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Unfortunately, some children have a more difficult time
making their way through childhood than others. Parents
may find that it has become difficult, if not impossible
to exert any influence or control over their child’s
behavior. The parents may feel that without some sort
of outside help, their child’s behavior may result
in permanent damage to the child’s future or possibly
that the child may be endangering him or herself, or
others. In these types of circumstances, parents may
turn to the Court system for aid through use of a C.H.I.N.S.
Petition or other Massachusetts child custody action.
Do you need legal assistance regarding C.H.I.N.S.
or Massachusetts Child Custody? The lawyers
at KCL can help. Contact
us today!
The C.H.I.N.S. petition may be brought by the child’s
parents or guardian, a police officer or supervisor of
school attendance under four possible grounds:
- Runaway – child under age of 17 who persistently
runs away from the home of his/her parent or guardian;
- Stubborn child – child under the age of 17
who refuses to obey his parent’s or guardian’s
reasonable and legal rules to the point where the parents
are unable to provide care or protection for the child;
- Truancy – child under the age of 17 who fails
to attend school; and
- Persistent School Offender – child under the
age of 16 who persistently breaks the school’s
legal and reasonable regulations.
C.H.I.N.S. evaluates a child’s particular issues
to determine necessary services including medical, psychiatric
or drug counseling to help the child through a difficult
time. The court may also find that it is in the child’s
best interest that she/he remain in the parental home,
be placed with another family member or adult or be placed
under the care of the Department of Social Services.
KCL attorneys are well equipped to represent either
the parent or child throughout the C.H.I.N.S Petition
proceedings, to best access available services for the
child and to protect the individual rights of either
the child or parent(s). If a Massachusetts child custody
dilemma has made things difficult for a child, it may
be necessary to proceed with a C.H.I.N.S. Petition.
Do you need legal assistance regarding C.H.I.N.S.
or Massachusetts Child Custody? The lawyers
at KCL can help. Contact
us today!
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