Committee for Public Counsel Services

Lawyers in CPCS’s Children and Family Law Division (CAFL) represent children and parents in cases in which the Department of Children and Families (DCF) removes children from their homes because of claims of neglect or abuse.  These cases are called care and protection (C&P) cases or termination of parental rights cases.  CAFL also provides lawyers to children and parents in child requiring assistance (CRA) cases.  Some CRA cases involve parents asking the Juvenile Court for help with challenges at home; others involve children who are truant from school or who run away from home.  We also represent children and parents in contested guardianship cases.

Resource Documents

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Contact Information

Nancy Baratta

Child Welfare Attorney

nancyjean4743@comcast.net

publiccounsel.net/cafl