Class action lawsuit planned
Announcement From Washington Extended Families:
A national class action lawsuit will commence after September 10th should the adoption incentive be renewed (S 3038). All damaged persons can participate to include extended family, parents and former foster/adopt children. You do not have to be a party to any case to participate. There will be a request for damages. Interested parties should have a vested interest in the children removed and be able to prove a substantial relationship.
Also of extreme interest, is obtaining names/phone/location of CPS workers who are falsifying or have falsified documents in court and who have lied in a court setting. They can sue for government entrapment. The goal is to have case workers sue in all 50 states.
Send the case worker a note that states the following:
Dear ,
It has been brought to my attention that you may have falsified documents with dependency actions. If you have not acted dishonestly in the past and are now pressured by the state to remove and adopt out children in an unethical manner, you are entitled to damages.
It is of paramount concern to our nation that these actions be stopped. If you are interested at any time of participating in a class action lawsuit in your state, please write to washingtonstateextendedfamilies@live.com.
Sincerely,
Jan D. Smith
August 21, 2008
Attention: Distinguished Members of Congress
Notice of legal intent with regards to S 3038
The People herewith declare that the renewal of the Adoption Incentives S 3038 called The Improved Adoption Incentives and Guardianship Support Act does violate the law under the Sherman Anti-trust Act. In addition, funds distributed to the states entrap state workers causing illegal acts not normally performed by said individuals prior to hire.
The People through discovery have found:
1. The imbalance of funding is creating corruption
2. Pathology has filtered through all manner of government and related agencies
3. Judicial decisions violate the public trust
4. Laws are created and passed that give parens patriae unlimited power not provided by the Constitution
5. The paradigm shift that accompanied a monopoly/monopsony strategy of funding extracted from dwindling Social Security is devastating families across America
6. Children’s lives are at stake and are being killed 6-1 over parents per 100, 000
7. That the states are not following guidelines placing with relatives but are screening them out using different criteria with foster families
8. That pockets of tyranny are going unchecked without recourse
9. Congress is not responsive to The People
10. That The People also have compelling interest as an implied term
The People are declaring a public health crisis as a result of these findings and also:
In addition, The People find the Parens Patriae to be more than a doctrine but a specialized position created by the government for the government that violates Article 1 Sec 9, 10: No title of nobility or honour shall be granted by the United States. The title extends to the courts, Children’s Administration and public education violating Amendment 14 depriving persons of life, liberty and property without due process. The position applies as a collective.
The People are ordering a cease and desist of the renewal of S 3038. Should action continue to commence, a nationwide class action lawsuit opposing Parens Patriae and the theft of Social Security to provide the continuing tyranny will be executed.
Signed,
Jan D. Smith
Registered Lobbyist
Washington State Extended Families
washingtonstateextendedfamilies@live.com
Why not have a class action anyway? The adoption incentive has already caused enough damage.
Comment by LK — August 28, 2008 @ 5:15 am
you have my support, CPS has our son and trying to adopt him out now. we have filed for an appeal but we are financially unable to secure private legal aid and have to depend on a court appointed attorney for representation.
Comment by Philip Owings — August 28, 2008 @ 11:17 am
I can only pray that our government will wake up and see the damage that is being done to our children. I have lost my children to CPS and there false clames, I did get them back after a long time with out them and the heartach will never go away. No one belived us even thow our children pleaded not to take them, everyone I know thought it was insane that it happened to us, but it did. I will do anything for this not to happen to another American Family.
I thank God everyday I got them back. I know they could do it again, and I can’t do anything about it. I am guilty until proven inosent. My jelous exwife called and made a false report becuse I got custody of the children. She didn’t care if it hurt her own kids as long as it hurt me.
If you need my support please email me. All Americans need to step up to the plate.
Comment by William — August 28, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
Our Child Protective System is in urgent need of a chage. Our children are being placed in DANGEROUS HOMES! The Father of my 3 youngest children (twins boy & girl) & my youngest son left with my children 02-10-04 & took them to his parents house. He had no legal right. He then called DHS with false reports. 5 days prior to this he has a Domestic Abuse charge for hitting me. I could not get any help to get him away from us so he could get help. DHS ignored this. I made a number of calls & knowone told me the Domestic Abuse shelter was 4 blocks away from my house. I trusted in DHS to help my family. Instead they allowed my children to live in a drug enviroment & ignored my concerns & newapaper.The Father is in prison now for 10 years. Not a road I wanted him to go down. I expressed this to DHS & they accused me of false allegations, even though his troubles were easily to look up. The drug raid was in the front page of the paper! It took DHS 4 months to get to the childrens house. As they continued to ignore me & say I was blaming others. DHS then placed my children with his parents who obviously were involved in drugs to, as they only lived a block away from my childrens unfit home. I was able & fit to provide for my children. DHS did not care. July 22nd 2008 DHs removed my children from the Fathers parents due to meth use. Thank God! They are with my 1st cousin & his wife safe & in a positive enviroment. As court again was delayed. Now in the last month DHS has only good to say about me. I pray it stays that way. The DHS worker observed me with my children for the 1st time at the end of July. I have been accused of a number of
inaccurate staements written in their court reports. I feel I have been given the death penalty. I have had to tape record visits with my children(which were never consistent) & DHS visits with myslef. My tapes & documents prove they are untruthful. I have not given up ever. My prayers have kept me strong & helped me through the excrusiating pain. I prayed everyday, night & minute for God to keep my children safe, keep his arms aroud them when they hurt & on & on, until they are back home with me. My chidren were recently anemic & underweight. DHS blamed me. Their behaviors unacceptable & never addressed in school etc. DHS blamed me. Their manners are awful. DHS blamed me. Thank God my cousin is addressing all these issues. And speaks up to DHS as I have continously, but they mimimized my concerns. I now know my rights & filled myself with knowledge to share with other parents in my situation. We have to take a stand & be the voices for our children. This vicious cycle needs to be stopped. As parents we need to tell others & pray they do not turn a blind eye & deaf ear. I will make DHS wrongs right. I will never stop until I do. They have uprooted my children a number of times, hurt them, tried to tear a mother & childs bond apart. They have not succeeded yet. And I will not allow that. The only one who seemed to care about my childrens well-being is myself. I had a Lawyer I paid $3000.00 & he was awful. I live in a small town & feel they are all connected together, his advice was not what it should have been & I spoke up to him & he did not like it. They all have to face God in the end & my side of the street is cleaned up. I now have a Lawyer that I kept being persisitent with & have done the work for him such as documents, exhibits etc. He is now fighting with me. I just pray I can repair the damge that has been caused to my children. I trust in God to help me in doing so, along with family help. I think they will be ok as long as I talk & listen to them daily. This last month DHS has nothing but good to say about me. I pray it remains that way. I have not dissapeared as I believe DHS thought I would & hoped I would so they could get a big bonous check at the end of the year. The evil of money. To protect my rights when I get my children back in my care, I invested in Pre-Paid Legal for $17.00 a month. They have top notched Lawyers on call 24/7 (including Micheal Moore) & they are a groupof Lawyers Nationwide who do care. I have a card that is called “LEGAL SHIELD” My legal rights are protected. Notice If it is your intention to question,detain or arrest me or if you intend to remove my children from my custody, or serve me with a warrant, please allow me to call my attorney immediately. They have abide by this & that makes more work for them & it intimidates them. Seems too good to be true but believe me it is not. I am not a person who is for sueing others for silly things. But when it comes to our children it is a must. I can prove them wrong & my goal is to save another child & family from this horrific ordeal I have had to deal with. As well as my children. DHS breaks a number of our Ammendments by lying to us. I use to think they had the right to. Lets make a change & take a stand for the sake of our children. Amen Jill Kelly
Comment by Jill Kelly — August 28, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
Hi, I hope everything turns out for the best. My sister is in the midst of fighting CPS right now. The moment she gave birth they drug tested her and the baby. And since they were negative they then gave her Vicodin and retested her and the baby and said they found medical opiates in their system. CPS ordered two weeks later that my sister’s baby be put on morphine because she was going threw withdraw. Now how is that possible. They also made false accusations to the courts saying the drug tests were positive, my sister was homeless(again not true) and that they were unable to reach her (also not true). My sister had a piece of her placenta so large left inside of her she almost died. She lost over half the blood in her body and had to have blood transfusions to save her life. She was in the hospital and CPS tried to come in and have her sign papers to “See her baby” and on the last of line of those papers they had put that CPS will make all medical decisions regarding her child. My sister wrote and had it witnessed by a nurse at the hospital that it was against her religion to have any medication given to her baby and they still put that baby on morphine. They almost killed her by leaving her placenta inside of her for almost two weeks, almost like they had this planned, you know, kill the mother and take her baby. “She’s native american what can she do?” Well, that is how it is her in Bellingham if you are native american you better watch where you give birth. St. Joseph Hospital is the worst when it comes to being native. They drug test you child and then if they feel like it they put your child on morphine so CPS can put a hold on the baby. My sister is trying to fight them but we need help. The CPS went behind her back when a judge 0rdered the baby be returned to her and had another judge order she be placed in foster care now tell me why? Because they can. A caucasion female had a baby about a week before my sister and she was on methadone throughout her pregnancy and they didn’t put her baby on morphine and she walked out of that hospital with her child, tell me is that fair? My sister had not drugs in her system and they put her baby on drugs against her religious beliefs even. But I guess someone wanted a baby real bad and CPS gave them one huh. If anyone knows anything we can do please help us.
Comment by Jessica — August 29, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
How do we become a part of this class action? We live in Utah.
Comment by Kathy — August 29, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Any help I can be, please let me know. My life is a long story I don’t have time to explain. Would like to know about the letters we are suppossed to mail.. Do we sign them with our names or Jan Smith’s? I’m afraid to sign my own name, I still have 3 of my kids and they want them bad.
Comment by Char — August 29, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Does this action have anything to do with guardianship? My daughter is in a guardianship and has been totally isolated from me with the blessings of the Arizona Juvenile Courts, reunification was promised but never ever encouraged from the start.
Comment by :Linda Pinkowski — August 29, 2008 @ 9:23 pm
cps is trying to put my children into foster home, and lieing about everything, cps has nothing on me, but my worker Jo Lou Craig out of the victorville office has gone into court and lied about everything under oath, while i have the proof that she was lieing, and my attorney did nothing to defend me, are they all in it together? i wont stop till i get my babies back, i will be at the daily press newspaper on tues 2nd of aug 2008 and let the world in on what is going on, cps also stole toys r us gift cards that i sent to my boys, i viewed cammeras at toys r us, and made a police report police have identified the people and i will be in court to see what happen there, thieves and liars, well i am a fighter, and i will get my boys back. anybody want to talk terrijeff92@yahoo.com
Comment by Theresa Stevens — August 30, 2008 @ 5:45 am
About the letter to the social worker – do NOT put your name anywhere on it. Sign it with Jan’s name.
To contact Jan about the class action lawsuit – her email address is at the end of the article.
Comment by Linda — August 30, 2008 @ 6:37 am
Jan,
Wonderful! May I suggest that folks who are afffiliated with groups within their own states place a hot link on this site so that others can easily connect with them.
Example http://www.fightcps.com
The more folks netwwok wihin states, the more likely CPS will be REFORMED.
Best. F..
Comment by fern — August 31, 2008 @ 4:03 am
I am definitely involved in this lawsuit too. So is my boyfriend. We had a baby in May 2008 and the CPS called the hospital and told me that they were taking her from me right from the hospital. They said this because I told them not everything was working properly in our house(which they were questioning me when I was heavily medicated). The day the baby was born, I told them that we were not taking the baby to our house. We were taking her to My boyfriend’s brother’s house. The court will not listen to what we have to say. All they are concerned about is the house where we were not taking the baby to. They said that they can do this to us because 9 years ago I lost a child to CPS and not regained custody of her. They said that I am guilty of the Ohio Dependency Law. I have been trying to fight them for the past 9 years for my other child, but they always come up with false accusations. I have not lost permanent custody of that child, but they will not let me see her. The court is trying to use that past case against me and my boyfriend. I lost my other child because she bit me and I smacked her for it. Plus her father admitted to sexually abusing her, which I had no part in, but they are trying to use it against me. I just don’t understand how they can take a child for something that happened 9 years ago.
Comment by Kimberly — August 31, 2008 @ 11:50 am
I’m a foster parent that have had false allegations made againt them.
We have documents to prove other wise 110%.
But without notice CPS have remove our children.
CPS in Texas needs to look at themselves. If they truly care about the children they need to act like it. They are showing the problic other wise!
We are seeking an attorney, if someone knows of an attorney, please share it with us… youjustneedtoknow@hotmail.com
Comment by Mrs. Texas — August 31, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
Texas ATTORNEY, TEXAS WEBSITE
Texas Website: http://www.txcfr.com
Suggest you interact with Mr. Gates. His family situation mirrors yours.
One Texas attorney:
Paul Stuckle. I have no information as to which county he practices law.
Comment by fern — August 31, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
TEXAS WEBSITE:
Whoops. http://www.txcfr.org
Domain name is org not com.
Comment by fern — August 31, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
Paul Stuckle is in Plano, Texas. Swanda and Swanda is in Arlington, TX.
Chris Branson is in Houston, TX.
If you Google bransonlaw and swanda and swanda, you will get their philosophy. They were very knowledgeable for us. We would never have gotten my cousins (kinship care) without Mr. Branson.
Comment by Fred — August 31, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
Chris Branson is currently my attorney but has gotten no where for me yet, we have another court date coming up this week and I hope to see a change. How do I become a part of the class action suit?
Comment by Susan — September 1, 2008 @ 10:02 am
Very nice or informational post
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Comment by psoriasis — September 3, 2008 @ 1:16 am
I have had more than my fair share of dealings with CPS myself in the past. They lied on me and my sitter in court, admitting false documents such as criminal records etc. Then the CPS attoney wrote a letter of apology to my sitter for doing so. Every allegation I was accused of I proved wrong and yet they kept my kids from me for nearly 2 years. Because of CPS I never got to see my baby son’s first steps or hear his first words. I can never get that back. I fully support CPS workers being sued for their actions. They NEED to be held accountable for their actions maybe then they will think twice about ruining a family that is really trying to do right.
Comment by Betty Toler — September 4, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
i think cps should be helt accountable for lying on people to take kids out of a good home were they are happy they lied on us we totley supported my grandchild for 6 and half years of her life and now cant see her some one please help me get her backor get me the rights to have her some in the summer thank you very much
Comment by margaret scott — September 4, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
Well,where do I start?I have a son that has been in state custody for 3 yrs now.While still behaving he is now went from 600mg of lithium to 900 mg of lithium.My son was sexually herassed,(masterbated at by another boy)….He & I both were then told these boys were aloud to do that in their facility.His probation officer called me a liar,telling me it never happened…when his councilor at that facility & my son gave me a phone call and told me what had happened.Mostly my son was molested by someone in my hometown,and they remove my son from my home!the guy that molested my son is walking the streets.They never charged him,nor gave a lie detective test to this guy.Yet while my son is in state custody,they can give him a lie detector test and talk openly about it in the courts,just to prove to the judge or themselves he is not a LIAR ! By the way he pasted every test they gave him ! Do they have to drug them to prove their telling the truth (Lithium)? What if this was your child? Does a child molested have more rights then our children? Do you as a state actually give our child or children back , or does your state just like collecting government money for them being in state custody? CPS needs to be investigated in my county,How about yours?
Comment by Tanya — September 4, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
dcs has lied enough and needs to be stopped. I need help !
Comment by craig cothern — September 7, 2008 @ 7:44 pm
I nearly started to cry when I found this posting. My brother and his wife just had their parental rights severed and told the foster parents were going to get to adopt her. Yet our family was heavily involved in trying to adopt her to keep her in the family.
This needs to stop! And I will do what I can to see that this particular case worker goes down now that I have this info to fight with.
Let’s see justice be just. And our constitutional rights be maintained for gods sakes!
Comment by Cari — September 11, 2008 @ 12:09 am
And last but not least…..Washington DC is in a world of hurt. Four children were killed by a parent and it created a child abuse panic. Child removal there went through the roof. Of interest, Washington DC has one of the worst child reunification rates in the country. They adopt out like crazy. In New York, they had family preservation programs THAT WERE WORKING then ONE CHILD died and everything they accomplished went to the toilet. Overnight, half the children in in-home dependency were removed. If we see a child abuse panic like this, we need to stop for a day or two, work on that state’s issues helping to educate the public and organize them into meaningful action. Washington DC needs to be an area of focus as much as we can spare after working on local issues.
Comment by Jan Smith — September 13, 2008 @ 10:56 am
I am trying to help a couple of people go to the judicial summit in California who can’t afford to go but need to get their cases reviewed. If any of you feel it in your heart to help sponsor people, we are hoping for 20 people willing to help out with $20.00. The total cost per person is about $200 a piece.
Comment by Jan Smith — September 13, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
my fiance and myself along with another couple are looking for people to help us file a suit against prince edward dss in Va if anyone has anything let me know please
Comment by Eden — September 17, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
There is a march planned in LA for parental rights and CPS reform on October 10th, the day before the judicial summit at 12 noon. Anyone in or near Los Angeles should participate if at all possible. Dr. Moore of AFRA is sponsoring it.
Comment by Jan Smith — September 20, 2008 @ 10:10 am
Jan Smith:
For CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS:
mEETING OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOLKS TO BE HELD IN Santa Clara, California this next week.
9-26 and 9-27
Please check out Home Page of:
http://www.familyrights.us
This information is about 2 stories down on Home Page.
Sponsored by home-schoolers.
F.
Comment by Fern — September 20, 2008 @ 10:33 am
Correction— Santa Ana, California
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Comment by Fern — September 20, 2008 @ 10:35 am
I mentioned the Federal Reserve and I am actively looking for people who want to participate in picketing the closest Federal Reserve branch. I wrote the Chair of the Federal Reserve Board. He happens to be Jewish and was raised devout. This is the letter and response:
Dear Ms. Smith: Thank you for your recent correspondence to Chairman Bernanke concerning the management and spending of adoption incentive payments. The Chairman receives a great number of letters daily. As a public figure with many daily responsibilities, he is unable to reply to all of those letters personally or to acknowledge receipt of each correspondence. However, he appreciates receiving observations and advice that bear on the Federal Reserve’s responsibilities, particularly from people who have concerns about how the economy is functioning. Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. Sincerely, JPDBoard Staff Original Email Content: Following is the original e-mail received: First Name: Jan Last Name: Smith E-Mail: washingtonstateextendedfamilies@live.com Profession: Lobbyist Organization: Washington State Extended Families WA Country: US Referring URL: http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/default.htm. E-mail Content: Dear Ben Bernanke, This is an appeal to you regarding children and families across the United States. While I understand you state that politicians are responsible for policy, it has become increasingly clear to me that the problem is the Federal Reserve and global interests. What I am specifically referring to is the management and spending of Social Security for Adoption Incentives. This large pocket of money is creating havoc in the communities. Judges and legislators have thrown out due process, CPS workers have become corrupt with false accusations and documents while having immunity to do so, and families torn apart needlessly. The government has an overarching belief that they know what is best for the children and that is the elimination of family lineage. Do not be deceived by supposed passed law that would suggest the contrary. The laws all have a “disclaimer” that takes the power out of the law and eliminates due process. I have been told many times by legislators, “There is a law for that” yet the truth is, that law usually violates all sacredness to family and lineage. As a student of the Old Testament, you are well aware of the value of lineage. Had you been torn apart from your family and placed with strangers do you think you would be where you are today? Not likely, and the statistics prove it. I am requesting a hold on the adoption incentive money until a solution, reform as it were, can restore some of the power back to the family and preservation become the headliner instead of adoption. To further emphasize the seriousness of family and children rights commitment to this cause, a nationwide picket of the twelve federal reserve banks is being planned. We cannot get Congress to listen. Perhaps the Federal Reserve will take note. Sincerely, Jan D. Smith Washington State Extended Families No message is selected
Comment by Jan Smith — September 22, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
anybody who loves this fd up country is a dujmb s*it allsocial workers need to die a long painfull death!!! i had my 2 girls taken away 7 damn years ago in fing wright wrong co mn. i mean these people are as fd up as they cum my mother in law got custody of our youngest and the m in law endesd up getting cancer and wrong co came and put our daughter in a foster home and they said even if my dad who is the biological grandpa got his foster care license they might not give him custody of our daughter i thought grandparents had certaian rights to keep their grandkids in the family but this county just makes up their own rules and nobody srtops them well im about to put a stop to them if u know what i mean its called violence thats the only thing these bastards uderstand!!!!!!!
Comment by scott a — September 23, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
I am in this lawsuit! Just tell me what to do. My kids {15 & 4} were kidnapped at 3:00 p.m. after a false report. Police kicked in my door and lied and said they didn’t (court records prove otherwise) caseworker reported a bunch of lies including abondonment(phone records prove otherwise) and now I am being denied my court ordered visitation! CW won’t return my calls and will not do what was court ordered! Any assistance I can give, just say it and its done!!
Comment by clarinda — September 24, 2008 @ 12:57 am
After 26 years of raising kids with no problems that has all changed. My husband got custody of his daughter, who has reactive attachment disorder, along with a few other thing. We made the mistake of asking for some help since we had no idea how best to meet her needs. All of the sudden, we had a CPS worker and cop at our door taking her. Among the charges on the complaint: we are neglecting her because we “give her a clean change of clothes daily”, we “have no television or video game systems”, etc. They took things we said and completely twisted them, and have made up out right lies. This was over a month ago and we still have not had any contact with her. If there is a class action lawsuit filed, let us know – we will definately be on board. We do have documentation and recordings to back up everything. Not that anyone around here cares about that! We are in north central minnesota.
Comment by Annett — September 24, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
Just a thought…..This might be the time for us to make a move with the bail out crisis underway. If CPS staff including the top heavy management were eliminated by 2/3 and foundations across the country encouraged to fund family preservation for a minimum of five years, the country would be able to addess this debt more. They will be looking for ways to eliminate the debt while protecting tax payers. How about we give some strong suggestions for doing so?
I encourage this thought to be developed into a tangible concept and sent to all Congressman this week. The free fax only does three a day, so if everyone faxes three a day to Congress, then it would have more of an impact. http://www.freefaxbutton.com Making calls is not a bad idea either directly into Congressional offices.
Jan
Comment by Jan Smith — September 26, 2008 @ 7:04 am
Of interest, I have been studying the history of family preservation. It appears that the states who supported it the most are now most corrupt such as Michigan and Georgia. We need to devise ways to revive the interest in family preservation while keeping an eye on the results so that the ferver doesn’t fall by the wayside again.
Comment by Jan Smith — September 26, 2008 @ 7:08 am
It just occurred to me that one million times ten is ten million. What if we collected some of the best minds in the country as a board and started a non-profit grass roots organization seeking out a million people willing to donate $10 a month? I think it is doable. (sp?)
Comment by Jan Smith — September 26, 2008 @ 8:37 am
I have been wrongly accused of not protectingmy daughter being molested by my stepfather. the end results I have lost my rights to my daughter and he got 6 months in county jail. during my fight for my daughter my mom past away, my dad past 20 days after. i gave birth to a healthy baby boy they took him at 3 hrs old. i jumpped through there hoops by there book , I lost my rights to him as well. they provided
Comment by TAMERA HIPSHIRE — September 26, 2008 @ 9:49 am
Dear Freedom Fighters,
Below is a link for a membership drive that is perhaps the most important move done to date for the family rights movement. Please join because it will mean being one step closer to the class action lawsuit as well as another project I am explaining here.
I am starting a non-profit corporation (not tax free though due to the political action) and am working towards one million families joined together in the fight against state child abduction. We need 20,000 members per state to have some real clout and I believe we can do it.
For those of you who may be interested in employment in this field, after 2,000 members have joined in a state, I will hire four grass roots activists part time. After 4,000 have joined, those positions will go full time and I will hire a lobbyist for that state. If you get others to join the membership, keep track and mail the list to me. Those who are “go getters” on the ground floor will have special consideration for hiring. Those who are bilingual in spanish and asian languages are of extreme importance. The pay scale for the lobbyist will be $80,000 per year plus a full benefit package and all other political expenses paid. Experience and ties into the political community is required. Only active members will be considered for employment in The Citizens for Family Preservation Corporation.
Hint: Churches and homeschool families are really hard hit by CPS.
I am keeping an update on http://www.fightcps.com regarding the lawsuit and a national picket of all twelve Federal Reserve branches. Keep up on the blog to find out more info as it progresses.
Here is the link: http://washingtonstateextendedfamilies.com/CITIZENS%20FOR%20FAMILY%20PRESERVATION%20MEMBERSHIP%20PAGE.htm
Thank you for joining in this fight to change America.
Sincerely,
Jan D. Smith
Executive Director
Washington State Extended Families
Comment by Jan Smith — September 27, 2008 @ 11:26 am
Hi Linda,
You have such a NICE website and it is nationally based. It seems like such a waste of time for me to start a nationally based website when you have this one. If you mind me “working out of yours” let me know.
Jan
Comment by Jan Smith — September 27, 2008 @ 11:45 am
ho to get involved with the class action law suit
Comment by Theresa Stevens — September 27, 2008 @ 12:43 pm
One of the problems I have had to solve in order to do the class action is to have the money for submitting paperwork and court fees. For those of you who want to participate in the lawsuit, see my most recent notation on the membership drive.
For participation, write to washingtonstateextendedfamilies@live.com
Comment by Jan Smith — September 27, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
I would like to be a party to the class action law suit. CPS took my 11 year old daughter. Trial was on Septemeber 8, 2008 Kent County Family Court, Michigan. CPS worker admitted there was not neglect, abuse nor was there mental harm. She admitted the report had errors which she did not correct. She admitted she place my child in the home with her father who has a domestic charge, and 2 substanitated child abuses. The CPS worker admitted to taking a report from a woman who has mental health and drug issues. My child wants to come home the father is abusing her even now. I need to know if I have the right to a speedy trial. My Appeal Case with CPS is scheduled for October 7, 2008. They want to reschedule due to the states only witness is taking a job promotion. (this is the CPS worker who wrote the report).
Please send me an answer to my question so I can force them to hold my hearing and end this night mare for my daughter and I.
Comment by Denise Bruns — September 28, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
Ok I do not even know where to begin Well to begin with my ex is a dignosed Bipolar and is unmedicated at that she decided she had abused me enough and left me and taking my 2 year old son with her I went strait to the courts and got the temporary orders within a month after i began to get the sceduled visitations I started to notice some changes in my son who is normaly calm and wel behaved I recived him with bite marks and bruises all over him I filed a report with CPS and my ex had found out that I had a new girlfreind who had suffered from post pardum psychosis but had been well for over a year and filed a report to CPS against her with no evidencw what so ever and WE WERE the ones investigated had to go and have a psycologicle evaluation done and they completly ignored the fact that the mother of my child is an unmedicated bi polar and refuses treatment has been arrested for domestic violence while she was pregnant with our son she has had 3 other children removed from her custody when she attempted suicide and she has our son CPS ignored the potential danger
Comment by Robert Rogers — September 29, 2008 @ 9:19 pm
THIS IS WHAT IM GOING TO STATE IN MY CASE HEARING ON FRIDAY THE 3RD. VERBATIM…I WROTE THIS STATEMENT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS…KINDA WHAT HAPPENED IN MY TWISTED CASE.
good afternoon your honor, my name is karlie maxwell. im the petitioner in this case. i come before you this afternoon not only to change the current orders revolving around my son jebadiah maxwell but to also correct an injustice that was afforded towards me by malicious allegations of individuals that i should have been able to trust with the life and well fare of my son as well as myself.
your honor, the lies that have been told about me inflamed a situation and a condition of which i had no control over. at the time when the cps case was filed yes, i was sick but not with a permanent mental condition but with a temporary and treatable physiological and hormonal imbalance in which doctors around the country have said that it can take up to 18months or longer to fully recover. if not properly treated it can cause more symptoms. Yes, I must take responsibility for the fact that i did not leave Eric like i was told to but he was the only one there when i was sick and not able to provide for myself. I was beat down by Eric and everything else. I was very immature, i was 19. I did everything that the court orded me to do with the exception of having my own stable home, in which i have now. NOw your honor, no disrespect intended but I was judged based on allegations that were made and had no physical evidence. The investagation started while i was in a mental hospital seeking treatment for post partum pyschosis, the very illness that i made the decision to hand my son to mother so that i could get treatment. The very illness that caused me to look like a monster and lose my son even though there was never any evidence found that i did harm. When i say never, i mean, i was in hte hospital, that was not a fair investigation on my behalf. How my husband was living had nothing to do with me or the way i live. My house was cluttered but not trashy. My son had a bald spot, yes, but every new born does. My son had a big head.I did rotate the sides he slept on to try to prevent him from having a bald spot but it obviously didn’t work. I was never cold and distant towards my son. I held my son 24/7. He had collic, the only way to keep him calm was to hold him. Your honor, it sounds silly but i looked like a clown while trying to sooth him…making a shhh sound, bouncing,letting the water run at full power and feeding all at the same time…and rotating inbetween different things…again it was silly but he is my child and i did my best. These things calmed him, i did it for hours at times. When someone came over that i trusted, of course im going to want a 10minutebreak , to gather myself. to shower, to eat, to breath, to allow myself the chance to destress and recover from months of labor and also recovering from a csection. I was in labor for almost 3months. My ob/gyn told me the day i deliverd that if my cervix was going to dialate it would have happened and that it would have been two months prior.. I was on on bed rest for i believe 8 to 10weeks. I had hormones running through my body that should not have been there til after my son was born. Because of the hormones going like they were, it caused a chemical imbalance in my brain. I did not get sick til my son was almost 3 1/2 months old. i did not get adequate sleep for a period of about 6months, from the time i was six months pregnant til my son went to my mom. I can honestly say that i got about no more than 32hours of REM sleep in that time. I was not eating very well, i didn’t get time to relax. My mother did keep my son for a couple of nights so that i could sleep but that was not enough. My sons father was more interested in football than caring for our son and allowing me to rest.
your honor, i have to tell you, the allegations that were made against me are rather pathetic. In no way, did the allegations mention that i was harming my son. If you look at this objectivley you can see that the person who made these allegations not only hated my husband and didn’t want him near my son but also was an intern at Collin County childrens advocacy center at the time of my case. I found it to be very interesting how much my mother new and how much my sister new about the case. I also found it to be interesting that my mother had EMily Rhodes Cell phone number. I was told that its NEVER to be given to a client. Emily informed me that she made sure she kept my case information seperate from stuff my sister could access but again your honor, my case was pushed in a direction in which was not fair and just on my behalf. I understand that i was sick. I understand that my husband was no good for the situation. I understand that I didn’t leave him like i was told. I understand and admit that my mother did offer me a place to stay after i got out of the hospital but i had been mentally abused so much by mr maxwell, my husband and sons father, on top of that i was very sick, i didn’t have the strenght to leave and stay gone. I tried, i tried really hard to leave and stay gone. Before i met eric i was very independent and had the best personality, i was like a magnet, he drug me through the dirt and i didn’t even see it happening. I didn’t realize til my doctor told me in March of 2008 how much eric had beat me down. When i started living with my mom after the final hearing in January 2008, i started my road to recovery, i started breathing again. I started laughing outloud, the heartyness in me had returned. My hopes and dreams came back. The life in my eyes reappered. i was ready to leave Eric in November of 2007 but i was waiting until the final court hearing to leave so i could stay with my mom. I had stayed in a homeless shelter in dallas but there was nothing but people with communicable terminal diseases around me. Eric had ran off all of my freinds, even now your honor, im rebuilding but i feel so much better. I go to therapy as needed. I have continued to see Dr. Ellason in plano for nearly a year and a half. She is fantastic and has helped me come out on the lighter side of all of this. We have done trauma work, as draining as it was it has helped me let go of irrational feelings and or fears. I have developed a love for my son that goes beyond what i could ever say to you or anyone else. My heart skips beats when i’m told i get to see my son. His hug makes my troubles go away. His tantrums make me look away and smile and think that even though i’m a little embarassed my two year old just through himself on the ground and is screaming i’m blessed that he is mine, i wouldn’t trade him.
Yes, i mentioned trauma work. I was raped for many years as a child. As a result of that and the other traumatic events that transpired i became very angry at my mother. In my mind i wanted her to be miserable. she never gave me the attention i needed, she never stayed home, she did drugs, she treated me bad, she always had a boyfriend. I was exposed to nothing but drugs, alcohol, sex, abuse and authorities my entire life. I realize this is not the time to hash through old memories but your honor my point in bringing this up is that, my mother saying i have an extensive mental health history is like me saying a clown does not wear clown shoes, its silly. My only problem was that i was VERY angry at a mother who did not do her job.
I had two people that were in my life that helped me on the path that led away from the one i started on. I like to call it a divine intervention. One of the persons was a detective, he removed me from my mothers care when i was 13. He put me in a special needs emergency foster home. I was there for 7days. It was seven days of heaven so i thought. I had nice foster parents and the type of siblings i could only dream of having. I was in a Peace Officers Placement, a child in need of care. I was released back to my mothers care a few months later. I was removed again when i was 15 because i called the cops on my brother for beating me up. He didn’t just slap me, he would kick me in the stomache, black my eyes, i can remember him kicking me in the vagina, my mom would never do anything about it. I honestly feel that she is fearful of him. She has never stood up to his outragous behavior that has not only stressed her and myself but has put our family in danger because of the type of people he hung out with. My brother never laid another hand on me after that but he was verbally abusive. Although he is my brother and i love him, i have to say that he has not changed much at all. He is a painful reminder of my father. My father is a drunk and womanizer. My brother knowing that he has a heart murmur, he is over weight and alcoholism runs in our family, parties like there is no tomorrow. That may not be the case anymore but the brother i know, does that. My mom was neglectful, i think that is proof enough.The other person I met at a boys and girls club, he was the DARE police officer, he took me in under his wing. I met his family. Through him and his family and the other man…i was taught and shown the things i was in dire need of. I was taught how to respect, how to love, how to give, how to recieve, how to be appreciative and how to appologize. Although i’m still perfecting some of those, i’m doing very well. Those people are angels and saved me from a life of misery.
I will not forget to mention my two suicide attempts. I was a very neglected, abused and angry little girl. I didn’t know how to process what was going on around me. I thought there was no better way to end the pain. I didn’t do that for attention your honor, i was so miserable…i really wanted to die. I didn’t make a pact, i didn’t flip a coin…I didn’t want to be here and take another breathe. But God blessed me with another breathe and that is why im standing here today your honor, stating the facts, fighting the defacement and lies, fighting to get my little boy back.
STUFF I’M GOING TO STATE ABOUT HAVING A HOME
Your honor, as far as me not having a stable home,
have you visited the homeless shelters in our area?
And How many children do you think live there WITH thier parents?
For my son to be removed is ludicras not only because my
condition was temporary but also because the allegations, there
was no paper to back them up. Are you going to remove the children from the homeless shelters
and put them in foster homes? What about the compound raid? Those children were removed
based on allegations that were here say…over 400 children your honor. Most of them
turned out to be adults. Your honor, that was a bit unjust and excessive.
At some point, every parent struggles, every parent fails.For example, going without
hot water, adequate clothing…i remember the number of times your honor i had to squeeze
myself inbetween my bed and the wall to stay warm at night because the fireplace was against my wall
on the other side. I remember the number of times we had no hot water when there was snow
outside. I can also remember all the years we had thanksgiving and christmas dinnes served to us
by the salvation army, as well as gifts
and groceries, don’t let me forget to mention school supplies. My mom always kept a roof over our heads.
though. I know my mother has tried to make up for what she has done but your honor, keeping a child from his
mother because of what someone says, its crazy.
Its not appropriate to strip a parent of thier child just because of allegations made by someone else. Also, the neglectful supervision, that was based on what? There was no cold hard proof given to me, just a definition.
If i was going to hurt my child, why would i take him to my mother so that i could seek help?
Everyone in this room was manipulated by my mother, manipulated into believing what she had to say.
Comment by Karlie Maxwell — September 29, 2008 @ 9:21 pm
Jan I want to be in the lawsuit i live in the DesMoines Iowa how can I get a march going? not only are DHS is scamming you so are the Judges don’t forget about the Judges they are dumb enough to beleved the DHS lies they are just as guilty so are county attorney they represed DHS and attorney general also resperent DHS are guility these Judges does take oath under the constitional law and yet they go against a person rights there decision should be volded it is treason these Judges are doing treason because they are going against constitional laws.
Comment by Terri Rote — October 11, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
The Iowa supreme court are going against a parents rights also they also are voilating a parental rights they also took oath under the constitional law they are in treason they let a killer get a new trial but yet IOWA SUPREME COURT won’t let a parent have another trial they let a killer have a 2nd chance but they won’t let a parent have a 2nd chance to get their children back IOWA SUPREME COURT IS FRAUD AND SCAMMING YOUR CHILDREN FROM YOU how would they like if DHS went after their children.
Comment by Terri Rote — October 11, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
This is what I got in the mail It is a appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of IOWA DesMoines IOWA The petition for a rehearing by the panel filed by appellant is denied Oct 17 2008 sign by Michael E. Gans United States court of appeals for the eighth circuit I am the appellant and the DHS is appellees see even those people are violating my rights a murder can get a new trial or hearing but a mother oh no it can’t happen .
Comment by Terri Rote — October 25, 2008 @ 11:48 am
We have organized a national, probably Federal class action lawsuit against CPS and are seeking interested attorneys and participants. Please contact us at fightcpscalifornia@gmail.com if you have information, referrals, or if you are interested in representing or being part of the class – We have a contact list of families affected nationwide who have responded to the following:
NATIONAL CPS/DPSS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR KIDNAPPING OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT CAUSE
We are organizing a class action lawsuit against the Counties, States, Government, hospitals, police, and all parties involved in unlawfully detaining and holding our children against our will, and without cause. We have documented the deep, imbedded corruption in the “social services” agencies nationwide. We have filed three lawsuits so far, and are looking for other families who have also been annihilated by this evil. Email us at fightcpscalifornia@gmail.com to join the fight to save our children.
TRUTH
• CPS manufactures multiple nonexistent/fictitious abuse case scenarios to offset true statistical abuse case information.
• CPS concurrently processes these children from foster care to Adoption, in order to obtain perverse monetary incentives in the form of bonuses.
• CPS provides a market to neighboring agencies and the courts (Judges, psychologists, visitation monitors, court mandated behavioral class instructors, court appointed legal counsel, etc…), in order for them to financially benefit from the foster care/adoption system they themselves perpetuate.
• CPS victimizes innocent financially challenged families, and draws them into a corrupt system to utilize their children as pawns for this corrupt child commerce.
• CPS is utilized by family court officials and attorneys as an adverse tool to extricate children from one parent to the other, with reference to “parental alienation syndrome,” where in truth, the CPS caseworkers are the ones initiating the alienation of these children from their own birth parents. Caseworkers are never allowed to testify in court under the cloak of “CPS Authority” due to possible misuse or conflict of interest related to right to privacy laws (Very convenient)
• CPS utilizes unlawful & coercive measures to persuade vulnerable parents to submit to statements of nonexistent abuse, forcing desperate parents to “plea bargain” to a CPS fabricated crime, for the return of their children from foster care.
• CPS fabricates false allegations and most of their “investigations” to purposely mislead or misdirect a case.
• CPS intentionally fails to prosecute Parents accused of child abuse, since in the majority of cases, no initial crime has been committed. However, CPS continues to claim a crime has been committed, as THEY abuse/neglect the children.
• CPS knowingly abandons children into the foster care system, conscious that some individuals in these homes physically and/or sexually abuse those in their “protective” custody. CPS ignores crimes committed in foster care through failure to investigate.
• CPS fails to question these individuals for their abusive conduct, whereby, if it were a birth parent or not a foster care parent, these individuals would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in criminal court.
• CPS represents themselves in positive personas by omitting, altering, and falsifying documents, so as to mislead the public and or government of their true actions as listed above. Thereby publicly grandstanding, displaying an inaccurate social martyrdom for the well being of children.
The Police should determine if children need protection from their own parents, since child abuse is a Criminal offense.
“THE CLUB” PLAYERS IN RIVERSIDE, CA
ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE GUILTY OF KNOWINGLY LYING IN THIS ABDUCTION OF OUR CHILD:
Dr. Shelley Susman = OB/GYN who knew mother had no drug history and confirmed her health, but allowed this abduction
WILLIAM MICHAEL BILES = NEWBORN BABY SNATCHER AT CPS – physically threatened mother and child with serious harm
Nurse Heather = DRMC Supervising Nurse, present at child abduction and backed up serious harm/threats to mother and child
Ms. Flores = DRMC records dept. supervisor, stated we have NO access to our child’s records or birth certificate [since CPS illegally abducted our newborn and adoptive parent's names are on birth certificate]
Valerie Bedore = Banning City CPS newborn baby abduction cohort, on 9/20/07admitted baby had negative meconium [no drugs in mother confirmed back to 16 weeks gestation pregnancy]
Karrene (Kay) Phillips = Banning City CPS baby abduction cohort, harassed parents repeatedly at visitations
Ben Brandon = next CPS caseworker, threatened to stop visitations when he brought child late to visits, demanded Parents sign a “case plan” in attempt to prove innocent Parents guilty, when parents refused “case plan” threatened to stop visitations
Shawnee English = Moreno Valley CPS assistant who ripped newborn out of mother’s arms at visitation when child was sick and parents were demanding medical attention; she refused medical treatment & parents had to call “911″ to get help
Judge Christopher J. Sheldon = Juvenile Judge on Oasis Street in Indio, made mistaken rulings, refused Due Process to parents, refused Evidence and Facts in this case, finally recanted his rulings back to Jurisdiction Hearing, case transferred to Murrietta
Indio Juvenile Court Clerk = refused all submissions and legal filings from parents, refused to take amendments to case, refused to take any Evidence of parent’s innocence to fight the wrongdoing by CPS, handed back all filings of Evidence by Parents
Modesto Rios = First attorney assigned to father by Judge Sheldon; Rios refused all calls and refused to communicate with father, refused all requests of father, failed to submit anything for defense of father, failed to state he had contact with father from the start of the case, admitted it finally in court as the transcripts prove = fired
David Weisen = First attorney assigned to mother by Judge Sheldon; Weisen refused all calls and refused to communicate with mother, failed to submit anything for defense of mother, failed to state he had contact with mother from the start of the case, admitted it finally in court as the transcripts prove = fired
Karen Cote = 2nd attorney assigned to father by Judge Sheldon; Cote stated that father could do nothing to help in this case, refused to submit anything for father, and stated father was to “do nothing”&”just wait” until Jurisdiction = fired [she refused to give father her email, refused to do her job, refused to work - last words to Father were "go F*** yourself and DIE!"]
Maria Soliz = 2nd attorney assigned to mother by Judge Sheldon; Soliz insisted on hair follicle test of mother, refused to give test, and then she refused to get hospital “sealed” records to disprove this misinterpretation
Riverside County and CPS adopted out our beautiful, healthy, infant daughter, completely AGAINST OUR WILL, and against the law when she was only EIGHT HOURS OLD. They already had it all set up with their KANGAROO COURTS AND THEIR TURN-KEY ADOPT-A-WHITE-BABY COMMERCE SYSTEM. Neither parent had any history nor usage of any illegal drugs, and our daughter was born with an APGAR score of 9.8, with absolutely NO DRUGS in her or her mother’s systems. The Palm Springs Desert Regional Medical Center staged a urine test that was tampered with and was wrong, and they refused to use the mother’s blood or re-test her at all. The one urine test was the ONLY basis for their illegal abduction of our newborn infant, and it has been an illegal “legal loophole” battering of our daughter and our Parental rights ever since. On August 8, 2007, our newborn daughter was illegally and forcefully taken by William Michael Biles of Banning CPS, with the help of eight others at Desert Regional Medical center, with no court order nor warrant, and no police present. He physically threatened mother and newborn with the statement “Give me that baby NOW, or you and her will be physically hurt!” and we have fought for our daughter since. CPS contrived multiple hearsay untruths and presented falsifications to the court, without our knowledge. Judge Christopher Sheldon approved the criminal ADOPTION, then granted us a “Contested Jurisdictional Hearing,” and then suddenly, the case was transferred to Southwest Adjudication Center, where Commissioner Fernandez declared he lacked the power to render a Judgment on another Judge’s decision to have the Contested Jurisdiction Hearing, then Fernandez took it off calendar, where it stands today……we have been denied our daughter in this illegal kidnapping, and we have located proof that the County of Riverside and DRMC routinely set new mothers up this way, very often to take newborn white, healthy, drug-free babies to sell them on their own twisted underground baby market. We have been violated entirely, and we will keep fighting for our daughter.
CONTACT US AT fightcpscalifornia@gmail.com for more information about the lawsuit.
Comment by K — October 30, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
CPS has my two children, the case is still open. My story will turn into a book some day, it’s the only way I can get the truth out there about the abuse by the Judges and Court Appointed Attorneys who abuse their power and control those less fortunate who cannot afford to challenge the system. I’m headed at this ending alone, as both court appointed attorneys have lied, delayed the matter, and kept evidence hidden from the court. I’ve told the Judge about this, but she’s in on it too. When I told her, she assigned a Guardian Ad Litem over me. Treating me like I’m a child for speaking the truth. I’m heading for a Jury Trial in six weeks. These people are criminals who have gotten away with multiple crimes. I’m there to support any action against CPS. I live in Texas, in Dallas County, the county who has my children is Collin County, Texas. This county did not have Jurisdiction to get involved, but they did anyway, and I’ve been fighting them for over 13 months. Good Luck to anyone out there trying to fight the system. It’s impossible unless your family member is an attorney with a lot of experience. One who is wiling to invest a personal interest in the case, any one else you hire, will just steal your money, and good luck at going at it alone. I’m about the stand alone for a Jury Trial and I wouldn’t wish it upon any body.
Comment by Patricia Valencia — November 1, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
I wish people in Iowa would start a clas action lawsuit.
Comment by Terri Rote — November 19, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
i w.ish there was a way to appeal the decision of the judge when cps and your lawyer both blackmail you with if you fight for the chikdren against the parents who are sexually abusing them and not step back and let cps have them the parents may still get visiting rights 10 minutes before court. then that means you dont have the best interest of the children at heart. Judge never got to hear my side or hear and see all the evidence
Comment by brandy redwine — November 19, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
the parents wanted cps to have the kids so the sexual abuse case against them would be dropped and if i got them they would be brought to justice.cps even believed the children but did not want me to have them either’ thou i had the chidren for 2 andhalf years because i have a handicap
Comment by brandy redwine — November 19, 2008 @ 7:25 pm
After about 40 reports from the police about my son riding his bike in the street, (he is a bmx rider) riding it on the sidewalk, riding wheelies, vandalizing (no vandalism was found), crossing the street wrong, touching a fence on the way home, (yes, touching a fence!) a fireworks violation at 12:15 am and various other trumped up charges, my son finally did something bad. He was with a 17 year old and they set off a works bomb. The police were right there to nab him. The 17 yr old didn’t get probation, my son was removed from my home! This was in August of 2007. Then the cps came to my home with a letter about some girl having sex and determined that I should get my son checked for std’s. I am not a negligent parent but, our doctor is a female. I talked to my 14 year old about this and kept a vigil over the next 2 weeks to make sure he did not have as std. 2 weeks after this, I received a letter stating that it was substantiated that I was a negligent mother. When we went to court, they took my 14 year old son away in hancuffs. After 2 weeks, we had supervised visitation. This went on for 1 month. Then the welfare signed off for us and our “case” was turned over to probation. He was charged with one count of juvenile delinquency. I did not see him for the month of August. I finally got supervised “counseling” from appointed counselors (which I will eventually be charged for). We are no closer to reunification than we were back in June when they took him away. Just this week, he got into trouble at school for talking out in class. He is living with his father (at least it’s not foster care yet) who is an alcoholic and his ex heroin junkie girlfriend. But, they passed the psychological evaluations!! When he got into trouble this week, the assistant principal assigned him to 3 days of case (alternative school). He assured us that he has sent other kids that were on probation to case and nothing has happened to them. My ex took him to the probation department to sign him in to the alternative school and was informed that they were going to set an appointment with the judge to violate him for probation violation. They will attempt and probably succeed in putting him in foster care or a juvenile detention facility. I have 3 children, 17, 15, and 13. They haven’t taken my 17 and 13 year old, I guess I’m not negligent to them. Wrong!! I love all my children the same!! I have dedicated the last 17 years to trying to make sure my children follow their dreams. They have been active in football, baseball, wrestling, cheerleading, plays and bmx & freestyle riding. I am definitely interested in your class action suit. I want to let everyone know of the atrocities that are happening to good families all across our great nation. I want my son back home with me and his sister and brother. Count me in. I do not do drugs and very seldom do I drink. I never could because I never knew when the police from my town would be coming to visit me about my son. I can’t believe we have become so complacent about the terrors these people are allowed to do to us. Our newly re-elected governor here in Indiana, Mitch Daniels, I understand has hired 800 more of these social workers to take more children like mine from homes. I have to do my part to stop these devils from doing more of this damage to other people. If you are staging anything in Indiana, Southern Michigan or Western Ohio, please count me in. I am also interested in writing letters and making a lot of noise for our cause. Please include me in your endeavors.
Beth
Comment by beth — November 19, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Dear Jan Smith
is there really a lawsuit? Do you even have an attorney? is it even possible to have a class action lawsuit against a govt agency protected by laws in doing its job – even if their reason are biased? further each state agency operates under different state laws and each case is diifferent. please be practical. The last thing we need is false hope.
That said, I think the thing to do is to send out letters to your congressmen and senators and march infront of each juvenile courthouse in america. Would be nice if we could organize this all on the same day. We will need volunteers for each county to lead this, get permits, make signs etc.
Would you have time to organize such a nation wide rally? First select someone to lead for each county. This person will set up a posting with his/her email. People who are confident they will attend should email this person. We set a date in the future (such as Jan 30th at 8am). Each local rally leader will then tally the number of people who wish to attend in that county and posts it for everyone to see. If there are enough people we proceed, if not then we move the date a little further ahead, with the goal of having rallies infront of 50 or more juvenile courthouses, capitol bldgs etc with at least 30 or more people present at each of those rallies. If we can get 100 rallies with 100 per rally, that is 10,000 people, and should be worthy of at least some news coverage.
Jan,
I think you would be perfect to collect names of volunteers for each county. I will manage Orange County, CA.
Do we really need permits? I am not sure if the law requires a permit to hold up signs. Anyone know? How many people are there willing to rally in Orange, CA on 1/30 or thereabouts?
Comment by Niveen — December 2, 2008 @ 4:56 am
BELOW IS A LETTER I ENCOURAGE EACH ONE OF YOU TO COPY AND PASTE AND PRINT OUT AND FED EX TO YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN. PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND SIGN IT. THANKS AND LET’S MAKE DEC THE NATIONAL PARENT-CHILD MONTH.
Dear Senator,
Child Protective Services and Dependency Laws are destroying lives. If the intent of the Legislature is to prejudge families and traumatize children and make it difficult or virtually impossible for parents to reunite with their children, then mission accomplished!
The laws allow unlimited powers to CPS to remove children without a warrant. They allow them to project their own unprofessional, unqualified and sometimes biased opinions in court. They allow Judges to use these opinions to establish sufficient cause for assuming jurisdiction, detention and even termination of parental rights. They allow them to control allowable visitation hours and whether the visitations are to be monitored or not. They allow them to get away with twisting facts, hiding information and even perjuring themselves in their reports as well as in court.
To make things even worse, there is seldom any accountability within CPS, and few if any social workers are ever reprimanded for their behavior even when it involves perjury.
Further, the dependency laws themselves are clearly biased in favor of termination of parental rights and adoption.
Consider this synopsis of a real case from the California Court of Appeals:
A mother has a history of drug use. Mother’s first child is removed. Mother has a second child years later who is also removed as an infant when Mother is caught violating her probation. Mother is denied reunification services for this second child because she lost her first child. Mother goes into rehab on her own and immediately fails. Notwithstanding that, she suddenly makes a tremendous turnaround and for the next 9 months amazes everyone. She gets recommendations from her counselors, probation officers, etc, and even the social worker says the baby recognizes her and she has consistently tested negative and graduated from her drug program. Mother files a petition requesting reunification services. Judge acknowledges a change in circumstances but cannot justify the “best interest of the child” prong, saying the 9 months old now recognizes his foster parents as his parents and has bonded with them. PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE TERMINATED. APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS THE TERMINATION!
Please tell me how this is justice, or how this system is designed to consider the best interest of the child and provide services to families to help them overcome their problems?
How can parents reunite when even the Judge acknowledges that when a child is taken away at such a young age, he does not know how a parent could realistically overcome the best interest prong. The following is extracted from the Appellant Court Opinion reviewing the trial court’s decision to terminate parental rights:
The (trial) court expressed its concern about the exceptional difficulty of meeting the standard for a successful section 388 petition under the circumstances: “How a parent can overcome a 388 filing with an infant with the advent of the six-month rule, even if services had been provided, with the advent of 361.5(b) sections, with the advent of the open adoption option, is beyond me. [¶] I cannot imagine how a parent could do it. And, in this particular case, it is heightened by the fact that the mother threw herself into her rehabilitation when she got out of custody with a one false start—I’ll give her that—and really tried to clean up this time and did a wonderful job.”
Numerous cases highlight the difficulty of prevailing in dependency courts even when the issues have been resolved. Compare this to the ease with which a child becomes a dependent and the low standard used to continue the dependency even when significant progress has been made.
There are a plethora of cases out there where parents’ rights have been terminated because the child was out of placement for a year or more (which is typical for many dependency cases) and the child bonds with his foster family making it difficult for the parents to prove the “best interest” prong needed to get their child back.
Since when does a non-abusive parent need to show that it is in his or her child’s best interest to be reunited with his/her family, even when the case goes past the reunification stage?
This loophole in the law gives CPS more power to “wait it out”: to limit visits or restrict them to monitored for the entire reunification period in the hopes that once reunification is terminated (and it doesn’t take much for CPS to convince a Judge that the parent has not made sufficient progress if they didn’t progress to overnight visits), they can then claim that the child has now bonded with his new family and it would not be detrimental to him if the court terminated parental rights.
Put simply, the ultimate power lies in the hands of CPS. They control the visitations and it is their monitors that write the reports. It is their recommendations that primarily influence the courts, and there are seldom any witnesses to prove them wrong. They have full-time counsel representation and they are motivated from the top-down to put the children up for adoption even when the parents have fixed the issues that brought about the dependency.
Recommendations:
FIRST: Eliminate the financial incentives of federal and state funds for adoptions. These incentives should apply only for parents willing to adopt special needs children. CPS should not be getting a cash reward for placing children into adoption!
SECOND: Require that any child be removed only with a warrant or by the police.
THIRD: Require that an independent body of citizens oversee CPS. This body must be given the power to discipline CPS workers and to investigate complaints. Currently, the Ombudsmen are powerless to do anything, and going up the chain does not work, because that’s were the orders to meet the adoption statistics come from! A grand jury investigation of each CPS department should be performed annually as well. Keeping the department clean of conflicting incentives and accountable for their behavior will eliminate much of the problems.
FOURTH: Change the dependency laws to require a higher standard of proof when a parent is accused of being a detriment to his/her child. The decision must be backed by facts and professional opinion (such as a medical or psychological opinion). Preponderance of the evidence is a ridiculously low standard that is easily manipulated. Further, mandate that except in exceptional circumstances (e.g. real physical or sexual abuse) that the department provide services without removing the child (the law requires this to be considered, but is easily and often bypassed).
FIFTH: Inform parents that they have the right to get their own independent evaluations and to be allowed the right to have an independent professional also examine and evaluate their child. The examiners should not be solely assigned by CPS nor be from the pool of court appointed psychologist who are all part of the same panel and are getting paid for by the dependency system.
SIXTH: Inform parents of their rights and the expectations the system has of them. They need to get some documentation on the dependency laws and their options: when they can appeal, and what petitions they can file and when to file them, including legitimate examples of declarations, supporting documentation, etc. They need to be informed of their rights to have effective counsel. It is unacceptable for the courts to appoint parents unexperienced just out of college pubic defenders who are overloaded with cases.
SEVENTH: If CPS’s accusations are dismissed as unfounded, they should be liable for reimbursing the parents for all legal and other financial expenses that they incur in proving their innocence, including taking time off from work, etc. (See the case where this family spent $150,000 to prove that their children did indeed suffer from genetic diseases that brought them into the hospital on numerous occasions and not because the Mother suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy – Los Angeles Times March 09, 2008).
EIGHTH: Change the preference for adoption and the vague and subjective (even unnecessary) “best interest of the child” prong. What is important is the safety of the child.
The law does not take into account the trauma children feel when they are removed from their homes (which requires only a preponderance of the evidence), but suddenly when it is time for them to be returned, the law seems to be overly sympathetic about not disturbing their months old or even year or two old placement, placing the burden of proof on the parent to demonstrate that the child will be detrimentally harmed if parental rights are terminated. A requirement that if taken literally is unsurmountable.
Human rights are sacred and constitutionally protected, and that applies equally well to the family unity and children’s rights and best interests in being with their real biological families even when the mandated and arbitrary statutory 18 months run out!
We cannot allow social workers, psychologists, judges nor for that matter anyone to decide on the best interest of our children. That was never the intent of nature nor God.
Protecting a child is one thing, but deciding what is in his best interest is like playing God!
Consider where this is going: Will the Legislature one day justify the removal of children due to poverty alone (actually there are already such cases – see In re P.C., 165 Cal. App. 4th 98)? Will they justify the removal of children from families who cannot provide them with a great education or all the luxuries of life to those who have the means?
Will our government turn into a Nazi government?
“We don’t approve of the family’s rigid religious life-style, let’s take the kids away.”
“We don’t like their choice of lifestyle, religion or culture, let’s take their kids away?”
“We don’t think the parents are well educated, or the parents are illiterate, let’s take their kids away.”
“We don’t like the fact that the parent is single, let’s take his/her kids away.”
“We don’t approve of their parenting style, let’s take the kids away.”
After all, it can all be justified as being done in the “best interest of the child”!
No-one should be given the power to make that decision!
Just because a child has become a dependent of the state for a few months or even a few years does not entitle the government to permanently sever his rights and his parents’ rights to be with each other or to have contact with one another (a potential side effect of adoption is that the decision to allow the child contact with his real family is left entirely up to the adoptive parents).
In reality, what is happening is this: once a child becomes a dependent of the state, he is not just temporarily removed, he in fact becomes a “property” of the state, to do with him as they wish and to decide on his future as they wish. Parental rights virtually cease to exist once dependency is established! This needs to STOP!
Legal guardianship should be the preferred choice, unless it would be detrimental for the child to ever be returned to his parents (e.g. in cases of severe trauma suffered at the hands of the parents caused by years of abuse or molestation) or if the parent relinquishes his rights.
Using the bonding excuse, or the “unique needs of the child for stability” excuse, as a reason to terminate is not only pathetic, but is in fact a travesty against every human and civil rights law that was ever created, and, above all, it is a blatant violation of the laws of nature and the will of God and will have dire consequences…
Sincerely,
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Comment by Niveen — December 2, 2008 @ 5:14 am
I live in KY can I join the class action lawsuit against CPS?
Comment by Rachel Adams — December 2, 2008 @ 6:11 am
Linda,
Could you please post this in activism.
I would like to organize a rally similar to the one on Nov 25. I am in Los Angeles. We should target the Appeals courts.
Here are 2 locations I propose for a rally:
Ronald Reagan State Building
300 So. Spring St. 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
and
925 N. Spurgeon Street
Santa Ana, California 92701-3724
I need to get feedback regarding who can attend during the month of January and which dates. We should try to rally there daily.
In 2003, most of Albertsons and Vons Employees demonstrated daily for months in front of their local stores and refused to go back to work. They were fighting for higher wages and their pension funds. They were only fighting over money, and not for their children’s lives, and yet they were willing to stand out for hours in the cold and give up their jobs until they got what they wanted. And they did!
I can’t imagine why the people who are complaining all over the internet and on this site are not out there with a sign in front of the court houses, the State Capitol or even the Judicial Council.
We should organize this to attract media attention and do it all over the country.
Anyone interested for Los Angeles and Orange County, please email me at
aleo966@yahoo.com
include the dates in JAN 2009 you can attend and whether LA or OC location and how many of you will be there.
You should make your own banners.
Suggestions are welcome.
I would like to have daily demonstrations from Jan 15 til at least Jan 31. Others should organize their own rallies around the same time.
Complaining on this site will get you nowhere, so pick yourself up and go out and do something!
Comment by Leo — December 2, 2008 @ 9:33 am
Niveen I want to start a rally in my state but can’t get no respones I have done that myself I need more than me also I did contact our congress and lestiter no spelled right but it didn’t do no good I got a letterrthat came to me saying that they can’t help with the matter our Iowa Governor Culver is a joke just like Vilsack was a joke to I did go the Governor office to speak of the matter the office called the security guard on me and the security guard told me not to come back and you should see the letter that was nasty that came from Mr Kevin Cannonnann he is ahead of DHS our Governor from Iowa knows the problem and he is just as much as guility as all of them he also is hiding it I got a leter from a Georgia Senator her name is Nancy Shaefer she is working on this issue she gave me papers on what the stuff that DHS pulls on people if I could anybody fax number I would love to fax this 10 page letter that the Senator wrote to me I also called her on the phone she wan’ts to put a stop to this DHS falsestatements Linda I would like to have your fax number to show Mr Cannonnonn nasty letter he written to me and the letter that Ms Saefer the Senator of Georgia she is working on this issue I would love to put the letters on this website.
Comment by Terri Rote — December 3, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
Hey Terri
send those letters to congressmen and senators of other states and other political parties. They can use this to attack the senator or governor who was rude to you and ignored the problem. Also look for a public radio station such as npr and fax it to them.
For rallies, post an email address and the location where you would like to rally and see how many people respond. Try craigs list public messages to advertise
Comment by niveen — December 3, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
i am a mother of four i lost my children in 2001 a just reached a return home goal sept 2008 now they are prolonging the actual return they have locked my son in a institution his 6yrs old .while in foster care he was exposed to horrors unmentioable all the while i was fighting for their return they are doping him up and saying he can’t be released until sept 2009.one of my girls are living in a home cities away where constant problems and accusations arise but the stil haven’t moved or returned her .My other two are also suffering in the own way .I FEEL after the are finally returned whatevers left of the sweet spirit will be so victimized and torn i’ll be left with shells of children .I need some help inthese final staggies to resue them .I ‘VE DONE COMPLETED EVERYTHING THESE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED OF ME noe the using the after math of this devastation to prolong and tary on more seperation Help me please !!!!!!! I Live in Illinois
Comment by lerin ferguson — December 4, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
go to king5.com local news and read the article by Suzana Frame called Foster Home return to Home. Its about More CPS dirty tricks.
Comment by Sooo.... — December 10, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
We have formed a non-profit group in San Diego CA
No more Family InJustice
(The name was coined using the first name initials of our combined 4 children that are currently “in the system – Nele, Fale, Ian, Jack)
We are holding a protest rally on December 23rd 2008 at the following location
San Diego Juvenile Court
2851 Meadowlark Dr.
San Diego CA 92123
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
If you could help us get the word out it would be appreciated.
We need numbers to get the media attention required to make a difference. We also ask that people bring signs, we will have fliers and pamphlets to pass out at the event.
Greg Smart
858.568.5576
cpsvictim -at- gmail.com
Comment by Greg Smart — December 14, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
are you still active? and what are you plans?
Comment by tamera hipshire — March 16, 2009 @ 2:28 am
I’d like to hear from Arkansawyers out there who have been worked over by DHS (our child protective services). California is starting a class action lawsuit against their CPS, and so are several other states. I think it’s time Arkansas got on this bandwagon, too, for the sake of our children and families.
My granddaughter fell between a bed and the wall when she was 7 weeks old, and we took her to the emergency room to make sure she was okay. (She was, except for a sore place on her leg that healed within a couple of days). I can’t get into more details about that because we’ve had to hire an attorney we can’t afford, and the game is on with DHS. They are trying to get custody of my granddaughter, who is now 9 months old and doing fine. She’s in a daycare that they could go into on any given day and examine her, but they haven’t done that. My daughter is starting to suffer from serious stress. I’m a nursing student, and they’re trying to put me on a child maltreatment list, which will kill my career before it even gets off the ground.
These people lie and misrepresent what the local and federal laws are to scare you into letting them into your home, and they seem to think that nobody can take care of a child except them. They ruin the lives of the very children they claim to care about for the sake of proving their “usefulness to society” and getting federal and state money. Their workers are under-educated, and half of them don’t know the contents of their own operating procedures manuals.
I’ve done some checking and there are horror stories everywhere. We could change this, if we band together. It’s time!
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Comment by Gabrielle von Stralendorff — March 20, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Sorry about that string of letters…ignore it, lol.
Comment by Gabrielle von Stralendorff — March 20, 2009 @ 11:32 am
can someone please give me some good advice.I have a six year old step son and a 1 year old son.Ever since my step son has moved back home cps has been on us three times.Now my step son has been beating on his little step brother in the head.We confided and pleaded for there help we tried to send him back to his grandmothers and they said no.Well last night for the fifth time he hit his little brother in the temple and bruised him bad this happen in the car we called cps and now they put two more cases on me and my wife neglect and unsupervised child how can they call it neglect or unsupervised child when it was dark in the car and they said we should keep them separated.I mean what should I do tie the step son up to the hood I really need some good legal advise to stop cps my email is Kenny.Taber at yahoo.com
Comment by Kenneth Taber — May 9, 2009 @ 12:02 am
Please contact me with regards to a lawsuit, we have had all of our rights violated from confidentiality breaches to falsifying documents, perjury and we have recorded tape of the investigator doing some of these things.
Comment by Jenapher Crowley — May 16, 2009 @ 7:39 pm
my children have been in foster care for over two years and have been subjected to multiple placements including group homes hospitals and on going mental health evaluations .
as iam theyre mother have complied with all reccomendations asked of me and have followed through and graduated over 11 diffrent programs including inpatient treatment for following through with my own needs and disclosing my need for help in any erea possable to furthur my knowledge of my own issues that may have held me back from many successes to regain the custody of my children sooner. i was then told that because of my choices to better my styuation and asking for help that i prevented the return of my 4 children now iam being asked to consider an open adoption for one and consideration of the needs of my children i have asked the question many times why was there never a family preservation service available to me why has the department falsified documents and lied in a court of law why have my right as a mother been violated in every aspect my suffering anger pain and determination has been tested through and i have been tried by fire with the only thing that i wake to is the angish and pain my children have been through first and fore most this is my only thought i will tell you this that the social workers in not only my county but across the nation I will continue my determination in bringing my children home to thier mother I will appeal at what ever level i will remain with my dignity and will demand for my children respect of the barriers that have been placed upon my family to prevent any reunification has been wrong inhumane and heartless in my opinion that is the best way i can describe in words how a system as cps has been designed to fail if my family hast had to go through this so another mother father child doesnt have to well then its been worth every ounce of blood sweat n tears to non judgementally prove that some people are sent here from a higher power greater then myself and nomatter what happends that miracles do happen i wont ever give up on what matters to me more then life itself my children
and i pray for the ones who have had hand in nonreunification and i pray that you or your familys
wont ever have to go through what my children have been through and having a mother as i been given no choice to watch her children suffer for the lack of social workers knowledge and ability to ever know just how judgemental theyre out look on anothers choices prevent the ability to remain strong when theres a system that prevents a family to stay connected in making it a point to break the family bond and crush a childs spirit how is that protecting the child and or doing what is best
for any child the guardian ad litems cant represent the children when these children need them the most if they are never involved with the continiung progress of a childs inviroment my oldest daughter being the prime example at 9 years old being placed in a group home after being moved over 6 times prior to group home one of these place ments being a foster care provider that she was moved from for an open and shut case ruled as unfounded in return this same foster care provider is now the supervisor for the county we reside in how about a public defender that did not properly handle my case knowing she was going to leave after a year to follow up on a two year inturnship to become an attorney general that will represent the states argument on why the children should not be returned to the parents as she at one time or another may have represented these childrens parents my case has been handled by 5 diffrent social workers one retired so she could move back east with 2 children that she fled with from the agency she worked for for over 15 years dcfs the second social worker retired due to the stress of knowing the wrong that was being done and could no longer morally or contiously continue to live with herself if she didnt leave the department these are a few of the outrageously many misfortunes that have taken place in my familys situation this is not to take away from my own struggles that i have faced and continue to face in every day life but it is the prime example of dcfs going against all the protocals and true ability to mantain the family structure and preserving what they are out to so call protect the children from a abusive enviroment
well iam here to speak the truth and only the truth
what is the worst that can happen ill lose my kids well dcfs cps agency has done a real good job at that i woild say i pray for you all and i will speak to anyone that will listen tell my story to anyone that is willing to hear it and will until my last breath fight cps for my children …..
Comment by irishslady — August 13, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
Social Service and CPS in MN took our only 8 months old baby away from hospital as our baby fell down from 20″ height bed. We took the baby to the hospital and CPS appointed dr. nurses behaved with us (parents) as we are the criminal. After 4 days staying in hospital, CPS took our baby to foster home. At the same time, CPS prepared to made false allegation against us! as if we intentionally injured our baby!!!
After 3 weeks living in foster care, our baby were taken for bone x-rays where a Dr. suspected that my baby might have brittle bone disease which could caused bone injury!!(now it’s proven by DNA test) On that day, CPS returned our baby to us but our case is still pending and we have trial date.
We’ve Dr. report who checked our baby at emergency room stated that ‘Our baby does not have brittle bone’ or ‘Osteogenesis Imperfecta” WHICH was a false statement and that caused us EXTREME suffering & anxieties for 3 weeks w/o our only baby. I’ve lost my job as we were given 1 hour visitation every other day in the middle of day and still we need to go court for hearing…I’ve 100% clean background including NO traffic ticket in last 14 yrs, neither my wife..
We rented an apt. for a possible solution IF CPS granted my sister in law as a guardian to have our baby who (sister in law) quit her job from FL and flew to MN) to take our baby in her custody…
Comment by Helpless parents — September 24, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Winona, try emailing Jan Smith at the email address above (under her name.)
Comment by LindaJoMartin — December 14, 2009 @ 9:16 am
Google Amber Maccurdy!!!
Comment by mlae — December 27, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
I am a mother of 4. I have been reading these blogs and they sicken me. I feel for people here. CPS is a joke.
I was in a very abusive relationship at one time. I turned to CPS for help for me and my 4 sons to get out. It was a volatile situation which actually ended in a kidnapping of my 4 sons. There were court appearances, photos of abuse to sons, the whole 9 yards. I finally was able to get out of situation when there father was imprisoned.
I finally thought, Thank god! We’re free of it. Then I got taken to court for custody. I was a single mother with 4 sons, having not a lot of money to live on and making too much for public defender. Needless to say after getting the nerve to finally walk away from all the victimization, I was now being victimized by the courts.
I turned to CPS for help once again thinking, “this is their job, they’ll help me fight for my children!” They turned me away, telling me they only help when children are in a desperate situation. I pleaded with them because I couldn’t fight the money any longer, I lost custody. I called them again. They told me they would investigate the boys.
Every weekend I picked the boys up if allowed, there were bruises, broken ribs, shattered emotions. CPS always said they would investigate. Thank god my sons are over 18 now. They have all came home to me. And now 3 are all grown up and on their own, one more in college.
But the horror of CPS. I will never have trust in the Pennsylvania system after what my sons went through and myself. I will never have trust in Pennsylvania. Good luck to everyone here.
Comment by Mother — January 19, 2010 @ 6:21 pm
PLEASE HELP MY SON IF YOU CAN , I DON’T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN.
All of this started April 12, 2005 when my 3 year old son stated to me after coming home from his Fathers house “my daddy pets his d–k till it gets great big“, After meeting with Illinois D.C.F.S. and S.W.A.N.S., they helped me place a Protection Order on my son’s father. Because the incident happened in Indiana I was told that, Indiana D.C.F.S had to do the investigation. My son told Harrison county D.C.F.S. that his daddy touches his private area. He also stated that, he touched his daddy there too. They ruled this a TOILETING ISSUE. I was told by my Illinois attorney needed to drop the order, because the finial ruling was “ unsubstantiated“, meaning “not enough evidence ” February, 2006 I dropped the order of protection.
March, 2006 I received papers from the courts in Harrison county courts that I was being taken back to court. The father was filing for full custody. The father stated in these papers that I had been picked up for an open container, while driving with my son in the car. This was not true. That my sister was babysitting and she, had been imprisoned for drugs. This was not true. That I had left my youngest son with my 23 year old son and the 23 year old son hadn’t seen me for several days. Again this was not true. The guardian ad litem told him that I had not paid him yet from the paternity hearing what I had owed. This however was true, I hadn’t paid him. He also stated that I was not bringing the child to the exit as I was previously ordered to do so. February ,2006 he ask Illinois courts to leave the pick up at the sheriff station the same as it had been in Illinois.
The hearing was held in Indiana ,all the fathers witnesses were heard first. The guardian ad litem testified first stating that he thought the best interest of the child was to be placed with the father. Knowing my son was claiming happened between the father and the son. My sons counselor also wrote letters to the judge, to my attorney, and To whom it may concern: trying to get someone to listen to the child. To do what is best for him in this case. I took these letters to court , they were never looked at by anyone except my attorney. That she believe that something could have happened from the statement he told her. He also stated that he thought that I was unstable and unfit. The reason he gave for this was, because when my husband and I separated, I left him and move to another state. Harrison County D.C.F.S. were there to testify for him. Stating that they had found this and that they didn’t believe this happened to the child. The child would cry and he would cling to me and not want to leave me. The father stated that he had once told me that “I needed the hell beat out of me, he wasn’t going to do it he was going to hire someone to do it” on the witness stand. My professional witnesses were never heard. The subpoena would not cross the state line. The child talked to the judge and guardian ad litem in chambers told him that dad touches him, he wanted to live with his Mommy. He was taken away from me, custody given to the father. I got visitation according to Parenting Guidelines. Pick up and delivery same as before. I got to see my son every 2 weeks. Pick him up Friday 6 pm, bring him back to Jasper State Police Post on Sunday at 6 pm. Starting November 7, 2007. I never got to see him again until November 30, 2007. These are not the guidelines. I was never given visits but only every other weekend. The father wasn’t going to allow more than that because he wasn’t going to drive all the way to Jasper for just a few hours so I could visit with my son once each week, again every other weekend.
August 3 ,2008 my son was at the Jasper post crying because he didn’t want to go to the father’s house. When a officer came to the door to see what was going on, the child went inside with him and told him that he didn’t want to go with daddy cause daddy touches his whacker. Wanted to know if he would make his Daddy stop touching him. The officer contacted D.C.F.S. of Indiana. I was told I needed to take the child to Harrison County to allow D.C.F.S. To the child. The child tells them there that daddy was on one end of the couch his, step mom was in the middle with the child on the other end they didn’t have clothes on dad sat on her then put his finger in the child’s butt. The child was taken into custody and given to the grandparent’s that night. D.C.F.S. knew that the father of the child lived in the front yard of the grandparents less than 30 feet away.
D.C.F.S. sent the child to a doctor in Louisville Ky. The child telling when asked if anyone touched him there “YES, my dad does . Then when asked if he told anyone he said” YES ,I told my mommy but no one will believe her. “to the doctor. The grandparents and D.C.F.S. were the only one that the doctor talked to. He never talked to me. The grandparents telling that I had 4 other children I didn’t have custody . Failed to tell that the children were married and had children of their own or that they were all grown. With the oldest one being 29 the youngest of the 4 being 23 years of age. Again they found that there was not enough evidence. Ruled again unsubstantiated. They dismissed the case. Again my child not protected.
The father is trying to make it to where I can’t get the child and take my son back to Illinois . The child has another family in Illinois. That’s where I’m from and where I moved back too, after I left Corydon ,Indiana. I was told by my attorney I needed to drop my emergency custody order to keep this from happening to me . I did so. The judge wanted to talk to the doctor before deciding on the case. A year has past since all this began , my attorney hasn’t been returning my calls. My child still living with the grandparents. He still cries when I take him back to the pick up and drop off in Jasper, I’m still not getting to see my child but every 2 weeks. First it was because he has school now, it is because he is in summer school. Now I’m being told I’m not getting my summer visit either, I have to give the father his half of the rest of the summer vacation. School starts August in Harrison county.
March 29,2009 my son came to me in church and asked to talk to me outside , I got up and followed him outside. There he told me he was sorry he lied to me . I asked what he lied about and he told me that his daddy didn’t touch him. I said ok why did you tell me that he did. He said cause I was wanting to see if I would come live with you. I said oh yeah. He said yeah mommy do you forgive me. I said yes.
I have documents to prove all this that I’m telling you. I have left a lot of things out of this to make it shorter, hoping someone will read it, look at my papers and will help me. I feel this case has been unfair from the beginning. I was living in Illinois when the father filed for paternity in March of 2005. I really don’t see how they had the right to take my son in the state of Indiana, with us living in Illinois.I would think they could had proven paternity in Indiana but I do think that it should be that when a mother moves to another state with the child so that all is fair the court hearings should be in the state the mother is from so that there is nothing like what I nhave experienced in the state of Indiana with the case of my son.
PLEASE WILL YOU HELP MY SON COME BACK HOME.
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Comment by cathy — February 10, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
Cathy, I am so sorry you’re enduring so much intense heartache from the system and your ex. If you need feedback on your case try registering at the message board.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — February 10, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
I need to know if this lawsuit is current. I live in WA state. My children were taken based on false claims, I was given a lawyer who saw me for 1 hour more or less in 12 months and hurt my case instead of helping. They have kept my children from me, placed them with their step-father whom I was trying to divorce at the time. This man has totally brainwashed my children, especially my younger one. She went from being my baby and never far from my side, to saying she is afraid of me. I’ve seen her 5 times in 20 months. By law CPS is supposed to have children and their parent(s) see each other, yet in my case, they allowed a 10 year old to decide not to see me. This was based on the lies my husband was telling my daughter. Now we are totally alienated and they are trying to give 3rd party custody to him. The commissioner in the case is known to be prejudiced and it appears especially if one has a mental illness. I need help desperately before my daughter is no longer in my life. Going on each day under these circumstances is horrid. PLus, their stepfather is quite honestly the worst parent I’ve ever seen.
I live in Washington State, Tri-Cities.
If this court action has already been filed, how does one (with no resources) find a law-firm willing to take them on.
Thank you
Comment by Georgia Cooper — April 5, 2010 @ 6:54 am
Georgia, you can contact Washington Families United.
Comment by Linda Martin — April 5, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
We need a Las Vegas law firm that has financial resources to go forward with a collective/class action. If you know of one, please call or text 702-787-0002.
Comment by DeAnn Wiesner — April 17, 2010 @ 4:36 am