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Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last thirty years leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods.
Rather than helping families, government agents have used unconstitutional laws in Juvenile Court to rip children away from their loving parents, break asunder God-given, natural, parent-child bonds, and adopt the children of the grieving out to others who profit financially with large monthly adoption subsidy payments.
Child Protective Services must be stopped! The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed. We must work tirelessly to inform the public of this very dangerous travesty of justice. We must keep faith knowing that if there is a God, there is an answer and a way to end this heartache.
Child Protective Services Agents - please come to your senses! Family destruction on false or trivial grounds is wrong, reprehensible, and inhumane.
Fosterers - be aware that for the money you get you are holding much-loved children away from their grieving families while the parents are forced to perform a service plan that is anything but a service to them. I call this hostage holding for the government. This is not kindness - to help misguided government agents destroy family relationships and break loving bonds.
CPS workers and fosterers - I ask that you now let the children of the innocent return to their homes where they are truly valued, adored, and loved by the parents God gave them.
Family rights are God-given rights. And they should not be ignored or postponed. Every moment these loving parents and children spend separated from one another is a torment beyond what anyone should ever have to bear.
It is unworthy of human dignity to allow this terrorism and torture of families to go on without saying something, speaking out, and trying to make a change.
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August 13, 2007
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This is an important message from Charlie Wittman of Advocates For Children and Families:
All:
I am talking to an attorney who may be interested in filing a class action suit re: pre-jurisdictional psychological evaluations and cps ordered psychological evaluations. In CA it is illegal to do a psy eval before the court obtains jurisdiction and the psy evals are to be used only to determine services for the family.
In most all cases in which i have talked to parents in CA and nationwide, the psy evals have been used as a evil tool to say that parents are incapable of parenting due to a mental disorder and then they lose their children. In most cases, the psychologists are from a court appointed pool of psychologists who are totally influenced by social services and are by no means impartial or scientific. Even when the “psychologists???” do their evaluations after jurisdiction, their reports are rarely true as they are filled with lies from social workers.
I am looking for persons who have had pre-jurisdictional psy evals, psy evals and psy evals which have been used to take your children. I need your name, address, email and a very very brief description of what happened in your case. I will keep these confidential and when and if the class action moves forward, I will contact you. We are going to start in CA and then move nationwide in a federal court action.
Send to theacf - at - hotmail.com and make sure in the title you put “My Psy Eval Problem”. Thanks much and I hope this stops this illegal activity and saves our children.
Charlie Wittman, Director, Advocates for Children and Families, TheACF, on
BOD of AFRA, CCHR Board of Advisors, theacf - at - hotmail.com ,
PO Box 10, Los Gatos, CA 95031, 408 395 6999 ACF Hotline
Main ACF WWW site: http://www.theacf.org
CRIN: http://www.crin.org/organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=1774
AFRA: http://familyrightsassociation.com/
CCHR: www.cchr.org
(Posted with permission from Mr. Wittman.)
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Comment by Susan — August 14, 2007 @ 7:26 am
Last dec my grandaughter was taken to the hospital and per my request I asked the baby be drug tested because I was concerned that my daughters friends may have used drugs arround the baby. Baby Rian tested neg - daughter Cyndee tested positive. Over the last few months my daughter has taken parenting classes. Completed CRC and all of the hoops.
Still no over night visits.
The problem seems to be me… when CPS visited my home the case worker Joy Swing was yelling and it was making the baby cry and I asked her to use her inside not outside voice — her responce I would know when she was using her outside voice.
Based on this she stated that I concern her and the next day Rian was taken and put in fostercare. All most a year later case plan complete she has not been returned - she has a family that only gets a few hours a week with her. She has great grandparents.
Joy reqsted I have an evaluation - I went and so did Cyndee both of our reports are incorrect has us living in wrong states even has me with an extra marriage.
I in the past had been seeing someone for counciling and he sent a letter with dates showing I was in therapy coping with a teen ager and a new baby and being unemployed.
Now they are saying Im unfit … its crazy and pulls on the heart strings this is my daughter and grand daughter.
I have never been arrested, done anything wrong I always try my best to be a good person. I even got help when I was overwhelmed by situations and now this is being held against me and keeping my 17 almost 18 year old duaghter from enjoying and being a Mom. I feel this has devistate my family nothing like this has ever happened to us. I just don’t know what to do in FEAR of what CPS will do to us. Please HELP
Lorrie Gorman
513 248 0197
logowins@yahoo.com
Comment by Lorrie Gorman — August 15, 2007 @ 9:18 am
Lorrie, I am very sorry for what you and your family are going through.
Comment by K. — August 15, 2007 @ 7:41 pm
I pain in unbearable. My 3 grandchildren were taken by Yolo County CPS. I live in the Bay Area, 90 miles from Yolo County, where the children are in foster care. My son’s girlfriend tested positive when she gave birth to the youngest child. Thank God he’s ok…
She completed all the prograns that were inposed on her. Then later my son and his girlfriend ’s parental rights were terminated. From the very begining, I had asked for custody. I was denied. I was told I live too far!
90 miles , same state. 2 hour drive. T
I kept asking, and asking. Calling and calling, leaving numerous messages to the Social Worker, of course my many calls were unanswered. I wanted to make it clear, of my interest in the welfare of my grandchildren. Then the foster parents got a wild idea and wanted to adopt the children. That’s when our worst nighmare began. I was denied again. Apparently I was discriminated for not having money. So I grandchildren were sold to the highest bidder.
The Social Worker never presented the court of my involvement and interest in the children. Our last court date it’s as if I had never existed. She delibertly left me out. Now I know why, MONEY!!!! That’s why they didn’t want to place the kids in a different county. I was ignorant in believing in a corupt system. Now the children are paying the alterment price. Not returning to the family who loves, cares, and have been involved in their upbringing. Rayna is 11yrs now, Athena 9 yrs 7mos. and the baby is 2yrs 2 mos. now. The torment is more than any can bear. It only gets worse each day. My family was ripped apart, I want my famlly. Let us all unite together. Keep fighting…I want my family, I want to feel their warmth when I hug them. God help us all!!
Teresa
Comment by teresa shaw — August 15, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
When we started on attacking CPS we started by slamming them with their own rules and regulations..
http://ag.ca.gov/consumers/pdf/disabled.pdf
CHAPTER 6
PARENTAL RIGHTS
I. PARENTAL FITNESS
Persons with disabilities have the same right as anyone else to bear and raise children. A parent’s or child’s disability does not by itself indicate a need for intervention by child protective services. A parent’s physical disability cannot be used as a basis to deny him or her child custody, unless the disability prevents the parent from exercising care and control. (Welf. & Inst. Code, ” 300, subd. (b) and 16509.2.)
For example, one California appellate court has held that termination of the parental rights of an individual with a developmental disability required a showing by clear and convincing evidence that services designed especially for her needs had been tried without success, and that despite such services it could be shown that the child’s best interests required that she be declared free for adoption. (In re Victoria
M. (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 1317.)
II. CHILD CUSTODY
In California, child custody decisions are made according to the best interests of the child. A person cannot be denied custody solely because he or she has a physical disability. A parent’s health or physical condition may be considered in the custody decision, but cannot be presumed to affect the child negatively or to make the parent unfit to have custody. The special contributions a parent with a disability may give to the child’s development must be considered. A court may deny custody to a parent with a disability only if the parent’s condition will have a substantial and lasting negative effect on the child. (In re Marriage of Carney (1979) 24 Cal.3d 725.) A parent with a mental disability may be denied child custody only if suffering from a mental incapacity or disorder which renders him or her unable to care for and control the child adequately. (Fam. Code, ‘ 7827.)
III. ADOPTION
Persons with disabilities can adopt children. All adoptions are based on the best interests of the child. Although the health of a prospective parent is one of many factors in an adoption decision, a parent’s disability cannot be the sole reason for denial. (Adoption of Richardson (1967) 251 Cal.App.2d 222; Fam. Code, ‘ 8612.)
The Adoption Assistance Program provides assistance and financial aid to prospective adoptive parents of “hard-to-place” children. A hard-to-place child includes a child with physical, mental, emotional, or medical disabilities. (Welf. & Inst. Code, ‘ 16120; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, ‘ 35325 et seq.) An adopted child with a disability who requires medical treatment may be eligible for care at no cost through the California Children’s Services Program, regardless of the income of the adoptive family. (Health & Saf. Code, ‘ 123965.) Expenses related to the adoption of a child with special needs may also be tax-deductible.
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Comment by PJ — August 17, 2007 @ 1:09 am
My two grandchildren were taken away from my son and his wife almost 1 1/2yr. ago. They are facing felony charges: PC273 (A)(A) & PC 273 (D)(A). CPS has blown this way out of porportion. There parental rights have been ripped from them and they have not been convicted. There are too many lies and accusations that the Riverside Co. CPS are saying about my son & daughter in law. We need someone who will help us fight Riverside Co. CPS. In Dec. 2007 my grandchildren will be adoptable. We need to stop this. Please, I am begging for help! I dont know where else to turn.
Lisa Wallace
Comment by Lisa Wallace — August 17, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
what law is that.is that just for california or is that for everywhere. if anyone knows please let me know i am from nj.
Comment by kwanie — August 26, 2007 @ 9:00 am
Is this only for California?
Comment by Sabena — September 1, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
As I understand it, they plan to start in California, but they want to do it in every state after that.
Comment by Linda — September 1, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
i need lots of help with my cps office in washington state. we have gotten the run around by them. my case worker is not returning our calls, and the office manager has told my husband that he needs to leave their building before they call the police and all we were trying to get was bus tickets so we can do what we need to do and they refused to give us any. i really need to get some help with the office that i go though. PLEASE!!!!!!
Comment by Andrea Young — September 5, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
Andrea you must be in the same county as me or they must just give the run around in all of Washington. I need some advice as to what to do when cps wants to trerminate the rights of one child out of three. email christycur at hotmail.com
Comment by Christy — September 5, 2007 @ 4:36 pm
am fighting like hell for my daugther back cps took my child with lies am not giving up contact the news radio news paper in your state fight like hell iam a mom who loves her child we have to stand together……..
Comment by takisha — March 4, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
MY HUSBAND HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT AND SO WE HAVE BEEN TAKING IT OUT ON EACH OTHER. WE ARGUED AND I THREW A FORK AT HIM. IT STUCK TO HIS FOOT (I REGRET IT AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, I HONESTLY DID NOT MEAN TO HARM HIM) SO THE POLICE WAS CALLED. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE CPS TOOK MY 3 CHILDREN AWAY. I KNOW WE’RE WRONG FOR FIGHTING BUT THEY WERE UPSTAIRS AND WE WOULD NEVER EVER HARM THEM IN ANY WAY. I’M A STAY HOME MOM BECAUSE WE BOTH FELT THAT WE CAN’T TRUST ANYONE WITH BABYSITTING THEM. I NEED HELP AND INFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW ANY ANSWERS AND I’VE BEEN CALLING THE CPS SINCE 6AM AND FINALLY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT HER; ONLY THING SHE SAID WAS SHE HAD NO ANSWERS AT THIS TIME. SO I HAVE CONTACTED HER SUPERVISOR BUT NO CALL BACK FROM THEM. I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHICH MY CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO RESIDE WHILE THE COURT MAKES THEIR DECISIONS. BUT NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT THAT UNTIL I KEPT CALLING MAKING SURE THEY ARE DOING BACK GROUND CHECK ON THEM. PLEASE I NEED SOME DIRECTIONS ON WHAT TO DO. I LIVE IN SAN DIEGO CA. I’VE BEEN ONLINE TRYING TO GET INFO BUT I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. ANY ADVICE PLEASE CONTACT ME AT IRIZARRY2004 YAHOO…
ALSO I’VE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES LAST YEAR, THEY SAID I MAY DIE IF I DIDN’T GET THE TREATMENTS; EVERYTHING SEEMS FIND W/MY HEART NOW. I THOUGHT HEARING DEATH AND MY CHILDREN LIVING WITHOUT A MOM WAS BAD. BUT BEING ALIVE AND BEING AWAY FROM MY CHILDREN IS WORST FEELING BY FAR. GOD BLESSED ME WITH THEM; I HOPE HE ANSWERS MY PRAYERS THIS TIME AGAIN.
Comment by MINERVA — April 30, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
my children’s father is a medical marijuana patient and he also has been providing it for seriously ill patients in my town .the city i live in distributes cards through there health department..it has been legal since 1995 but federally it is still a crime.but in march my house was raided by saber unit .my 16 year old was in the home my 13 year old was in the rest room .i had left to go out of town on an emergency .i received a call from one of the officers at my house telling me to pick up my children or send some one to pick up them up .i sent my sister who was there in 2 min from phone call .officers were mad because they know they just blew it but raiding .they took my children any way to pc .and tested them for marijuana all were neg.when i came back to town there excuse was they didn’t know where i was .lie.then it said he was smoking in the same room .but in disclosure the girls were in bathroom and the kitchen as they stated .as they came in my house .with guns out they were singing mary janne the song .it has been 4 months .and i have complied with every test they ask of me i don’t do any drugs at all but im having to do a drug class also an alcoholics class.a waist of money i will have to pay back
Comment by darla — June 12, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
It has been since April of 2002 Since My Grandchildren were taken from their Mother & their father is and abusive person
who has nothing better to with his time than to make peoples lives miserable.
He has made sveral attems at getting the for him & his girl friend to raise ; So one day when she & her children were visiting her Premiee at Loma Linda he moved himself into her home … cps showed up and took her Children stating that it was obivious she wanted him more than she wanted them… even tho the worker told me & My Sister that it was That My Daughter was terrified of him…. now over the past 6 yrs she has taken and completed their classes more than once They have had Her psyic evaluted more than once Reunified the Children with their abusive father more than once they never gave them Back to Mom even tho her back ground checks come back clean & her drug tests come back clean well duh since she never has used drugs & the Children spacifilly said they wanted mama not daddy they still never gave them back ..
now her Oldest is in a group home and her 3rd child is God Knows where & she hasn’t seen them in a good little while We Are Still Fighting…
Comment by Cindy Downing — June 15, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
I am a mother of 4 and my children were taken away because of lies and here say, I lots my yougest daughter when she was only 4 months old and still breastfeeding. I have had 3 positive psychiatric evaluations and one negative (place refered by children services). I told the lady we already had all the required classes done and she didnt listen. I was labled “bipolar” without a diagnosis. My family is being dragged through hell because of this. Kaiser has given me 2 positive letters and I have forwarded them to CPS and they said they are NOT good enough. We have do anger management, individual therapy (for a mental disorder I dont have), couples therapy, drug and alcohol counseling, parenting and many others, Now they are saying we have to do it all over again! I need advice please help us.
Comment by Keionia — June 21, 2008 @ 2:21 am
the lady at thwe shield assessment didnt lable me bipolar. She said I had NO signs of it. But my husbands family who took them from us labled me bipolar. I have been evaluated 3 times and have shown NO signs of any mental disorder.
Comment by Keionia — June 21, 2008 @ 2:23 am
my cell nimber is 562-899-8391 you can call me at anytime. And any day during the week. They are talking about taking my son away based on my assessment results. he is only 3 months old. I couldnt take another baby taken from me because of things im not doing. Please call me ASAP.
Comment by Keionia — June 21, 2008 @ 3:40 am