If your house gets raided,nothing found, can your chirldren be taken. They say they purchased drugs from my house,not me. what can happen.
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If your house gets raided,nothing found, can your chirldren be taken. They say they purchased drugs from my house,not me. what can happen.
My house was raided, they found no drugs, no paraphanalia either.They let us go. They stated that they purchased drugs from my house.He didn’t say me.Can they take your chirldren? What are my rights?
Asked on April 27, 2009 under Criminal Law, New York
Answers:
N. K., Member, Iowa and Illinois Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
If social services feels that you are putting your children at risk for harm, in this case by allowing drugs to be purchased from your house, then they could take away your children. Even if you didn't sell drugs, someone living in your house did. However, there needs to be a finding of child abuse or neglect.
Here is the webiste for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/prevention/critical.asp.
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