Social Services and Police sometimes want to speak with your children. In some instances, they want to get evidence to charge your child with a crime in the Larimer County Juvenile Court. In other cases, Fort Collins Police and the Larimer County Department of Human Services will try and charge you, or a child of yours, with a crime. They will come to your home, saying it is just a “formality,” and that they want to check on the welfare of your kids. Don’t be fooled. Legally, you don’t need to let them speak with your kids, and they can’t do anything to help your kids which you could do better without them.
Orders & Warrants About Letting Fort Collins Police and Social Services Interview Your Kids
Regardless of the law, be prepared for instances where courts will order you to let your kids speak with cops and social services if they have evidence your child might be a crime victim. The government is always on the hunt for more victims, so they can look good to others. They also want to avoid any criticism in the future. Unfortunately, some judges are busy and follow the course of least resistance. They believe untested evidence and issue orders that require you let police and social services to talk with your kids. Like you, we are concerned with exposing your children to sensitive subjects like sexual touching – especially when there is no good evidence in support of your kids being victims.
Kids with Juvenile Criminal Cases – What is the Law About Interviewing Your Children in Fort Collins?
Children have the same right to remain silent as adults, if they’ve been accused of a juvenile criminal case in Fort Collins. In this situation, you are totally within your rights to say “no” to police or social services (Human Services) interviewing your children. Judges should not intervene to assist law enforcement in violating a child’s constitutional right to remain silent. Sometimes, government workers will not tell a judge the whole story – for example, telling the court your child may be a victim of sexual touch by another child, but failing to inform the court that your child is also accused of touching another child sexually. In this common scenario, some judges will feel they are fully informed and order that you let them interview your child.
Larimer Human Services and Fort Collins Police Work Hand in Hand Prosecution of Your Child in Larimer Juvenile Court
Always remember that Human Services and the Fort Collins Police Department are one and the same when prosecuting your child of a crime. Both of these organizations feel self righteous and do whatever they can to support one another in prosecuting your child. They freely share information among themselves – if you make a particular statement to one, you’ve made it to the other. Fort Collins Police will refer all of their child abuse cases to DHS, and the Department of Human Services will do the same for the police. Never voluntarily give police or DHS access to your kids. Never volunteer permission. Require these agencies to get a court order if necessary. You have no other way to protect your child from these two groups who get paid to prosecute as many as they can. They like to intrude into your life and take control of your family. We regularly hear of threats DHS makes to parents that if they don’t allow the kids to be interviewed, they’ll file a D&N case and take the children away from the parents for failing to protect them. Social Services is out of control with nearly no oversight. Unfortunately, our legislature bows to the wishes of child advocacy groups and is fearful of any criticism. They don’t care about your children or the law. Only their careers matter.
What if the Fort Collins Police or Larimer County DHS Interviews Your Child Without Your Permission?
Unfortunately, there is very little that can be done if Fort Collins Police or the Larimer County Department of Human Services break the law and interview your child without you agreeing to it. The best recourse is that statements your child makes is not admissible against them in a criminal prosecution. Once these agencies get information from your child, they will use that information to find other sources to use in prosecuting them. Your child’s statements are powerfully used to harm them in court. Police and government workers are often the biggest violators of the law. The problem is, prosecutors rarely want to oppose other government workers, since they feed each other information. They try hard to play nice with each other for future benefit.