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Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last thirty years leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods.
Rather than helping families, government agents have used unconstitutional laws in Juvenile Court to rip children away from their loving parents, break asunder God-given, natural, parent-child bonds, and adopt the children of the grieving out to others who profit financially with large monthly adoption subsidy payments.
Child Protective Services must be stopped! The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed. We must work tirelessly to inform the public of this very dangerous travesty of justice. We must keep faith knowing that if there is a God, there is an answer and a way to end this heartache.
Child Protective Services Agents - please come to your senses! Family destruction on false or trivial grounds is wrong, reprehensible, and inhumane.
Fosterers - be aware that for the money you get you are holding much-loved children away from their grieving families while the parents are forced to perform a service plan that is anything but a service to them. I call this hostage holding for the government. This is not kindness - to help misguided government agents destroy family relationships and break loving bonds.
CPS workers and fosterers - I ask that you now let the children of the innocent return to their homes where they are truly valued, adored, and loved by the parents God gave them.
Family rights are God-given rights. And they should not be ignored or postponed. Every moment these loving parents and children spend separated from one another is a torment beyond what anyone should ever have to bear.
It is unworthy of human dignity to allow this terrorism and torture of families to go on without saying something, speaking out, and trying to make a change.
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Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations
October 15, 2008
By Debra Braxton
1. Rely on God for inspiration. Write down things to check as God speaks. I continually tell God, “Thank you, I’ll check into that.”
3. Every state has a DSHS website. Have people search this, for knowledge is power. Records Request forms are there. Use them.
4. DSHS has both an Internet website and an Intranet website.
Google: DSHS Internet website; Then Google: DSHS Intranet website
5. Get CPS to provide a copy of their Policy and Operations Manual. They can print this out for the parent and it is free. I’m waiting on mine.
6. I bought a book called “Washington Court Rules” for the state. There are Washington Court Rules for the Federal side of the dependency case. Now this book will have a different title for each state of course. Find the dependency section and challenge CPS on this and your Pro bono attorney who works against you. It’s amazing how some attorneys dummy up when it comes to people like me and I surprise them with what I know. I am a paralegal student who wants to fight them long after the case is over.
7. DSHS falls under Administrative Law and everyone from Children’s Administration “CPS” from lowly case worker, supervisor, area administrator, regional manager, to assistant secretary at the DSHS Headquarters is liable for the shared decision making process they claim to use. So one mistake of one worker affects all, do you see?
8. Think outside the box to solve issues. Be unconventional. They won’t expect it and will be caught off guard.
9. Communicate in paper to all persons connected to the case and insist the people write back. I use emails and fax machines. Save this. It is ammunition later on and is considered a legal document.
10. Go to a law library located in County Superior Courts, or at a university that teaches law. Find the state’s rules book and look up juvenile court rules. Civil court rules and federal court rules as well. Also the website for the state legislature.
11. Go over the records repeatedly because God will tell you as he told me, “See this paper, the CPS didn’t do a recommendation properly.”
12. Whatever is discovered, put it in writing either as a letter or as a declaration. This way all parties of the court including the judge will be held accountable and the case may proceed to appeals court and this information could help the group of appeals judges with their decision.
About Debra Braxton:
I am a paralegal student and I am cutting my teeth on the CPS and all of my Pro bono attorneys as I go along. Lastly, this is a spiritual war and it’s not by might or by power but by my spirit says the Lord. My battle is his and God knows the end from the beginning. Rest in God and work hard and never give up. God will give peace in the midst of the dependency storm.
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Hello Debra, I believe you are a God send !
You have offered more new suggestions in your letter than I have gotten in two years of fighting “The Child Parent Seperators!” I am sure most of this is common knowledge but, when your heart is broken and fear sets in it is hard to think things through, most don’t know their rights or what they can do on their own. Thats why Linda’s site “Fight CPS” is so important. There are new parents everyday confronting this terrible situation. It takes valuable time to find help and information to help ourselves. Because as we know our Public Defenders most of them are just there to collect their paycheck, as they go through the motions at a so called defense. I pray God will move you to offer us futher information, even a small amount of information can be a great revelation to someone who is new to this fight and frightened out of their minds at the prospect of losing their children forever to the CPS Machine. Most are not sure of what we can do legally. What we are allowed to do in law since we don’t have access to a degree.
Thank you Linda for your web site Fight CPS it was the first I found when beginning my search for help and here I learned about my amendment rights and that helped me to turn the tide because CPS tries to make you believe they can do anything and you have to do as they say. But, through this web site I learned that it is just another lie used by them to instill fear.
Comment by mala — October 15, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
Hello fightcps.com:
I am a 36 year old ex-mother of 5. I began my ordeal 1998 with CPS (or as we call it FIA in Michigan). I went through 2 years of numerous meetings, inspections and court dates which in the end I only ended up trapped with “other issues” As she would put it to the judge. I had finally fought through all of that and ended up getting my children placed back into my home but still in being monitored or “in the goldfish bowl” the worker described. I went through this judged and alone by the small community I lived in. Out of fustration I up an moved to Georgia in 2002. The worker that I was dealing with at the time had already stated that she was going to investigate my case for 3 more months. What was she looking for? I was being judge from 1998-2002 on my economic issues. Please keep in mind that the children were removed from the home so FIA Human Resources Department would not further assist me any further at that time. I did not care until my I had some issues with the house we were living in was flooding out from underground with raw sewage and the landlord would not help me. I was not looking forward to anymore visits form FIA. I took my kids and moved to Georgia to my mothers apartment temporarily, in fear of another long fight with FIA. I know BIG mistake. She contacted me and ask why I left. I told her the same thing I don’t want to fight for my own kids anymore. I told her that another family member of mine did the same thing and she got to transfer her case to her fleeing destination. She claimed to give me three months to get a apartment and said that she would be sending a worker out to the house to investigate us in Georgia. It took me just that long to find and apartment that I could financially maintain with enough space of 6. Two weeks before move day she had a diplacement order issued and 4 of my children were transported back to michigan to what began our 5 year separation. What happened to the 5th child. Ask the police pointed at my children like puppies being sold, the Georgia worker explained that my 5th child was not court ward because her father was there in 1998 to take custody of her at the initial removal hearing. There were further investigations conducted thereafter regarding her. Her father had vanished after he gave custody back to me when the other children returned to my care. I am not a hateful person. I did thank my youngest child’s father for stepping up for us in 1998, and always made it known that any time or support would be welcomed. My mother had always made it a point to allow my remaining child to contact her father during her weekend visits with my remaining child. Well, in 2007, he finally went beyond the phone calls and invited Paige up for the summer. The child’s grandmother finally responded to my mom’s calls and invited the child to her house for the summer I confirmed I sent my 5th child to Michigan to visit her father for the summer. It is now October 2008 and she has not returned. Why? What happened apparently her father went down to the friend of court (Tthe people who handle the child support-not neglect and abuse) to get his child support case regarding her dismissed. He told them that I ABANDONED her. This triggered further CPS involvement. Which it was later determined by the FIA that I just out of the blue abandoned my child. I was given two choices sign her over to this eluding liar of be taken to court to lose my parental rights of my 5th and last child. I lost all of my fight for the last 5 1/2 years. The depression has been paralyzing. But I have concluded that the only way that I could move about freely again is to get back in the fight. But where?
Sign,
Mucale
Comment by Kimberly McDermott — October 15, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Dear Mala:
Thank you for your comments I’m blessed to have become a blessing for others. My heart goes out to mothers and fathers whose loved ones have been taken by monsters of the court. I plan to put a book together after I complete my research perhaps in the near future. My goal is to expose the monsters for what they really are. They are people who are defrauding the government and perjuring themselves over and over in the courts. I’ll leave with this, dear God protect our little ones and thank you for going ahead and making the roads smooth as we travel through this lonely road. I believe Jesus is close to the broken hearted. I ask for his protection for us all and plead the blood of Jesus protection for all involved with CPS. i ask this in Jesus’ name, amen.
Debra
Comment by Debra — October 15, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
Debra:
You are AMAZING. Very creative and helpful suggestions.
And we all must truly remember how blessed we are. The Creator shows us that God is love, even in darkest hours.
Comment by Fern — October 15, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
God does help those who help themselves. God does put in angels in our lives. Sometimes those angels are just there to remind us to listen carefully, a tap on the shoulder when a social worker (an adversary) speaks and unknowingly reveals something we need to help us fight; a tap on the shoulder urging us to investigate a library and its resources; a whisper in the ear saying , “google CPs”.
God is good and does help us.
To fight effectively one must educate oneself and be prepared to stand not with a physcial army but with an army of knowledge.
They, the adversaries, don’t understand this. They think parents will just bow down to their “greater” power. Their arrogance is their fall.
Maggie
Comment by MaggieC — October 15, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Debra, you’ve said what I’ve been trying to across to everyone, in different words, but the same meaning. Learn the law, learn the statutes, read DHS Policies and Procedures for your state. Ignorance of the law is what causes, too many families, to become a victim of DHS. I, at first, believed that DHS was intended to help, and that they would see that they made a mistake. After months of their abuse, I researched the law and their guidelines, etc. I stopped playing their games. From the initial investigator, supervisor, state appeals process,….waste of time. I brought my children home, AGAINST their advice, and haven’t heard from them since. This was over two years ago. Multiple felonies were conducted on DHS’s part. They are very good at covering their tracks. They will not intrude on my family again. However, they will intrude in to new, unsuspecting families. Forewarn everyone, and continue to give them the opportunity to protect their family from those such as DHS. I will never stop trying to spread the word. Learn the law , learn the inside of DHS, don’t be gullible, and share your experience with everyone.
Comment by daaronad — October 15, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
CPS in Miami lied to get my wife and I arrested after taking our baby daughter to Miami Children’s Hospital. The forensic Pediatrician faked a fracture on the knee. That’s right. We went to independent orthopedic doctors, and they say there is no fracture on the knee!
This all started from a fracture to the femur (leg), which we don’t know how it happened so they automatically assume we’re guilty. We have no arrest record, we are college grads, and productive members of society. However, they took our 2 girls and called the cops and now we have a dependency trial and a criminal trial. The Social Worker for CPS made up stuff and made her opinions that my wife did it although the Social Worker is not qualified to make such remarks. We need help. Any feedback would be appreciated. They have filed charges. We want our girls back. Who the hell gave the State and the Government the right to take our girls away? Especially since we’re innocent!!!
Just because a femur fracture is “highly suggestive” of child abuse, does not automatically mean it is! Something like 60%-80% is suggestive of child abuse. But what about the other 20%-40% innocent parents? Why do they have do suffer, be humiliated, arrested, and abused? A police detective was sent by the State attorney to interrogate our 2 year old? Now, THAT is child abuse!
Child abuse is taking away our little girls and disrupting their lives only on the suspicion of abuse!
It’s preposterous! We are in Miami, Florida. One of the most corrupt cities in one of the most corrupt states. We need help.
Thanks for listening, and God bless all us innocent, falsely accused families.
Comment by Abraham — October 15, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Great job! I love this. This will help so many. I am actually in school to be a paralegal now. I started as a result of what happened in my case.
Thank God for you! best wishes
Comment by kwanie — October 16, 2008 @ 5:37 am
everyone needs to research what happened to me, NEVER SIGN ANY ACCUTATIONS THAT CPS SAYS YOU DID!!!! that saved me because when you sign that says you did it what ever it is …… I REFUSED TO SIGN THAT PAPER and they could not charge me with it diane k.
Comment by diane — October 17, 2008 @ 10:10 am
Ur a Human Angel !
I’ve been dealing w/ false accusations since March of this yr, 2008! Now they added a new lie to the list, that I have a history of asaulting individuals! Unbelievable !! I’m waiting to hear from the new wker I have, what she is using to base this lie on?! I had an incedent in 2003 w/ an ex boyfriend who’s girlfriend scratched my face up, ran & called the police! When the cops arrived they cooked up a story that I provoked her, when that was far from the truth! I was arrested & she NEVER showed up, ALL THREE TIMES, to court! This ex of mine appologised & asked the charges be droped!That’s all I can think of that has given CPS the liberty to state such a lie! This is when one says “Ur past will haunt u”! But damn, the truth speaks for it self, & do they care? NO WAY JOSE! I’m in CUBA these days dealing w/ as u have marked it “CPS’s False accusations!” All this because of a ph call to CPS when I took my son out of 3 yrs of unproductive wastful psychotherapy for nightterrors & for an incedent in which he bit me till I bleed. This never happened again from my son (bitting) & I had to take care of the Nightterrors my self! Playtherapy wasn’t going to take care of such an issue!! I didn’t know about reports/notes being taken down after each session those three yrs ! They were inaccurate, distorted & exagerated 75% of the time (reading them for the 1st time just this summer!)! WARNING:Never attend a County Mental Health Facility EVER!!!They wk w/ the County government, of course, against the client!!! A parent is better off taking care of it thru an independant practioner &/or research on therapies to be done at home (Bks, Oprah, she had a segment on nightterrors w/ Dr.Oz!, the internet, NIH in bethesda, Dr.Phil too! Anything & everything that will help EXCEPT THE INTRUSION IN UR PERSONAL LIFE from county sevices! No matter what ur financial situation is, DON’T go to County servise for help!
Thk U Debra, for being the Honorable person u r! Judges don’t deseve to be refered as Honorable! The Judicial System is a Judgement system NOT a Justice System!
P.S. the CPS wkr didn’t want to print it ! I had to ask my lawyer to do this!
Comment by Amen A. Sigala — October 21, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
I forgot to state what the wkr refused to print out. It’sThe Policy & Operations Manuel u recommend at #5.
Comment by Amen A. Sigala — October 21, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
Dear Debra,
My kids got taken in Dec. 2005 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma COunty
I had tumor sugery in Oct 2005 got out of the hospital in Late November 2005 I took my kids to school around the 1st week of December and the same day I got a call that I needed to go to the school so I went and DHS had already had taken my kids without a protective order or anything so I went to court and they told me that I had to go through parenting classes so I did during the 8 months of classes I was seeing my kids every month then after the classes were over and I passed I started going to therapy with my oldest son and I was still seeing him and my girls for a while then in dec 06 DHS decieded that I could not see my children any longer. I was pregant with the baby which is now a year and a half old now. He was 5 hours old when DHS took him into custody I got to see him and be with him everyday for 3 weeks then after he was 3 weeks old I have never seen him since then and my case worker won’t even tell me how my kids are . they are charging me with child neglect but I have never neglected my kids of nothing
I had called my case worker this morning and he told me that he did not have to tell me anything about my children that my baby and my girls has already been adopted the only one that has not been adopted is my oldest son . I don’t think that it is right I have been to every court date that they have given me and I have done aall of my classes HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP ME
I AM NOT GIVING UP HOPE FOR NOTHING THEY ARE MY KIDS THAT WOULD BE LIKE GIVING UP ON LIFE I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE UP NEVER I AM GOING TO FIGHT DHS TO MY LAST BREATH
HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP ME
Comment by Cara Perez — October 22, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT perezroofingllc@yahoo.com
Comment by Cara Perez — October 22, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
I have 4 childeren which 3 live with me and the4th child is coming to live w\me too.The father kid napped her when she was young but now wants to give her back to me.I am in the middle of harrassement of childservices and they have nothing on me,they are using the fact I have a seizer disorder when I am under extreme stress which they made it worse by intrusion in my house everyday. They want me to sign a form saying I neglect my childeren.Which I don`t.I have 2 babies and 2 older ones.This is discrimination,someone please help me.
Comment by Nicole — October 25, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
Nicole, I agree, you should not sign anything admitting any kind of neglect. If it were me I’d force them to take it to court and prove their case. If you don’t have an attorney yet, start looking for one, and learn as much as you can from sites like this one.
Comment by Linda — October 25, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
I agree never sign anything that CPS puts in front of your face. If CPS had anything you would have been before the court in a heart beat. By not signing their document they do not have the power to interfere with your life. If you for some reason find that they will take you to court do not sign an agreed order because you are giving up your rights and they vary depending what state court rules dictate. Gather up positive information and send this to CPS because it goes in their records and can be requested later by you. Do not let the CPS or anyone else get you emotional at the hearings, this is how I was tricked into signing court papers! Human emotions cause the brain to loose the ability to reason correctly. I did not know I signed an agreed order for abuse and neglect. I am looking into this I feel that CPS used my mental health against me. I sent declarations to my attorneys which are in my attorney’s files.
Comment by Debra Braxton — October 26, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Dear Cara Perez:
The adoption process involves the parents and how could this happen without your knowledge or permission? The CPS could be bluffing.
I can be reached at aleutwoman49@yahoo.com
Comment by Debra Braxton — October 26, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
I ‘ve read eveyones stories and they’re very sad.It’s sick that our so-called Goverment can let stuff like this happen. My battle started in march of 2000. I ended up being arrested,my kids taken into custody by the sheriff. All this happened in seattle washington.. in my opinion,they’re the worst state.. anyways, my kids were taken into CPS custody,I ended up in jail for a day and a half.. All because a guy a t the bus stop decided to make a false 911 report,that I was beating my 5 yr old son.. Does’nt any one think that if I had been really beating on my son,as the Liar claimed, that other people across the street at a Safewy would’ve called the law on me too?? That’s kind of the long story short… It’s now been 8 long years, no one in my family is even on my side, I get critized by every one like I’m crazy… Well, not aware of any of my Rights that CPS violated over and over again,I felt hopeless..And CPS knows that you’ll do anything to make them happy..Jump through their hoops and be thier puppet..Anyways..Sadly,3 yrs later they (CPS) saw fit to terminate my parental rights to my older son Ricardo,now 12.. They never once tried to placwe my 2 sons with any of my family members,that right there is not following their own guidelines.. They instead adopted my older son out to a family,and my case was still on appeal… How could the Socialworker get away with that? And something does’nt make sence,my older son was in foster care for more than 18 months…Then the adoption took more than 2 yrs..How could that be? Would there be a chance to get my case invsetigated by some other agency,get my sons back? If who ever reads this, that might have any suggestions, could they please contact me,Please…
caligurl_1977@yahoo.com…
I thoght may getting a gruop of 50 or more people to a bunch of letters to ,I dont know who,someone that could help bring attention to this very Serious matter… So, if anyone would like to organize something like that, Please write to me..Thanks to all.. Everyone on here seems to be very caring..
Comment by Robyn — October 26, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Debra,
I must commend you on your efforts to change the law. Our legal system was designed and built by people who understood that the law should be BY the people, FOR the people, and when the system starts the fail it MUST be fixed BY THE PEOPLE. Those whom just complain about the failure of the law but then do nothing to change it, deserve to loose their rights (in my opinion, if you are not willing to work for something then you don’t deserve it) and if they are not careful they might just end up losing their rights.
So for your efforts, Good for you!
However, when you make statements like you did in your consideration #6 “I am a paralegal student who wants to fight them long after the case is over”
You sound as though you have personal issues, and I have to question your motives. Are you in it for the fight or are you in it for the cause?
You sound as though you want the complete and total dissolution of CPS. Do you? Should we get rid of all the police and prisons as well? These systems are in place for the protection of the citizen of this country. They were approved either directly the citizen or indirectly by their elected officials.
(Your probably wondering my position Here it comes)
I know people who have worked for CPS for years, my wife was a Case Manager for two years. I know first hand the good and the bad.
I can tell you CPS’s main directive is first and foremost to PROTECT the child. Second; to keep the family together. It is not “The Child Parent Seperators!” as mala stated.
I know of cases that even the best horror novel couldn’t write.
How about a father that beats and rapes his wife in front of the children and forces them to watch. CPS took the kids AND the mother out of that situation!
Or the mother whom was arrested for drugs use. Her daughter was taken by CPS, put into foster care. The mother went through the court mandated drug treatment as requested by CPS. After her successful completion of the drug treatment program and monthly screening, CPS placed her daughter back with her. Six months later she was arrested again for drug use. She went to jail. What should we do for the child who’s parent is worthless? “Tough luck kid. Keep you chin up.”???
The one that still angers me was a father who tied a string around his baby sons penis to keep him from urinating, who said he did it “Because diapers cost too much.” The father tied the string so tight he stopped the blood flow, which caused part it to have be amputated! What about him! Do we leave a kid with that person?
The people who work at CPS, at least the ones I know, are nice people who do a job that they know they are hated for, for the betterment of a child. They get paid next to nothing. My wife was making less than $30,000 a year, with a degree. Less than that of a school teacher.
The CPS worker is hated. They are under paid. They are overworked. CPS is under funded. They are under staffed.
I full heartedly admit that CPS is flawed. And I challenge all of you that seem to hate CPS, to FIX IT! Get active, do something other than complain!
Comment by Fred Stevens — October 29, 2008 @ 3:10 am
Dear Fred:
Many folk who work for CPS will attest to the fact that CPS is a dysfunctional system.
There have been documented instances of caseworkers who lie in court, fabricate evidence, transport children while under the influence, etc.
Unfortunately, much of what CPS does amounts to a make-work system.
And I am certain that your wife will be aware of the figures that around 75% of what CPS *investigators* probe turn out to be basically not prosecutable under CPS policies.
So basically folks are jeopardizing their own continued parenting due to the mood, feelings, or perception of one woman.
Who is often under 25, childless, and wouldn’t be able to give guidance to anyone who faced serious family problems.
Serious abuse and neglect, however, are OFTEN MISSED BY THESE *investigators* if the person who commits such crimes as you recounted above appears to be mouthing what the untrained CPS caseworker wants to hear.
So a totally innocent, but naive parent could face more serious consequences than one who knows how to scam.
A parent has an inherent liberty interest in the parenting of his child.
Which supercedes the bumbling of the bureaucrats.
Many of us are working to tame CPS.
And even the media concedes that CPS may do more harm than good.
What you interpret as complaining may be support to someone who has unjustly lost a child.
Luckily we still live in the US where free speech is one of our core values.
For it is only with the open exchange of ideas, strategies, and evolving laws that CPS can be tamed.
And oh, if CPS is so valuable–why do they continue to squander and waste their most valuable resources—good foster parents?
I am sorry your wife cannot earn what you think she is worth.
May I suggest she look into re-traning as a health professional?
Perhaps then she will not be hated.
Oh, and ask the children how they feel about their CPS caseworkers. That would be an interesting piece of research.
We are not just talking about parents who have been offended by CPS, but children who may have had their lives irretrievably altered by a CPS caseworker.
F.
Comment by Fern — October 30, 2008 @ 5:54 pm
Well said, Fern!
FRED: In cases of REAL child abuse such as the ones you mentioned, the perpetrator should be the one to GO TO JAIL… because REAL child abuse is a CRIME.
How much sense does it make to take the children to fosterincarceration (yes, that IS what it is) and leave guilty child abusers in the home?
It makes no sense at all… that is to persecute the innocent and let the guilty go free.
If CPS were to really HELP families in need rather than to rip their children from them and put them through the worst hell on earth, I’d say, “Yeah, that’s a good thing.” But the truth is that they rarely HELP. There are financial incentives for taking children out of their homes and putting them in foster homes. That’s when the federal funding streams are turned on.
Almost every family CPS touches is made worse by their so-called “help”. I hope your wife has found something more respectable to do with her life now.
Comment by Linda — October 31, 2008 @ 12:14 am
i have kids in the system since 2001 jst have been returned in sept 2008 now the actual return being prolonged and my son instutuionalized he ’s 6 .please contact me lerinferguson@yahoo.com
Comment by lerin ferguson — December 4, 2008 @ 4:57 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 !!!!!!!
Comment by lerin ferguson — December 4, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Hey People! My participation to this website made the papers in court. I was shocked and surprised to see that my blog made it to court. But hey, if there isn’t enough negative information available they will stop at nothing to dig it up on you. I’m still fighting CPS and got hooked up with Washington Families United agency. My kids placement blew up in their face and they still want to keep them from placement with their older sibling no to mention me their mother. IF YOU ARE CPS AND YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE DO YOUR JOB RIGHT AND HONESTLY. GOD WILL YOU PLEASE PROTECT ALL CHILDREN IN STATE’S CARE AND STOP THE CORRUPTION. WORKERS COME AND WORKERS GO BUT BELIEVE ME GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART AND THERE IS NO ROCK BIG ENOUGH FOR CPS TO HIDE!!! I FORGIVE YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR IGNORANCE TO SPIRITUAL THINGS. HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?
Comment by Debra Braxton — July 10, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
Debra, so sorry your posting for help has been taken to court. This has happened to others which is why I suggest in the Privacy Policy that people use fake names. Still, I love your attitude and your reliance on God. That is sure to help.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 11, 2009 @ 5:19 am
Just a reminder to you folks to get your case records from CPS. I have had to repeatedly request my records from the department of social and health services.
DSHS Form 17-063
DSHS Form 17-041
One is Request for Records so you can obtain information on your case files
The other is Authorization form so that someone else of your choosing can have permission to read those records.
I just came back from a picnic and movie visit with my teen age son and daughter as well as my adult son and daughter. What a day we had it felt good to be a family again. I even brought the ex-husband to the Aleut Picnic that we have every year in Seattle WA.
Keep up the good fight and the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
When you e-mail request for records blind copy Bcc: a copy of the e-mail to other persons in authority that could help break your case. God speed and good luck!!
Comment by Debra Braxton — August 15, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
Debra:
Thank you for the good information which you have fwd to this site for years.
Your tenacity, kindness, and attention to others is truly admirable, even given your sorrows.
I hope you are affiliated with the 2 major groups in WA state.
Washingtonextendedfamilies.
And the other group ( Name escapes me )
THANK YOU.
f.
Comment by fern — August 16, 2009 @ 8:33 am