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Police surched my home after my wife reported a fire.
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Police surched my home after my wife reported a fire. Garbage pail fire, out at time of call. 16 police officers responded (911 call they claim gave them right to enter home) They claim drugs were found in plain sight. Issue in NJ court   now. DYFUS found me guilty of neglect and child Endangerment because I am a nurse. Not because of children in house. Son 17 not removed from house. I was not removed from house.Job lost because of this. Can they do That?

 

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Dealing with police already . Issue is with Child protection charges. found me guilty no hearing nor rep. Lost job for this reason.
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Ok. Thank you for that additional information. Once you are cleared in court of any criminal wrongdoing then you will need to appeal the CPS decision because that is based on the pending charges. I know one should be innocent until proven guilty, but when dealing with children these agencies can legally act based on a preponderance of the evidence and do not need beyond a reasonable doubt as in a criminal proceeding.

In other words, if there is a suspicion of neglect or a potential of a harmful environment they can remove the children.

As to you employment, it works the same way, according to policy. Some employers have it written in the handbook just what will be tolerated - will it be termination at conviction or termination at arrest.

 

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