can cps take my kid away for having fleas?

[averagejoe7604]

fortunate and unfortunate news:

fortunate - they aren't gonna take your kids away for positively having fleas. people get problems like this all the time. lice? stuff like that. if they check on you and see that you've been attempting to get rid of the problem, that's all they're looking for.

unfortunate - if someone does refer you to CPS, they must do a welfare check. that means an inspection of your home that you must comply with. if there's some condition in your home OTHER than fleas, such as no running water, trash build up, no food in the house, etc. etc., they warn you to fix the problem or else run the risk of losing your kids. Unless it's something so egregious that they would take your kids right there (visible human waste, dead animals, etc.). But in that case, I think I would have little sympathy for you.

Bottom line? If you run a relatively clean ship, you shouldn't have anything to worry about a call from CPS. Rather, more likely, you could have a problem from some vindictive relative, frenemy, or ex-.