This was another case where the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) took children away from their parents. We represented a parent. Pursuant to Oregon law, when the agency takes children from a home, there must be a court hearing to review that action. This hearing is called a "Shelter Care Hearing." This was another case involving the Refugee Child Welfare Act. Unfortunately, DHS does not always follow their own published policies on how to follow this Act. At the hearing, Ms. Lamont submitted seven exhibits - one of which was the published policy by DHS on how a caseworker should work a case involving the Refugee Child Welfare Act. Of course, the point of offering these exhibits was to use them as a basis for cross examination of the caseworker to point out where DHS had failed to follow their own policies. The result: the court ordered an immediate family decision meeting (FDM) so that the children could be promptly returned home.