

In Colorado and across the country many advocate to reform CPS because CPS too often gets it wrong at either end of the spectrum.  Nationally, over 90% of time when a child dies at the hands of a parent or the parent’s new partner (filicide) CPS was previously involved. A 2019 CDC report showed that of 822 filicide cases, 71% (584) of the time it was mom and or her new partner versus 29% (238) it was dad and or his new partner.

CPS is in the difficult position of trying to prevent further child harm or death once a case is reported and not knowing whether there is a legitimate child safety concern or not. Making their job exponentially more difficult is the volume of false reports they get from bad actor parents who are trying to gain the advantage in a court custody battle.

Colorado CPS opens roughly 10,000 cases of reported child physical child abuse annually and closes over 88% of those cases as unsubstantiated. Because allegations of child abuse are the primary weapon a bad actor parent uses to diminish the other’s relationship with their child, the report has a greater chance of being entirely false or greatly exaggerated than it is to be a true child safety concern.

CPS must treat every report as potentially a true child safety concern. Because a CPS case workers’ job is so incredibly hard, they often make mistakes or errors in judgement that can cause substantial harm to the child and family.  Just as CPS must treat all reports of child abuse with the utmost care, a parent receiving a call from a CPS investigator requesting an interview or showing up at the door, must 1) treat the investigator with respect, and 2) know your rights and what to do.

When CPS Calls or Shows Up for an Interview

Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations are opened without warning. The process is opaque and the potential consequences, such as removal, supervision, and restricted visitation are profound. You and your children are at great risk of having your lives turned upside down and your parent-child relationships destroyed. Just opening a CPS case can often spin life out of control for both parents and their children. You deserve and should know your rights, understand what CPS’ expectations are, and how to navigate an investigation with as little disruption, intrusion, and time as possible.

A parent receiving a call from CPS for an interview has no clue as to how bad things are about to get regardless of how innocent they might think they are. Things can get very complicated very quickly and the damage will be done.

CPSprotect.com takes the unknown out of a Colorado CPS investigation and empowers you to face it with confidence. The services provided by CPSprotect are unique; there is no other firm providing this crucial guidance for families. All of their consultants have at least two years of experience as CPS investigators or as supervisors at local, state, or federal child welfare agencies. Through experience, knowledge, and guidance, CPSprotect can help your family get the best outcome available to you.

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False Allegations & Parental Alienation

In contested custody, false allegations of child abuse and domestic violence are standard operating procedure (SOP) and the primary weapon a bad actor parent uses to try to gain the advantage in family court.  False allegations are a clear signal to all involved that a bad actor parent is trying to diminish or sever the accused parent’s role and relationship with their child(ren). It’s called parental alienation.

Parental alienation is a form of family violence, domestic violence, and child abuse. Parental alienation is pervasive in contested custody cases. Moms and dads can be the targeted parent or alienating parent. Parental alienation is not a one-sided gender issue. Research shows that moms and dads are equally at risk of being a targeted parent.

Too often, bad actor parents call CPS to make a false allegation of child abuse to immediately portray the other parent as abusive. It happens everyday across the country and around the world.  This is the #1 reason why the first thing you should do when CPS calls or visits is to visit CPSprotect.com and get expert guidance.

Tragically, Colorado CPS policy ignores the volume of false allegations and parental alienation as a form of family violence.