Comments on: Possible Class Actions Regarding Psychological Evaluations

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:26:19 +0000

ME! ME! ME! I’m gonna email them! Thank you!

By: Lorrie Gorman

Lorrie Gorman — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:18:00 +0000

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

By: K.

K. — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:41:54 +0000

Lorrie, I am very sorry for what you and your family are going through.

By: teresa shaw

teresa shaw — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:15:46 +0000

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

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:09:47 +0000

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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By: Lisa Wallace

Lisa Wallace — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:34:41 +0000

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

By: kwanie

kwanie — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:00:21 +0000

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.

By: Sabena

Sabena — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:00:33 +0000

Is this only for California?

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:23:53 +0000

As I understand it, they plan to start in California, but they want to do it in every state after that.

By: Andrea Young

Andrea Young — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:19:20 +0000

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!!!!!!

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:36:52 +0000

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

By: takisha

takisha — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:08:12 +0000

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……..

By: MINERVA

MINERVA — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:25:22 +0000

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.

By: darla

darla — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:24:05 +0000

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

By: Cindy Downing

Cindy Downing — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:55:14 +0000

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…

By: Keionia

Keionia — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:21:57 +0000

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.

By: Keionia

Keionia — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:23:59 +0000

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.

By: Keionia

Keionia — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:40:14 +0000

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.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:09:39 +0000

I have an assessment on Monday (psych) What if I don’t go?

By: Louisa

Louisa — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:10:16 +0000

PS I live in the state of CA, Alameda County by the bay area

By: AaronShinabery

AaronShinabery — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:03:59 +0000

Dont trust any one at the redwood city or the East palo Alto california CPS expressly
1. Nancy Morssion (F.C.S)
2. Beverly Johnson (C.P.S)
3. Renee Smiley (C.P.S)
4. Gray Beasley (C.P.S)
5. Eugene Ketchen (C.P.S)
6. Debbie Crandall (C.P.S)
7. Nicole Hayes (C.P.S)
8. Edith Rodriguez(C.P.S)
9. Dorothy Torres(C.P.S)
10. John Martin (counselor)
12 Martin Cortez (C.P.S)
They will stab you in your back, and smile at you while they twist the blade make you fell that was the right thing to do.Then they will try to tell you it was your falt

By: Daryllynne Pipher

Daryllynne Pipher — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:40:34 +0000

I am a Maternal Grandmother who had cared for my only Granddaughter for two an half years when she went to stay as she always did every other week at her Paternal Grandmother and they kept her from coming home. I have been fighting for four years in pro per and accused of every false allegation you could think although unfounded
The court continues to not recognize that is a severe PAS there are so many Reasons that make this allegation clear. The Grandmother at the age of seven still has Hannah Marie sleeping with her, the estrangement of all my Family members their is so much more to tell books worth. I need to find a lawyer or my daughter needs one but neither of our families could afford to hire one. Is not there someone we could turn to for help in this matter? Please let me know if you need more information my # 951-454-0777 my home email is pipherjohn316@cs.com

By: MICHELLE

MICHELLE — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:12:34 +0000

I AM INVITING EVERYONE TO ADD ME AS A FRIEND ON THEIR MYSPACE PAGE! JUST LET ME KNOW YOU SAW THE POST ON THIS SITE! I AM A VICTIM OF CPS AND I AM JOINING TOGETHER WITH OTHER VICTIMS AND A LAWYER TO WRITE A PROPOSAL TO REFORM THE SYSTEM! ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT UP2MISCHEIF@YAHOO.COM! UNITED TOGETHER ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!

By: Jenifer Saroian

Jenifer Saroian — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:23:56 +0000

Please see my articles published by The Salem-News.com.
I am the founder of the IHNCC. We are “the revenge section” in this war.
Jenny

By: Tim Taylor

Tim Taylor — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:56:06 +0000

Do yourself a favor. Go to the AFRA’s legal pages, sift through them all and find the applicable laws that apply to your case. It will take time, but you have to do this yourself. No one else will care, not a high priced attorney, nor low level paralegal will caren nearly as much as you do. Have your rights been violated? You bet they they have. You have to see it through though. Do not stand for it. Some of the best family case law has been established by those who had to go “pro se” and handle their own cases for whatever reason. Here is what I do know. If you can get all the case law to prove your side with better supported legal arguments than theirs, you will usually win or have grounds for appeal.

This however is not a battle, it is a war, metaphorically speaking, and the family is at stake, so you have to be able to weather the long term nature of it. It is not for the faint of heart as you may lose everything, but I ask, what good is to gain the world and lose yourself in the bargain?

If you are serious, and want to fight back, and be your own best advisor…Contact me at hotfastguitar@yahoo.com. I am the California Chapter President of the IHNCC, a private organization of individuals championing human constitutional rights nationwide. I am not a lawyer, and cannot give legal advice, but I can show you where to look, and what to do, and after you have had a chance to prepare yourself you can scan and send your documents to Jenifer , who will help you in all the preparation you need to mount a campaign. We are here to help. We have had it. We are fighting back with their own rules. The constitutional protections being violated each day warrant an injunction putting a dead halt to this sham, but class action style pressure needs to be mounted. A rules template has been provided already by AFRA, and you should go there first, and pore over each library, here at fightcps.com, as well as AFRA’s VAST library. It is where I got the majority of my info as well as inspiration. Jenifer and Leonard make the difference.