CPS had good cause to remove children from their parents' homes in every case she's seen, Franzmeier says. But she doesn't believe CPS has done as good a job checking out all the options, namely relatives, when it comes to placing a child. Vicki Camlin voices this more strongly. She doesn't believe CPS, as an institution and especially among its youngest caseworkers, is open at all to returning children to their families after parental rights have been terminated. Once your rights have been terminated, it's over.
People just assume the worst.
She points to Gonzales's experience as a case in point. There were no reports on her ever before. Her husband got off scot-free. Why he wasn't called to bear some responsibility for this, I don't understand. She says that in the year she argued on Gonzales's behalf with CPS, there were several times when she didn't think they were going to be successful.