Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has asked a Dallas County court to appoint a third party to take over ...

Scattered clothes, alcoholic beverage containers, drug paraphernalia and children’s toys covered the floor and furniture in the darkened living room as child protective services workers walked inside.

A new statewide resource aims to help Texas parents navigate investigations by Texas Department of Family and Protective ...

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AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time ever, the State of Texas will have an advisory committee overseeing Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations and training thanks to a new state law that passed ...

A Houston-area father’s extensive criminal history is grounds to terminate his parental rights even though he didn’t directly harm the child, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. The ruling likely ...

The Network routes callers to child-welfare attorneys through the Texas Legal Services Center’s Family Helpline. According to ...

Early one morning in March 2023, Temecia Jackson gave birth to a healthy baby girl at her Texas home, her husband and midwife by her side. Seven days later, state investigators took the baby from her.

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For far too long, Child Protective Services has languished as a fetid morass, often endangering our most vulnerable kids. Readers know the stories. Hundreds of kids sleeping in CPS offices. Botched ...