Comments on: Oklahoma: DHS Director Investigated For Child Neglect

By: Tracie

Tracie — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:01:39 +0000

I heard about this a while back but didn’t realize the investigation was because his sun was burned. This just goes to show how messed up the system is. My children were removed from home over 5 years ago because my youngest son at the time burned his hand. Unlike the director I did get medical attention right away however they removed my children for failure to recive medical attention. How does that work you ask. Well I wish I had the answere for that but I don’t. Since then it has been an up and down battle with Dhs. My children have been placed back in the home several times only to removed 2 to 3 months later. Why? I don’t know all i do know is that DHS keeps coming up with whatever excuse they can think of and when we prove it to be not true they come up with something else. It is never ending. It has been 2years this go round since I have seen or spoke to my children. They live with my mom and she has gaurdianship of them, however, I can’t speak to her eather. DHS will not inform me or my husband of any court dates and the last court date that we went to , which was over a year ago, my dad told me when it was, not DHS. Me and my husband went to the court hearing only to be told we needed to leave. So why didn’t the director of DHS get his child removed and placed in custody. The same thing happend to both of us and I guess if you want to be untouchable from DHS you need to become the Director of DHS right? So why don’t I have my children back? That is what I want to know.

By: Linda Morphew

Linda Morphew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:19:19 +0000

My children were taken from my home at first because they said my home was dirty. I did not fight this and told them I would fix it. Now they say that we beat them with all kinds of objects and shoot them with bb guns. They postponed our initial court date so that the DA could “get more paper work” yet people like this just get a slap on the wrist and told don’t do it again. I have had a long battle with dhs on and off through my kids lives because we are poor. All of this started with my daughter breaking her nose and the adults not knowing exactly what happened. when she went to school she was fine by the end of the day her nose was broken and the police were at my home. How do they get by with saying I’m guilty before I even go to court but this person was innocent.

By: Danielle Anderson

Danielle Anderson — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:58:06 +0000

My children were taken from me and my husband on december 3rd By DHS, My oldest son is 5 1/2yrs He Jumped over my younger son age 2yrs by accident when he fell on him, He seemed fine to us at the time,two days later He was rushed into the ER at childrens hospital after turning purple unexpectly, It was found that he had been injured and needed emergency sergery it was found that he had had a Gastrointestinal Perforation Our Children were taken from our home at 4am in the morning we were held in oklahoma police custody for over 3 hours being investigated both me and my husband are in college earning degrees my husband is a certifyed emt going to college for his paramedic degree, We are doing everything in our power to regain custody of our children DHS belives that there is no way that a 5 year old could have caused this to my youngest son They belive that My husband has abused Them, He is an emt someone trained to help humans not harm them we are at wits end, DHS is being investigated by so many people and law firms, if anyone has any advice please email me at emt22babygurl@aol.com we are trying everything we can to get our children home.. this christmas will be very sad without our babies at home to see the smiles on their faces when they wake up christmas morning.. to all dealing with DHS god bless and I hope that some light finds you and is able to help you bring your children Home, Happy Holidays
God Bless

Rogers Family-

By: Justice4KelseyBrigg

Justice4KelseyBrigg — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:49:21 +0000

Gayla Smith, as it turns out the calls to DHS on Kelsey being abused were not false, now were they? DHS confirmed abuse on Kelsey with the perpetrator of that abuse being your daughter, Raye Dawn, not once but twice. After over 9 months of documented abuse, little Kelsey was beaten to death after being returned to the abusive home of her mother, Raye Dawn Smith, less than 4 mo. before she was murdered. Raye Dawn is now a convicted felon, in Mabel Bassett prison serving a 27 yr sentence for enabling child abuse. She deserved life. For the truth about the Kelsey Briggs case, visit http://www.kelseyspurpose.org
by the way what does “heart wrinching” mean?

By: Ms. Foster Mom

Ms. Foster Mom — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:54:27 +0000

I have been a foster parent for several years. I just went through an investigation and still do not have foster children back in my home. Due to a “cluttered” home. I wish the investigators that decide to make these decisions about our lives would live a day in our lives. I have only heard good things about Mr. Hendricks but, he is just a man. He can make mistakes and probably wishes now he would have taken his son to the hospital. A lot of the times we are judged by the perception of one person the investigator. It is all in the way you percieve things sometimes. I wonder if his stomach churned, or he had several sleepless nights wondering if someone was coming to get his kid’s? Will he get that findings letter? I hope it is not as nerve racking for him as it is the rest of us little people.

By: 3tearsforyou

3tearsforyou — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:58:35 +0000

See what money can buy you, your children. This is no better than buying babies at black market.

By: 3tearsforyou

3tearsforyou — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:56:13 +0000

Mr. Hendricks, how does it feelto be on the poor side of D.H.S. Why don’t you call your office and complain. After al, these are people you authorized to solve prblems that are your responsability and what our tax dollars are wasred on paying you for. I doubt you would have to wait 1 & a half year and still get no response. I would say welcome to our side of the world.However, I do not for seeyou going thru what our families, children and grandchildren have. See what money can buy you, children. It’s no better than buying babies from black market.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:21:59 +0000

I first would like to know if the child was placed in protective custody? Thats what we see as normal in this type of case. However, I think as a dad he should have driven 45 miles, and gotten his son the medical treatment he needed. And in my opinion this is neglect!

By: bill

bill — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:36:48 +0000

I would also like to add that I know several people who say Howard is a good gut but, that is as close to a presidential pardon as you get, His child wan not taken away and nither was he made to take time out of his schedule to complete counciling. He should have hade to have this matter taken up in a different venue i.e.another state or federal court for him to be accused buy his peirs

By: bill

bill — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:30:32 +0000

only 4 commonts…you need to repost thos please