I want to sue d.c.f. and polk county for not allowing me my rights and costing me my kids for 10 months in foster care.I was not given a hearing or even allowed to go to court to defend myself ,the courts acted summarily. during that time thier grandfather and great grandfather both passed away and they were not even allowed to attend the funerals.To top it off, because of my kids being in foster care I lost my entire tax check (approx. $3000) for the year of 2006. I have been told by my lawyer for the d.c.f. case that once it was over to go after the system because I got screwed, but I'm finding it immpossible to get an attorney that either has the time or the balls to take on the system,......
2007-12-12 05:04:21 · 1 answers · asked by iam1darksoul 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
In the real world "Alan Shore" would have lost every single one of the cases on Boston Legal, *and* would have lost his bar card a long time ago.
There's a LOT of money to made by suing government agencies - the government has very deep pockets. If no lawyer will take your case, that's the best possible evidence that you have no case, sorry.
DCF enjoys what's called "sovereign immunity", which is the legal concept that you can't sue the government for doing it's job, even if it does it badly.
To successfully sue a government agency, you need to be able to prove not that they were mistaken, or even incompetent, but that they acted as they did out of actual malice.
Since *most* government screw-ups are caused by laziness or incompetence by civil servants, not by malice, these cases are rarely won.
Richard
2007-12-12 05:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋