You need to know that a CPS report will be forwarded to
the police or to the Harris County District Attorney's Office, therefore
you have to consider the possible consequences once you learn that a
CPS investigation has been started. You or a family member could be
arrested. During the early stages of the investigation, do not be
misled. A CPS investigator may ask you some serious questions which
could implicate you or a family member in a criminal or juvenile
offense. An investigator may assure you that if you help explain some
troubling issues that it may clear you or a family member of suspicion. The investigator may even ask you to undergo a polygraph examination.
If you have been contacted by CPS for an interview and or to take a polygraph, call a Houston criminal lawyer Jim Sullivan
for CPS Investigations immediately. Both the interview and the
polygraph examination should be stopped by your attorney so that he can
first assess the situation and the reason for the investigation. You
should put your attorney between the CPS investigator and you. You have
the absolute right to remain silent. Do not give up that right. Polygraph examinations are not reliable and the results cannot be used
in court, however what you tell the polygrapher may be used against
you. The State uses interviews and polygraph examinations to strengthen
their case against you.
Talk to a Houston lawyer before you talk to CPS. Call Attorney James Sullivan at 281-546-6428.
