Rushed casework by Texas Child Protective Services
resulted in a rare if not unprecedented legal sanction against the
agency Friday for trying to take premature infant twins from their
parents without proving it was justified.
Not
only did state District Judge Michael Schneider rule against CPS for
what he termed a "groundless cause of action," he ordered that $32,000
of the Spring family's attorney fees be paid by the agency.
And
as if to drive his point home, he ordered the caseworker and her
supervisor to write the court a report proving they understand the
state's child removal statutes within 30 days.
"The
offensive conduct by (CPS) has significantly interfered with the
legitimate exercise of the traditional core functions of this court,"
Schneider wrote in a 13-page order filed on Friday.
The twins were returned to their parents earlier this month on the judge's order.
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