In certain cases that become very serious, Greenwich Connecticut DCF may file a Neglect Petition in Superior Court in Stamford, Connecticut. Those are very serious and if a DCF mentions filing a neglect petition, an individual should immediately contact a DCF lawyer. A Neglect Petition asks a judge to intervene into an individual’s family and can order the children be taken out of that person’s home and placed into foster care, or into the custody of third parties. If a Neglect Petition is filed against a person in Greenwich, Connecticut, that individual needs to call a lawyer immediately.