Thanks for the reply and the information.

While CPSW doesn't decide if I will be charged or not (I pray to God that I am not) they do decide if my children will be removed from my home or if I will have to leave the home pending the results of their investigation.

As a little background...I was initially contacted by a CAC investigator over a month ago and asked to come in for questioning which I did willingly.  The shocking and devastating news that I had been accused of something so heinous has left me emotionally and financially drained, marked as a pariah in my neighborhood and unable to focus on my work.

Of course DCFS made the requisite visit to my home that same day a month ago, at which time it was suggested that I have no unsupervised contact with my children.  Hearing this was the most devastatingly painful experience of my life.  I immediately broke down and began sobbing...something I have never done in my life.  I think I may have caught the DCFS worker somewhat offguard.

A month later they finally called my kids in for an interview at the CAC.  The investigators commented to my wife afterward that my children are happy and well-adjusted and are absolutely fine.  The senior investigator went so far as to label my 4 year old daughter a "spitfire", which I took to mean that he saw her as the rest of the world sees her...precocious and outgoing and confident.  Only later did I learn that this could work AGAINST me.

So now I wait...waiting to see if DCFS is going to completely destroy my family life...waiting to see if I will be charged with a crime....they have served a warrant at my home and confiscated all of my computer equipment, leaving me unable to work...and I have no recourse.