Arkansas DHS is a joke.

[Anonymous 6]

Remove the child or not, they do not have to call the family and have a phone interview before they do anything else.

You think you know everything Lena, lol
They do have to speak to and interview the parents, they also have to have a court order to remove the child.

They cannot come in your home without a court order unless they witness an emergency taking place. They cannot take your children away without a court order except in exigent circumstances. ... However, CPS cannot take custody of the child from the police until the court order is complete.

None of what you just said has anything to do with what I said...

Then stop talking out of your ass, like you are so smart and intelligent.

[ReadingRainbow]

No, they don't have to. My mom works for CPS. Yes, they do have an interview with the parent at some point, but it is not standard to call the parents and ask about allegations over the phone. They do a home visit first and go from there.

They do have to. My husband is Arkansas DHS. They can detain a child, but not remove the child from custody. And since Arkansas has been under federal observation for being the quickest to remove children , and having an extremely high removal percentage- FINS cases are removed only in the most drastic of cases.

Remove the child or not, they do not have to call the family and have a phone interview before they do anything else.

Ok? My initial reply was “ to remove a child”.

[agander2017]

If you live in a different state, how do you know what the condition of the house is? Have you seen it for yourself, or are you hearing it from someone else? If you told them you heard it from someone else, and didn't see it with your own eyes, that's probably why it wasn't taken seriously.

[Anonymous 1]

If you live in a different state, how do you know what the condition of the house is? Have you seen it for yourself, or are you hearing it from someone else? If you told them you heard it from someone else, and didn't see it with your own eyes, that's probably why it wasn't taken seriously.

I had just visited.

[agander2017]

If you live in a different state, how do you know what the condition of the house is? Have you seen it for yourself, or are you hearing it from someone else? If you told them you heard it from someone else, and didn't see it with your own eyes, that's probably why it wasn't taken seriously.

I had just visited.

Sadly, you maybe should have taken pictures of the nightmare, and submitted them with the case.