When the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (MA DCF) makes sexual abuse allegations against you, it’s important to know your rights. Unfortunately, many parents have no idea what their rights are. That paves the way for DCF to overstep and violate parents’ rights during the investigation without parents even realizing it. Knowing what your [...]
What is a 51B Investigation? DCF calls their investigations a 51B investigation. And they call the person doing the investigation, a DCF 51B investigator or response worker. DCF looks upon the case under the statute, which is Mass general laws chapter 119 section 51B hence the name of the investigation. That’s what the rules and [...]