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What is Child Protective Services and How Can It Affect my Case? – Men’s Divorce Podcast

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About This Episode

Cordell & Cordell Executive/Managing Partner, CEO Scott Trout and a Cordell &  Cordell divorce attorney discuss Child Protective Services and the role it can play in your family law case.

They explain what CPS is, why the department tends to be overstaffed and underworked, how you should deal with CPS when it gets involved in your case, the circumstances when you should call CPS and why you should hesitate before getting them involved, the definition of child abuse and child neglect, and more.

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Joseph E. Cordell, founder of Cordell & Cordell family law offices
About The Host
Joseph E. Cordell
Joseph E. Cordell, founder of Cordell & Cordell family law offices
Co-Founder, Principal Partner

Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal Partner at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Over the past 25 years, the firm has grown to include more than 100 offices in 30 states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri and received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph E. Cordell was named one of the Top 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Missouri.

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