Case: DCS indicated father for physical abuse after protecting his wife from an abusive foster child, who had already broken the leg of his wife in an earlier encounter.
Result: Indication reversed
Details: Due to Melanie’s vast experience with the Department of Children’s Service, and her successful history in fighting them, an attorney from East Tennessee asked for her help in appealing a case to chancery court and negotiating a reversal of the indication with the State Attorney General’s office.