Another Champion of Justice - Thank you, Barbara Hollingsworth!

This week I received email with links to a series of news articles written by Barbara Hollingsworth about CPS injustice. She’s looking for cases in and around Washington DC, to profile them in future news articles.

Here are her article links:

Victims claim CPS officials guilty of ‘ruthless behavior - examples of CPS injustice from around the USA.

Is it child protection or legal kidnapping? - how CPS works, and how innocent parents can be accused of wrongdoing.

Bureaucrats running down the clock against parents - this is about ASFA, the Orwellian law passed in 1996 that allows CPS to terminate parental rights after keeping a child in foster care for only 15 months. This has encouraged the CPS tactic of delaying reunifications until the time limit is reached so they can adopt out children even if the parents are adequate and have done everything required. This law also gives states bonus money for each child adopted out.

ASFA = “The Adoptions and Safe Families Act” - ostensibly written to keep children from having to live in long term foster care, by encouraging adoptions. In practice it has encouraged states to rip apart young families to get the babies because they are most easily adopted out. Older “hard to adopt” children are featured on meat-market type websites where people can look through to see if they want any featured children. The states get thousands of dollars for each adoption, from the federal treasury. “Child collectors”… aka Adopters… get thousands of dollars in adoption subsidy payments. Social workers get jobs since they are the front-line in taking children from their families. It is a win-win situation for everyone except parents and children who are used, abused, and traumatized for life by this pathetic rush for money by greedy systemites.

Filed under: Media — Linda @ 8:51 am

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I’ve already corresponded with her regarding my daughter’s case and will be updating her as we go forward. We just spoke with our attorney and she feels that we have a very good chance of getting out from under this very soon.

Comment by Lynne — June 6, 2008 @ 10:34 am

update on the Coleman families fight for their little girls. Their story appears on the Examiner thanks to Barbara!

Caitlyn and Ashley have been moved AGAIN! The little girls have been taken from foster care in Marquette to ESCANABA. Now Robert and Janet have to travel 4 hours one way to visit them.

Since Child and Family Services found out that the Colemans were taping, Robert and Janet are to be subjected to searches and no cell phones, no purses, no diaper bags allowed (as in the FLDS case) no recording devices and no cameras.

OR THEIR RIGHTS WILL BE TERMINATED

WHY NOT? Why cant a concerned parent who has already seen signs of abuse on their children while in foster care, docuement visitation?

If your little girl had bruises on her ankles and elbows would you not want it documented? Wouldn’t you do everything that you could to stop the abuse? Wouldn’t you want proof that your babies were being abused while in foster care?

Countless children are taken from good homes and put into foster care where they are truly abused. It has to be stopped.

WHAT IS CPS HIDING?? Once it was revealed that the Colemans had evidence documenting the lies, AND THE ABUSE, all previous transcripts by Child and Family Services has disappeared, “lost”.

CPS does its darndest to dishearten and make it nearly impossible for parents dont they?

This is all orders from the agent for CPS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUCH ORDERS FROM THE JUDGE.

The Colemans visit with their little girls is to begin at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 5 and Friday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.

Robert and Janet will be tried for alledged spanking before Gogebic county Judge Massie on June 23, 24, 25. http://www.gogebic.org/juvenile.htm The Colemans have asked for a jury trial.

The Colemans are begging for help.

Robert and Janet were told that Caitlyn has said that Janet is carrying TWINS. Healthy beautiful twins really up the ante, dont they?

SEE THE MESSAGE BELOW AS AN ATTATCHMENT WITH OFFICIAL SEALS.

June 3, 2008

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman
57570 Caledonia Street
Calumet, MI 49913

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Coleman:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the terms of your parenting time appointments with your daughters. All parenting time will be supervised and held at the Delta County Department of Human Services. Visits will be held on Thursday afternoons from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT and Friday mornings from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT. Should an office closure or holiday conflict with the scheduled appointments alternative arrangements will be made. Due to the location of parenting time at the Delta County DHS office, parenting time cannot be scheduled on weekends.

1. The visitation supervisor is there to supervise the visit; there will be no discussion of the case with the visitation supervisor or the children. Parenting time is for the benefit of the children, not the parents. All conversations should be nurturing and healthy. Inappropriate comments may result in the visit being terminated.
2. At no time will video or audio recording devices, including cameras and cellular phones be allowed in the visitation room.
3. The only people authorized in the visitation room during the visit are the children, parents, and visitation supervisor.
4. The parents are responsible for providing nutritious snacks and drinks for the visit. Diapers and wipes if needed are also the parent’s responsibility. Bags containing the aforementioned items are subject to search prior to being allowed into the visitation room.
5. No personal items, including coats, jackets, or purses will be allowed in the visitation room.
6. It is the parent’s responsibility to correct inappropriate behavior by the children. Age appropriate techniques must be utilized. Any form of physical discipline will result in immediate termination of the visit.
7. The parents are responsible for insuring the visitation room is neat and orderly at the end of the visit.
8. Both the DHS and parents are required to provide 24 hour notice of cancellation of visitation.
9. The DHS will reimburse the parents for their travel to and from their home to the Escanaba, as well as reimburse them for the cost of overnight lodging not to exceed the state rate of $65.00 per night, plus tax.

The terms listed above are non-negotiable; any violations of these terms may result in termination of the visit or a motion to the court to cancel future visits. The primary goal in this case is and has always been reunification of the children with the parents. Documented, successful parenting time appointments are a key step in the reunification process. Caitlyn and Ashley are wonderful children and would benefit significantly from nurturing, productive parenting time. Thank you in advance for you cooperation.

Sincerely,

Robert J. Ross
Children’s Services Specialist

Cc: Michael Findlay
Tracie Wittla, Asst. PA
Rudolph Perhalla, GAL
Juvenile Court

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CPS workers who threaten and lie are “engaging in the unauthorized practice of law”.
Published Saturday May 24, 2008
Court says state erred in family meddling
BY MARTHA STODDARD
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
…a jury found that Case abused her authority as a state employee by engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.
Trial evidence showed that she repeatedly told Richmond he could still visit his daughter if he willingly gave up his parental rights but that he risked losing visitation if a court terminated his rights.
Every parent gets a threat like that to coerce them to sign a “voluntary” service plan.
http://www.omaha. com/index. php?u_page= 2798&u_sid= 10342340

http://www.youtube.com/bringourchildrenhome

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bring_our_children_home/

Powerful videos. Some are just newly posted.
http://www.youtube.com/user/bringourchildrenhome
Please leave a message on this site for Robert and Janet.

http://www.youtube.com/bringourchildrenhome

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bring_our_children_home/

Powerful videos. Some are just newly posted.
http://www.youtube.com/user/bringourchildrenhome
Please leave a message on this site for Robert and Janet.

WE ARE CALLING FOR ANGELS

Thank you all for showing your support for the Colemans.

We are all frustrated with the problems in our child protection services. As families, we know the helplessness that we feel as we have went through the nightmare of CPS in action.

We need a better system in place in order to protect children whether it be a truly abusive situation or false accusation.

The truly abused children languish in abuse while good families have their children taken away from them. To make the nightmare even worse, should a pregnancy happen once CPS is involved, the fetus is already spoken for. They did it in Texas and they do it here in Michigan. CPS went so far as to sit in the delivery room while the FLDS mother gave birth. The woman, who was of legal age to marry said that a day that should of been most joyful was her most fearful.

If any of you want to support the Coleman family, please post your story, newspaper articles or any other commentary supporting the need for reform in MICHIGAN. YOUR INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

And please spread this story far and wide because it is the story of countless families who are suffering because of CPS.

Ashley and Caitlyn will have a better chance of going back home if we can turn on the pressure of public opinion.

This case can force reform as Robert and Janet Coleman have extensive tapes of lies and misdoings by CPS, Child and Family Services, the foster care coordinator and the guardian ad litem and others. There is evidence that the girls are being abused in foster care. There is plenty of photo evidence and doctors reports for the record.

Out of this trial may come the absolute right to tape supervised visits in order to cut down on the lies and deceit that we all know goes on.

It should be made law that there is mandatory taping with both sides getting a copy.

If you would like to help, please make your opinion heard as soon as you can.
Thank you all very much for the kind and thoughtful support.

Below is an update and history of what I have sent out so far. Old news to some but, with this story spreading like wild fire, it is new to many.

BLESS YOU

Martha

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bring_our_children_home/

Powerful videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/bringourchildrenhome
Please leave a message on this site for Robert and Janet.

The Colemans went to court last Friday, They have been told that the court is looking at the Colemans yahoo group and they are watching commentary and discussion about CPS. The prosecuting attorney was very angry at the exposure of the misdoings by CPS and Child and Family Services. She brought in a stack of paper copied off of the old and now defunct trueamericansofironwood yahoo group.

She also found a great deal of fault with my misstatement about the girls being put into a police car. She vehemently stated that that was an untruth and that the girls were actually put into the back of a Child and Family Services car. I would like you to note that important correction.

Due to her anger and potential wrath, Robert has set up a new group, bringourchildrenhome. There is a place on the youtube site that will link to commentary. Please comment. Your opinions are most helpful.

If any of you want to support this family. please post your story, newswpaper articles or any other commentary supporting the need for reform in MICHIGAN and throughout the nation. Ashley and Caitlyn will have a better chance of going back home if we can turn on the pressure of public opinion.

This case stands to go somewhere toward reform as Robert Coleman has extensive tapes of lies and misdoings by CPS and the girls are being abused in foster care. There is plenty of photo evidence and doctors reports for the record.

Caitlyn is just 6 years old and Child and Family Services took her to the dentist without her parents or their permission. To spite having a regular family dentist, an unknown dentist root canalled and put silver crowns on 5 or 6 of her baby teeth.

Now Child and Family Services is planning on putting 2 year old Ashley under general anesthetic and doing the same to her teeth.

Interestingly enough, the home page of Child and Family Services of Michigan has a subsidiary company listed on their site for insurance. Can anyone tell me why they have their own insurance company? Are they also making money off of sending children to be submitted to root canals and silver caps on their baby teeth?

I do not know why. Can anyone tell me why they have a subsidiary insurance agency?

http://www.cfsm.org/memberagencies.htm

SUBSIDIARIES

Michigan Specialty Insurance Agency, Inc.
2157 University Park Drive
Okemos, Michigan 48864

If you would like to help, please make your opinion heard as soon as you can.

Thank you all so very much for the support that you have shown.

BLESS YOU

Martha

I just found out that, there has been no gag order. However, the prosecuting attorney had issue with all of the support that Robert and Janet have received. She brought in a huge stack (300+pages) of all of the trueamericansofironwood postings and was very, very, angry at the exposure.

Apparently the judge did not gag them as he certainly would have at that point.

The Coleman’s attorney said that the publicity can not hurt the case. Right now Robert and Janet need some kind words of support. Please send your messages to Robert at c.e.r.p@sbcglobal.net and Janet at jjc1025@yahoo.com.

On Monday they were scheduled to see their little girls only to arrive at an empty parking lot and another locked door!

Janet is due to have a baby girl the first week in July.

The couple had traveled for over 3 hours ONE WAY to see Caitlyn and Ashley. They were disheartened and distressed as they had not seen the little girls in several weeks due to Child and Family Services of Marquette canceling visitation to spite the court ordered visits.

It was very heartbreaking to hear them cry for their little girls.

I really appreciate the support and interest that you all have shown on behalf of the Coleman family. At the very bottom of this mailing, I have included an extensive list of email addresses that you may also forward your comments to.

Bless you all

Martha

To: Robert and Janet
From: Angela Andriacchi
Child Welfare Worker
Tracey Compton
Child Welfare Supervisor
Date: May 9, 2008
Re: Parenting Time Guidelines
Below are the parameters for visitation. Child and Family Services would like you to have regular visitation with your children however, the requirements below must be followed in order for visitation to occur.
At no time will any video or audio recording devices including cameras be used during parenting time and/or during contact with the caseworker or service providers. Failure to comply will result in your visit being terminated.
There will be no questions or concerns regarding this case discussed in the presence of the children. All concerns will be directed toward the caseworker and/or your attorney in private. Failure to comply will result in your visit being terminated.
Parents will ensure that discussions, topics and situations during supervised visitation promote a healthy environment and are in the best interests of the children. Failure to comply will result in your visit being terminated.
Comments made to the children that are deemed inappropriate at any time may result in postponement of future visits.
All visitation is to be supervised by Child and Family Services staff. Any additional supervision must be approved by the Court.
Parenting time is designated for parents. At no time will an unauthorized party attend parenting time. Any additional parties must be authorized through Child & Family Services, the Department of Human Services, and/or the Court.
A nutritious snack, food or drink for the children will be provided by the parents. Diapers and wipes will also be provided by the parents during the supervised visits. Bags containing contents required for visitation will be subject to examination prior to visitation.
No other personal items will be brought into Child and Family Services under any circumstances. Failure to comply will result in your visit being terminated.
No form of physical punishment or humiliation during the visits. Failure to comply will result in your visit being terminated.
Supervision of the children is the responsibility of the parents. Parents are expected to watch the children at all times and not leave that responsibility up to service providers.
The visitation room will be cleaned up by the end of the visits.
Parents are required to provide one business day notice of a request to cancel visitation.
The primary goal is to have a cooperative relationship between the caseworker and parents in order to achieve family reunification. Your full cooperation is required to proceed with parenting time. Please acknowledge receipt of this e-mail stating your willingness to follow the parameters set forth for visitation. Additionally, upon arrival for visitation, parents will sign an acknowledgement stating their agreement to follow the parameters outlined.
Sincerely,
Angela Andriacchi
Child Welfare Worker

The Colemans response to Angela

May 10, 2008

Angela Andriacchi
Child Welfare Worker
706 Chippewa Square
Suite 200
Marquette, Michigan 49855
License # CB520201043
Effective: 4-15-08
Expiration: 4-14-2010
Robert and Janet Coleman
57570 Caledonia Street
Calumet, Michigan 49913
Re: Parenting Time Guidelines
Dear Angela,
We received your letter in regards to the parameters for visitation. You stated that “Child and Family Services would like you to have regular visitation with your children, however the requirements below must be followed in order for visitation to occur”. If that statement were true and correct, then you would not continue to cancel our scheduled visits with our children. Why didn’t we receive these parameters for visitation before now, if they were in existence, wouldn’t we have been given them before our first visit? We’ve had five supervised visits with our children, and four visits have been canceled. We had our camera during prior visits, and freely took pictures, but this was never mentioned previously.
Included in your parameters you state that “There will be no questions or concerns regarding this case discussed in the presence of the children. All concerns will be directed toward the caseworker and/or your attorney in private”. We don’t control our children’s thought process. Caitlyn has a free will, and she wants and deserves answers! We can’t possibly stop her from asking questions about Her life and future. Why is it ok for you to question Caitlyn in your guise of “it’s a secret”, yet we are not allowed to exchange normal questions between parent and child.
You also stated that “Parents will ensure that discussions, topics and situations during supervised visitation promote a healthy environment and are in the best interests of the children. Failure to comply will result in your visit being terminated”. Caitlyn was obviously coached, before our visits, as to what she is and isn’t allowed to say. Normally a free spirited, outspoken child, Caitlyn was in fear of disclosing the truth to us under the watchful eye of you as the caseworker.
We have absolutely no problem bringing the necessities for our children. But we do have a problem with you trying to continuously violate our Constitutional Rights and us. You stated that “Bags containing contents required for visitation will be subject to examination prior to visitation”. Again, these are new rules that you are making up as you go along. We were never informed of this, and you never searched anything we brought in before. Do you have a search warrant for these searches you want to conduct?
In your closing paragraph you state “The primary goal is to have a cooperative relationship between the caseworker and parents in order to achieve family reunification. Your full cooperation is required to proceed with parenting time”. You mention family reunification, and make continuous threats with canceling our visitation time with our children if we don’t comply, yet we’ve done nothing to deserve this abuse from you. We have cooperated with everyone that we’ve come in contact with since our children were viciously removed away from us. Regardless of how much we cooperate with you, you continue to cancel our visits.
You tell us not to ask our children any questions. Caitlyn and Ashley are our children, we have every right to inquire about their mental and physical well-being, and it’s not in our nature to not have concerns for them. Our parental rights have not been terminated. We wish to continue making all decisions pertaining to the rearing and upbringing of our children. We have not, nor do we intend to forfeit any legal right afforded to us as parents. With that being said, we refuse to sign off on any of our constitutional rights, therefore we will not comply with your fictcious parameters for visitation. You are canceling the visit you schedule for Monday, due to our refusal to give up our rights to an illegal search.
At this time, we’d like to also make you aware of the fact that we are in the process of reviewing our options for other sources of supervision during our visits. We are also filing a motion for more frequent and meaningful visitation. In addition, we will also be filing a grievance with the Depart of Human Services, in regards to your inappropriate behavior and continuous threats. You are supposed to be looking out for the best interest of the children, but instead worry needlessly about us recording family moments.
Thank you for your immediate response.
Sincerely,

Robert & Janet Coleman

trueamericansofironwood@ yahoogroups.com (has been taken down)

Subject: update PLEASE HELP THIS FAMILY BY FORWARDING THIS STORY

PLEASE, THIS STORY NEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED FAR AND WIDE. PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE! AND I AM ASKING FOLKS TO DO A BIT OF RESEARCH INTO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE/FOSTER CARE CORRUPTION!

THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE, EVEN YOU!
This is an effort to help two little girls find their way home.

I have written to every state legislator in this state. All have failed to reply. With the exception of one who had a “not my job response.” Please read this mail in its entirety and please go to you tube to see these videos, they are not to believed.

Since these letters have went out there have been two more tapes (now several more) added to YouTube. I also ask you to view three others that are in the body of the statement. (now relocated to the youtube site http://www.youtube.com/user/bringourchildrenhome

Honorable Mr Steil AND OTHERS:

With all due respect-

Let me assure you that the Representative of GOGEBIC county got a copy of the Colemans statement. We are estimating from feedback and tracking, literally thousands have read this story.

Not only is the story being talked about in GOGEBIC county, MICHIGAN, and the nation, IT IS BEING READ AROUND THE WORLD and plastered on websites. The feedback is astonishing.

We are pushing for big time exposure at the national level and we are getting it.

This is not a district problem. This is indeed a national problem. IT IS MICHIGAN’S PROBLEM.

You must understand that the Colemans are getting a TREMENDOUS amount of support from people all over the country. You must understand the depth and scope of the problem with the abuses by the Child Protective System. People of note are well aware of what is going on with the hell that the Coleman family has went through.

Countless people in MICHIGAN and the nation have lived the nightmare.

I talked to Robert last night and he told me that Caitlyn has been vaginally examined at least three times. The baby has been gynecologically inspected as well.

Caitlyn reported to her father that the DOCTOR DID NOT WEAR GLOVES AS HE TOUCHED HER PEE PEE AND BUTT.

Is he the mysterious “DOCTOR” EDWARDS?

Mr. Coleman has miles of tape on the siege of his family. He has just submitted the clip of Caitlyns telling about the DOCTOR who touched her private parts without gloves on to YOU TUBE for the world to see.

MICHIGAN’S SHAME.

It is Robert and Janets intention to continue to expose the sick and broken system by submitting excerpts from the reams of tapes that they have.

Expect to see more of it on YOU TUBE.

Failures of the Child Protective Services which have resulted in the horrendous abuse and murder of children have blazed the front pages of this state, MICHIGAN’S, newspapers.

Far too many children and families are suffering throughout MICHIGAN. Gogebics problem is your problem. It is my problem and it is the problem of every family in this state.

I have gotten the same response from the politicians at the national level.

At least they responded with a “not my problem”. At least there was a response.

Protocol in your conceding any comments or actions to the esteemed Representative from GOGEBIC county’s district is out of courtesy and I understand that. However, someone has to stand up for our children.

YOU are the only MICHIGAN legislator who has responded so far.

The governor, deputy governor and first gentlemen have yet to respond to my concerns about child abuse and STATE SANCTIONED CHILD ABUSE via the agencies who are there to protect children.

I have studied the problem intently for a number of years now and what I am finding out is shocking. I want the corruption exposed.

I demand that changes are made for the good of MICHIGAN’S children and their families.

There is far too much abuse by the system that is intended to protect children. Instead of protecting the innocent babes, they are child grinding machines. Federal dollars for foster care is good for the states coffers but, very bad for MICHIGAN’S children.

Too often, I am finding a conflict of interests where those involved in the decision making process have “interests” in the adoption agencies, group foster care homes and support services for CPS.

The nation’s newspapers frequently publish articles exposing CPS and CPS support workers as pedophiles.

There is a lot of money and debauchery to be made off of removing children from loving homes.

IT NEEDS TO STOP.

I have several laws in mind that I would like to see passed that would help insure that children get a better chance of surviving the Child Protective System.

Among several laws that need to be passed is a conflict of interest law. NO MORE JUDGES SETTING ON THE BOARDS OF ADOPTION AGENCIES AND GROUP FOSTER HOMES. This must be a no no.

It does not matter to me if the children who are being destroyed because the state says so, are in GOGEBIC county or Ingham county or Wayne county. They are all residents of Michigan and I will fight for them.

Will YOU?

I appreciate your response and I truly hope that I gave you fodder for some serious soul searching and thinking about the children in MICHIGAN!

Thank you

Martha Hyde

Comment by martha hyde — June 6, 2008 @ 1:14 pm

To the Colemans:

I notice that Diando pulled a good move when she took her story to the Houston chronice.

Also, if there is a FOX Investigative Reporter in any towns where the Colemans are living in Michigan, I would definitely get in touch with them with video and audio.

Diando had a good outcome. Her family member was harmed while in FC, and she called the investigative reporter and they ( the fosters) dropped their family member off at the CPS 24 hour care center.

Also make the point with the Investigative Reporter that FLDS are not the only ones harmed by CPS.

There is a great video on Youtube by Mike Hanson about DFPS stealing a desirable newborn from the HOSPITAL ROOM.

You have to have a story like FLDS which piques the public interest. You need to make that point when you submit your video and audio to TV news.

It truly can happen to anyone.

Michigan just recently had the HARD LEMONDADE CASE WHICH CAUSED EVEN WELL EDUCATED UPPER MIDDLE CLASS FOLKS TO SHUDDDER.

I urge the Colemans to get in touch with Chris Ratte ( michigan) Google his name. and also find out the name of his colleage at the university who helped him free his son from FC. The man is an atty and heads a child advocacy clinic at the University of Michigan (?) not sure of the exact school.

Ask Ratte and his friend what you can do in Michigan.

Meanwhile—best wishes and good luck to this family. Perhaps they can give u some free legal representation thru the Child Advocacy Law Clinic.

Many schools have 3rd year law students working there as intenes. Please let us know if this has worked or helped, you , MARTHA.

bEST. f.

Comment by Fern — June 7, 2008 @ 7:35 am

Have the Coleman’s gone to the media? I would think any investigative reporter would be all over the audio tape, which I have heard, of the little girl talking about being touched by the doctor and any proof of abuse while in foster care. I agree with the above poster, now is the time, right after FLDS, for anyone and everyone to be going to the media with their stories.

Comment by Raeanna — June 7, 2008 @ 8:33 pm

We are in the process of going to the press in our town as well. the news paper is very interested. we are the lucky ones - our sons are in the care of their grandmother.

Find out who is the committee chair for the over site committee or the auditing committee for your state legislature The committee is the one that makes sure that the people in the state are doing their jobs. Ours has been a lot of help so far and has started investigating the entire county’s system.

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Back door adoptions done by Santa Clara County Department of Social Services

How many tax payers of Santa Clara County paid to have and Idaho relative flown out to San Jose California to bond with her nephew in order to adopt him. Let me tell you aproximatley $16833.62 over a period from November 2007-May 31st 2008, of your taxes payer dollars were spent on plane tickets and hotels alone. not to mention lawyer fee’s, court costs and foster parent care. A court order was issued giving the biological families Aunt the right to take him back to Idaho. The foster Family Ken and Margret Jones of Los Gatos filed a greavance with Department of Social Service to stop his movement. According to the Aunt Malaika Mukuyoma( California Case worker) had no idea what to or how to proceed. Instead of following through with the court order issued December 13,2007 by Commissioner McCarthy , Malaika chose to ignore it and see what the office of DCS decided to do. .
Since when did foster parents gain more rights than birth families/
Since when did DCS have right to play with families hearts and souls as if they have no cares in the world.
Since when did DCS become a place for childless couples to gain free adoption of our children that have a loving biological family willing able and ready to raise them.
TODAY the judge in Santa Clara county gave perfect strangers to the biological family; the FOSTER PARENTS custody of our 14 month old nephew.

Comment by Mona — June 13, 2008 @ 7:09 am

Can something be done about the ‘career’ being fully funded. I heard in some states it is. Making such monumentous descisions in a person’s life should be done with a person of high inntegrety. Ths should not be a career a person was enticed into.

Comment by denise — June 13, 2008 @ 1:56 pm

I’d do my darndest to make sure I could sneak a cell or micro recorder in, even if I have to hide it down my pants. Disgusting, but I’d do whatever I had to do to prove my side. There is a way to prove this. There is a way. these people can’t win. No they cannot! Any good lawyer who cared would be able to show that there are things wrong. For example, the sudden disappearance of documentation and transcripts that DSS supposedly lost. That could be noted. Also, any previous recordings, documentation, pictures, and evidence that the family has before the scathing letter was written could prove as great evidence in court. This family is in my prayers. May Jehovah bless them. Oh, it’s kinda funny that foster parents are allowed to bruise, beat, and inflict physical harm, but the parents will be terminated from their visit for so much as a tap because it is considered physical punishment? Hosh Posh! Yeah, these people are really crazy!

Comment by Reina Brown — June 14, 2008 @ 8:51 am

It is clear that the DSS agency is trying to cover up and hide things from the Coleman family. They do not have the right at all whatsoever to subject them to these terms. On what basis do these scumbags have to terminate their parental rights for caring about their treatment in foster care? Isn’t it ironic that they are being charged for physical abuse, yet they are being abused in foster care? Seems a bit hypocritical, huh?

Since I’ve read this story about the Colemans, I have not slept soundly. I won’t until I help it to make national news. This outrages me and makes me utterly sick. I hope to be known to DSS as their biggest enemy. I hope that when every agency knows my name, they’ll quiver in their boots and get sick to their stomachs because they’ll know I’ll raise the roof bring justice. I will be known shortly, as I’ve already started writing a press release to be placed on the top fifty news sites online for media to pick. I would truly hope that some of you here would help contribute with some quotes of outrage–extreme outrage! Linda, site owner of Fight CPS, could you please participate? I feel it will give your site more coverage, as well as more weight to this story. Thanks to anyone who supports my cause. This family needs help, and they deserve a nice, huge settlement. What they are doing is clearly wrong, and I hope they’ve saved all of their past evidence of pictures and videos as well as that stupid letter composed by DSS. I want to rake these jerks over some hot, burning, scortching,fiery coals, and I won’t sleep until it is done! Any takers?

Email me at waldorfpc at gmail.com

Comment by Reina Brown — June 16, 2008 @ 6:46 am

Where can I contact Ms. Holligsworth?..DO I HAVE A STORY FOR HER!!!…AND I NEED HER HELP BADLY!!!!!!

Comment by Branda — June 23, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

The Department of Social services is corupt. The job is not to re-unite the family unit. They put down faulse alligations out of context and state they are true with no facts included. I am a mother who is in appeal for i was not allowed due process of my civil rights. Something deffinatly needs to be addressed here. The social services need to pay for what they do by breaking the law and what they don’t do accourding to law. They children do suffer and do not understand what is happening. It is unjust for a juvinile court of law not to allow due process. I am a innocent mom and have not seen my two children for two years now because of the injustice in our state. I would like to let people know to Appeal if nessasary and sue. I is our right to be treated fair in a court of law including any agency even the dss of ruining family unites.

Comment by Lyne Obrien — June 24, 2008 @ 12:47 pm

I am SO exhausted from researching CPS and doing their job for them that I am physically sick. My husband was recently accused of molesting my 7 year old daughter. The worst part is, that I KNOW the allegation is false. He is now facing criminal charges. And, in trying to defend him, I have lost custody of my daughter. I am a loss as to what to do. We tried playing the game by CPS rules and cooperated with them. Assuming that the truth would be known. But, all it did was destroy our entire lives. I am torn!

Comment by Evian Nezitic — June 25, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

I have some information on a CPS case, where can I help?

Comment by Gladys A. Noble — June 27, 2008 @ 5:30 pm

The Cps have a hard time respecting me as a LDS wife who is married to the step-father. They want force into a divorce when most LDS are against
it! Marriage problems need to resolve
first and it time to let the family be responsible. I know that I lose the child within a month by now.

Comment by christina masaku — June 30, 2008 @ 7:17 am

we all should go the the county manager office and put in complaints to the board of supervisors, of our county, the more complaints that they have against CPS, the more work they have to do. The county managers will have nothing esle but to handle the case this will put fire on them.

Comment by Aaron — June 30, 2008 @ 8:04 am

my suggestion is this we need to inform all parents of their rights before and after CPS comes into their lives. PREFERRABLY before go to www.connecticutdcfwatch.com lets get as many of these free ahndbooks published and given out as soon as possible. secondly lets organize like the hispanics and latinos did stage a protest all across the country from SEA TO SHINING SEA!!!!! this is our country not the enity of CPS. this is the UNITED states of AMERICA we bulit this country we pay their paychecks. We have A right to be innocent until proven guilty. Not an ASSUMED “RISK”. this is where we all have been mislead not only do they violate our rights but that of our children as well. LETS STAND UNITED lets reform the system. contact me at amberred27@yahoo.com I Need to know that i will have support in this. LETS DO IT FOR OUR KIDS!!!!!

Comment by ambersutton — July 11, 2008 @ 4:11 pm

I have been working with Buncombe County DSS in NC. I was transfered to in home services in February after I was accused of putting my daughter in the middle of a nasty custody battle. Also because I refused to sit in a staffing meeting with a man who was verbally, and sexually abuse. He was convicted of assaulting me after I was trying to leave a bad situation almost 8 years ago. The man who has 4 assaults on a female resisiting arrest and has a criminal charge pending of child abuse on another child in another county who does not belong to me. He also has other extensive charges pending in Haywood County of violating a 50B domestic violence restraining order, communicating threats, and 2 damages to personal property charges. Several different women have sought restraining orders against this man. Because I refuse to let my daughter be another victim I am now being taken to court to have my daughter taken because they say it is causing emotional problems for her. I have completed all but one thing on their case management plan and I am in the process of completing the last task Most of the services they have recommended I had already set up before they became involved. They are now accusing the therapist of being biased and unethical even though she was working in the school system and has a excellent record of dealing with children and many years experience. The social worker is rude makes false statements and I was served these papers after they found out I was suing them, and another mother is suing them after it was reported to them in Oct. 2007 that this man was abusing the children because I told them myself!!!!!! The austic child came back from a visit with his father black and blue and also told his therapist who is running for a important public office in January 2008 and never contacted that mother. Communism is alive in Buncombe County. I have dealt with threats, and continued harassment from this department anyone else out there who is dealing with this department better have a attorney waiting as soon as they hit your doorstep ans be ready to sue!

Comment by Kimberly — July 11, 2008 @ 6:17 pm

To Kimberly,

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Comment by Chip Stockard — July 25, 2008 @ 4:53 am

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