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Child Protective Services laws and agencies are abusive to families and children. This site provides support and information to parents falsely accused of child abuse by Child Protective Services.
FightCPS does not advocate or condone violence or illiegal activities of any kind.
FightCPS is intended to help people learn enough about the law to be able to successfully defend themselves and their families against false accusations using legal documents and strategies that put parents in a stronger position when they go back to court.
For more information, see the FAQ.
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 The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed.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.
Site mission: To provide information and support for families attacked by Child Protective Services and child welfare agents, especially those families facing false or trivial accusations of child abuse or neglect; and for researchers working to protect natural family rights.
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Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations
September 4, 2007
The following article was written by a dear friend of mine in 1995. She told me then I could circulate this, but asked that I don’t use her name. I know the file is online elsewhere with her name, but I’ll exclude it because she asked me not to use it, at the time. I met her when she started using computer bulletin board systems to get information helpful to her CPS case. I owned a computer bulletin board system (using FidoNet) at the time. She lived only a few miles from me and we got together and became friends before I left the Bay Area. She worked mainly with VOCAL and some attorneys to get her step-child home from foster care, so you’ll see references to NASVO and VOCAL in the following article. I don’t know if the NASVO contact phone number is still useful as this is now a twelve year old article! However it contains some good information, and I’d like to know what you think of the suggestions she gives. – LJM
Don’ts and Dos when Falsely Accused of Child Abuse or Neglect
Don’t Invite Law Enforcement or Social Services Into Your Home Without a Warrant
This action waives your right under illegal search and seizure under the Constitution. This will allow them to come into your home at ANY TIME and search and seize your children or belongings.
Don’t Speak To Anyone About Your Case Without First Consulting A Lawyer. Everything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You
If you cannot afford a lawyer one will be appointed to you if you are arrested. No attorney will be appointed to you if this is a civil case (family law). In some states, attorneys are appointed to parents in juvenile dependency court. You should call the local Bar Association or legal information service nearest you for this information.
Don’t Contact the Alleged Victim, Their Family, or Prosecution Witnesses
Any and all such contact will be construed as an attempt to bribe or threaten the alleged victim into silence or recantation. Such contact must be done through a PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR who will work through or with your attorney.
Don’t Turn To Drugs or Alcohol
Such substances are habit forming and are depressants. They can cause you to jeopardize your case.
Do Go Attorney Shopping
Seek out an attorney who is EXPERIENCED IN CHILD ABUSE CASES (specifically false cases). For assistance, contact your local VOCAL or call NASVO at (916) 863-7470. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you in criminal court. If you are in civil court (family), you must pay for your own attorney. Depending on the state, you may or may not be appointed an attorney in juvenile dependency court.
Do Hire A Private Investigator
Some attorneys have their own in house investigators. Some do not, and IT IS CRUCIAL THAT AN INVESTIGATOR BE IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNED TO YOUR CASE. If your attorney does not provide one, call NASVO for references.
Do Keep A Daily Journal
Such a journal should document everything you do or where you go and people who see you or are with you. Keep receipts of purchases to keep evidence of activities. Back date a journal by going through canceled checks, photos, letters and holiday experiences. Try to remember and reconstruct everything you did and where you were at the time of the allegation. Give this information to your investigator (and attorney). This can provide evidence.
Do Strip Search the Child’s Room, if the Accusing Child Lived in Your Home
This can provide proof as to your child’s activities and sexual and social habits. Look for notes, letters, diaries, photos, telephone numbers, drug or sexual paraphernalia. Provide findings to your investigator (and your attorney).
Do Keep Active
Physical and social activity are healthy and will assist in keeping depression at bay.
Do Pay Your Attorney or Investigator
The people you hire for your defense are professionals and will work toward finding a solid defense. It is advisable to ALWAYS ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR FEES. This sets the boundaries of your agreement and protects both you and your defense professional from failure. If you have problems about your proposed contract, call NASVO.
Filed under: CPS — Linda Martin @ 7:13 am
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Poor people can’t afford private lawyers and private investigators. This is unfortunate.
Yes, don’t talk to people unnecessarily.
CPS committed perjury on a petition in family court one month, and the next month those falsified records were used against someone else in Circuit Court in another locality the following month. The subject of those false allegations was not even there to defend herself, and neither was her lawyer.
This shows how false information can be used against people, even if they are not aware of it.
Comment by Janet — September 4, 2007 @ 11:26 am
DO HAVE A VIDIO CAMERA READY, THE MINUTE YOU LEARNED THAT YOU ARE BEING INVESTIGATED,AND DO USE IT, BUT LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE USING THE CAMERA, MAKE SURE IT HAS BLANK TAPE , I BEEN THERE AND IDID VIDIO TAPE CPS AND THE POLICE, CASE DID GOT DISMISSED, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.
Comment by Sam — September 4, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
CPS is a total Fraud! Their pattern and practice is similar in just about all frivolous cases. They of course LIE steal your children and defraud the federal government by mortgaging your children out to the abusive foster industry not to mention all the BS reports they fabricate to discredit you in that phony court\bank their financial tribunal agenda they have oh! Let’s not forget the Nazi like crap they do by screwing with your visits and braking their own WIC codes and policies they have no checks and ballances so who are you going to tell? They even have law enforcment serve them as personal body guards these evil people who try to disenfranchise mothers from children should be drug out in the street and shot or beaten STAND UP PEOPLE! Let’s take our kids back and our laws and our country quit letting Terrorists like
CPS make big money off the backs of our children! Don’t stand for this anymore! That’s why they do it is because we let them! And we find them with our tax dollars too!
Comment by julie — September 4, 2007 @ 4:19 pm
I totally agree with all your comments! Julie, it’s gonna take something very drastic like a caseworker or a corrupt judge (or GAL, their whores of the court too) to get SHOT. Maybe then the rest of the world would notice what an evil corrupt child for profit system this is! I was also told to audiotape them if you don’t have a camcorder – mine doens’t work. I wish I was smart and had known to take these steps when the childless evil intake worker bitch, Carrie Porter, weaseled her way into my home and ruined my family! My attorney, whom we are paying for, is a douchebag whore of the court as well. I should have gotten one from out of this backwards homo loving hellhole of a town. I am so sick of this INJUSTICE. Canon City Colorado is the 4th Reich. DHS/CPS has their paws on everything here, and the stupid newspaper only prints GOOD things about them. This is sickening!
Comment by Susan — September 5, 2007 @ 6:30 am
When the woman who wrote this article had a CPS case open, she went several times to the County Board of Supervisors meetings to report on what was going on. This is especially effective if you have a lot of families willing to do it at the same time. Everyone got about three minutes to speak… but it was televised throughout our county. I’ve found a lot of help from the supervisor for my part of the county. Get that person on your side and you have a powerful ally with some say over what happens in a county agency like CPS.
Another good ally to make is your state legislator. That person may not be able to change CPS laws (those are federal in origin) but s/he will be able to put pressure from the top on how the laws are implemented in your case. If you have specific complaints about a caseworker, the state legislator would be the person to tell. When I took that route, my state legislator went straight to the head of social services for our state. That office put pressure on our local office, and I was no longer harassed.
Comment by Linda — September 5, 2007 @ 7:53 am
Julie, I appreciate the words you use for a description of CPS.
Aptly chosen.
Mortgaging, *frivolous cases* etc.
The middle class is imperiled now even more by CPS- since folks are beginning to understand the REACH OF CPS * interventions*
And Linda, you are the best in my book…….Thanks again for your advocacy on behalf of families.
Comment by Fern — September 6, 2007 @ 5:17 am
I HAVE BEEN IN THE WRATH OF CPS. MY CHILDREN WERE TAKEN FROM ME AND ARE WITH MY PARENTS DUE TO I WAS IN A BAD MARRIAGE BUT WAS NOT A BAD MOTHER NOW DIVORCED I AM IN A HEATED BATTLE WITH CPS TO OBTAIN CUSTODY BACK. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO GET HELP. I HAVE SPENT HOURS ON THE INTERNET LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE. I AM NOT ABLE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY. WHERE DO WE GO FOR HELP. CPS HAS NEARLY BROKEN ME DOWN. THEY ARE QUICK TO REMOVE CHILDREN REALLY WITHOUT ANY INVESTIGATION.
LOST IN LOUISVILLE, KY.
Comment by GWEN — September 6, 2007 @ 10:13 am
Please support my petition against CPS.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/658401450
Comment by D. John — September 7, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Can someone please help me understand how CPS (Alabama) can remove a 12 year old from the home based on a called in report of neglect without any investigation? The false report was called in by an estranged family member who also happens to be a felon and is currently on probation. Although the allegations in the report were proved in a court of law to be untrue, at the time they were made, CPS called the mother of the child and requested for her to submit to a drug screen. No investigation was done and nobody from CPS ever visited the home. The mother passed the urine screen but failed the hair sample which goes back several months and proves she did have drugs in her system at some point several months prior. It did not prove she had neglected her child at all. How can this agency require us to submit urine and hair samples to decide if we have neglected our children if we have never been convicted or even arrested for breaking a law? Can anyone tell me how a child can be taken away from a mother who does not have a criminal past nor any problems with drug abuse in her past and it all be based on the word of a convicted felon? I can understand an investigation being conducted and an inspection of the home but this was not done. Having to submit to testing that goes back over the last several months was the first thing done. They use the results as their proof that you neglected your child when all it really reveals is what we did or did not do. Is it proof that the child was in our care at the time and was being neglected when it doesnt give you a specific time and date when the drugs entered the body. Something is not right about the results of the testing determining whether you have neglected your child and the very next day CPS being able to show up with law enforcement and take your child away from you WITHOUT a judges court order. How did CPS get this much power? It is real close to being just like illegal search and seizure with no probable cause! The law says this cannot be done! But it is…….
Comment by Jill — September 7, 2007 @ 8:56 pm
Jill, CPS workers such as the ones you describe assume they have more power than they really do, by law. But because they assume it and because most young parents are clueless about what the Constitution and other laws state, they think they must do what these child welfare agents tell them to do. They think they will be okay because they’re innocent, but they get dragged into the system and taken advantage of. That’s why this website is here – to try to balance the scales of justice just a bit and give young parents a few bits of legal information that might save their families. You can talk more about your situation with the people on the message board here. You’re on the right track, viewing this as illegal search and seizure, a violation of the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution. Many people have successfully sued social service agents and agencies in federal courts, on the basis of Constitutional violations.
Comment by Linda — September 8, 2007 @ 1:29 am
I live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where almost a month ago CPS took my son from his daycare for bruising that he DID NOT have when I got him dressed that morning. They asked m no questions and I was not allowed to examine these markings they said I left on my son. He is four and has already lost his father earlier this year to suicide. Now he is still in some foster home and I have not seen him since that day the C”Protective”S took him. They have ruind my live and took the only thing I have to live for and for what? I am now on antidepressants and have probably lost my job that I have had for almost three years. They are filing no charges against me but I still have not gotten him back. What am I suppose to do? Hope that they wake up feeling generous one day and give him back? During the investigation, which is now over, they didn’t even speak to my room mate about any of this and she lives with me!!! Can anyone help me? I’m lost!
Comment by Anya — September 11, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
CPS is asking me to submit to a hair follicle test. I am getting conflicting advise. I do not feel I have anything to worry about, but have heard the test is not always correctly done. Should I even submit to this invasion of privacy. I have no record of any drug/alcohol use and feel sure an angry family member made the false report. klwain2@yahoo.com
Comment by Luci — October 3, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
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Comment by Bleu — October 13, 2007 @ 11:04 am
HELP! My best friends who are great parents have been dealing with a difficult 12 year who has ADHD. She told the school that she was terrified of going home and they took both her and the youngest who is only 18 months old away this weekend. I would have never thought this possible. What do they do?
Comment by Elizabeth Hull — November 3, 2007 @ 8:24 pm
A good friend of mine is having a hard time with CPS. She have two girls one is 2 and the other one is 5.
Back in April, her boyfriend (at that time) was keeping the kids while she was at work. We all grew up together and we both know for a fact he would not do anything to harm those girls.
Well, the 2 year old was washing her hands, and the water was hot. You know kids that age doesnt automatically pull their hands out of the water when its or turning hot, which caused 3rd degree burns. They took her to the hospital and my friend momma called DHR and they immediately took them out of her custody, and gave tme to her momma. They did not do a background check, cause if they did, they would find that my friend mother is a 3 time felony and she dont even have custody of her own kids which is 11 and 16. Nor did they do a home visit. Last week, the 2 year old burned herself on a electric heater and the burn starts from the wrist and goes up her arm. They did not contact the mother nor did they let her see her child. When she called CPS they said that it is not as bad as she thinks. She is having a hard time finding a attorney to work deal with her case. They either do not work those type of cases or they charge too much.
Comment by Terri Walker — November 5, 2007 @ 9:07 am
We were contacted by CPS in our state in July. A “friend” called CPS because I was depressed, my teen agers were “raising” my babies and that my older toddler was emaciated like an Ethiopian Child. A woman contacted me at my door at 6pm that evening. I did not let her in my house. She told me the basic charges as stated above. She was condescending to me. Because my dh is in the military she was no longer assigned to my case. It was reassigned to a man who only dealt with families of the military. He visited us the next evening after my dh called him on the phone. When he walked into my home, he brought a sense of peace. He looked at my older toddler and realized immediately that these charges were false. He talked to us for hours. He talked to our teens and briefly to my older toddler. He left that evening asking only one thing of me. He wanted to make sure that I had a phyiscal. He was such a gentleman in every way. He called me a month later to assure me that the case was wrapping up and that he required no more of me. We are still waiting for the final word as in a letter saying the case is being dismissed. It is now 4 months. Is this normal? I have to say, for what was my worst nightmare, things went ok. It could have been so much worse. God was looking out for me. But until I get this paperwork, I still wonder.
I wanted to ask, if a case is considered false and malicious, do we have a right to know our accusor and sue for slander if we chose. We wouldn’t because of our faith and understanding. This person was a fellow member in our church and this should have been dealt “in house” But to me, slander is slander.
Dee Hill
Comment by T. Dee Hill — November 6, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
Dee Hill,
the reports are made to be condifential. CPS cannot release the name of the caller. Just because you may thing you know who it is you cannot prove it in court. People don’t even have to leave a name when making a call nor do they have to give thier real name. States do have the ability to go after callers who are working out of malice however I think I have only read about one case ever where that actually happened. And that had to do with a former employee of a daycare center calling in on a child that wasn’t even at that center or something like that. You really have no legal recorse just consider yourself lucky and make some better friends. This could have turned out much worse and something so dumb as that could have lead to a removal. I’ve heard children being removed for less. Sorry you went through this but live and learn.
Comment by Debbie — November 7, 2007 @ 4:33 am
I need help finding a lawyer or attorney in Texas to fight my CPS case. I want to go for the throat, just as they have done to me.
Comment by Riy — December 28, 2007 @ 7:33 pm
I would like to get assistance for a CPS case in Natchez Ms.
Comment by Jimi Lynn Coleman — December 28, 2007 @ 10:13 pm
one site above ..the other
http://familyrightsassociation.com/info/help/index.html
and of course the one you r on!! much help with all of them..we’re fighting them tooth and nail.
check these 2 websites out also…let your kids read them too….DSS is WICKED and EVIL….need I SAY MORE!!! They fill you with more stories than your local libraries …take the library stories…at least they are not nightmarish reads!!!
Don’t do the services unless u feel your guilty or you feel they will prove you are…your best bet is fight for your own children cause the lawyers and public defenders won’t do a darned thing to hep you…right down to telling you u can have a 1028 hearing…you still have parental rights..they only have custody…not your parental rights….they need authoization to take them to the dr dentist therapist…so fill out and get notarized a parental right form…lawyers will fill out and file ..UIF YOU TELL THEM TOO. YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANT ..THEY WON’T HELP YOU DO ANY OF THIS AS WE HAVE FOUND OUT…THEY R ALL LOOKING TO MAKE MONEY FROM THEIR “PAYERS”…..THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT” ….IT KEEPS THEIR JOBS SECURE.,..and COMING IN!!!!
THIS INCLUDES ALL DSS WORKERS AND THE GUARDIAN AD LITUM TOO….IF YOR LUCKY YOU GET A FAIR JUDGE..JUST REMEBER HE GETS PAID BY THEM ALSO!! WISH ME LUCK AND I WISH ALL YOU PEOPLE LUCK.
IF YOU ARE INNOCENT DON’T BOW DOWN TO DSS…MAKE THEM COURT ORDER EVERYTHING THEY WON’T BE REIMBURSED!!!!!
Comment by marie — January 20, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
WE NEED TO FIGHT THESE DHS WORKERS, I DONOT UNDERSTAND HOW OUR GOVERMENT SEEMS TO COSE THIERS EYES AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING.DHS TELLS US TO KEEP OUR MOUTH SHUT, THATS HOW THAY GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY DO, AS EVERYONE IS AFRAID TO SPEAK UP. CALL YOUR NEWSPAPER, RADIO STSTION, TV STATION, YOUR REPS. IN YOUR TOWN. DONT GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Fran Swann — January 23, 2008 @ 1:26 am
I live in SC.I have four children dss stole my children from me on OCT.10th 2007. The case worker has no evadince and as of yet can not or will not provide tapes of the supposed interviews. I unfortunitly was not spart enough to see what was going on and even willingly alowed them to have thier way. I had nothing to hide and this very nice lady told me she receaved a complaint,that she only wanted to help if we had any problems and that she just wanted to get to the bottom of the claims.If only I knew then what I know now. I am truely very lucky in many ways I have a great atterney. He was the prossacuter for DSS. Until he got sick of DSS playing games and rouning lives. He then decided he was going to stand up for the familys that dss was trying to ruin .I am now facing criminal charges and so is my husband. The most unfortunit thing about this is that I beleave my children have been harmed and I reported this to the police a year ago. Now they will not even investigate who or what has happend they have decided we are guilty. My daughter was six and she was tested by a DR. that works for DSS her tests came back positive for clumidia. My husband and I have both been tested not once but twice all have come back negative. Of course we are still guilty. So we offerd to give medical releases to the prossacuters. They do not want to look. The topper is that my husband was in jail with out bail for three weeks befor we got him out and the day he was released he was tested. How ever as I said DSS still refuses to admit they are wrong. I have seen my children one time in almost four months for one hour. Now they had my visitation suspended because my children are supposibly scared to death of me. Oh please my kids are a lot of things but scared is not one of them. This ofcourse happend after I began refusing to talk to DSS alone, or answer any questions. Now I have a case worker telling me I have to be good and do a treatment plan that includes thearapy, angermanigment classes, and parenting classes. What a joke I guess I talk to loadly to them or maybe I make them stand in the corner the wrong way??????????? Anyway I agree never ever give up. Do not let them know you are up set. Angry or sad. It will not help you, but it will cunfuse the case workers. dress nice even if you are going to check the mail.
Comment by JESS SIMMONDS — January 30, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
In response to Jess Simmonds… First, learn to spell!!! Second, If you didn’t abuse your children, they wouldnt be in foster care. Finally, There is not a doubt in my mind this story was extremely inflated to make you appear to be the victim when in fact it was your child who was victimized.
Comment by K. Smith — January 31, 2008 @ 2:14 am
IN 2006, I RECIEVED MESSAGE TO MEET WITH A CPS WORKER ABOUT MY THEN 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THEY STATED THAT I ABUSED HER THAT DAY. LATER IN 2007, I WAS TOLD THAT MY SON WHO WAS 7 YEARS OLD THAT HE WAS BEING DRUGGED BY ME BECAUSE HE WAS TOO SLEEPY.HAD TO TAKE HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAT COST ME ALMOST SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. IN 1998 I WAS ACCUSED OF ABUSING MY ELDEST.
NONE OF THESE WERE PROPERLY INVESTEGATED TO PROVE MY INNOCENCE. I AM A NURSE WHO WORKS WITH CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH SINCE I BECAME WRONGLY INVOLVED IN THIS SYSTEM. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS SOME SORT OF QUOTA THAT CPS HAS TO MAKE FOR EACH YEAR. EACH COMPLAINT PROBABLY ORIGINATED FROM MY CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS. THIS COMMUMINITY THAT WE LIVE IN ISSMALL, SO ONCE THE LIES STARTED THE LIES NEVER ENDED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD LOSE MY LICENSES OVER THIS. I ALWAYS SAID THAT I NEEDED A LAWYER AND FOR CPS TO MAKE PUBLIC MY INNOCENCE SINCETHAT A GREAT DEAL OF THE PUBLIC HERE IS IN MY FACE ABOUT BEING AN ABUSER. BUT I AM HAVING MONEY TROUBLES.
I WAS MADE TO SIGN SOMETHING ‘REFUSE TO COOPERATE WITH CPS AT FIRST BUT AGREE TO COOPERATE NOW”. ANOTHER LIE THAT IS. I WAS NEVER INCOOPERATIVE AT THE LEAST. I WANTED THEM TO PROVE MY INNOCENCE. AS FAR AS I KNOW AT LEAST ONE CASE IS STILL OPENED AND HAD BEEN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. I STILL HAVE MY CHILDREN BUT I WONDER WHEN THEYGOING TO COME WHEN I DON’T. CPS IS NOT BEING VERY CLEAR ON WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. I HARDLY HEAR FROM THS SOCIAL WORKER. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN I WILL RECIEVE HER BUSINESS CARD OR A LETTER STATING THAT SHE WANTS TO TALK TO ME. WHEN I GO TO HER OFFICE SHE OF COURSE THREATENS TO TAKE MY KIDS EVEN WHEN NEVER PROVED WHETHER OR NOT I AM GUILTY.
Comment by Y JORDAN — January 31, 2008 @ 11:06 am
What can you tell me about CPS Wake County N.C.
Comment by Bill — February 1, 2008 @ 1:43 am
Many years ago, two of my 4 children were taken from me by Seminole County CPS. My daughter (now 23) had been abused by my live in boyfriend. I never denied that I let them into my home when they knocked on the door. I was in shock and I was very young and pregnant with my 2nd child. The CPS (then known as HRS) made up horrible lies about me, said that I said things that I never said. They do this! They then told me my unborn child would not be affected by this, as I had not been convicted of anything. This too was a lie! My son was 9 hours old and the medication had not worn off when they took him from me and proceeded to give him to the mother of the man that hurt my daughter. I was devistated. I was 20 years old. I had an attorney who had been an attorney for about 2 weeks. I was bamboozled into a plea bargin. Then I was purposely not told about a hearing on my son. I lost him because I was not there. To this day, they can not provide a subpeona stating I was told to be there. I have had a rough life because of this. Now, my daughter is going through the same thing. The CPS has stated that my granddaughter had bruises. There is no evidence of this of course. My daughter said to me, “mom, now I believe you that they made stuff up, they are doing it to me.” I do not know what these people’s agenda is or why they do these things. My daughter is devoted to my granddaughter and would never hurt her. It is to me like history repeating itself.
I successfully raised my youngest son, who is almost 17, but was mentally forced to give up his sister who just turned 18. I was railroaded into the adoptions of my older children with the promise I would see them. I have not seen my 21 year old son since he was 3. It is my understanding he has been in and out of jail. Do these people really think they are doing what is best for the children? I don’t think so. I wish I were younger, I would have gotten my law degree to beat these people. It has been my experience that they do more harm than good.
Comment by Tamara Martin — February 1, 2008 @ 10:26 am
HELLO , MY NAME IS ENDEE DILWORTH. I AM 22 YEARS OLD. i HAVE A SON AND A WIFE. nOW MY SON IS TRULY MY SON. I HAVE BEEN WITH HIM SINCE BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN.HIS MOTHER AND I GOTTOGETHER WHEN SHE WAS THREE MTHS PREGNANT AND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVER SINCE. OUR SON WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. WHAT ELSE COULD A MAN WANT THAN A HANDSOME 8MTH NOW 9MTH AS OF YESTERDAY SON AND A BEAUTIFUL , LOVING , AND CARING WIFE.UNTIL WEDSDAY, CPS CAME TO MY HOME WHILE I WAS AT WORK AND TOOK MY SON. BASED ON ACCUSATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY WE BELIEVE HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER. AS A YOUNG MAN THAT WORKS HARD TO CARE FOR HIS FAMILY. i DON’T SEE HOW ITS IN THE CHILDS BEST INTEREST TO TAKE HIM FROM A LOVING ENVIROMENT AND PLACE HIMM IN FOSTER CARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY A TELEPHONE CALL. bUT WHAT i AM SAYING IS THAT i DON’T KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR HELP. COULD SOMEONE HELP. ANYONE I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. ALL I DO IS WONDER WHERE MY SON IS AT AND WHAT HE IS DOING. ITS ONLY BEEN 2DAYS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY WITHOUT MY SON. LIFE JUST DOESN’T SEEM AS BRIGHT . SO IF YOU READ THIS AND THE OTHERS PLEASE HELP. ITS NOT FAIR THE WAY THEY JUST TAKE A MANS CHILDREN FROM HIM AND SEEM TO HAVE NO REMORSE AT ALL. EVEN THOUGH I AM NO HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER WHOM WE BELIEVE WHO CALLED OUT OF SPITE FOR THE HAPPINESS THAT MY FAMILY AND I SHARE. THEY DIDN’T EVEN GIVE ME AN OPTION.THEY JUST TOLD ME i DIDN’T MATTER BECAUSE I WAS NOT THE FATHER. THATS JUST CRUEL WHEN I HAVE RAISED MY SON SINCE HE CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.HOW CAN THEY JUST DESTROY SOMEONES LIFE LIKE THAT WITHOUT ANYONE WATCHING THEM OR SUPERVISING THEY WAY THINGS ARE DONE.
Comment by ENDEE DILWORTH — February 1, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
sign my petition tell ur story pleasehelp i want my daughter back
the petition is called fighting alabama dhr. its a story about kailie, my daughter… please help
Comment by andrea posey — February 20, 2008 @ 8:17 am
im sorry i never put the website name
its under
thepetitionsite.com
or
care2.com
the petition is called….. fighting alabama dhr
Comment by andrea posey — February 20, 2008 @ 8:18 am
I have had 4 Neglect Fraudulent reports filed on me and everytime they have came out to my house they have found nothing and closed the case and all reports are almost word for word the same, this is just down right Harassment .. and I think I know who is calling my crazy Neighbor but but DCF wont tell me and are not seem to be doing anything about it, there has to be something out there to Protect us parents against Fraudulent reports, what can be done?
Comment by Jennifer — March 21, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
MOVE SOME WERE DIFFERENT AND START OVER WITH YOUR KIDS KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR BUSINESS AND NEVER SHOW ANGER AROUND ANY ONE SO THEY DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY NEED MORE LET ME NO……….
Comment by takisha — March 21, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
Preble county ohio……You children’s services workers that took my best friends daughter from a loving home will pay. We all face our maker. Maybe I won’t be there to see it, but I have faith that what goes around comes around….so to all you workers that read this, when something goes wrong in your life you shouldn’t wonder “why me?”, just know it’s because of the wrongs you commit against children and their loving parents….
Not all workers are bad, there’s just not enough good ones…..I was so glad I found this site and could share it with my friend. She needed desperately to know she was not alone. I read a comment from k. smith (Jan. 31 ) on here…..telling J. Simmonds that posted “learn how to spell”….Hey smith, maybe this woman is not as fortunate or as educated as yourself. she is in pain and as mothers going through this kind of hell how dare you make a comment like that. Learn how to be compassionate! It’s hard to see a keyboard if your not a proficient typist through the tears. Not everyone is innocent nor are they all guilty.
Comment by Charity — March 21, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
It all started about 8 months ago I had a step daughter who was mad at me for moving her from her home town to a town several miles away her senior year. she said I ruined her life many times this year and blamed me for her and her boyfriend being broke up and not having a car or money to spend any more due to financial problems that led us here.
I tried to help her as best I could with three other children in the home still I could not afford to give her the life she was used to anymore again because of the financial problems we were having. after she graduated from high school last year she moved out and got a car given to her by her aunt. the car had problems and she had moved away for collage she called me everyday after she moved and told me at first how bad she missed her family. then she started calling and would be upset and say how she doesn’t feel like part of it any more. then she started calling and trying to get me to send her money for many things like to fix her car and I told her I couldn’t and your 18 you need to stand up and get it fixed yourself. it got worse over the next couple of months with the calls trying to get money and it started going to you ruined my senior year you ruined my life for moving me away from my friends to you owe me and I will ruin your life too. A month later she told her boyfriend I raped her twice this year and he of course went to his mother who is a child advocate. she reported it to the police. the stories are so bad that my lawyer could only laugh while reading the discovery many things she said she had for proof and made excuses for them not being there when they searched. they arrested me on july 17 and never investigated anything the police only tried to find things to incriminate me and never checked into her credibility. she was losing there belief so she reported me to cdc too and claimed I had been raping her sister too how has been safety examined and passed, interviewed and passed and has told the cdc and law enforcement many times it was all lies. there mother has told them it is all lies and so have the other family members in the house. I have not been able to go home now for 8 months and they still to this day have nothing as proof just all the lies and no one once asked us if we could prove she is lying. We do have a truck load of proof and we kept our mouths shut like my lawyer told me too. The police have let this girl change her stories 12 times at least now and we have taped the cdc investigator at our house and he admits on tape that he doesn’t believe a word she is saying and he believes us. he explained in detail all the different stories she told and said that is why he and many others don’t believe her anymore and yet im still not home. we have this on tape and when i went to court to see if i could go home he lied in court and said he didn’t feel my other daughter would be safe with me there because of the allegations on me from my oldest daughter. the gal never spent one minute with my younger daughter before and did none of his duties and has been reported to the bar now. we record all conversations including the ones with any law officers and have almost since it started more than one has said they are doubting her still not home. I have taken my proof and all the recordings to the local news station and to a network news station as of this week. they have agreed that they would not run the story until I give them permission. they have enough to expose the cdc the jo the so called victims advocate and many others. and the proof we have is concrete. Why is it we can’t trust our prosecuting attorneys enough to go to them with the proof we have and end this. why is it my lawyer is afraid they would just let her change her story again?
Who can we get real help from?
Go to your news stations and papers and tell them your story. please expose them every time you can until the public can clearly see what they are doing. the jo put a exparte on me on my younger daughter who is 17 and who has told them it was lies and she wants me home against her will they still put a full order of protection on me using there buddy system you have to expose them tape them tape them tape them find out if they are all socially active away from work and find out who all is in there net and again expose them.
Thank you please we must make this stop they are the devils helpers
Comment by sturner — March 21, 2008 @ 11:24 pm
DHR in Alabama needs to be done away with. This is an evil organization that has too much power. By the way, they’ll inform you that the attorney general and the state gives them the power. They answer to no one, not even the children whose lives they destroy with false allegations on innocent parents. We are witnessing this first hand. They are an evil organization. They are only about showing their power and leaving you helpless. They prey on people who they know can’t afford huge legal fees to fight them. Think about this, they are using our tax dollars or in other words, we pay for them to tear our families apart. They don’t have to prove anything, make you go thru drug tests, alcohol assessments, parenting classes, and whatever else they think of. You pass all their tests, attend all their classses, and they keep coming up with reasons that you shouldn’t be allowed to have your children. There has never been any history of child abuse and the children say they were never abused. So what do they do? They place your children in the custody ot your ex husband who is on probation for domestic violence. DHR is child abusers and kidnappers. I have an attorney and I am fighting them. But I am still not guaranteed to win. How do you fight a system that has no one to answer to?
Comment by Mary — April 6, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
Hi, i am a wife and I am a husband we had our two boys abducted from us each before they were one month old and all due to the fact we are poor and have mental retardation well sorta that’s what we are told oh and also my husband (that’s me) is seen as a angry abusive, hey he’s got issues and is a big grouch but his whole time he has spent with his boys was only with the first and that was for less than three days. Now for the wife is being told she is a heroin and methophetomin addict but all her drug tests kept coming up clean. Well hell that’s it from whitetrash amerika peace ya’ll
Comment by mari waters — April 12, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
I had my parental rights terminated in 2007 in L.A. Co. I litigated short of petitioning the CA Supreme Ct. and losing the farm. In 12/07 I solicited support from my Co. Supvr,. Zev Yaroslavsky. I was under the impression his Childrens’ Deputy, Lisa Mandel, was “facilitating” an investigtion within DCFS by forwarding documents of issues I had re my case, specifically, inattention to my allegations surronding the safety of my daughter’s placement, to DCFS and this was confirmed by telephone calls between myself and ARA Gary Kirkland and Adoptions Mngr. Carlos Castillo. Thanks to this website, I attempted to utilize a state open records law letter template to gain access to court records of the case. After a lot of shuffling around and 5 mos after initial contact with Yaroslavsky’s office, I learned that filing a JV-570 (Petition for Disclosure of Juvenile Court Records) is the magic key, however there is certain criteria you must meet in order for a judge to grant your request. I filed to corroborate the investigation, as phone calls with DCFS staff to date led me to believe that it would be perfunctory at best. (They haven’t even contacted my witnesses.) County Counsel and The Children’s Law Center has pounced on my Petition in opposition to it stating that my request does not outweigh my former daughter’s right to privacy and suggest that an investigation does not exist. Ms. Mandel has now attempted to dump me into County Cousel’s court in an apparent attempt to disassociate from me because, after repeated unsuccessful attempts to communicate with her and the desire to authenticate documentation of communication with anyone regarding the investigation, I requested that she communicate with me in writing. I have requested the presiding judge, Michael P. Nash, allow me to submit a letter in rebuttal to County Counsel and The Children’s Law Center, but I haven’t got much time. Part of the reason I am doing this is to be an inspiration to others so that they can exercise certain rights if they are willing to surmount daunting odds. If I can’t succeed at having a JV-570 granted without legal counsel nor the support of my Co Suprvsr if not for the sake of discovery, I’m leery of anyone else being able to unless we publicize results of our interaction with our elected officials and/or organize group gropes at Board mtgs. Anyone in L.A. Co. who wants to organize, give me a holler. I know of a parent support group meeting this Tues. eve. (4/29) in W.L.A. if anyone is interested.
Comment by dee dee — April 25, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
I say we all go after DHR. It’s going to take more than a handful of people to bring them off their power stool. I think we should all band together and take them on. Alabama DHR is very corrupt. They want to sell our kids to foster homes so that they can collect money from the state. They don’t care if you did anything wrong or not, it’s about being an easy target because you don’t have the means to fight back. They know which families they can destroy and which ones to leave alone. They play God and make a crucial family decision in a matter of 5 to 10 minutes based on their OWN PERSONAL opinion. They don’t know anything about our children, but approach it as if they do. They act like psychologists and badger a child until the child is worn out from answering questions to the point where they don’t even know what to say anymore. THAT IS ABUSE!! Taking a child that has never been abused or neglected on their OWN PERSONAL PRESUMPTIONS, that’s where the abuse is!! When they take a happy child and place them in an abusive environment, because it is THEIR OWN PERSONAL BELIEF that the child is better off there, that is ABUSE! Everyone thinks that if DHR is involved in anyone’s life, that person MUST have done something horribly wrong. Well, I thought that at one time, and now am dealing with these sadists myself. I have NEVER abused or neglected my child! She hurt herself at school and then was questioned when the teacher noticed her injuries. The teacher should’ve noticed when the injuries occurred! My daughter was brought before other teachers and classmates and questioned. She didnt know what to do so she told multiple stories. NONE of which implied or accused abuse of any kind from me or anyone else in my family! Corrine Matt, from Shelby County DHR, wrote it on the safety plan, “child gave multiple explanations of injuries.” That was all it took. Corrine Matt, then did nothing but lie continuously about everything. I have never dealt with DHR. My kids are 10 and 6. I guess they are of the opinion that one day out of the blue, I decided to wake up and injure my child. My oldest daughter attended the same school her entire elementary years, with no problems. They both made good grades and were well behaved. All it took was “multiple stories.” My daughter is 6!!! They took her and questioned her, and who knows how long, without my knowledge. They went so far as to tell her that I hurt her. She still never said I did. But she told multiple stories, so I must be guilty in THEIR eyes. I am now attending parenting classes and have aced their drug assessments. That’s another thing, you are basically told that if you want to see your kids even for visits, that you must agree to their terms. Your choice is to not see your kids and disagree with their recommendations, or follow along with their recommendations so you can see your kids. It doesn’t matter that you didn’t do anything in the first place. You are AUTOMATICALLY guilty. The only thing I should have done different, was keep my child home from school that morning. None of this would have happened to her or me. It kind of gives you a completely different outlook on our country, our government, our taxes, our war. What freedom are we fighting for, when an agency like DHR can come and take your rights on false allegations and assumptions????
Comment by Susie — April 30, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
my wife & i was forced to surrender custody of our daughter in a totally corruption, canton,georgia case covered-up by C.J.Gober but judged by a mentally incompetent helper named wallace rogers jr. that can’t hold a job in the system thru out Georgia.Plaintiff a kidnapper of 1981 case, took the child from DFACS ,ran to Florida ,charged for selling drugs ,but never charged for the kidnapping.Good job Canton Georgia,home for the kidnappers,nice cover-up all the way to the governor of georgia sending us a letter.No different then saying go stick it .
Comment by victor — May 1, 2008 @ 4:07 am
a drug dealer kidnapped a girl right out of DFACS canton,georgia.Arrest in florida on illegal drug charges in Georgia,walk free on kidnapping.Same town Canton Georgia 10 years later uses the system to kidnap our daughter.Canton system has kept all this a secret cover-up.This kidnapper has done much more too !News reporters don’t want any part of all this. ;-( years are passing but not forgotten or forgiven for their actions.
Comment by Baker — June 23, 2008 @ 7:47 am
First of all, those out there that think that in ordr for kids to be in foster homes they have to abused think again.I was busting my butt off going to college and taking care of four children. My husband was busy working over time to support all of us in order for me to complete my school with idea that I would make more money with a college degree. My 5 yr old son had ADHD but no it was all our parenting skills. We were the ones wanting him to take unnecessary medication. He was the smart but curious kind. We were not allowed to put double dead bolts on our doors in case of fires (the outside doors only to keep him from sneaking out). A person could open our first floor windows and walk out. He figured how to get to the door alarms. The third time that he figured how to get around the locks and alarms. We kept asking for help. My husband did not have insurance so he had medical but nobody wanted to admit that he had ADHD. It was after he was in foster care for close 2 yrswith his full sister. The older two girls were from my first marriage. Most of the slowness was due to the first caseworker who retired and we only found out by her telling someone else in a store and me overhearing it. Anyways to make point short Social Services worked on the less educated person (my husband) to get him to sign over the youngest two. They knew that I knew that legally we still had a chance. We had completed everything they had asked for and had started overnights. Anyways, I guess they wanted to split up a happy home even more as I do not know if I can ever forgive my husband for going behind my back like he did. Escpeciallywhen I see paerent out there that yell and scream at their kids and I know that I never would have or lay a hand on them.
Comment by R. Robertson — June 27, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
ps My husband didnt even show emotion when our daught who is eight wrote in his Fathers Day card Please Daddy Can I come Home Please PleaseCan I come Home He makes me sick.
Comment by R. Robertson — June 27, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
My daughter and I had a physical altercation. She hit me and I (unfortunately) defended myself in a more “aggressive” way. She reported to the police that I had “tried to snap her neck”. I had her in a “headlock” but she said I was @ her neck. Therefore, because she had a mark on her neck the officer charged me with batter and strangulation which is a class d felony. Mind you prior to my divorce in January, my former husband (a state trooper) and I have many years of domestic violence. It wasn’t until the last 2 years of our marriage I started fighting back. Now this County officer (friends/co-workers) with my former husband has testified that there is a lond “unreported” history of child abuse and domestic violence in my family. YES, I will admit, my former husbad (state trooper) and I did have domestic issues. However, I have NEVER abused any of my children. But now that my daughter has accused me of this, I am be drug through the “system”. She is a 17 (almost 18 in 2 months) yr old who is spoiled. But because of my former relationship with my xhusband, it is now being drug into this case. How do you fight DFC, and the County police department when there is history or a “police brother” never reported. Everyone knows you can’t win against an officer or “band of brothers”.. How do I defend this… and of course, my x hated my children and always said my daughter will “screw me” but with his hatred for me will not back me now..
Comment by Tammi — July 10, 2008 @ 3:00 am
please forgive my incorrect spelling in my post… i am rather distraught at this time and not sure if i should give up or try to fight.. how do you fight a system completely against you from the bottom (my child), the police to the judge..??? and think you will survive??
My daughter and I were very close prior to this altercation… which was about lies I was told and the recent negative change in her attitude when told the emphamis word “no”.
Comment by Tammi — July 10, 2008 @ 3:04 am
I am the mother of three beatiful girls. 13, 12, and 5. My house was unexpectedly raided by the investigations task force (this was not a drug related raide) Unfortunatly during their search of the master bedroom they found a small tin on top of the dresser that contained a baggie, a scale, and a pipe. When asked whos it was I accepted the blame. My fieance is a man whom has held the same job for 30 years. He has lived in the same house for 30 years. He has no criminal record. I figured they would give me a ticket and I would end up with classes. site and release me. Oh ya and of course a fine. They never found anything partaining to the warrant. They never said exactly what they where looking for and being they thought that we were with holding information they called CPS and took my fieance and I to jail. They never filled charges on my fieance but his bail was 36,000 and I got charged with possestion of a controlled substance, and parapanillia. My bail was 10,000.My 13 year old and my 5 year old were both released to their fathers. Leaving my 12 year old in foster care because we have no way of contacting her father. I have recently had a hair folical test done. I seem to be getting the run around about the results. First they said it came back highly polluted. Then it was it was around the cut off levels. what does this mean? I don’t have the money to hire an attorney. I have court appointed attorney whom does nothing. I want my children back. What do you tell your baby girl when she asks mommy, am i going home with you, I don’t have school tommorrow? How do you hold back the tears when you tell her maybe next week, and she bites her bottom lip and her eyes fill up with tears. My kids were not abused, neglected, or mistreated in anyway! It is obvious where my children want to be. Now they are separated. They have no space of their own, and it may take several months to several years before I’m able to get them back in my life. I’m lost in this world of CPS.
Comment by SHYLA — July 17, 2008 @ 9:06 am
My name is Heather O’Brien. My nine- year old daughter, whom has a history of lying and manipulation, accused my husband of physical abuse. We were in the process of getting our child the help she needs. The court has placed a restraning order on my husband. We need a good attorney. We live in Knoxville, Tennessee. Our number is 865-357-1980, 865-323-9236.
Comment by Heather O'Brien — July 17, 2008 @ 10:35 am
I have started a website for those who have been falsely accused. My family has been falsely accused by our cousin for abuse. Please visit our website and leave your testimony. We are trying to encourage and shed a bit of light on those who have been wronged.
http://www.delicatetruths.net
Comment by DelicateTruths — July 30, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
MY FIRST VISIT
I TOOK THEM AND BOUGHT THEM THEIR WINTER CLOTHS, AND HAD AARON HAIR CUT.
I BOUGHT THEM BOTH NEW JACKETS.And two new pairs of shoes SCOTT WILL CONFIRM
THANKS GIVING VISIT
SENT KIDS TO SCHOOL WITH OUT JACKETS
AND THE KID COME IN DIRTY CLOTHES,
TONI WEARING AARON’S CLOTHES
ASKED THEM WENT THEY TOOK A BATH LAST THEY TOLD ME ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
They told me that Cindy an the new couple sleeps in the same bed every night.
We have photos of the kids
MY FIRST VISIT AFTER COURT
THE KIDS TOLD ME THAT CINDY HAS BEEN MAKING THEM CALL HER NEW BOY FRIEND DAD.
THEIR CLOTHES DIRTY AGAIN WITH A NO JACKET AND IT WAS RAINING, Aaron was stabbed in the back with a pencil from little Donnie.
Toni was stabbed in the back of the neck with a fork three time , and then sent to her room for the rest of the night.
by the one of the kids living with them.
they told me that their mother is sleeping with the couple she moved in with them.
and what ever they tell her to do she does.
Little Aaron told me if he didn’t do what big Donnie told him he could just leave, with out him, he and his mother would be on the street.
she didn’t have the kids do their home work over x mas holiday vacation I had to have them catch them up.
my second visit
I had to take Little Aaron for an emgency dent ice to get his tooth fixed ,do to his mother lack of care
He had 11 cavities and almost had to have a root cannel, I asked him when he bushes his teeth he told me he don’t remember,
he thinks the last day I was living with him.
also she sent the kids to school without jackets , and it was the first coldest day of the year.
Toni told me that the little girl ally was beating her up and when she would hit back she would be the only one in trouble.
I told her to protect her self .
she didn’t have them do their home work this again I had to catch them up again
my third visit
Big Donnie sent a message with my son told him to tell me, if I tell my kids to protect themselves again, he would come
over to my home and kick my ass, that night he showed in front of my home.
they sent the kid again to school in dirty clothes, and even after they knew I was taking them to the dent ice
the kids have not been brushing their teeth
also Toni teacher told me that Toni gets out of school at 2:30 and her mother has been making her sit out side till her brother get out of school
for 45 minutes. I told the teacher that I cant talk to Cindy that she would have to call he and tell her that Toni needs to be
picked up at 2:30
she didn’t have them do their home work this again I had to catch them up again
1/24/2008
Toni was sent to school in Little Aaron clothes, and was dirty again
and she had torn shoe’s , even after I bought them new shoe’s not more then three month ago
today the teacher was very upset with me telling me Cindy is still not picking up Toni on time
I told her my hand were tied I only have them two days a week , and they will be picked up on time
on my days and I am sorry for Cindy not picking up Toni on time.
she also made the commit that Cindy might want to wash her clothes sometime.
Aaron has only taken one bath since last week when he was here, this is what he told me
she made him take a bath because he would be with me and she didn’t want to look bad
Toni only took two baths since the last time she was here.Toni said the same thing
She took a bath because she was coming here.
and They have not been making them brush their teeth, three day ago was the last time they said they brushed their teeth.
she didn’t have them do their home work this again I had to catch them up again
I had sister buy her new shoes
25-Jan
the kid were running round like crazy people till I called thru law office.
Cindy told them to try or make me as upset as they could.
if I called Ernest to stop right away because it would look bad on her.
my kid now use cuss words that were not aloud in my house.
( Toni fuck you aaron) and aaron said ( Toni is being a bitch)
these are not the kids I left,they are picking up bad habits from the people they are living with.
Aaron is talking in his sleep( Donnie stop picking on me)
Toni said in her sleep ally stop hitting me
Cindy is not taken care of them.
1/30/08
today when were in court again Cindy sent Toni to school with out a coat again , so she gave the coat the lawyer filling in for Ernest.
she said Toni forgot to take it with her, it’s not Toni Job to remember it’s her mother or father job.
Cindy didn’t have Toni do any home work, I had to ketch her up again
this week Cindy chopped off Aaron hair, ever after Aaron asked them not to.
big Donnie said Aaron looks like a girl, and he has gum in it any way we could take care of that long hair.
Donnie should have nothing to say about my son, and what he wants something needs to be done about this man
He should be told to stop making decisions where my kids best interest is
Cindy scared that she don’t want to upset him she went along with cutting off Aaron hair.
Aaron has been trying to grow his hair to the way it was for over a year. He look at me and starting crying.
asking me please Daddy let me stay with you. I don’t want to go back there.
Toni told me she has not brushed her teeth sense last week when she was here.
after all the work on Aaron teeth he told me he brushed his teeth only 3 times.
Cindy know Aaron had 11 cavities she should be on top of this
this is a very cold winter , this is not summer you don’t cut a kids hair off and make them bold.
I bought them a video game system today, I think we could all play together and take turns.
in October Toni couldn’t even play ’s now she better then me ???
I limited them to one hour a day , Aaron told me this is all they do.
I asked him if he goes out side , he said no. I play on the x box most of the time.
this is not healthy for them, they should be out side with the other kids,
I made them go out side at least 1 hour a day , Aaron said he like’s playing game’s better.
Cindy told Aaron and Toni to act the way daddy showed them, when there are with me
or it would look bad on her, and I could take them away from her.
I told Aaron and Toni they should act the way I showed them all the time
Because It looks bad on both of us, I told them don’t be like those other kids.
no hitting no bad words , tell your mother when one of the other kids hurt them
so other parents can take care of the other kids.
he told me that nothing happens to them when there are bad
We get in trouble, and thing get things taken away from us.
these people should not have any say in my kids lives.
Toni called Aaron to fucker for not letting her play.
I told her that word is not aloud here.
something needs to happen about this!!!!
Aaron just told me that that they took his bed down and thru it away.
now he sleeps on the floor. But he is back in his room
not stuck in a the front room on a chair .
the other kids a aloud to stay up , and aaron would turn off the TV on them.
now he is on the floor sleeping.
he told me he has to clear a space,so he could have a place to sleep.
tonihome work was not done all week.
1/31/08
Little Aaron got up this morning , after breakfast he said I love coming here ,We get to eat before we go to school.
I said you don’t get breakfast?? He said no they just say eat breakfast at school, you don’t have time.
a parent makes time it the parent that wakes up the kids , they said the have the food but Cindy does not get them up in time to eat.
she wake them rushing out the house saying your going to miss the bus. She could miss an extra 45 minute sleep to make sure
the kids get off with the right start, food feed the brain, if they don’t eat they will not think as well. Is this good parenting I think not!
on the way taken them to school ,Aaron told me he was going to run away me home last week, he walked about three blocks,
and then turn back because him didn’t know how to get to my house. he told me he does not to go back that house and those kids.
2/6/08
the First thing out of Little Aaron month Was Big donnie made them sleep in the car,last Sunday night.
Cindy told them that she was going to kill her self and end this night mare,Toni was sent to school again with a jacket.
she Ws sent in a dress with nothing but under ware no legs uncovered it was about 38 dreges that and raining, and windy.
and their home work was not done again. aaron brushed his teeth today ago,
Dig Donnie told Little Aaron that he wants then to atsy with me and save him the trobble.
their home was not bone all week,
2/13/08
To day when I pick up my kids the first thing Aaron said was that his mother said, that she wish that he was with his father and at that he was not wanted,
at that house donnie and adona wish he was with me, things would be smoother for them.
the only thing she wanted , was Toni .things would be better with out him,
Toni had a scratch on her face , she told me that, alie, or aaron or the cat did it she don’t remember.
this is a horrible thing to say to your owe son.
also spoke with their teacher about the way the come to school, she has notice Toni and aaron coming to school dirtier then normal but were in a
poor area so its common that kids come to school dirty, I asked if she been been picked up on time
the teacher said Cindy has been better about it, I asked about Toni and her coming with a jacket, she told me she has extra in the class
and that Toni use’s it often, I told her Cindy was to send her with a jacket, and to please let me know if the is not happening.
she also said that there is some sign of neglete, but giving the area these thing happen.
as I was washing toni’s hair , I notice sign’s of hand fringer print bruses on her legs, she told me they can from the other kids in the house draging
her down the hall way , all three hitting her, she told her mother and she did nothing about it.
I have pitchers. They told me that they are beging sent to bed with out eating, when donnie, addonna said they were bad.
kids need food to grow, it helps them think, At this point if my kids are being treated this way , while going thru court.
how do their kids being treated, are they being feed, bathed, ?????? You take game’s away/ tv away / put them in the corner, but you always feed kids,
then snd them to bed early. Kids have to eat, to help them grow
also cindy keeped toni home work so I could not get her home work done per court order.
2/14/2008
this week thing seem to be a little better, because Cindy had two complaints at cps, said they were made to take a bath every day
and brush their teeth. Aaron seem a little more aggressive then before, and Toni has wet her self 3 time in to days.
they told me that they were moving very soon but he does not know how to get there but it a far dive.
they also told me that they all cleaned all last weekend because they didn’t want to look
bad in front of cps. Aaron told me they had gone to the store and finely they have food.
cps came to my home ,and asked me a ton of questions, and talked to the kids again.
the lady from cps told little aaron that her told her two different story’s the one when she went to his school.
and then the one in front of Cindy, I told little aaron to tell the truth, even it hurts daddy but tell the truth.
her told that his mother made him lie to the court, and what he told Stacy was not the truth.
his mother talked about the story over and over with him, so he would not fore get.
again cindy keep Toni’s home work this is noq the second time this has happened
2/27/2008
this week aaron said he only took a couple of baths, but had been brushing his teeth.
Toni was made to take a bath, because she was coming here , she was not made to brush her teeth.
Aaron told me Cindy was in the hospital, because she a vain in her leg burst, while she was taking apart her bed
getting ready to move. I asked him if they found a place he said he thinks so but not sure.
when I asked where it was he told me they were the car forever and very close to Marsha house.
this is the out side of Sacramento.
Aaron told me that Donnie , and Adonna have been punishing them .
these people have no right to punish my kids , they have no relation to them, Cindy should be the only
one that is punishing this is giving mixed messages to my kids.
again Cindy keeped Toni’s home work and again toni did not do her home this week.
I can not be held acountable for their home work if its not been sent with her.
spoke with the teacher about the problem, she said she wood send the pkt with her
on wensday.
29-Feb
on the way taken the kids back to school, Toni started crying saying daddy please don’t let me go back there.
Aaron said he hate’s them, I asked why she cry’s when I let them off on Friday.
she said Adonna puts her in cold shower’s, Aaron replied and Donny too ( this Male should not have any right to touch my daughter let along she has been
molested by her uncle that Cindy let go for over 6 months before I caught him ,and made him turn himself in to the police. )
Cindy should never let him give her a bath in any way.
these two people should never man handle my kids, and Cindy cant say anything or they will walk on her.
these people can do any thing they want to and she will give in to what they want from her.
or they will walk on her. My kids are being hurt in so many way I can not protect my kids from this.
All three of the adults sleeping together will this make these kid normal???
I was taken to jail for assault on Cindy on her word alone, why is the court looking away ???
the court needs to listen to my kids. They don’t want to live with those people.
they don’t fell safe there
I was told just throwing water at a person is an assault, is a cold shower an assault??
I think so, Cindy is by court order the only one that can punish the kids.
why are these people being able to man handle my kids.
3/5
Toni came with a massive burse on her leg, and again no home work for Toni Aaron had his home work.
Aaron told me Donnie was yelling at him and then Toni told me her mother hit her really hard
because she would not go to sleep. Now Cindy is hitting the kids!!!!
and their clothes were very dirty, had to wash them twice to get them clean again.
she also came with out socks, and under ware.
3/6/08
last night I seen Toni in her room playing with her private part, I didn’t say anything I walked away
then she asked to sleep with me I said ok, she wet the bed she started crying and said please daddy don’t be made at me
don’t put me in a cold shower, I changed then bed gave her hugs told her its ok these things happen
I told her that daddy had wet the bed when he was little she smiled gave me a big hug ,and said daddy I love you.
I took Toni to see the doctors she was not acting right , I took her to the Kelly center, I didn’t know where to start.
so I went back there , the lady there told me this was not the dept I wanted , and to take her to her
regualer doctor, so I went from there straight the her doctor.
I told him I not sure what is wrong with her she is not acting her self.
I told him where I took here , he did a once over, and said how did she receive the burse.
she replied my mommy did it last weekend, she picked me up off my bed by my leg and beat me.
Little Aaron said the same thing, Cindy was arrested for child abuse, she is now in Jail.
Friday the 7th
23-Mar
my son came with a massive sun burn on his head.
I asked him if he wore sun screen on his head , he said his mother only put it on toni.
4/3/2008
Aaron and Toni both told me, Cindy had told them she don’t care if I get custy of they them . they don’t care about her any way.
then on Saturday 3/30/08 they told me their mother tried to jump out of their car to kill her self, going over the dumbarton bridge.
she said she didn’t want to live any more,donnie had to pull her back till they could pull the car over
then she got out and started walking , and donnie pulled her in the car man handling her.
telling her she is going with them.
this is turning out to be like a colit.
and had not sent toni home wor for the last two weeks, it inpossible for me to take care of it if I don’t have it to do with her.
4/8/2008
Cindy did it again, she tried to get Little Aaron put on a seventy two hold to cover up what she had done.
cps Interviewed her and she amitted that she in deed shit in little Aaron face and held him down.
then tried to have him put in the hospital.
cps told cindy that was over the top, and that was asalt, and she could have gone to gail.
I choose not to do what cindy would have to me. I could have call the police but did not.
I don’t set people up!
18-Apr
she done it again she is trying to make little aaron out as to molest one of the bonnet kids ? When will this stop??
16-May
she let me tell my kids we were going on a picnic, @ 9 or 9:30 last night she texted my sister telling her that the kids cant go
per orders from C.P.S, and the court orders state she needs to pick them up at 10AM
we all took the day off to have this picnic.I am not sure if C.P.S realy told her not to let me have them for the day
I have called Gary , and Renee about this issue they have not returned my call as of yet.
she is using the court order when it fit her needs, and throwning the kids under the bus when it don’t.
she again is bringing them into our problem ( She needs to see they are kids and leave use out )
I let her go to southern california with them and it cut in to my visit and said nothing
she fells that she can through the court ordes around at her will.
when will this cout see what she is doing!.
judge you need to do something about what she is doing.
27-May
toni came with a lot of bruses,I asked Aaron thoose bruse’s are bad
I asked him where they came from from
he said mom and toni had a fight toni was not getting dressed.
toni pulled away and cindy fell on top of toni makng the bruses
Cindy should get down to toni’s level
she is 6 years old
she needs to stay in controll of our kids and not get to their age and fight with them.
31-May
Cindy got kick out of the program, now our kids or on the street when is the court going to see.
sence then she has interduced my kids to yet another guy, and CPS placed her in the same place she was in before.
I have found out that she helped the bennets that have a restraining order (they can not be any where around my kids)
the same week the we were in court, she helped then get in the home less shelter she is in.
Cps was in full knowlage of the restraining order and still placed my kids in harms way..
I have informed the county manager office, and they are not doing anything about CPS actions.
6/25/2008
Last Friday and this last Monday Dorothy Torres told me that I was not in voialation of the court order.
That I was doing what I could, by Following the case plan as ordered.
they prommised that they were going to take care of the phyic eval and the therpy order by the court.
I signed the case plan that stated that they would take care it it a month ago.
Gary Beasly has put the hold on he is in brech of contract.
6/26/2008
I got Dorothy To addmitt that they do talk to the home less shelter system.
I told her that I gave her enough time to make other Accomadition and that my kids did not have to be at that unit.
she replied she does not make those dessions, I told her I grow up on the wellfar system.
and I know how the system works.
I told her that my syster and my mother was do on hud, and I know how it works.
I told her that the social worker places the person in the shelter, and put the on a case plan.
then slowly works on getting them housing.and work.
the worker works hand and hand with the shelter.
his replied that was how it works , I asked then why did you put the kids back in the shelter with those people.
In full knowlage of the protective order. She replied she was not going to commet on that.
I told Her about the court order in enough time so my children could be place in a safe place.
She keep saying Gary is stopping every thing, and she want to help but her hand are tide.
she is stuck in the middle and I fell sorry for her.
Something needs to be done about Gary Beasley, and his abuse of power
Comment by AaronShinabery — July 30, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
Yesterday 8/12/2008 my daughter was tooken away at 1pm i didn’t find out about it till 9pm when i got home. and then i was left a card on the door that said call the local police department when you come home. so i did i could not grt any info on my daughter or what happend just that she was in dhs coustidy and there was a case broght up on my live-in boyfriend. so i called over and over untill i found out today that there was charges broght up on my bf on sexual abuse i found that out at 12 pm today 8/13/08 and i said thats prpoperous he is NEVER alone with him i have her 24/7 if shes not at daycare. so now i have to go to court tomorrow at 8:30 in the morn to fight for my child who i’ve had since she was born. i am destraght
Comment by jennifer — August 13, 2008 @ 11:59 am
if Claude j.Gober is your judge ? then u are guilty no matter what is done.If u try to stop Gober , it makes him very angry and he will take it further by covering up the case.Canton,Georgia has it’s own little world and thats how it is.Canton,georgia is protected by corrupt power (fact).
Comment by victor&elizabeth baker — August 21, 2008 @ 6:49 am
I wish I have known of this website before our experience with CPS.
If you do not listen or follow the advice above, what is happening to me will happen to you.
My wife and I have a daughter that started hanging with the “wrong crowd” and started to cut herself to fit in. She started to sneak out at night to meet up with boys, smoke, drink, and get into the “Goth” thing. When we discovered the cutting, we took her to the hospital where we learned of her other activities. She was diagnosed with Bipolar Depression by two separate Psychiatrists. They kept her for 3 weeks and released her with the recommendation to attend a residential facility. In her records, she admits that she was trying to fit in and to “punish” mom & dad for not agreeing with her choices. She also was assessed by her high school when she returned and was shown that her social setting was causing her great distress. We made the big mistake of calling a Wright County Social Worker to help us find either a residential facility or some kind of day treatment center to help our daughter learn to cope and curb her behavior. Instead, she filed a CHIPS petition saying that was the only way to get help for her to go to one of those facilities. At the first hearing, she was immediately placed in foster care and the County then sent her to their doctors that on her first visit decided that she had no problems whatever and all of her behavior was caused by us, her parents. Her Psychiatric care was done by a Nurse Practitioner that was only licensed for less than 6 months before seeing my daughter. Along with the therapist, who also was contracted by Wright County, became severely critical of our family for not allowing sex, drugs, drinking, or smoking in our home. Since this all started, the Psych. PA and therapist have gone away and we have picked new professionals of our own including a real Psychiatrist to assess our daughter for what would be now a 3rd opinion on her mental health. Besides this, the biggest problem has been the Guardian Adlitem, Nicki Raske. I want everyone to know her name so they can beware. She comes to the home and preaches the gospel of reunification, then goes to court and pushes for permanent placement. After court, she comes back and talks about reunification again and then does the same thing in court as before. She has published countless lies in her reports about my wife and me without a shred of evidence. She is believable to the Judge who is obviously swayed by her Kindergarten teacher face and sweet manner in which she vomits her filth in the court room. In our last hearing, hoping our daughter would be able to come home, Nicki Raske (GAL) was allowed over 30 minutes to speak her trash while my daughter’s attorney as well as our own was only allowed about 3-5 minutes. When our attorneys addressed her lies, the court was “offended” that we would have the nerve to question a Guardian Adlitem with her qualifications and lack of guile. We and our attorneys were scolded severely by Judge Jonathan Jasper who just started presiding in family court after he spent the past few years in criminal court. He ran the hearing like a criminal trial and treated my wife and I like criminals. They are very vocally against our religious beliefs and our choice in therapists (one of which is renowned for her excellent work with adolescent psychology). If my daughter was sent home for a “trial†visit, Nicki Raske stated that she wanted to have the authority to simply take my daughter out of our home if we had the nerve to take her to the doctor if she was ill and the doctor put her on medication. She also wanted to be able to take her from the home if she missed 3 days of school whether she was sick or not. The court ordered that if there are any medications ordered by any physician, or Psychiatrist, it must be brought to hearing and decided by Judge Jaspers if they are needed or not. He stated that he has “all power over us and our daughterâ€. Further, he said that “your daughter’s life is in my hands, not yours.†I feel like I’m in a catch 22. If my daughter is ill and I take her to the doctor or not send her to school (like with strep throat), I’m in trouble. If I send her to school to throw up and/or infect and spread an illness, I can be accused by the school of child abuse and neglect. Not only that, I may also face criminal charges for possibly endangering all of the other children at the school. Beware of Wright County. Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are out to destroy our families and control our lives. As soon as this is over, if it ever ends, we are getting as far away from Minnesota as possible.
Comment by Paul — August 26, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
I just had a case opened on me. They interviewed my 11 year old son at school with out me knowing and then came to my work place to interview me. They opened a case based on my family and false police reports. My mother has been trying to take my son from me for years. I am devastated and humiliated. I am a social worker myself. It is so unfounded and I am so depressed adn embarrassed. I feel I have no reprieve and this is so clearly false. They stated neglect that there was alcohol in the house. I DON”T DRINK!
Comment by Amy — September 16, 2008 @ 8:22 am
I am a single mother in Az. About two years ago I recieved a disgusting letter from my father that stated he wanted to have a sexual relationship with me. As you can guess this letter tore my world apart. My work went down hill and I became depressed, but I never laid a hand on my child. When my stepmother learned what my father had told me, At her urging, my father and her began a year long harassement. They threatened my home, my child, and my car. They eventually won the car. After they learned they could not take my house they began a new series of harassement. They called the cops almost weekly. Saying I was abusing my child, I was going to kill myself, My house was unsafe. The cops came and never had a reason to contact CPS. After a year of living under the constant torture from them and the loose of yet another job I broke. I took some sleeping pills and aimed to end my life. The depression had become to much. Someone, I’m not sure who, found out about my plan and sent the cops. This time it was true I was trying to die. I was rude, I’m being nice, to the cops, After six months of dealing with them you tend to not care anymore. CPS took my child. Now almost three months later they refuse to return her to me. Stating I’m mentally ill and they need to “protect” my 5 yr old. There is no proof of abuse. My daughter told them how I was a good mom. I just hit a breaking point that most people would have hit alot sooner. I still have my home and a working car that I scrapped the money together to get. I cannot find and keep a job due to all the appointments CPS demands I make. All the while they are promising Sunday visits with my Boyfriends aunt as the supervisor and phone visits. I have dealt with visits being cancelled due to the foster mother. I am suppose to be getting phone visits that I’m not. And they are not telling my what I HAVE to do to get my kid back. They are making it look like she will be out of the house another three months. No one is helping me including the court appointed lawyer. What can I do?
Comment by Crystal — September 16, 2008 @ 8:54 am
hi, i glad i found this site and not feel alone, the only thing is i not sure where to find help.
i have a niece that lived with me since kidengarden and now she 10 and is alomost 17. well like this one perosn above dealing with wrong crowds and drugs and rinkg and gothic and devils stuff and lies and stealing.
well she got mad we were arguimng and went to go eat and told her to stop the mouthing and then she gotr mad and ran from there, then we look forhe all night got the cops and thing to look for her and so on, then i found a friend of the friend and her and her mom thought she was lying.
well she told me she called and i foudn where she was at and she call her granpa and he came got her and then took her to his daughther.
so i took the cusoty paper and got the police to go with me and then we got her on the streets late at night and we stop and she ran and then the police was talking to her and then she threaten to kill her self and then the police said we got to take her to hoispitla i said this fine, and then he goes she alleges stuff and i said yes i figure this is something she do to get her way.
so i listen them and then me and a friedn she was close to said can we talk to her and the poilce said after he talks to her and then we never got to talk to her and he said you have top waitr till monday.
that dds be involved so then he calls and said we want to relaease her to her other aunt and will i allowed it didnt know my rights and i said is there any other choices and he said no it his jurdicain and he said if i didnt agree he get jugedf
so i allowed it and i regret it
so never heard from dds and now i went down and let dds here know and at fiorast they were behind me to bring her back and do tresting, but now they sayiung it better where she at, not in school and out doing her things.
i rather her go to friend of ours or foster and i canr beliiev4e this. they no marks on her and i cant see her but then they say i can take her meds to her this is to weriod.
then dds said contact lawyer to see how to get her backs.
she lied on us and my 2 kids in the past to family member b/c of want to get her ways. she watches csi crimes stoies and then lifetime over asbuse and things before and she knows how to play the system, think about it had her along time and this is 1 time runaway and then they ust belive a 16 y old and not even have proof.
they want to interview my kids wich is 13 and 16 one specail needs and he not a very good witnmess and my 13 yr old is but he said he dont want to talk.
so know she going to be sent to a rear of testing and video tape her and then take a camera and look to see if she been touch.
im here feeling like a nerves break down.; i cant handle this muych more i have to keep b/c of my one sont aht specail, i dont knwo if they try to tak my boys away or not…. thanks for this site….. ang
Comment by angie — September 27, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Do not enter cherokee county and you will be safer,not to have your Rights or Child(ren) taken from you,by the University of Georgia gang & DFACS that runs the system.Canton,Georgia has it’s own world,meaning “if a mistake was made,move on before we make your life worse.”
Comment by victor & elizabeth baker — October 17, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
I am a parent of a 4 children. I am married. Two belongs to me and two from him We. both have full custody The problem is that every since our one son was in 2nd grade, he has been causing trouble at school, and at home. He has made false accusations of abuse for once a year every year since then.(he is in 6th grade right now and is 12 years old)Never has there been any legitimate case seen by either the police(We have dealt with them 3 times), and child protective services (4-5 times). We have cooperated every time as had our other children. The one child has accuesed us of abuse because we live in an apartment and he doesn’t have a yard, or he doesn’t own things that other kids have, orthat he shouldn’t be grounded for harrasing his teacher or getting a “d” in school….The list goes on and on…he argues over everything about anything He is very good at turning people’s words around, manipulating people until even a saint would react.(Just ask any of his teachers)He has been know to use a history lesson as an arguement against his teacher trying to justify why he should be able to get away with tormenting another kid til the kids broke down and cried. The point is, now he is getting more and more out of control in accusations. Telling anyone and everyone that he is slapped around and kicked around by his dad and me. Should I be building a case file of my own with a detailed history on this? Even though each time has been unfounde and dismissed, the other day, he goes into the bathroom and says,”Wow, it really works. If I pinch myself hard enough, I DO get bruises.” He said that within both my daughter’s and my hearing. Sorry,but did strike fear in me. It wouldn’t be good for us to let him go, his blood mom doesn’t want to deal with it. What should I do to protect ourselves from future false accusations?
There is much more to this,but I just don’t know what to do or say right now. He does do well when he wants to….but we can’t give in to the blackmail to make him happy at the cost of the other kids. We are poor,but do the best we can. His needs are met in everyway, and we are alot better off then other families out there. Any direction would be appreciated. Sincerely Laura Davis
Comment by laura davis — October 18, 2008 @ 8:50 am
no one or any laws,cover the issue about innocent parents being forced by multible corrupt court hearings to surrender child(ren).Something people have not learned is kidnapping is legal if the kidnapper out smarts law inforcement and the family courts.Reporting with documented proof has been rejected since 1993 by Canton,ga.,law inforcement,FBI and GBI .Innocent victimized parents should not have to tell judges and law inforcement to grow up and do their job should they?
Comment by victor & elizabeth baker — October 22, 2008 @ 4:11 am
I have wrote to two congressman about the CPS.
Comment by Christina — October 22, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
I have had DCFS (IL) contact me 4 times in the past 2 years. We know for a fact is calling and making these false reports but there is nothing I can do about it. I have done everything they have told me, write back and ask to have it kept on file and when a call comes in to the 800 number they will see these are false and not send anyone out but they still come out. This person has been harassing me for over 2 years and has been told by law enforcements not to contact me or else a warrant will be issued for her arrest. She no longer contacts me, she uses DCFS to harassment me. What can be done to make DCFS take it into their hands and file charges against that person? I can not afford a lawyer and I am tired of seeing my children go through this. It just turns our lives upside down every 4-6 months. Is there anything that I can do?
Comment by Bridgette — November 5, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
its very much a life changing experience… dcfs can turn your own children against you, i never stood up for myself even when they violated all my rights because i allowed them to walk in, investigate throw a case at me, my 1st by the way, making bad choices will teach and whoop your ass at the same time!!! but im still determined to get somewhere thru every thing no matter how they try to destroy me and my family the only two people who I get up in the morning for , even though i may not always want to!
Comment by Connie — November 18, 2008 @ 10:20 am
they will teach you and whoop your ass at the same time!!
Comment by Connie — November 18, 2008 @ 10:22 am
you will also notice how people will set u up, who has had problems in the past with dcfs, they feel as though they can teach you a valuable lesson,also they want to take your children because what do they mean to them “a check ” dcfs will pay people, some come like they just wanna help u be a better mother, but in reaity they dont know anything about u but what they have learned over the course of months,i have learned the way u present yourself is so important, i was very dumb founded when they came, i am now taking parenting classes and still have my kids who is 3 and 11 months, i have been praying to do a better job but it is tough, im hoping after the classes they wont still decide to take them away, but after listening to everyone’s comments, im afraid they will look over the parenting classes bcause of their authority and still pull it, im 23 yrs old i did not finish highschool, but later on did recieve my diploma im now gonna go to college, and become a cna,im doing this for them… MY KIDS i mean, i now know not to just sign anything because im fearful of my children being tooken, i cant even imagine life without them… but this is a system that im hoping someday will get better and people like myself will look into your rights b4 being fearful,forgettful, suspicious,and tacky when they come…I am not religous but GOD is watching over us all. this is a statement not a comment
Comment by Connie — November 20, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
pray first then aim high…
Comment by Connie — November 20, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
I have a friend and she is 23 years old, she has bi-polar disorder. During the first part of her pregnancy because the psyciatric medications arent good for the baby, she stopped taking them. She ended up in Green Oaks hospital for a 48 hour stay. Now the CPS here in greenville texas wants to take her baby due to “Mental Health” reasons. I cant find a lawyer to take the case because she has had other childern taken from her because of the same problem. At that time, she was too young to try and fight and didnt know what to do to fight it. Please help us, this is unfair treatment and i dont know what else to do, thank you for your time
Comment by Patricia Rodriguez — November 20, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
if you have a preventive case on going with cps or just have them coming to your house keep a log book and hace them every time they come to right in there if there was any safety issues.have them date and sighn it i repeat make them right in there if there was any safety issues at that time.my kids was placed back in foster care and if i had not had them right in that book that night or any other time i would have not got them bacg so fast.they were taken on a friday evening and returned to me monday morning because i had that book and they knew it.
Comment by Elvis Nafalski — December 9, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
I wish we (husband & I) knew these things 7yrs. ago. But will keep everything I have read here filed away for future use. thnk you for letting this be passed on!
Comment by "heather" — December 9, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
How/ what is in place to protect you from a false accuser?
Comment by Sad Dad — January 11, 2009 @ 6:56 am
I have just experienced the worst event a grandparent should have to experience. My 6 month old grandson, who lives with my daugher and her husband, fell out of his crib last night. Wanting to make sure he was OK, they took him to Vanderbilt hospital. The doctor did not believe that my grandson could pull himself up (something he’s been doing for a month) and starting the DHS ball rolling. My daughter and son in law were esentially prisoners at Vanderbilt for 14 hours – police were called to video their house, my grandson was not allowed to leave with his parents, Vanderbilt put my grandson through test after test only to have each on come back indicating he was fine. At this point my grandson has been release into the custody of his Great Aunt (my son-in-law’s aunt). My head is swimming and I have never experienced anything like this!!! My daughter and son-in-law are fabulous parents and have never, ever harmed that baby. Why, when a parent takes their baby to the hospital because they’re worried after a fall, that the parents turn into the criminal? I don’t know what to do.
Comment by Kristi Anderson — January 11, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
Retain a private attorney NOW. Shop around and find one with experience in fighting this for the parents.
Do not delay. Advise the parents to NOT sign anything without an attorney’s advice.
Comment by MaggieC — January 11, 2009 @ 3:11 pm
we live in oklahoma city oklahoma. A child was in my daughters home daycare and left one morning after spending the night while the mother of this daycare child and her boyfriend could go party. the police and dhs/cps came to my daughter home at 11:30 pm and said she had to of injured htis daycare child and then Dhs/cps and the police took my grandchildren, ages 3 and 4 years old. This daycare child was fine when he left and we had a witness that was on the front porch that gave a statement saying that this child was fine. Since my daughter has told them(DHS/CPS) she wants her children placed with a kinship placement they(cps) said she was being to bossy and that she is not the boss and since she is trying to be, they will not put them with kinship and if she ask the judge he/she will side with them(dhs/cps) and they will make her visitations even less then what she has now! This came from the case worker, her supervisor and the county director. My daughter has an attorney and he is irven Box and I have been told he is goo but he says that there are more of DHS/CPS people then she has and to not ask to have the children placed with kinship right now and do what they say. Any advice? Who is over DHS/CPS that can help? She has never hurt her children or anyones elses children!!! 405-532-2991 ANYONE PLEASE!!!!!! THANK YOU!!
Comment by stormee — February 9, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
Stormee,
I stumbled across this website last June and it has been very theraputic for me to help people after all of the suffering that my children and I have been through.
I have dozens of ideas for you. Can I contact you at your email address? I can be reached at lindbloom_jm@yahoo.com or you can call me at 360-273-7993
Comment by JoLisa Lindbloom — February 9, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
Stormee:
In home daycare is tricky. Many providers have been harassed by CPS, nationwide.
Suggest you sign onto Message Boards here.
OKlahoma is facing upcoming litigation by
http://www.childrensrights.org ( based in NY)
You must put all requests to DHS in writing.
Return receipt requested.
See if OK has an Ombudsman or Federal Compliance officer.
Phone calls, however, need to be supplemented with written documentation.
Comment by fern — February 10, 2009 @ 7:02 am
“JoLisa” , I was going to call you but i accidently deleated your number and i had no idea that you left me this message. I have not been on here since i wrote this comment(story). I forgot which site I was on. I just found it and seen your responce to me and I want to thank you. I will be calling you soon. I never received a email from you at my rhonda.johnson1 at cox.ner email. I also want to thank “fern” for leaving her comment and info on here to me.
Comment by stormee — March 7, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
I have had my kids for 10 months now on false acuscations that I then got an note from the person who said she lied about the whole thing me and my lawyer then confronted cps and was told oh well we did our investagation cps is all about money not the children or familys being back together this is crazy are government would allow this Austin Texas
Comment by chasity — April 22, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
I believe that the cps is unjust myself and we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities agaisnt wickedness in high places! We have to stand up though, we cannot allow such rubbish go on and on and on! Even though my case is closed as of today, I still feel like I am being investigated, if cars stop next to my driveway or the such like, it is a pretty dramatic experience! I understand fully! When I was married to my ex husband I had 3 children tooken away from me off of what he did. The devil will try to do anything to try to attack the very substance of whom you are. You can stand up and there are attorneys out there that can stand for your rights, if you trust in God and know that you have been falsely accused know that God is your attorney and just as much as the devil had used authorities to crush your spirit, God can use principles of His justice to stand up victorious. Christians are also involved in these certian attacks also these days they are even telling us whether or not we can go to church with our children, that is unjust and God is for justice, if we stand united in Him we will win, make your decsion!
Comment by Amber — April 28, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
the court system here in klamath falls oregon,the klamath Defender services,Inc.
is very corrupted and don’t do anything for u.they work against you not for you…and
if you file a complaint against them they will lie to the oregon state bar.and the oregon state bar is also corrupted as well,I have filed 15 complaint’s on the klamath Defender services,Inc….it doe’s not do any good to file in oregon…and if you are native
american it’s worse the klamath tribe CPS
is so corrupted and has lied in court many of time’s I have file complaint’s against them
as well nothing has been done about it
they do NOT go by the Indian child welfare act…but yet it will be on record with out you knowing it,I have been fighting for my child 4 year’s now…and in the paper work
the klamath tribe state’s my child has been adopted many time’s and still in the paper work….the klamath tribe CPS will do nothing
for you,and will use EVERYTHING against you…they hang out in bar’s and talk about your case to other people about your case
and they will point you out if they see you
anywhere in town..CPS is not your friend
they are not there to help you,but to take your child or children away from you
YES they make big money off our children.
the klamath tribe CPS worker’s bought a new 4×4 truck and much more…
I have been geting threats from all CPS worker’s,,and my COURT APPOINTED LOSER ATTORNEY states there is nothing she can do about it..sad thing is it state’s on record that I threaten them over and over
news to me..get this one went to court last month FOSTER PARENT’S STATED to CPS that I been THREATING THEM..
a lie in its self because I have not seen them in over three year’s,,,? more corruption in klamath falls and the klamath TRIBE CPS worker’s as my child is being abused in the foster home he is in CPS and the court STATES it OK while my child has black and blue marks on him and people has see foster parents hit the foster
children they have…state said its ok..
and they KNOW them personally ?????
and there own kids are on drugs and abuse there own kids so I guess this is called a safe home?????
Comment by outlaw — May 8, 2009 @ 9:09 am
dear stormee,
I just noticed your comment made on 2/9/09 at 4:44pm about ‘who is over DHS/CPS?’ and want you to know that “technically” no one is “over” this independent agency that kidnaps our children!!!! After reading what you and your family was advised to, basically, NOT do is a load of BS; however, I ran up against a similar incident and this is what I did. Whether or not it works is independent on how, what and who you make your requests to within the agency. This is my advise: 1st no longer make your requests to the caseworkers that “control” this situation, no longer make the requests to the lawyer (obviously), but instead call and/or investigate who is the administrator for HUMAN RESOURCES that is the DIRECTOR of these caseworkers etc…in other words, you only want to speak to the person in charge of HUMAN RESOURCES!!! And very politely (write out your request and read it over the phone so as to have your thoughts collected before making the call) leave a message–because GOD knows you won’t actually get a person to person at first–stating that you are disappointed with the current situation and outcome of placement and are in need of the proper procedures and paperwork to have the children placed with family because you KNOW THIS IS YOUR RIGHTS as well as the RIGHTS of the PARENTS and CHILDREN. Explain simply that you have felt that the “best interests of the child/ren” that this agency so boldly claims is of utter importance and the underlying reasons for their cause to remove the child/ren has failed to prove this to you and your family by not properly allowing you to legally make this request known. And that in your humble opinion the impact of placing this child/ren into non-familial foster care is damaging to the child/ren’s well-being emotionally and psychologically and that is a subtle form of CHILD ABUSE imposed on the child/ren by their agency. Then leave your name and number and the names of the child/ren requesting an immediate call back and thank you for their immediate attention in this matter.
SAY NOTHING MORE AFTER THE LAST STATEMENT RE: CHILD ABUSE ON THEIR BEHALF!!!
Or whatever you do say if you choose NOT to use my exact words prior to that last sentence please KNOW that the last sentence is the KEY*
Try if you can to not sound aggressive nor too emotional when leaving this message and do not go into the details about who said what to you or who advised you of what and do not give the caseworker’s names….this will only make them NOT DO THEIR own research into this matter and it gives them a way “out” of looking into the case. If you should get too wordy and try to explain this or that about who said what to you will only make them NOT take you seriously in this matter.
What I wrote is EXACTLY what I did and said once I got the DIRECTOR of HUMAN RESOURCES name and number. And I got a call back within 15mins of this message from, of course, the secretary to the Director of Human Resources; however, within 24hours I also received a call from the Director with the name of the Administrator to my caseworker without me giving the name of my caseworker in the message…;)
Get it? Break the chain of command and go above the heads of those caseworkers to make it known to those who hire these caseworkers and who hire the caseworkers’ admins. so that they are made aware that you mean business! And that you are entitled to better services in THE NAME OF THE BEST INTERESTS FOR THE CHILDREN IF THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY UPHOLDING.
Trust me….within 2weeks my daughter was placed with her paternal grandmother and we were given all of the needed paperwork to make this happen. AND the paternal grandmother made the same exact call; as did the maternal grandmother and the maternal grandfather and myself, the mother. (we did this all within the same hour and we all received phone calls VERY QUICKLY)
REMEMBER: the key sentence is to politely suggest that they are the ones who are now committing the alleged crime of CHILD ABUSE by failing to place the child with family and by failing to have caseworkers respond to your RIGHTFUL REQUEST.
Stay calm when talking to these “holier than thou” people and cry after you hang up the phone–easier said than done but YOU CAN and WILL DO THIS because you LOVE these child/ren and because you KNOW(not just believe/not just think) that what is happening is an injustice to this child/ren and you KNOW that what is TRUE and RIGHT IS manifesting with this situation because being with FAMILY IS TRULY IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN.
Keep it in your heart and mind this KNOWING* TO KNOW “this” is to KNOW that the HIGHER DIVINITY is within YOU; therefore, IS WITH YOU*
Good luck and GOD BLESS* my prayers are with you and your family* Keep up your faith, your prayers,your patience and your KNOWING*
Blessed Be*
domesticmuse*
Comment by domesticmuse — May 8, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
I am terrified.
My fiance and I live with his (divorced) parents because we are going through some difficult financial problems. His mother is married to a registered sex offender, and his father is just a total asshole. His mother keeps butting in while we’re trying to raise our 18 month old daughter, trying to tell me how to raise my child, and I really don’t want parenting advice from her, seeing that both of her children hate her, and also taking into account that she tried to strangle my fiance the other day. Her daughter has no respect for anyone. She drinks, smokes pot, and told her mother, “I do what I want.” And tells her to shut up. I don’t want my child growing up like that, so excuse me if I don’t listen to the advice of the woman married to a child molester. Here’s what happened this evening. My fiance’s father has said that he is going to call CPS on Monday and tell them that I abuse my daughter, because I don’t take their parenting advice. And I have been scared to death by stories of people who have lost their children to false accusations. And this is the SECOND time. The first time, I let the lady in, and she closed the case, saying that there was no way I was abusing/neglecting my child. But I am terrified that something like what has happened to the other loving mothers on this site will happen to me.
Comment by Heather Marie — June 6, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
Heather, move away from these people as soon as possible. CPS will take your child because there’s a registered sex offender in the house. Do NOT argue with these people. Disengage from any arguments. Placate them. Do what they ask. Act like a doormat — whatever it takes. This is a dangerous situation and somehow you MUST find another place to live where you and your child can be safe. I hope your fiance agrees with this, because all kinds of red flags are raised here. If the sex offender does call CPS it will be a major problem. Do NOT tell the CPS worker he is a sex offender or that will probably cause her to remove your child then and there. I hope you can find some other living situation right away.
And – this is kind of harsh, but I recommend it – if you have any reason to think that these people are likely to keep calling CPS on you… I would move far away and cut ties totally. Family members that call the authorities in retaliation are a major source of CPS referrals.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — June 7, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
I have a 17, 10 and 2 with me at home, a 13th year old is at foster care because I had signed the voluntary plan. I summitted a affidavit to revoke my voluntary plan, and what I got was the sherriff at my door, an emergency social worker, and a new case open. I now facing with criminal charges for taking the FOURTH Amendment Rights. The social worker file the petition at court and are saying that they have sustantiating evidence of abuse since 2/28/09 and trying to take the other 3 kids. At criminal court they said that I could go upto 18 months of jail time and order me to say away from my daughter and not call, harrassed. Foster mother is witness to my daughter case and accused me of many other things, because I confronted her with the social worker if regards to my 13th year old girl have a intimate relationship with her husband. my daughter don’t want to come home since she is having all the attention of guys and also allowed to do things that I would not let her. The concern is my other 3 kids that are going thru very hard time understanding the police and social workers body search and interrogation. She keeps calling the hot line and reporting me of abuse just because she doesn’t want to come home. I don’t have family support, their father is not in this country. I need help and support please. I am in CA Los Angeles.
Comment by wendy — June 22, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
Wendy – please register at the message board for feedback on your case. I don’t know where you got the idea to revoke your voluntary plan… I’ve never heard of this before and it looks like it didn’t work out well for you. And if you have a child in foster care, how can the plan be voluntary?
While your 17yo child is still at home perhaps you can get an affidavit of facts from him or her to repudiate some of the false accusations.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — June 23, 2009 @ 10:11 am
my 7 yr. old daughter was detained by CPS and I filed an ExParte motion w/ court and the judge said he could not make a ruling with an active CPS case.CPS told me the case was closed(only after a week of detaining my daughter) CPS will not give me anything in writing stating the case is closed?? I am being pushed back and forth by false allegations..that is why the case is closed.But, the judge wants to penalize me??When do I get to see my daughter again??
Comment by Wendie — November 30, 2009 @ 9:42 pm
Wendie, I don’t know the answer to your question… wish I did. Try posting on the message board here at FightCPS… there are some very legally savvy people there who might have the right answer for you. I will post about this on the front of the site. I hope someone can come up with good suggestions for you.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — December 1, 2009 @ 6:39 am
Just the other day my husban gets a call from our cildrens school in Auburn Washington. They told him they were taking his son into custody because of a bruise/scratch on his cheek that he claimed he recieved from his father because he got kicked off the bus. He was placed under CPS custody for 72hrs. fortunatly they allowed him to stay with a family member. My husbands mother and sister flew in from OK to help. We could not have any contact with the boy for 72hrs. But my husband found out that my children had been telling the school stories about me, that I locked the boys in thier room at night and beat them while my hisband was at work and that I hit my son with a hanger and shoe, but these were unfounded because there was no bruises. They told him that these reports along with the ones made while we lived in Arkansas starting with my oldest daughter (which I was told before I left that the case had been closed} and all the recent ones that it showed a patern of abuse even though most were proven unfounded. They showed up lastnight and took my three children from my care and placed them with family saying that it looked bad on them if they only took the one. My children were in the home until the first 72hrs were up. They had no reason to take my children, they had no marks on them! The only reason my husbands son had a mark was because they were playing a little too rough, I was there, my husband never slapped him like he told them he had. The only reason for our children to be liying on us is because they don’t want us toghether and my kids never have. My second oldest daughter said they lied about her saying she told them her step-father made her hit herself over laundry while I was at work, and I’m a stay at home mom! We have known from the begining that my kids didn’t want us toghether, but we kept trying to make the family work, and his son wants to go back to his grandmother who raised him. We have court with an appointed lawyer this tuesday, what do I do? My husband and I were already making plans to sepperate for the kids, he was sending his son to be with his grandmother and I sent my oldest to live with her aunt until I got the money for the rest of us to go then this happened. I am alone here as I have no family, my family is waiting on me with my oldest daughter. They say if we agree to what they want us to do then no one will have to testify and it will be up to the commissioner to decide if the children will be let back into the home. I can’t even see my children without the family members being present, and they are nither here to hurt or help us but to keep the kids. I don’t know what to do! I want my kids and I want out of here!!!! Help!
Comment by Laura — January 24, 2010 @ 6:37 pm
Laura (I changed your name so that your real name wouldn’t show up in search engines) … if you agree and sign a stipulation at court (or plea bargain, guilty plea) you are saying you’re guilty. If you’re not guilty you can demand a full trial and make them prove their charges. Read as much as you can from this site – then check out http://www.massoutrage.com – you must educate yourself.
At the beginning the court appointed attorney will try to get you to agree to charges in court, and coerce you to think your children might come home if you sign a plea stating you’re guilty. Most likely the children WON’T be sent home just because you ‘cooperated’. The court appointed attorney probably doesn’t want to have to prepare for a trial.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 24, 2010 @ 10:43 pm
Linda, i just lost my three girls to CPS on the 23 of this month. I did not find this site until later that same evening. Everything that is on the don’t list, well I did everyone of them. In that I had nothing to hide and I thought if I talked to the women she would see that I was doing everthing they asked of me that they would see that my kids were safe. My life was turned completely upside down in the matter of days. And I say days. On Jan 5 a cps worker named Michelle was at my kids school, asked if she could speak with me, and of course I said yes. We talked for about two hours, in which she took notes, but I didn’t. I didn’t think I needed to. At the end of the conversation she asked me if I would take a drug test. I said yes because I had nothing to hide. At the very end she stated that she was from the office in the town where my ex husband and his mother are from. It is a town of 5000 people, and his mother works for the local hospital and elderly home health care facility. Well everyone already knows everyone, but she specifically works with CPS and APS, so they really know one another. I said that I would take the drug test but that I didn’t feel comfortable with her because she was conflict of interest. She gave me the hipa law speech and said j would be fine. That was on Jan 5. I took the drug test on the 7th but was a problem and they asked me to come back the next day. Went back on the 8th in which it came back positive for meth. Um I had not been doing drugs. So I asked to see my drug test and they refused to show it to me. Then I got home and took a home test with my mother and I was clean. Took another one thefollowing morning, clean. Michelle shows up at my mothers house on sat morning of the 9th, because I demanded another drug test. She did a mouth swab at my home, which I thought was weird. And did the safty plan. Never heard back from here until the 21st and she said I showed positive for meth. I told her that was it and I refused to speak with her again until I spoke with a attorney. On the 23rd she was at my mothers house with court orders to remove my girls withthe police. We filmed the girls screaming and crying not wanting to leave and freaking completely out. Then come to find out she dosnt have car seats for them. In that 2 have to have them by Texas law. My mother ran out there to tell the police, in that they gave her a police escort to where ever and they speeding. They would not tell me where they were taking them and nor where they would be going to school. I have yet not heard from my girls or cps, and have found out that Michelle, the cps worker and my ex mother in law are friends. Not just any friends, but graduated from school together, was former neighbors, and talk on a regular basis. I am so lost and shocked and a emotional wreak. Everyone that I have spoken to has said they have never seen this happen. That there reasoning for removal is neglectful supervision And drugs. Well the girls have never been alone or been put in danger while in my care. And I do not use drugs. I am needing any advise on what to do. I believe that my ex’s family is completly behind this and has been planning this for a while. What would you suggest I start? Thank you for this site, in that I wish I would of seen it a few days ago.
Comment by Jacqueline B — January 25, 2010 @ 12:59 am
Hi Jacqueline… most people don’t believe they’ll ever have to worry about CPS until it happens to them. When I’ve tried to tell young mothers ahead of time they’ve been resentful and angry – because they don’t understand why I think they need the information. They think I’m insinuating something bad about them, I guess… when actually I’m just trying to tell them that people are getting falsely accused by the thousands across the country, so be prepared.
About your drug test, if it were me I’d need a lawyer to subpoena the drug tester, and a drug analysis from another provider (a second opinion,) and I’d request a full trial rather than signing a “guilty” plea of any kind. They should have to prove their charges and you MUST have your own evidence to present in court because the person with “the preponderance of evidence” should win. Also declarations (affidavits) from people who know you and know you’re not a drug user would help. You can find out how to write declarations in the legal document library here at FightCPS. I hope this helps!
Keep in mind that the lawyer may try all sorts of coercive lines to try to get you to sign a plea in court. That’s where most trip up — not making CPS prove their allegations.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 26, 2010 @ 2:57 am
need help
Comment by josh — February 7, 2010 @ 12:07 am
Josh, try the FightCPS Message Board Forum.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — February 8, 2010 @ 9:19 pm
Wow! My story is so different from many of yours but alike in many ways. I live and used to teach in a very small community and was misaccused of child abuse and neglect of three children in my special needs classroom. I dearly loved my students and was the first to stand up for them at any given time. I was stripped of my dream teaching position (I was forced to resign or face internal investigations), my certificate is under review by the state legal department (the district filed this) and currently in limbo, my college masters degree which is supposed to be awarded to me in May is now in limbo as well because of this, and as I was told by the Cabinet-they found the anonymous claims of abuse and neglect to be unsubstantiated and have drop their charges on me but still have not sent me the letter stating this is so. To make matters worse I wasn’t even in the classroom during the event that I am being accused of, I have proof I was in a release committee meeting with 8 witnesses. What scares me the most is in my meeting with the cabinet that I fully cooperated with them, I was asked about my own children, could they even consider taking my own children from me? I have taught for years the need for my children to know and understand the constitution this is exactly why we need to be well versed with our only defense against this rediculous system. The CPS/Cabinet for Family Services need to do what they are supose to be doing-legally looking into “real” abuse and neglect situations. Some disgruntled social worker or caseworker in the residental facility the children I taught lived in, accused me without any cause other than a personaliity conflict, probably wanting my job. One thing I can say, is most of the other teachers in the district are telling my children they are praying that this all ends soon, they are rallying behind me. How can this happen in America in the 21st century?
Comment by Mercedes Benz — March 11, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
How do you know if you have been placed on a Central Index blacklist?
How can you get your voice out there without fear of retaliation or abuse?
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Comment by (anonymous) — April 22, 2010 @ 12:23 am
Last year my son fractured his collarbone while at preschool. I was very upset and when he returned a few days later, one of the other moms, who I believe is also a social worker, accused me of doing it even though it happened at school! Luckily, two of the preschool teachets stood up for me and this woman had to drop her accusations before it went as far as CPS. This woman also tried to question my older child right in front of me about “what was wrong”. This other mom has often behaved strangely around me and I feel that her false accusation was based on jealousy. I avoid her now. I am afraid that she is waiting and watching for another opportunity to falsely accuse me.
Comment by Fed up — April 26, 2010 @ 3:21 am
Fed up, it sounds like she’s using her association with the school to cruise for new clients. I’d make a complaint to the owner of the preschool…
Comment by Linda Martin — April 26, 2010 @ 11:22 am
I am still trying to get my children back. I would be happy with the mother getting them back but I fear that they will try to keep them away from the mother as well. I think that they want to keep them in foster care. They are only allowing supervised visits. I have met alot of people who have gone through similar circumstances and after the kids grow up they don’t want to continue. My problem is making contact with families that are going through this right now. I wish there was a way to band together so that we could do something about this and start putting this on the media. Have government investigations into the matter. Repeal these laws which are encouraging this behavior by these government employee’s.
Comment by Emergency — June 15, 2010 @ 8:20 am
Emergency – you’re welcome to join the advocates on our message board forum.
Comment by Linda Martin — June 15, 2010 @ 11:30 am
@Emergency,I am Going through the same thing. But here’s the twist my son drowned in foster care, thank God he’s OK pure freaking miracle . Now they are doing every thing not to give me reunification service cause my son is suing them(court appointed a law firm to sue the county and foster care agency) and they are trying keep what they are going to give him. They are telling both sides of mother and I family that they retarded so nobody wants them, cause our family’s aren’t capable of handling children like this and my attorney is not defending me…I need to start over where to begin..Any suggestions
Comment by Me Too — June 15, 2010 @ 7:48 pm