Child Welfare

Attorney Curran is passionate about protecting the rights of parents and children to remain together whenever possible and their right to be reunited quickly when children are removed from their homes by the Department of Children and Families (DCF).  She works to ensure that DCF and other agencies provide parent and child clients the support and services they need and to which they are entitled under the law.

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Care & Protection Parent (C&P)

Attorney Curran represents parents in cases in which the Department of Children and Families (DCF) removes children from their homes because of alleged claims of neglect or abuse. These cases are called care and protection (C&P) cases or termination of parental rights cases.

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Child Requiring Assistance (β€œCRA”)

Attorney Curran also represents parents and children in child requiring assistance (CRA) cases.  Some CRA cases involve parents asking the Juvenile Court for help with challenges at home; others involve children who are truant from school or who run away from home.

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Care & Protection Child (C&P)

Attorney Curran represents children in cases in which the Department of Children and Families (DCF) removes them from their homes because of allegations of neglect or abuse.