Abuse Cases Attorney in Torrance, California
Why is it so important to hire a law firm that focuses on dependency abuse cases?
Why is it so important to hire a law firm that focuses on dependency abuse cases?
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i can’t emphasize enough how important
it is to hire an attorney that has a
subject matter expertise
in this area of law in dependency abuse
cases and that’s really for two reasons
first
it’s an incredibly technical area of law
you can’t just bring a lawsuit
willy-nilly against the government and
you can’t just bring a lawsuit
willy-nilly against child protective
services there are strict rules you have
to follow there is a timeline you have
to follow you have to meet particular
requirements or you might be foreclosed
from bringing this type of lawsuit
and even during the lawsuit the stuff
that you’re looking for that you have to
prove
is not it’s a needle in a haystack so
you run the risk if you just dabble in
this area of really
hurting your client number one and two
of being unable to prove to a court
um
that your case is viable and ultimately
either
losing getting defensed or having your
verdict overturned by the appellate
court um and really
not just
negatively impacting one individual but
ruining the whole system of how these
cases are brought so booth law really
has a deep and wide understanding of how
these cases need to be brought both from
a technical legal perspective and also
practically how do you get this case
from point a to point b in a successful
way that leverages your client’s story
and that um gleans every piece of
evidence you can from the files that you
have to go through in order to bring
this type of case the second reason
is that these this type of case law is
relatively unknown even to the people
who are supposed to be identifying the
civil torts on behalf of these kids
each child who ends up in the dependency
system is appointed a dependency
attorney and these attorneys actually
have a statutory duty not just to
represent their child in juvenile court
but also to hire outside attorneys or
petition the court to get outside
attorneys appointed to represent those
child’s interests in civil court in
immigration court in family court
whatever court that child needs to be in
so the dependency attorneys who are
responsible for hiring or petitioning
for
firms like booth law to be appointed
often don’t even know
that a civil case might exist and that
their job is to go seek out attorneys
like carly or myself or roger booth
because of that we
often struggle to get the word out to
attorneys who have the opportunity to
bring their child’s case to us
so that we can represent them in civil
court
Los Angeles, CA personal injury lawyer Hannah Nachef explains why it’s so important to hire a law firm that focuses on dependency abuse cases. She emphasizes the critical importance of hiring an attorney with subject matter expertise in dependency and abuse cases, citing two key reasons. First, this is an incredibly technical area of law. One cannot file a lawsuit against the government or child protective services haphazardly. Strict rules and timelines must be followed, and specific requirements must be met, or the lawsuit may be barred entirely. Even once a case is underway, the evidence needed is often a “needle in a haystack.” Attorneys who lack experience risk harming their clients, failing to prove the case, or having a verdict overturned on appeal, potentially undermining the broader system for handling such cases. Booth Law, she explains, has a deep and comprehensive understanding of both the legal technicalities and the practical strategies necessary to guide a case successfully, leveraging the client’s story and meticulously gathering all relevant evidence.
The second reason is that this area of law is relatively unknown, even to those tasked with identifying civil torts for these children. Every child in the dependency system is assigned a dependency attorney, who has a statutory duty not only to represent the child in juvenile court but also to petition for outside attorneys to represent the child in civil, immigration, or family court as needed. Many dependency attorneys are unaware that a civil case may exist or that their role includes seeking out specialized attorneys like Carly, herself, or Roger Booth. Because of this lack of awareness, Booth Law often works to educate other attorneys and ensure children’s cases are properly represented in civil court.
