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Both DCS and the Police have Questions for your Client—What Now?

Woodnick Law - Gilbert, Arizona family law attorney

Your client calls you saying the police and the Department of Child Safety (DCS) are at their door. You know your client is in the middle of a toxic divorce and brace for what is about to come next. “They say I touched Emma,” he says, referencing his four-year-old daughter. Of course, you tell your […]

When straddle injuries are confused with child abuse

Woodnick Law legal services - serving Peoria, Arizona

By: Gregg R. Woodnick and Isabel Ranney Injuries with these symptoms are called straddle injuries. Straddle injuries occur when a female hits her vulva or perineum (external female genitalia) on an object, and the force of her weight on the object causes injury [1]. Signs of a straddle injury include tears in the vaginal area, […]

Arizona DCS 101

Arizona DCS defense and family law attorney - serving Mesa

n n n By: Gregg R. Woodnick n n n n n n n n I will do my best to capture that answer in the few paragraphs below. This is far from a comprehensive answer to the question, but after I explained it in the interview, I realized I need to write it out.  Having represented parties in […]