By TERRI LANGFORD
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
March 27, 2011, 9:09AM
Rushed casework by Texas Child Protective Services resulted in a rare if not unprecedented legal sanction against the agency Friday for trying to take premature infant twins from their parents without proving it was justified.
Not only did state District Judge Michael Schneider rule against CPS for what he termed a "groundless cause of action," he ordered that $32,000 of the Spring family's attorney fees be paid by the agency.
And as if to drive his point home, he ordered the caseworker and her supervisor to write the court a report proving they understand the state's child removal statutes within 30 days.
"The offensive conduct by (CPS) has significantly interfered with the legitimate exercise of the traditional core functions of this court," Schneider wrote in a 13-page order filed on Friday.
The twins were returned to their parents earlier this month on the judge's order. FULL STORY
Of course we KNOW these activities by ignorant and malfeasant CPS agents is their standard Mode of Operation, and it has been for 35 years. The Big News here, is that a Judge has finally had a total can-full of it. We hope this is the beginning of a LANDSLIDE from other Judges against CPS across the nation.
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