Know your rights before you talk to anyone from CPS/DCF or let them in your house, they won’t tell you your rights.  CPS/DCF can’t do anything without your consent, demand a warrant, and speak with an attorney first before speaking with anyone from CPS/DCF, it could cost you your children.”
 
“Permanent termination of parental rights has been described as the family law equivalent of the death penalty in a criminal case.”  Therefore, parents “must be afforded every procedural and substantive protection the law allows.” Smith (1991), 77 Ohio App.3d 1, 16, 601 N.E.2d 45, 54.