ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING, CHILD ENDANGERMENT, ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN, CRUELTY TO CHILDREN, SEXUAL MOLESTATION OF CHILDREN, CRIMINAL CHARGES, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) LAW FIRM, METRO EAST LAWYER HANDLING DCFS ISSUES, INVESTIGATIONS, HEARINGS AND APPEALS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PAXTON, FORD COUNTY, CHAMPAIGN, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AND DANVILLE, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS. IF YOU ARE INDICATED, DCFS WILL KEEP YOUR NAME IN A DATABASE CALLED THE STATE CENTRAL REGISTER, OR “SCR”. YOUR NAME CAN STAY IN THIS DATABASE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 50 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. THE SCR CAN’T BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, IF YOU APPLY FOR A JOB WORKING WITH CHILDREN OR WORKING WITH ADULTS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES, AN EMPLOYER CAN SEE ANY INFORMATION FROM THE SCR THAT RELATES TO YOU. IF YOU ARE IN THE SCR, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET A JOB IN THESE FIELDS. YOU ONLY HAVE 60 DAYS FROM THE DATE ON THE LETTER OF INDICATION FROM SPRINGFIELD TO APPEAL. STEPS ON HOW TO APPEAL WILL BE IN THE LETTER, BUT YOU SHOULD TAKE TO A LAWYER RIGHT AWAY. BLAKE BEHME LAW GROUP, P.C. CAN REPRESENT YOU AS A PARENT, RELATIVE OR OTHER IN REGARD TO ISSUES INVOLVING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS). THE DCFS CAN BE CONCERNED WITH ISSUES INVOLVING ABUSE OR NEGLECT, ISSUES INVOLVING STEP-PARENTS, MARRIAGE INVOLVING FOSTER CARE, NOT TO MENTION CIVIL PROCEEDINGS, DIVORCE COURT AND OTHER MATTERS. A DCFS REPORT CAN EVOLVE INTO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THERE MAY EVEN BE CRIMINAL CHARGES BROUGHT. DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE RESULTS OF A DCFS INVESTIGATION CAN STOP YOU FROM FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN KEEPING THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER.

WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO THE HANDLING OF PRE-DCFS, DCFS AND POST-DCFS MATTERS.

Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.