Christine Zielinski is an excited young lawyer that gave us the view from the other side of the field. She represents the parents that the allegations are brought against. It is important to realize that sometimes with the great desire to protect children; the advocates may get things wrong. It is at this point that these lawyers must seek to protect the rights of the parents and prove that the guardian/ parent did not in any way abuse the child/ children in question.
Although these errors are not the norm, accidents do happen. The more usual role for the members of Child Parental Representation is to help parents as they go through whatever process is necessary to regain control of their lives and re-establish a safe home for the children.
The majority of the cases are drug-related or complaints of physical abuse. We also discussed how in a city of so many varied cultures, the difficulties encountered when discipline in one culture is not allowed according to the laws of this culture and directly violates the laws governing NYC.
Ms Zielinski believes that different people have different issues in their lives that cause them to act in various ways. She does not believe that her clients are truly terrible people; which is the stigma attached after an allegation of child abuse, but instead people that can be helped so that they see that their behaviour impacts their children and to that end decidedly work on changing.
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