The caseworkers almost always go to court working against you. At court the judge can and often does rule in favor of the families and against the social meddlers.
Be dignified around caseworkers - do not lose your temper. Do not let them see you in fear. Do not bother trying to kiss up to the caseworker. Do not try to give them more evidence of how good you are. Your evidence is to be shared with your lawyer and presented in court to the judge or juvenile court referee. If you give evidence to a caseworker you'll find out everything you say can be twisted and used against you. This is a LEGAL case. Caseworkers are not nice friendly do-gooders trying to help you.
Caseworkers are your adversaries, though they are very deceptive and pretend to be your friend so they can get more evidence against you. What they do is practice sick deception for family destruction. They spend their days preparing a case against YOU.
To win in juvenile court and get a judge to rule in your favor, you must be able to present "a preponderance of the evidence". That's the standard of proof needed in juvenile court. To come up with a preponderance of the evidence, you must give the court more documentation & evidence than the other side.
Listen, very few of us are ever gifted with a good lawyer. We won (those of us who did) through our own hard work. We gathered the evidence. We documented things in writing and on tape. We typed up our own legal documents. We learned how to do it because we had to, for the wellbeing of our children trapped in the inhumane child "welfare" system.
If you feel you can't type your own legal documents, then find a typist or paralegal to do it for you at a lot less than an attorney charges.
You can give your compiled legal documents and evidence to your attorney for review. Be sure to do it a few weeks before court so there's time for the attorney to look it over and file it at the county clerk's office for you. If the attorney won't talk to you send the documents via certified mail along with a letter demanding his time and response on the documents so you'll be prepared for court. You deserve fair representation - be sure your attorney knows you're aware of the law.
If it's too late for that - prepare legal documents anyway. The judge may accept them in court. Be sure you have plenty of copies for the judge, your attorney, the child's attorney and the CPS attorney. You may have to ask for a continuance while your attorney deals with your compiled legal documents and evidence.
Use online resources, and help from friends, but mainly - it's up to YOU.
PREPARE for court.
