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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 The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed.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
November 6, 2008
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“ACS” The Adminstration for Childern Services did it to us……
Comment by Ms. Williams — November 6, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
Do I have a case?
We started getting phone messages and E-mails in the form of accusations and threats from someone saying we called CPS on them.Some of the e-mails were “putting curses”on my family and saying they will have their revenge.Apparently the children were taken because of drug and alcohol abuse.We did not call and do not know where these accusation came from.I contacted CPS and told them they need to stop this person from harrassing my family.CPS said they couldnt do anything.I have e-mails with threats,and even then they said” just change your e-mail” thats it.I have contacted the police dept and same dead end.2 days ago I get a phone call from the boyfriend saying his girlfriend will stop at nothing to get us
for what we have done. I told him we did not place any call and leave us alone.next day my kids are pulled from school , apparaently that call was a warning.she had called on us for neglect.That day CPS found nothing and case was dismissed same day.I told them this was a “revenge call” from the same person who We had been trying to stop from harrassing us,same person who CPS had said they couldnt do a thing about as well as the police.After all this CPS still said nothing we can do.Whats it going to take? this crazy person to try to harm my family physically.I cant believe this is happening.What can I do.The e-mails are very bizarre.Someone should be ale to control this person.
Or am I better off buying a gun and keeping it under my bed?
Comment by Gary — November 6, 2008 @ 7:23 pm
I thought I had done everything right,alas I didnt’ raise my black daughter to be black enough for them,so they showed me perjury,medical neglect,psychological abuse,terminated my parental rights without a trial and sent her to live with my white brother who has been 21 yrs estranged because he is blood relative. Her mental health issues that started this whole adventure have never been addressed.
I am demanding integrity,honesty,responsibility in CPS now. They really don’t like me. I am happy ,must mean I am right.
Comment by Cheryl — November 6, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
Ms. Williams,
I live in NYC and know ACS. I am also a moderator of this forum. I am trying to do what I can to “reform” ACS . If it is alright with you, please consider registering as a member -preferably under an assumed name- so that we may better be able to communicate in the members area.
I am not an attorney so I cannot give legal advice but I work in law and have done extensive research in this area.
Godspeed to you.
Comment by MaggieC — November 6, 2008 @ 11:18 pm
FRIST OFF IM FROM MICHIGAN AND I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THERE CASES ARE DIFFERENT THAT CPS WONT TARE FAMILYS APART, I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO HURT THERE KIDS WITCH I THINK IS WRONG BUT CPS GETS INVOLVED AND THEN THEY EXSPECT MY HELP BEING THAT IVE LOST MY SON BUT WHEN I TELL THEM WHAT CAN HAPPEN THEY SAY OH THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO THEM. BUT IN ALL HONESTY IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE AT ANY TIME OR DAY I KNOW THIS FRIST HAND.BEFORE CPS GOT INVOLVED IN MY CASE I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER LOSE MY CHILD BUT I WAS DEAD WRONG.AND THE FACTS ARE I DID NOTHING WRONG BUT LOVE MY SON AND THAT WAS ENOUGH TO BE CONVICTED OF A CRIME I NEVER COMMITED. SO PEOPLE IT CAN HAPPEN. NO MATTER HOW GOOD OF A PARENT YOU ARE OR IF YOUR RICH OR POOR. DONT EVER DOUBT CPS, THEY CAN TARE A FAMILY APART WITHIN SECONDS.ALL IT TAKES IS FOR IT TO BE A BLINK OF AN EYE.AND YOUR WHOLE LIFE CAN BE CHANGED FOREVER. ALL TO OFTEN IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US.BUT YOU GOT TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THERE GAMES AND PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. NOW IM NOT SAYING THIS FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE WRONG IDEA BUT IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT I WAS NEVER GONNA SEE MY SON AGAIN THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN AWAY I WOULD HAVE RAN SOME PLACE WHERE THE CPS COULD HAVE NEVER REMOVED MY SON I WOULD HAVE DONE IT.AND EVEN TODAY I WOULD STILL DO IT NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE MY CHILD WOULD STILL BE WITH ME BUT I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. SO I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY THAT ITS NO KIND OF LIFE TO LIVE ON THE RUN BUT THATS HOW MUCH MY KIDS MEAN TO ME BUT PEOPLE THERE ARE SAFE PLACES TO GO IF YOU EVER DO THINK ABOUT IT!!! LOOK AROUND YOU WILL FIND THEM. BUT AGAIN IM NOT TRYING TO GIVE ANYONE BAD ADVICE AND IM NOT A LEGAL PERSON I JUST CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXSPRINCE I WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH HELL OR HIGH WATER TO CHANGE THINGS. PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE WEBMASTER ON THIS SITE SHE KNOWS WHAT SHES TALKING ABOUT IM SURE SHE WILL HELP YOU WITH SOME GOOD ADVICE.GOOD LUCK AND DONT GIVE UP
Comment by LISA — November 7, 2008 @ 8:36 am
I went through 1 1/2 years of help with SF CPS, but I’m one of the lucky ones., I got my child back.
In 2005 I had a bipolar wife, 12 year old son and 5 year old daughter.
My wife occasionally loses her sanity and had to be forced to go into the mental hospital. Unfortunately in 205 she went in and didn’t get her sanity back before the legal hold on her expired and the hospital called CPS because there were sending a mentally ill woman home to a house with children.
I didn’t get along witjh the CPS worker, whose job it was to create a fiction about how bad a father I was, and on March 8 2006 I told her off in an email. On March 10 my daughter was taken away by CPS. The Cps worker and my daughters special education teacher created a case that I was molesting my daughter.
My daughter was examined by a doctor who found no sign that my daughter was molested–and interviewed by a professional who stated that she was “uninterviewable”.
Instead of returning her home she spent the weekend in the home of the teacher where my daughter learned to walk around with her hands in her pants.
Pretty amazing that my child would be put into the home of the person to accuse me of a crime.
For 3 1/2 months I was not allowed contact with my daughter. The week before I was to go to trial my wife and I were to meet in court with the lawyers and cps workers. –I’m not rich and lawyers were provided by the court to me, my wife and my children. I didn’t know it but it was the job of each of the lawyers to kee my family in the system as long as possible, and to keep the truth about why from the courtroom.
Any way I wanted to go to trial and pressure was put on my wife to get me to change my mind. When I still refused I was screamed and and threatened with the permanent loss of both my children.
This broke me. I had gone though 3 1/2 moths of hell and wasn’t as strong as I might like. I allowed CPS to continue my families life in return for getting my daughter back in another month, and visits with her starting then.
I wish I hadn’t, I had no idea of the hell that was to follow.
Around July a CPS worker decided my family was being overmedicated
My son is also bipolar and was taking a low level of an antipsychotic medication. Prior to the medication his grades were as low as 1.5 gpa. While on the medication he got as high as a 3.83 .
CPS had his psychiatrist stop my son’s medication.
My wife was showing signs of her ilness returning and her psychiatrist planned to raise her medication form 200mg of seroquel to 300 mg. Instead CPS had it cut to 50 mg. I believe the idea was to keep my wife and son sick as long as possible so there was reason for CPS to stay in my families life, and keep the government money coming in.
My wife and son got increasingly ill. In August I took my wife to her physician who knew my wife well and could she how ill she was. She called the CPS worker to let her know that my wife needed her medication raised.
The CPS worker was mad at me for getting the doctor involved and ignored the doctors concerns
In October I was sleeping and woke up to my wife and son screaming at each other. I calmed them down and seperated them. Soon after the police arrived–a neighbor had probably called them.
The next day I let my attourney know what happened, hoping they would finally realize how sick my family was. Later the attourney told me that if the police were called to my house again, both my children could be permanently removed.
I had to go on LOA from work to protect my family and keep my wife and son from fighting.
MY wife was finally hospitalized again in January 07.
It’s amazing all the games that were played and lies that were told. It’s the job of everyone from the judge on down to keep you in the system. In SF it isn’t about helping families, it’s about keeping government money coming into the system and providing jobs–even if it means destroying the lives of families and children.
Comment by rob — November 7, 2008 @ 10:50 am
A couple of notes
!1/2 years of hell not help
should read be “screamed at and threatened” (my wife’s lawyer did the screaming)
I didn’t get out of the system until I started submitting my own papers to the court on what was really going on and testified under oath that the the molestation charge was false, created by a previous CPS worker.
Comment by rob — November 7, 2008 @ 11:06 am
I have always been a proponant for CPS after having a dear friend who was molested by her grandfather for years. I always thought that with the sign of the times being mothers and fathers of various nationalities murdering their own children that CPS was truly a necessity. So when I became ill and making 60% of my base salary and my child needed psychiatric treatment that no insurance company was willing to 100% pay for, I felt confident that DFCS would be able to help me. I mean they are the experts and I have always paid my taxes so when I need welfare I should be able to partake of it. So unknowingly I went to them for help.
To my amazement I found that the people who I believed were professionals could not professionally pump gas if they were hired to do so and that is no comedic exaggeration. The decisions they made were personal attacks on me because I had common sense to recognize their failure and misconduct and I was not going to stand by allow them to pull that crap and more importantly inflict more damage on my child.
I worked over 18 hours a day at my job and on my own business so I could provide a lifestyle and more importantly set an example to my child of how a true adult must take responsibility for their family. I raised my child in church and reffered to scripture to answer life questions she may have had, so her spiritual understanding would be fed with the word of GOD. I taught my child real world knowledge of business and took her on client appointments with me and to work before there was any “Take Your Kids To Work Day”. I wanted to make sure that not only my child have a fullfilled education but she could have an understanding of business and finance to give her an advantage in the workforce.
And the biggest sacrifice was to not have boyfriends come to my house, spend the night at my house or even meet my daughter, because I wanted to protect her and set an example of ladylike behavior for her.
God knows every second of the day I have been a mother and he knows that I never deprived or abused my child and that is why not only do I fight for me but fight for every family that surcumb to this madness of greed.
God Bless you and keep fighting. Use this website and others out there for help, support and knowledge! Together we will end this crisis.
Comment by Tiffani Howard — November 7, 2008 @ 11:37 am
I Never Thought this could happen to me,i never even really heard of cps,until this happend to us.i was a single mother ..when i gave birth to my baby girl.i had words with a nurse
in the hosp.of course theres more to the story,i took my baby from the nursery against her orders,back to my room,she said ….i wouldn’t do that if i were you…. i said it’s my baby.
she called cps and then the torment began.
Comment by margie meeks — November 7, 2008 @ 11:44 am
I attended the University of Missouri, studied elementary education with emphasis in early childhood. I am a former preschool teacher employed by a local church. I had the opportunity to be a Parents as Teachers parent educator. I have been employed by a local school district and am state trained to administer various developmental tests such as the Denver, etc. As a senior in high school, I was voted “most likely to be a teacher” by my classmates. Children are and have always been my life, especially my own. Due to a beyond messy divorce, an unfortunate estrangement from my family and other extenuating circumstances too numerous to list, my three exceptional children are in state custody and living with my sister. The mental anguish my kids and I have and continue to suffer is, at times, seemingly unsurmountable. I have been in contact with a handful of families throughout my career in education that could have benefitted from supplemental family services. Never would I have suggested the removal of these children from their parents. I believe the circumstances for that to be extreme. But never would I have believed I would be in for the fight of my life to regain the custody of my own children- ages 16, 12 and almost 7. I believe my rights as an American citizen, as well as my kids, have been violated. I remain optimistic and positive about our situation and our future. I hope and pray that all involved come out of this experience having gained valueable insight from a difficult life lesson, because I believe everyone we meet is a teacher.
Comment by Tracy L. Brockman — November 7, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
i went thru false accusations & ended up loosing custidy of my son. due to the “timeline of 1year” dhs found the truth after they took care ,contol, &custidy away from me. but they wouldn’t terminate due to the issue they “dhs ” wanted child support!cps was a total nightmare & almost tore the rest of my family appart! cps twisted my words in court & lied.
Comment by mary — November 7, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
CPS has totally messed up my life and stole my granddaughter. i am fighting with everything I possibly can do to get her. i just lost my 2nd job last friday due to the CPS Worker calling and saying that i was NOT supposed to be around children! What a lie! I was working at the elementary school as a secretarial assistant and doing fine but i knew as soon as word got out she would make sure I was OUT too! The county attorney’s kid went to that school and i knew I would not get to remaim there but I am still NOT going to quit fighting for my granddaughter. If they want to get rid of me I will gladly leave but “NOT WITHOUT MY GRANDDAUGHTER!!” I am the MN State Representative for the National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights. I will NOT stop job or no job!
Comment by Joyce Williamson — November 7, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
INCASE PEOPLE HERE DON’T REALIZE IT BY NOW…….IT IS A GAME CPS AND THE COURTS ALL PLAY TO KEEP THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES SO THE MONEY KEEPS COMING IN AND JOBS ARE INTACT. EVEN FOR FOSTER FAMILIES. EVERYONE NEES TO WAKE UP AND STOP BELIEVING THEIR LIES THAT THEY ARE THERE TO HELP FAMILIES………..THEY ARE ONLY OUT TO TAKE CHILDREN YOUR CHILDREN AND TEAR FAMILIES APART !
Comment by Joyce Williamson — November 7, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
CPS took my daughter and then changed their minds 4 times before coming up with a reason to keep her. The reason that they finally made stick was because I am bi-polar. Now she is with my mom and dad. My mom is more bi-polar than myself. Although she has never been diagnosed she has severe mood swings, she is tempramental and manipulative. Now CPS is trying to place her with her biological father who I have had to place two protection orders on for threatening her life and mine. He has not wanted anything to do with her all 3 years of her life nor when I was pregnant. He sent me a letter in February of this year wanting to sign over his rights and on visits with him my daughter is TOTALLY traumatized. She shakes and trembles in fear and wont stay at visit with him for more than 10 minutes before asking the lady doing the supervised visits to take her home, yet the state insists that she continue going to these visits despite nightmares and being scared out of her mind that he is going to come take her. There is a lot more to this story but I am at work. Please contact me if you wish to here more.
sondra@formsguys.com
Comment by Sondra Price — November 7, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
I am one of those and would love to have my story heard
Comment by Yellernboyz — November 7, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
i know how everyone is feeling. i have been fighting with cps for almost a year now and have got nowhere with them.They took my children only because i was a victim of domestic violance , they have lied in front of the judge and made up stories . i have lost 2 jobs and apartments because of all the court ordered things i was supposed to do .i have done them all everything is done and i still only have 1 time a week visits for 6 hours .it is better then it was but i was promised overnights and weekends by a judge and they find reasons why i cant have them….whatever anyone thinks it can happen to you and everyone..they will do whatever it takes to ruin your life
Comment by jessica welch — November 7, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
Hi Everyone,
I have a CPS nightmare that has been going on for about 10 years. The reason I say this is because the abuse they did is still effecting me to this day. I had a niece come live with me because my sister was worried her now ex was abusing her daughter. So to get her out of that and a very ugly messy divorce she sent her daughter to me. At that time my husband and I were also helping a neighbor girl. At that time we did not know how troubled this teenage girl was. When my niece came this girl got very jealous and she did all kinds of shenanigins. One thing this girl did was molest my niece and a friend of hers. When I found out I called CPS to report it. They told me they could not handle a child on child sexual abuse case. I called the police and they would not do anything either. However they did make contact with the teenage girl and she adamately denied doing anything and then accused my husband of molesting my niece. This teenager also went to my niece’s school and told them. The next thing I know they came to my house and pulled her out. After this I refused to help the teenager who had been placed in our home when her own home was in turmoil. I quite taking her in. I did not want her around my niece or my husband as she was starting to act like she owned him and it was making me and my husband mad. Later after we got the CPS to let my niece go home with her Mom. I was babysitting a young boy and the teenager we use to watch had baxically raped him. He confided this to me and was scared to tell his Dad as his Dad was friends with the teenager’s Mom. She use to watch him until he fought his Dad on it and he then came and asked if I would. I turned this in to CPS and nothing was ever done. 3 children that were 7 years old got molested and raped by a 15 year old female and CPS did nothing. My niece is still a minor and this has tramatised her. She told me that the teenager had told her to tell the CPS people that her Uncle molested her and then the teenager would give her that boom box she always wanted. My niece knows now what happened was so wrong and she does not know what to do. She wants to turn this in herself but they did not do anything back then but put all of our lives through hell. The hell does not go away because how many others are getting put into this system that don’t deserve it. I hate the CPS since this happened.
It’s hard to heal knowing they make their own rules and we can’t go back to them for help.
Comment by Laura — November 7, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
Where laws and procedures are murky and unclear as they are in Child Protective Services investigations and discovery - a seeming unbelievable, but real nightmare can happen to you or your loved ones with a simple phone call. It happens hundreds of times everyday throughout our country when Child Protective Services knocks at your door or enters your home. Until this happens to you one is inclined to think it would never happen to me or my family. That is what I thought! However, now imagine this as it happened to me September 17, 2007:
Minutes seemed like days as my wife, two remaining daughters, and I waited for CPS and their armed escorts, who unbeknownst to us were going to release yet another bomb with unending destructive circumstance for our already fragile family. They had already abducted our sixteen year old from school and threatened our two daughers (over eighteen) to the point of hysteria without notifying us – their parents.
Three hours later their visit is short. This time I truly know their intentions as two female CPS workers and two police officers drop their orders upon us - taking not only our former recovering daughter into state custody, but also our nearly sixteen, who was already snatched from our lives without even her mother being notified. She had already told CPS and authorities in two different and prior interviews that she loved her parents and was never abused or inappropriately touched by her father – but they take her away anyway.
The DHS workers tell me (us) that there are very serious allegations which they have confirmed by talking with our eleven year old daughter and that I (We) are ordered to appear in court 2:00PM the following Monday. As they leave they take my wife outside to talk with her privately. They told her that her husband has some very serious issues and that she should look very seriously at problems in our marriage (I took their stated comments that she should consider leaving her husband – they could make it easy for her to do so by kicking me out of our home – which they just did).
Finally, they drop the biggest bomb of all by telling her, “you have to believe your daughter (Natasha), or we believe you cannot protect Amyleigh.” (Essentially they gave her an ultimatum to consider between Friday evening and Monday’s 2:00PM court appearance (hearing I later learn). You either turn-against your husband and believe Natasha (actually CPS allegations) – or work with us and we’ll give you Amyleigh back). CPS believed I was guilty of child sex abuse and they encompassed Sharon in the allegation by stating she was not protecting her children and by saying she was ‘negative’ about her children. (Yes, negative against their allegations).
Therefore, the use of what call ‘Gestapo’ tactics was perfectly appropriate in their use of seemingly ‘cart-blanche’ authorization to find child abusers. CPS waged her daughter against her husband (determined BLACKMAIL by legal experts) – a situation which could break any marriage – no matter how strong. During the weekend I had determined in my mind that I would do everything possible so that the court would permit Amyleigh to return to her mother as I was cast-out of a home and family who needed each other more than ever at such a dreadful time. I knew that Sharon could not live with the thought of losing Amyleigh – neither could I for that matter. However, I knew that both Sharon and I had to tell the truth as well. But how could we under such circumstances where the very existence of our family was at stake. There were times that I thought – this is it - my family and my life for that matter, is finished. I think DHS thought that my wife would ‘crack’ and agree with them and their assessment – thus we each were appointed our own lawyers as well as Natasha and Amyleigh. However, at this point many lose hope to the point of taking their life and/or even loved ones.
Then, summarily eight weeks after the nightmare began the case was dismissed by a judge in court as ‘unable to determine.’ Eight weeks of hell and total disruption of the family and the salaries of nearly ten legal and health professionals could have been saved if they had only checked-out and understood the information we asked them to in the first place regarding the mental health of our daughter. The sad part is that even though the case was not admissible in court, the ‘charges,’ allegations remain on our record. Should another abuse phone call be made against me, I live with the threat of armed police again entering my home with the possibility of being arrested and taken to jail. When dealing with CPS you are guilty at the point of accusation and continuing forever into the future even when your case is dismissed in court. Even after they knew their allegations could not be supported they did nothing to allow our family to come back together. Even by law there was to be a Safety Family meeting 30 days after the first court hearing. I as father demanded the meeting take place which finally did. However, CPS used the excuse (we are not prepared) and therefore my family unnecessarily had to be separated 18 days longer until the judge dismissed the case. For such reasons many believe that CPS does not work on behalf of the family or the child.
Comment by Ken Apple — November 7, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
Just wanted to say that there is so much more to this story than what is above. Right now I am so broken-hearted that I can’t even begin to tell the rest of it yet. Let’s just say this if CPS had got that teenage girl help back then she would not be a nightmare in my life again. It would take me weeks to write the whole on going saga of what happened and what is still happening. That teenager now has a child that she got from raping my husband when he was passed out and now we find out that she had a child. She freely admits she raped him on paper but to everyone else she is saying he raped her. Now she has got custody of the child and I am very scared for this child and so is that teenagers own family. We are all fighting for the grandmother to contiue with the custody because she tried to kill the child and we know what she has done to 3 children.
You may think this is not a true story but I am telling you it is. It is true and I am tired of people not believing me and I have back up documentation to prove it. So please do not bash me here. I tried to get help on a site that gave legal advise and they basically laughed and makde rude comments to me. I am telling the truth and that truth needs to get out there so it may help someone else.
Comment by Laura — November 7, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
I left a comment already, still looking for it. Forgot to note under what post. help?! Thk U
Comment by Amen A. Sigala — November 7, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
Found it. It’s in Idea’s To Consider Oct 15, 2008. Thk U
Comment by Amen A. Sigala — November 7, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
My story needs to be heard too. I’m not shutting up until justice is served! Last month I talked & emailed the Dr. Phil show but I haven’t heard from them lately. This needs to be broadcast. My mother’s feminazi lesbian controlling ‘partner’ has ruined our lives. SOmebody please help!
Comment by Susan — November 7, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
Long story short
I took my daughter to visit her girlfriend in phoenix, my suggestion. The parents of htat girlfriend decided I was not fit to be my daughters Mom anymore that was nearly four years ago. CPS and the Juvenille courts have agreed with every thing these parents have said and done. It has been a total nightmare and the reunification process which was promised was never mentioned or encouraged. It reminds me of Nazi germany.
Comment by Linda Pinkowski — November 7, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
I only wish our stories would really be heard. I’ve written everyone to no avail. The schools, DSS, CPS, the Court system, and their cronies called therapists and “experts” are all getting very rich off the backs of unsuspecting families. I am one of those people. Like many, I contacted the department because I believed they were there to help. Boy was I wrong! My life is over, I can’t even get a job now. For what? Had they worked with me, we may have even saved 3 prescious lives.
My story is no unlike any of the others you have documented, I did nothing wrong, but am permanently guilty. I have filed formal complaints only to be scoffed at and ridiculted and defamed more. This system is huge, and we are so little in comparison. Justice is green with lots of dead presidents on it, we just don’t have enough. They will always have more, they take ours and use it against us. We didn’t need Obama to “spread the wealth” it’s been spread already for the “betterment” of government to keep us silent.
I have no faith that any action on your part will do anything to actually change the system. The change called for is the change to help one person gain power over another. They already have power over me, I have nothing left and they are laughing all the way to the bank.
Comment by Cathy Hampton — November 8, 2008 @ 7:03 am
I have been labeled a “risk” because of a comment to my son. I told him that an accidental injury to his daughter would only be used against him by his ex-wife if he took her to the emergency room. She had a couple of tiny cuts that weren’t bleeding at all but he just knew she needed to go. Some ointment and a bandaid was all that was needed.
Comment by Agnes Gray — November 8, 2008 @ 8:00 am
Cathy, my project isn’t likely to change the system - you’re right. This system is entrenched in the goals of international interests far beyond the ability of any US legislators to change. I do however believe that good prevails over evil in the end.
My current project is to collect short stories from people who can honestly say, “I never believed I would EVER have a problem with CPS because I was a good parent…. and then THIS happened.”
These must be simple, short, and easily understandable stories. The reason is that I want to include them in a book and/or e-book that can be given to young parents, to help them prepare with INFORMATION in case CPS ever comes knocking on their door.
Comment by Linda — November 8, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Linda,
If you want any help with proofing anything, let me know. I’ll be glad to help. I’ve got over 25 years executive secretary experience.
Comment by willfightforjustice — November 8, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
Thanks so much for this offer! I will definitely want to get your help editing this before it is published.
Comment by Linda — November 8, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
Linda,
Sorry about that. For some reason it signed me on with my old login. It’s me that wrote it.
Comment by stop evil now — November 8, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
Sorry again….my old login was willfightforjustice…. Boy, I must be tired!
Comment by stop evil now — November 8, 2008 @ 8:12 pm
This is so scarry to me. I had a lawyer who was retaliating on me who worked for my local school district. I am afraid now to ever send my kids back to school. My school district uses CPS to gain control of combative parents. I was lucky enough to have that parent feeling and leave state a day early after I had the feeling that something was admiss. Since we were gone they had to close the case because we were not found (CPS rules/ regs). They tried this year while we were home schooling our kids but I stopped it by e-mailing the press and the entire school board that they were setting things up to do this again. I made a clear case for retaliation. I am a lobbyist and educational advocate and it is freaky what I have seen this school district do. I am trying to get myself on a regulating commision to stop this garbage and the problems. I am automatically in their high risk catagory due to us having a disabled child. It is very disgusting and I will do anything I can to stop these people from these abuses but I have to be carefull until my kids are older. I still am scared and keep my gate locked so nobody can come to the door. My oldest who is 12 has an emergency plan for a visit that may happen this year (leave and call me after she is in a safe place). I am trying to find a video of how train your kids for CPS to escape. My oldest also carries a recorder on her at all times. I shouldn’t need to live in fear like this!
Comment by AH — November 8, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
they took my 2 sons i live in n.c. my 6yr olds dad passed away 5 1/2 yrs ago so i’m a single mom but i had to take a drug screen and they are telling me i failed i have the script of valium and thats all i had in my systom now she clam instead 3 drugs now its 4 idk i know i passed it but i need someone to talk to about this thats
Comment by angie — November 8, 2008 @ 10:13 pm
I really thought that I was a good mother until they stepped into my life. I have heard stories about people who were drug users, didn’t get up to bring there kids to school, weren’t clean etc. were always a target. My daughter blamed her step-father for sexually assaulting her. I lost both my girls. You might say it is so with the sexual abuse, but it wasn’t. Her tests came back negative, she was with my mother the majority of the time, and she also blamed her first foster parents for the same thing. It became a cycle. The DA also thought her story was changing so much, that he dismissed the criminal case.
Even though things seemed to be going in our favor, it was just getting worse. I even bought the dream home for my children so they could have the backyard I didn’t have when I was a child.
DSS did not check any evidence of ours, previous physician visits, dental visits, dance school teachers (her school teacher reported it), family, friends, etc. They went out and did their own research blaming me for things that were done to them while they were in their custody. Also, I have no other history with them at all. Lastly, I am a RN. Even going through with my trials people thought I was attorney just because the way I spoke, dressed, and mannerisms. When I told them I was the case and that it could happen to anyone they were shocked. I hope it made them feel that just because you are uneducated, have no income, can’t afford the glamorous things in life, etc. that that doesn’t make you any less of a person. It doesn’t matter who you are.
Not only was I forced to sign my rights away and lose my children. I lost my faith in government as well as my own. I use to do alot for my community, but figured since no one did anything for me why bother? I gained weight, became utterly depressed, quit my job, lost my home, and lost my car. I even moved across the country thinking I would forget it all. It didn’t make it any better.
My oldest is lucky she gets to see my mother, her biological father, and lives in a good foster home. My youngest, has suffered the most. It hurts even talking about it. She obviously has some mental health issues and has stayed back a grade. I am surely getting blamed for that one too.
Sometimes I wish I could just rewind time and do things differently. Your site has helped me realize that I don’t suck at being a mother. They suck at what they do to people and families.
Comment by Sabena Dorman — November 9, 2008 @ 12:27 am
I never thought it could hapen either.
My EX has had 5 complaints by E/R Doctors filed against her with DCFS and 3 others by other physicians , etc and DCFS does NOTHING!!!!
We try to go to family court and her expensive lawyers block all the evidence. the drs are afraid to testify and dont show up.
My kids are now living in an emotional coma and are afraid to talk to anybody - including Shrinks, doctors, police, but i get an earful everyday about how they got the stitches and where the bruises came from and I am powerless to do anything to help them.
TO add insult to injury , DCFS now wants to create false claims that because I listened to the kids that I am emotionally abusing them!!!!!—–So I guess as parents DCFS beleives one should NOT listen to the kids any more….What can you do?
SO I obtained a record of one SW threatening my son during a closed door interview that he should talk to him (SW) or that he would write down whatever he wanted to regardless of what my child said……….and the Superintendednt of the office refuses to even listen to DCFS documented abuse…..They all cover each ther’s proverbial butts. But the question is why would they have to do that IF there was no wrongful behaviour on their part????
Comment by CMC — November 9, 2008 @ 8:46 am
This letter is in response to the affidavit that attorney Maurice McNab signed stating that he saw no merit in the appeal my wife asked him to file for custody of our son, Michael. We asked him to file an appeal on the ruling of Judge Konduros in the matter of the custody of our son, Michael (the affidavit he filed later saying the appeal had no merit was done without our consent or knowledge and now we feel that Mr. McNab is working against us to undermine our efforts to bring our son home). We have been fighting DSS ever since the birth of my wife’s 3rd child, Shannon Michelle Owings on September 27, 2005 (when Shannon was born, Tonie asked me to name her and since at that time Tonie and I had already planned to get married and I intended to adopt Shannon, I went ahead and gave Shannon my last name even though I wasn’t her natural father. This was done with Tonie’s permission, and Shannon’s natural father, Joel Culpepper, had so far shown no interest in her at all, and had even threatened Tonie when she told him she might be pregnant.). DSS has been involved with Tonie for much longer than that and she has had both of her oldest children taken from her as well. The oldest, Emily, said when she was 5 that her uncle Raymond (Tonie’s brother-in-law) had molested her. We don’t know for a fact if he did or not, and Emily herself had never told anyone in Tonie’s family that he had molested her, but he pled guilty in court and claimed it was part of a plea bargain. Emily’s biological father, Walter Anthony Dotherow, told Tonie that his parents (the paternal grandparents) had coached Emily to say that she had been molested. The Dotherow’s claimed she had told them about the molestation, then waited nearly 2 weeks to take her to the hospital to be examined. Of course by that time, no evidence could be found to prove or disprove their claim. The court awarded custody to the grandparents anyway. Emily now lives with her paternal grandparents. Tonie had never committed any crime against a child. The next oldest, Jean Diana, was born premature and placed in an incubator. After Tonie was discharged and the child was being cared for in the hospital neonatal intensive care unit, Tonie told the nurses she needed to go home to check on her father who was sick at the time and she would return. While she was gone, DSS took the baby claiming Tonie had abandoned her. Tonie still had not committed any crime against a child. Citing these and the fact Tonie had used paint thinner in the past as Tonie’s ‘past history’ and using this as their grounds, DSS took Shannon too. (Tonie quit using paint thinner when she moved in with me on April 1, 2005 and she has been clean and clear for over 3 1/2 years now. Tonie has stated that she is willing to undergo a spinal tap to prove this since there is no other drug test that can show whether she is still using or not.) Shannon never even got to come home. At the time she was born we were in the process of packing to move back to Greenville county from Pickens county, our previous landlady had decided to have us evicted since our last rent due was 15 days late. DSS claimed that we were being evicted and had no place to live when we had in fact told them that we had located 3 new places, just hadn’t made the final decision on which one we wanted. We signed the lease on Oct 1 and we moved in to our new place on October 3, 2005 and we have maintained this residence ever since. DSS has been consistently singling out Tonie and targeting her children for removal. They are also citing the fact that I have a criminal background from 1985 and DUI’s from about 5 or 6 years ago, even though nothing in my history involves any crimes against children. DSS claims that I “have 1 prior indicated case of neglect against me in 2005” even though I had no child of my own at the time. When I asked them just how do they figure that I’m guilty of neglect, their answer was simply because I’m with Tonie. We went to court with DSS and we were given a Treatment plan and we were told that DSS would ask for TPR (termination of parental rights) regardless of whether we complied with DSS’s requirements or not. They would not even discuss a reunification plan, much less put one in place so we could work to earn the right to bring her home, even though this action is in violation of federal mandates. We successfully completed the treatment plan outlined by DSS with the one exception of the psychiatrist DSS had us go see in Spartanburg. We saw him but he was the only one to give us a negative report, all the rest of the agencies, classes and programs we went to all gave us favorable reports. We have been to several Foster Care Review Boards with no change in their plans. Now they have our son Michael, (DSS claims Michael has disabilities and is a “special needs child” even though the hospital pediatrician Dr. Hartley gave Michael a clean bill of health at discharge before we brought him home) my first born child and my wife’s fourth. No crimes against children have been committed by either of us, and DSS claimed “substantial risk of neglect” as their grounds to come and take Michael even though we have a stable, clean home, food and lots of baby clothes and other supplies for him, a beautiful Belini crib supplied by my mother, a newly remodeled nursery and he had only been home from the hospital for 24 hours. In court DSS claimed our home was dirty, but when asked in court to be specific about what was dirty, they admitted that everything in the home was clean except for dirty ashtrays. We have since quit smoking and there is no drinking either since I can’t drink alcohol unless I have a cigarette too, so no more drinking. DSS claims Tonie has a low IQ, is physically disabled, and doesn’t have the income to provide for a child. We feel this is in violation of her 4th Amendment rights, DSS is discriminating against her due to her disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits this. Even though she is disabled she still cooks, cleans the home, washes dishes and laundry, bathes and feeds our dog and contrary to DSS claims my wife has no problem bathing herself, maintaining her hygiene, dressing herself and feeding herself. In fact she does all the same things any other wife does for her own home, and she does it all with no help or instruction from me, and I am certain she would have no problem caring for a child as well, especially since she raised her first child Emily to the age of five before she was taken from her. The child’s guardian ad litem Janice Jones, has made a statement that Tonie has an arrest on her record for simple possession of marijuana which is a lie, and she claimed that Tonie couldn’t even remember the date her father had died and stated his death was in 1977 when in fact Tonie was correct when she said the date was 4-17-2001. Ms Jones finally admitted in court that Tonie has sufficient intelligence and that she has the ability to learn, even though DSS has been claiming that she has a learning disability. During all this time, over the last 3 years, DSS has been drug testing us both and we have never had a positive drug test, no positive drug tests from either child at birth either, although I did show positive twice for alcohol last year, in August and November. Two positive alcohol tests in three years and DSS claims I am an alcoholic. Well, we quit smoking and I have quit drinking as well. Tonie and I love Michael and Shannon and we will do anything we have to so we can be a family again, and we would never do anything to hurt either of them. Based on the facts of this case and all the false claims made, and the fact that my wife and I have never harmed or abused or neglected any child, we feel this appeal has plenty of merit, and we pray that the court will grant us justice and relief from the injustices and harassment by DSS that we have been forced to tolerate We only want to be a family and have the same joy and experiences that any other family gets to enjoy. Of course this isn’t everything that has happened over the last three years, if I tried to recall every thing that has happened I would have to write a book. If there is any other information you need please contact me,
Philip A. Owings momanddad@mail.org
421 Saluda Dam Rd Lot 7
Greenville, SC 29611
P.S. I may not be the perfect father, but then who is? Tell me his name and I’ll try to be more like him.
I have emailed this letter to many political figures including the governor of SC, President Bush, senators, WYFF News Channel 4 and many others and no one seems to want to get involved against DSS. Apparently everyone is too scared of DSS. My wife and I have done nothing wrong, broken no laws, and never brought harm to any child. Just remember, this can happen to almost anyone. If you want to know more, then visit a few websites on your computer such as
http://www.fightcps.com and read about the problems other people across the entire country are having with Child Protective Services (CPS), DSS and the Foster Care System. These are not just a few isolated incidents, there are quite literally thousands upon thousands of cases where these agencies are abusing their authority and walking all over people just because they are low income or uneducated and don’t know how to fight them or can’t afford to hire their own attorneys. This next website is from the archives of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and relates to the FBI investigation conducted on CPS in California. Please take 10 minutes of your time to read it, you won’t believe your eyes but it’s on file in our nation’s capitol.
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=2296 Please contact other people you know and tell them to email me for a copy of this and I’ll be happy to send it to them.
momanddad@mail.org
Comment by Philip Owings — November 10, 2008 @ 11:33 am
What is amazing to me is the obvious INTELLIGENCE AND ACUMEN OF THE POSTERS ABOVE.
Some of their stories border on the unbelievable.
Yet, what they are telling and warning others rings true.
CPS needs to be tamed and their sinecures need to be abolished.
They are a cancer growing on American society.
Comment by Fern — November 11, 2008 @ 6:39 am
Have I got a story for you. I am not sure if it is more of a ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ or ‘Ripley’s Believe it or not’ Would love to tell you about it becuase I truely WAS one of those that thought it WOULD or COULD not ever happen to me. That was 8 mo ago.
Comment by Adrienne Sharp — November 11, 2008 @ 8:00 am
i have no idea what to say,am looking for help to get my children back from the social servers, they took them 3months ago now, due to my youngest daughter being hurt very badly and am being blamed,i would never hurt my children as i love them more then anything in the world. i am due to give birth to my first son soon and don’t think i could cope if they took him away,the court case has just started and am hoping their is someone out there who could help guide me thought this heartbreaking time, please help someone am a mummy hows world ripped apart.
Comment by shona brooke — November 11, 2008 @ 8:04 am
I didn’t mention in my previous story that the damage that cps did to my family is still affecting us more then a year later.
My son whose medication was stopped by CPS, has been in the mental hospital twice since then-he never had to be hospitalized for his illness prior to CPS.
My daugther has psychological l problems now- how can a 5 year not develop problems after being taken from her home to the cries of her mother and kept with strangers for months-not even being allowed to talk to her father.
I made the mistake of trying to compliment my daughters special educatiuon teacher after she finished telling me what a wonderful little girl I had.
I told her that her husband or boyfriend was lucky to have someone like her.
Turns out she is gay and she considered this a terrible insult. And for this she was willing to destroy the lives of my family and create a molestation allegation against me.
For this and telling a CPS worker that she lied too much for me to trust her my wife and son were sent into insanity- I was put on a national potential pervert database, my daughter was taken away and caused potentially permanent psycholigical harm. We lost more then $20 k in income.
It didn’t matter that I was over 50 with no sign of having even been a pervert. It didn’t matter that the doctor and CASARC interviewer found no sign of my child ever having been molested.
All that matter was CPS had an excuse to take away a child and get the government money coming in.
But like I said I’m one of the lucky one’s. The damage is terrible but I got my child back.
I’m feel sorry for all the loving parents that didn’t.
Comment by rob — November 11, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Our family has gone through hell in the last two years and that was before CPS darkened our doorstep. The stress mounted until my husband tried to kill himself. That was when CPS stepped in. Our children were not injured, or even in the area when it happened and my husband was in the hospital before the night was out. Our children were safe.
While my husband was in the hospital CPS “interviewed” him. They came away with atrocious allegations claiming that my husband had made them, when there is no way that happened. He had just tried to commit suicide, was medicated and even now remembers very little of anything that went on in that early time. But upon his “interview”, they removed our children.
We are good parents who had a very horrible experience. But our children were always safe. This should have never happened. Our children should be home with me, if not with both my husband and I.
Comment by A good mama no matter what they say — November 12, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
I understand the problems that each of these families are going through. I am a foster parent. I have had children whose parental rights were terminated or whose parents did not want them. I did, and was in the process of adopting. CPS didn’t like it, even though their grades improved in school, they no longer had nightmares, they were happy. A false allegation and I no longer have children, not even able to foster any longer. I have hired an attorney to fight back. I am in Fresno, CA. The laws in this state are ridiculous!
Comment by Jeff — November 13, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
Jeff:
Did it ever occur to you that if children are ADOPTED, CPS WILL NO LONGER HAVE THEIR JOBS.
Mr. Gates, in TX had a similar experience and he has prevailed against TX in lower courts.
Check out his site:
http://www.txcfr.org
Texas Center for Family Rights.
Phone # on site.
This is what people mean when they refer to CPS and their agents as *corrupt*.
Best. Hope you can find an atty who can represent you. California has insurance and used to be somewhat free in awarding compensation in cases.
4.5 M recently to a mom in Calif.
Almost 220 K to a bio dad whose child was trapped in *foster care incarceration* for years, even though Dad paid his child support to the state.
Join the Message Boards here and register to network with Californians.
Comment by Fern — November 13, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
YES, I AM A SISTER IN LAW WHO WORKS 4 ADULT SERVICES, HAWAII WHO LIED ON MY FATHER IN LAWS WILL, AND I LET HIM KNOW ABOUT IT. IN RETURN SHE CALLED CPS WHOM ARE HER FRIENDS AND REPORTED US. WE ARE THE 3 RD FAMILY MEMBER SHE HAS DONE THIS TO. OF COURSE WE LOST, CUSTODY OF OUR CHILDREN. MY SON STEP SON, WAS GRANTED A RESTRAING ORDER FOR LIFE,THROUGH HONOLULU COURTS, BECAUSE MY SISTER IN LAW THREATEND TO HIRE SOMEONE TO KILL HIM!!! GUESS WHAT, MY SISTER IN LAW STILL WORKS FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII! LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF OUR CHILDREN BEING TAKEN AND ADOPTED OUT, JUST ON A LITTLE ISLAND! I WANT A LAW SUIT AGAINST THIS SISTER IN LAW, HER FRIEND, WHO WAS OUR CASE WORKER. I HAVE PROFF OF ALL THE LIES, I HAVE CONTACTS OF THE PEOPLE SHE LIED ABOUT TALKING TO AND I CANT GET ANYONE TO HELP ME.
LETS HAVE A BIG CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. EVERY STATE LETS, RALLY TOGETHER AND THE MONEY WE WIN CAN GO TO CHARITY, I DONT WANT ANY MONEY. I WANT JUSTICE FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE WORLD,THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS. I DONT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER CHILD TO GO THROUGH, WHAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE GONE THROUGH! DO NOT MOVE TO HONOLULU, HAWAII. DO NOT VISIT HONOLULU, HAWAII. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CHILDREN. LET SERIOUSLY GET TOGETHER ALL OF US FROM EVERY STATE AND GET JUSTICE FOR OUR CHILDREN,
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL, KIM & MIKE
Comment by KIM CHRISTIAN — November 14, 2008 @ 1:38 am
I NEED TO CORRECT THE FIRST LINE ON MY COMMET. IT WAS SUPPOSE TO SAY” I HAVE” INSTEAD OF ” I AM” , POSTED NOV 14, 2008 @ 1:38 am.
THANK YOU,
KIM CHRISTIAN
Comment by KIM CHRISTIAN — November 14, 2008 @ 1:43 am
LETS ALL COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND FIGHT BACK!!
Comment by KIM CHRISTIAN — November 14, 2008 @ 1:50 am
I am also living a nightmare. I am a nurse–I went to LPN school when I had a 4yr old, 2yr old and a 6week old then 9 yrs later I becam a registered nurse. Everything I have done has been to better the lives of my children–they are now 16yrs,14yrs, 11yrs and 8yrs old. 6 months ago I had my husband (the children’s father) removed due to 17yrs of abuse and domestic violence. I soon after started seeing a wonderful caring man who has a 15yr old son, he moved in and things happened quickly between us. My oldest two daughters didn’t like him so with the help of their father and my mother they filed domestic violence protective orders against us. There has never been abuse in our home although things have been very hard and harsh words have been said. Anyways my beautiful babies were taken away and today is our hearing in family court. It has torn my heart out to be away from them. My husband is trying to punish me for being happy with someone else and my daughter is trying to manipulate the situation to get what she wants. I hope the court sees through this and returns my children home where they belong. It has been the worse thing I have ever been through. I dont understand how they can just take the kids away with no proof only by what someone says. My lawyer says it is only hearsay and a true abuse of the system meant to protect abused children. I feel for anyone who has had to go through this. I just want my kids home and this to all be over. I have been so heartbroken and have shed so many tears.
Comment by dorothy scott — November 17, 2008 @ 3:11 am
Hearsay is allowed in Family Court, at least in my state. Please join the members group.
I would suggest that you do not use your real name when posting.
The abuse excuse is used in divorce cases.
I won’t lie to you, you have a hard road ahead. But people have won, ergo this site.
Hang in there.
Comment by MaggieC — November 17, 2008 @ 5:07 am
I was in an abusive relationship for years with my daughter’s father. I eventually left him and got him out of my home. One night he came knocking at the door in an effort to borrow money from me. I refused to let him in. He continued pounding at the door and demanding my attention. I did not have a telephone at the time so I could not call for police assistance. I got scared and propped a huge wooden railroad tie against the door. (I had this in my house b/c I used it many times when he did live there to barricade myself in rooms.) Despite my efforts, he kicked down not only the door, but the entire wall surrounding it. He broke my nose that night. Two months later I had a CPS worker at my door wanting to begin an investigation. They said they were concerned because of the extensive history of domestic violence reports. I explained to the worker that he did not live there and we were no longer together. I told her the same story I have just told you. The worker told me she believed I was using drugs and that by neglecting myself, (by being abused by this man), I was neglecting and failing to protect my children. I allowed a voluntary investigation and random drug screens for eight months. I was tested for drugs twice a week for eight months and never failed. Even so, they asked me to attend drug treatment!!! I agreed even though I did not even use drugs. I did everything they wanted and did nothing wrong and still they placed my name on a registry for abuse and neglect.
Comment by Cari — November 18, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
In my state you can petition to have your name removed. I am sure this is standard in all states.
You might want to look into this.
You are a very brave woman.
Comment by MaggieC — November 19, 2008 @ 5:08 am
In March of 2008 CPS became involved with my family again. The caseworker who initially came to my house was a Foster Care caseworker; she opened a case under my mental health and recommended services. I and my husband agreed to the services and another caseworker became involved, she became the primary caseworker. I started with Families First, the Families First worker was new and did not know her way around our county and was not much help at all. We completed the 4 weeks and a parent aide was brought in, now this woman was no better, she could not provide us with complete information on anything. We continued to work with her, and another lady (from Kid’s Connection) was brought back in who was in before I had an open case with CPS. Things started to spiral out of control and we were told there was nothing anyone could do for us. I then ask the lady from Kid’s Connection if my daughter could stay with her grandparents for the summer; this was in June, while we tried to straighten things out. This lady spoke with our CPS worker and she said it was okay, so my daughter went and stayed with her grandparents. In August I was approached about signing a Power of Attorney, I agreed because we were going to move and I wanted my daughter to attend school (Head Start) in our school district. After the Power of Attorney was signed her grandparents and the woman from Kid’s Connection said that I and my husband could only see our daughter 3 days a week, there were other issues with her grandparents as well. My husband and I revoked the Power of Attorney and we decided not to move. It was revoked in September 2008, we were told that if we tried to take our daughter home that the police would be called, we tried to get in contact with our CPS worker and she would not return any phone calls. She did not respond back to me for 30 plus days, the very last message I left for her I told her she needed to get in touch with me or I wanted the case closed because she was not keeping in touch with me and I would make a complaint. Finally in the beginning of October 2008, she showed up for a family meeting. During the meeting I asked about our daughter coming home, she said she could not, I wanted to know why; she said our daughter would not be safe at our home. During this meeting she was very rude and disrespectful. I told her I would make a complaint, she told me to “go ahead you cannot afford a phone”. She said that she would file for Termination of my Parental Rights and my daughter would go into foster care because there is no Relative Placement. My husband and I left the meeting and were notified later that she had filed for a Petition of Guardianship the very next day. I filed my complaint with her supervisor and a meeting was set up to discuss the complaint, but when we got there it was something different. They both threatened me and said if I contest the guardianship and it goes in my favor they will Petition to Terminate and my daughter would go into Foster Care in another county because there is no Foster Homes in our county and no relative placement. I requested for services to reunify my daughter into my home, they said they could not do that, but if I attempt to take her home the police are to be called and she would be placed in Foster Care. Later I was asked about a Team Decision Making meeting the Friday before the Guardianship hearing and I agreed, but that was never set up. The guardianship hearing was held yesterday October 18, 2008 and the guardianship was granted, under the fact that I allowed my daughter to stay with her grandparents without giving proper authority to them. During the hearing the Prosecutor was present representing the CPS worker, an attorney for the potential guardians, and a gentleman representing my daughter, the hearing turned into all these allegations against me about my case. I don’t really understand what happened; I was advised by Legal Aide that since I revoked the Power of Attorney and the CPS worker would not allow my daughter back home that the guardianship would not be granted. Now that the guardianship was granted the CPS case is closing with no services or plans for reunification. The CPS worker wants to do a Team Decision Making meeting before she closes what should I do? Can CPS do what they did to our family? Please if anyone can help post a comment for me. Thank You…
Comment by Rhiannon — November 19, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
They can do anything they want until they are challanged. Go back to Legal Aid and get an attorney to represent you immediately.
Comment by MaggieC — November 19, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
I have a tendency to be long winded so I won’t tell my story here but if you would email me, I can spell out the whole gruesome affair. My saga is still continuing and it is only getting worse. I would love to be a part of your book. My son was 14, (now 15) when these devils took him away. People cannot possibly ever think that they are in the clear in this day and age.
Comment by beth — November 19, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
My family is trapped in a nightmare and we need your expertise.
My son has been falsely charged and accused of sexually abusing his fiancee’s twelve year old daughter. The allegations were made under duress, while the child was being grilled by an overeager case worker at Irving CPS for several hours , following a teacher finding bruises from a round of rough play with the family dog.
My grand daughter is mildly mentally retarded and has been diagnosed with ADD as well. She has trouble with fact and fiction discernment. How ever, she has adamantly re-canted all suggestions of abuse, and even went so far as to plead with the case workers and detective to understand that she had lied , that she was tired of the questions and wanted to get back to her classroom. (She was already behind in her school work and was trying hard to catch up.)
My son is innocent. He was working 18+ hours a night, coming home to sleep a few hours and back to work, saving money towards what was to be their wedding this past June. Though he shared a house with his fiancee’ Christine, they maintained separate bedrooms, in order to set a good example for the child. My son loves and respects his wife and daughter to be, would never harm either of them , and was excited and eager to build a long and wonderful life for the three of them.
CPS came in and ordered him out of the house. He immediately packed up and came here to stay with me, his mom. He figured that cooperation was his best option, as the accusations would be found not true and in a few weeks he could return home.
He is a law abiding citizen, he has never been in trouble of any kind; and was actually thinking about pursuing a career in law enforcement, as he was already working closely with, and friends to many officers in the Irving PD. (He was a towtruck driver with Walnut Hill Wrecking).
I immediately went to research on-line and found http://www.allencowling.com/index.html and from there learned much needed and valuable information as to how to deal with cases like this. And much to my dismay the prices for defending these kind of charges.
We are not wealthy people, I have just opened my own business ( a boarding home for mentally ill folks) one year ago, after being homeless myself for three years prior. As mentioned, my son was working for Walnut Hill Wrecking until this case was opened and it has already cost him his job, home, truck and wedding. CPS seems to be trying to ruin Christine’s life also, causing her to miss work and jeopardizing her job by insisting on counseling and visits every week, with the constant threat of taking her daughter away.
The attorney my son hired for $1200. (”A friend of a friend”). The attorney pressed for a private polygraph, because CPS wanted one. All the web sites said do not do this. My son has a heart murmur and was shaken and horribly upset at these accusations. The attorney insisted on it any way, for $500 and of course, it didn’t work well.
This, along with the CPS’s discovery that this twelve year old knows how to describe oral sex, seems to have planted the seed in attorneys mind that his client is possibly guilty, and he suggested then that son turn himself in. Throw himself on the mercy of the courts. I adamantly refused to let this happen and chastised the man for his lack of faith in the person paying him. I have worked in a prison before, and I know what happens to suspected perverts, especially ones accused of crimes against children.
His words to me, in his office were, and I quote, ” He will be OK, he doesn’t look like the type to do this sort of thing.”
In addition to my son’s, his wife to be and their daughter’s insistence of his innocence, we have medical and dental records, that show that the allegations were impossible and fabricated. The attorney has those, and yet refuses to use them, before the case goes to grand jury. The attorney refused to do any research on the case. I do not believe that he filed any motions for disclosure. He refuses to consider a Taint hearing. He suggested that I hire a private detective to investigate, knowing that I had no moneys to do this.
Sir, we need help.
In April, CPS closed the case unfavorably, but insisted that my Daughter-in-law continue to sign restraining orders against my son, under the threat of taking her daughter away.
The final straw came when they asked her to sign four victims compensation packets, in June, to pay for the medical exams, and counseling. She refused, on the basis that no one had been victimized, except by CPS. They issued a walking warrant for him that week.
Attorney called and said, ” He has to turn himself in. Bond will be 500,000.” “But if you give me another $2500. I will see it through the grand jury, I will also try to plea the bond down. But you need to find at least 10,000-15,000 before I can bond him out.”
As far as I can tell he has not tried to get the bond lowered, though it was lowered, (when transferred to Dallas) now only 25000. per charge. (4) He told me to beg or borrow the 10,000. needed to post bail. I do not have any access to that kind of money.
I gave him $1500, and my wedding ring, (I am a widow, Jonathan’s dad died when he was 11 and I was 32 ) to pawn for bail. It is a canary yellow diamond, two carets and has been valued @30,000. It is the only thing of value I have left in the world, besides my son, his little family and my residents. He called to say that the diamond was worthless, smaller than I said and if lucky he could sell it for 1000. But didn’t really want to go to that trouble. He did offer to take me to the gold exchange to do it myself. That was a kick in the gut, almost as bad as walking my only child into the jail house to turn him self in for something he did not do.
Meanwhile,today, son is sitting in jail, now for three weeks. He has not been to court. He has not seen his attorney since the day he turned himself in, with the assurance that he would be out and home by that Friday, because they ” didn’t have a case and probably wouldn’t press charges in time.”
The attorney has promised both Christine and I several times that he would go see him. The last time was this past Friday June 30, when he was supposed to pick up and fax a signed and notarized form Jonathan had filled out for a pre paid legal assistance through Christine’s job. (We were under the impression that this could possibly provide bailbond).
We found out tonight that he never showed up. They did not read him his Miranda rights in Irving. He is in a room full of sexual predators. He is scared, angry, exhausted, and disgusted. I am afraid the stress of all this will cause him a mental or nervous breakdown.
Christine & daughter, and I have been at our wits end with frustration. We are frightened, and worried sick that he will go to prison behind this lie, and that his life, and reputation have been ruined. We did not know where to turn or what to do next. Then today, she found your website.
Mr. Calisi , Sir, if you would be interested in this case, Please let us arrange an appointment with you for this next week. I can give you $1000 a month for as long as it takes, to pay off any fees and bail.
Once out of jail, son will go to work and help with payments also. (And to get my ring back, his only inheritance).
This attorney has said that we have a good case for a lawsuit, that he would be happy to pursue that for free, once son is found not guilty. I do not see that happening, as his legal rep. seems to be failing miserably at his chosen profession.
Sincerely,
Ka’C Traylor
214 - 275 - 5910.
Comment by christine desjardins — November 19, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
Hello, I feel that I need to contact you regarding the conduct of our child protective services and the unfair treatment that my family and I have received. My name is Stephen I am a father of 2 girls one 5 and the other 15 years of Age. My wife just became a naturalized citizen last year. I have Myastehenia Gravis and have limited muscle function much of the time. We were also Foster parents.
This story is quite detailed so I will give you the basic facts with the hope that you or somebody from your staff will contact me so I can go more into detail.
In June of this year my oldest daughter got in with a crowd of troubled teens at her High school. She ignored her studies and her grades began to drop as a result. She also became defiant and ran up a huge cell phone bill (while she was supposed to be in class). When I found out about this behavior I worked with school personnel to stop this behavior. She was forced to stay away from her friends and attend tutoring during the times that she was not in class and that if her grades didn’t improve that we would seriously be considering a military type boarding school.
In retaliation she with the help of her friends at school and the internet cooked up a scheme where she made up an allegation that I had been molesting her.
Needless to say the school reported this to the Police and CPS (San Joaquin County). I was immediately forced to leave my home and family by CPS while they conducted an investigation. My wife was threatened by the CPS workers that if she showed any support for me that our children would be taken from her and placed in foster care. My wife who has limited English ability and very little knowledge of our legal system was scared out of her mind. She didn’t want to lose the children so she cooperated with CPS’s demands. It was also inferred by CPS that if she contacted a attorney it would be considered that she was supporting me.
My wife and daughters were interviewed by the police and CPS without counsel. And when she asked for an interpreter she was provided with a CPS social worker who was quite biased in fact even told her that she “always believes the child”.
My wife had been raped in Mexico and my oldest daughter is the product of the rape (She is unaware of this) she believes me to be her father. Naturally my wife is very sensitive to this and would frequently tell the children that if anybody touched them to tell us immediately. CPS took this as her saying that she suspected me and the interpreter apparently confirmed that interpretation without clarification.
Shortly after the interviews my daughter admitted that the story was made up that she was mad about the punishment that I gave her. The police dropped the investigation.
I was never interviewed or arrested or even given the opportunity to present my side of the story. The considerable amount of evidence that had was never looked at. In fact no investigation was ever done aside from the interviews. None of the witnesses were ever spoken to.
I was called into CPS and told that I was going to be put on a child abuse registry database at the DOJ. And that my foster care license was going to be revoked for life. I would have to have a social worker come to my house for regular visits and attend Parenting Classes and therapy. When I asked CPS why that my daughter admitted it was a lie. Their answer was that children often lie to protect the family. When I asked CPS what about the investigation the evidence I had that was never looked at; their reply was” it was too bad that the police did not do their job. Our job is to believe the children with CPS you are guilty until proven innocent”
What kind of system is this? They won’t look at my evidence yet I am guilty until proven innocent. My daughter admits it was a lie. I have proof and yet they don’t want to hear it. This sounds an awful lot to me like McCarthyism.
With my current medical situation my family and I do not have a lot of extra money to hire lawyers. I have already depleted my kids college money for lawyers and medication. If I get listed on a DOJ blacklist I will lose my job.
Comment by Stephen Moortgat — November 21, 2008 @ 5:47 am
my email is steve@moortgatusa.com
Comment by Stephen Moortgat — November 21, 2008 @ 5:52 am
Stephen, which state are you in? There may be an organization i nyour state that can assist you.
Comment by MaggieC — November 21, 2008 @ 6:07 am
I’m surprised there isn’t more mention of the things lawyers do to keep their paychecks going. I suppose not everywhere is like San Francisco where the lawyers are give carte blanche to pull any trick to keep you in the system. It still amazes me that a liberal city like SF has an agency geared to trampling the human rights of its own residents.
There were five lawyers assigned to my case-one honest, four in the middle, and one a nightmare straight out of hell. I would like to give just a few examples of the games that were played on me by the lawyers.
Game 1—keep information one sided.
After my daughter was taken away a pre trial was held to determine if a trial should be held. My lawyer told me that that there was no chance on a trial as the only piece of evidence against me was the testimony of my child’s special education teacher. He advised me not to testify. I didn’t and the case was continued and my child was kept in their custody. This leads to the next game
Game 2- Musical Lawyers
You’re supposed to get a speedy trial. I told my lawyer a couple of times I wanted the trial ASAP. In court, each time the judge mentioned a possible trial date a different lawyer would chime in that they couldn’t
make it that day. My lawyer ignored me asking him then to put a stop to this and the trial was delayed about three months.
Game 3—Lie to the doctors
I believe new doctor involved with my family was lied to, mainly by the lawyer from hell, but there is one example that bothered me the most.
My daughter was to be evaluated by a psychologist over a 10 week period. More than half way through the psychologist decided she wanted to interview the parents. At the end of the interview I handed the psychologist some phone numbers with people I hoped she would call. She said she didn’t need the numbers, and I let her know she should really call the director of my child’s former pre-school. The evaluator said she was told my daughter was never in pre school. The lawyer assigned to my child had tried to hide the my kid spent 2 ½ years in a good pre-school—making it less likely that she was being molested by the father.
When done the report was in my favor due to the information provided by the pre-school director.
Game 4 –Keep em sick to keep em in the system
In mid 2006 my wife’s illness was returning and the psychiatrist was going to raise her medication. My wife lawyer advised my wife to forbid the psychiatrist from talking to me.
After that my wife therapist would tell my wife to tell the psychiatrist what medication she was wiling to take (greatly reduced) and the psychiatrist would then write the prescription for accordingly. I can’t blame the doctor, he was a good man. CPS, the therapist and my wife’s lawyer took control of my wife’s medication and I was threaten with jail if I interfered.
Game 5—Keep em quiet
I wasn’t allowed to talk in court without my lawyer’s permission. There was even one time when I tried and the judge told me she would throw me in jail if I said another word.
Game 6—anything goes.
In January 2007 my wife went into the mental hospital twice. Usually I do the calling but I had been told both my children could be taken away if the police were called to my home. My wife’s employed called them the first time.
After the second time in my wife was borderline between sane and insane, and she has to spend a few months at home with as little pressure on her as possible.
More then two weeks before a court date I told my lawyer I wanted my wife to stay home and he told I had to get permission from my wife’s lawyer. I tried leaving messages for her but she returned none of my calls even though my wife had a cell phone which took messages 24/7.
The court date was a Monday morning so I called the cps worker (a good one this time) about five days before the Monday and I let her know the problem. She told me she would call my wife’s lawyer and let her know that she had to call me.
My wife’s lawyer called me late Sunday evening giving permission for my wife to stay home, then asking to talk to my wife. I asked her not to put any pressure on my wife and she promised she wouldn’t.. I don’t know what was said but my wife became very agitated. I got the phone back and asked “What are you doing, you promised not to upset her.” The lawyer told me “That’s none of your f****** business. Put (wife) back on.”
I hung up the phone.
The next day at court I went to court without my wife and, my wife’s lawyer demanding the trial (to determine if the CPS case against my family should be closed) be delayed because I showed up without her client.
Fortunately, before going into court, I told my lawyer that if he didn’t allow me to talk this times I would fire him on the spot and tell my side of the story anyway. I suspect this was a solo effort by my wife’s attorney, not planned by the group like musical lawyers is. When I got to the part about the lawyer giving permission for my wife to stay home the judge’s jaw dropped.
I also don’t know if the previously written “scream at and threaten” was a solo effort by my wife’s lawyer or planed by the group.
Game 7—Keep the evidence out of the record
When the final court was held I had prepared some of my evidence which I wanted submitted to the court. In it were several emails to a person in the upper levels of SF CPS which include talking about cps creating a false molestation case and cps taking control of my wife’s medication out of the hands of her doctors and mentions of my wife’s potential for violence.
I had previously given copies of these papers to my lawyer.
When I tired giving the papers to the judge she indicated that I should have my lawyer submit them. When I tried to give them to my lawyer he shook his head no and refused to take them. My paperwork stayed out of the court record.
Thank you for creating this site and the work you are doing. I do hope what I’ve written will help other parents stay out of the hell I was in. I myself am still dealing with the after effects of this nightmare and posting here has been good therapy for me.
Comment by rob — November 23, 2008 @ 10:49 am
im a mother of 6 lovely children and they were wrongly removed from my on the 23rd of november last year i was left with my 10 year old daughters but then they were taken from me in may this year based on a website i got in touch with called paroc they wrote a staitment saying i hurt my twins in many ways i have never hurt them in any way we play fight alot but thats normal i was acused of neglict emotional harm physical harm and none of it has been proved by the social workers it has also been said that my twins were at harm in my care when i took them home from hospital 10 years ago if that was the case why did they not take them then i never had social workers at my door when i brought them home and had help from family and friends they grow and there weight was coming on nicely as years went by i had 4 more children they were removed when my children were 9 7 6 5 2 there was nothing wrong with the way they were growing they were happy and enjoyed life to the full went out on trips i had rules in my home boundrys that they said i never had i had people in my home from 8am till 9am then again 3pm till 5pm then again 6pm till 9pm this went on for months up to he court case i have never harmed my children in any way they also said i never gave my son his tablets that he has to have every night or he would die his still alive as far as i know i miss my children very much i had my last visit with my 8 and 3 year old on the 4th novemeber this year and i had my 3 year old telling me to keep fightig and dont give up mummy my 8 year old wants to come home i cant give up o them there my children and i have done nothing wrong for them to be taken if they felt i could not cope why didnt they leave me with my children and offer help but they never did i probley have made mistakes in my life of bringing up my children but we dont come with a book and we all learn by mistakes no one i perfect far from it but it didnt have to come to sliting up my children and making them so unhappy this aint fair on them or any child taken from there parants that has done nothing wrong please help in this children have a voice and there not being hurd like they should be my children have said they want to stay with me and they love me and i love them but it was ignored and was snached anyway while being taken from there home my 8 year old was hit by the social worker and my son was trying to kill his self cos he didnt want to go my twins were grabbing my 7 year old and sitting on him so they couldnt take him the police even said they were not being abused in any way and he would not help them take the children out of there home my son was begging the police man to help him so they did not take him i feel my children and many others should have a say on if they want to be with there mums or not please help
Comment by carol clark — November 25, 2008 @ 6:11 am
i’m a 31 year old mother of three i have always put my children first ,never beat starved or sexually or emotionally abused my children! i’m just your average low income single mother who never thought i would have to fight to have the right to raise my children! i’ve been fighting for my children for 2 years now and i don’t think i will ever have the right to raise my kids just because vengful people used a corrupt system to take my youngest son and in the process are destroying the lives of my oldest children.
Comment by desperate for help — November 25, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
I wish it would have never happened to me but it sure did. why is it that CPS doesn’t have to prove that we are doing the things that they say we are but that we have to prove that we are not doing them? They want to go by what they have been told about you and your family when they are being given reasons to take away our children but as soon as people start calling them and telling them the truth they stop listening. I know that God will get them in the end but that doesn’t help the heartache I feel right now for the loss of my son.
Comment by angelique mobley — November 26, 2008 @ 3:10 am
Jeff,
How do you know that the parents of some of the children you fostered did not want them? Did you hear that from the parents themselves? My son’s foster parents told him that I no longer wanted him and that was a LIE!!! CPS lies all the time and foolish people believe them and that’s how they got so much power and we have so little.
Comment by angelique mobley — November 26, 2008 @ 3:14 am
Kim Christian,
I am from California and I agree with you. We should all rally together to stop CPS, hopefully get our children back or at least stop other children being taken away behind lies.
Comment by angelique mobley — November 26, 2008 @ 3:22 am
I, too just became a victim of CPS and their ring of lies. I was told by the initial investigator that my kids would NOT be removed from me. 3 days later they were removed. My kids are with my grandmother now and I have supervised visits, but its so bad now until I feel like I can hear them in their room although I know they are not there.
I’m in Florida where the fight for your kids is worse. When will someone stop these people from destroying lives?! I understand that there are kids that really are being abused, but I am speaking in cases of discipline, or he say/she say type stuff in which kids are removed. I hate these people, I have no respect for them, and I hope they burn in hell.
Comment by missing my kids — November 26, 2008 @ 10:50 am
We were not accused of abuse or neglect; they “felt” that because my husband ( a PTSD sufferer) got mad and threatened to kill me when he was angry, was enough to remove my children, even though the police came to the home and found no threat of injury to me on children. Because I allowed my children to be around my husband once he was calm, they said I was not protecting them; again, police came and left due to the fact my husband was calm and never laid a hand on me or the girls. CPS responded 3 days later, deciding after 3 days that my husband was a threat. He is now living in a hotel, and my children are still not able to come home to me. Our family has been ripped apart, because someone “thinks” my husband “might” be a danger to my children, even though there is no abuse or neglect, but they consider our home a “risk.”
Comment by Anne S — November 26, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
I always knew it COULD happen, did not think it WOULD happen just because I am so law abiding. A few months after I found Linda’s site and started posting regularly, it DID happen. I fought back. My son is home for Thanksgiving, we’ve been to court every week for the past month and my understanding is my case will be dismissed next week if we both show up at court in a few days smiling and tell the judge there has been conflict but nothing approaching “abuse” or “neglect.” Are we different? Eccentric? Sure! It has been a very educational experience for both of us, one we will never forget. I tried to follow Linda’s example by starting parentadvocate.org and offer my paralegal services to anyone who wants to join me in calling for the complete reorganization and retraining of DCFS, particularly if you are in Los Angeles. I will help anyone I can, time permitting, regardless of ability to pay.
My story is on my blog:
http://blog.parentadvocate.org
Comment by a.j. ovitsky — November 28, 2008 @ 11:16 pm
Advice to Anne: get hubby to an MD asap and get MD to write report clearly explaining what his PTSD is and why it is not a danger. Any MD will do, but do it fast.
Comment by a.j. ovitsky — November 28, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Dear Florida,
Yes, anger is first instinctive reaction to having one’s family ripped apart. To get kids back, you have to channel that anger into making it on time to every supervised visit, no matter how ridiculous the scheduling. Protest in writing each time, ask for mileage/bus tokens and BE THERE CONSISTENTLY.
What unsafe conditions exist in your home that do not exist in grandma’s home?
Nuture your relationship with grandma, you need her alliance.
Find some outlet for the anger. For me it was singing, writing and praying. Speak out, but do not use four letter words. Speak at local meetings….PTA, church, synagogue, city hall…
Comment by a.j. ovitsky — November 28, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
Hearsay is allowed, but YOU are allowed to cross-examine the social worker who writes the investigative report. Keep written records of the dates, times, and details of each visit. Keep a running tab of what you spend defending.
I would like to see kiddie court join the modern era of other courts where defendants are assumed innocent until proven guilty, kids are not held captive while the case is pending and a JURY decides who gets the kids not one judge. This is one of the few remaining courts (and there are others, military, criminal, among them) where secrecy prevails over truth, that must change so that all families can have justice.
Comment by a.j. ovitsky — November 28, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
To Maggie C, “don’t use your real name,” there is wisdom in this, if you do use it, they will investigate you. If you pass the investigation, you will be able to help others, and if you use your real name, people can find you on the internet more easily, so i used my real name, i am the only a.j. ovitsky as far as i know.
Comment by a.j. ovitsky — November 28, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
I never thought it could happen to me. On 9/18/2008 the Department of Child and Family Services paid a visit to my home armed with two police officers and three “caseworkers”. They stated an anonymous call informed them that my children were beaten every day. When I stated that was untrue they forced their way into my home claiming I had no right to legal representation and they were exempt from needing a warrant to search my home. The caseworker stated I had no rights and because I wanted an attorney I was obviously guilty. The lead worker stated she “would have my nursing license” and I “would never practice nursing or teaching again”. Since that day my rights as an American citizen and a mother have been repeatedly violated. Every day the workers find a new way to terrorize my family, they repeatedly threaten to abduct my children, to file new charges based on new lies they have concocted or undermine the legal system continuing with pre-trials and “mediations” purposefully scheduled on days when my attorney is active in other courts and without waiver options so our family is forced to attend without representation to keep from having them steal our children for not showing up.
I want to take this opportunity to state I have never beaten either of my children, I have never witnessed them being beaten and I am emotionally devastated by these accusations. My children have been the focus of my adult life, they have never been denied any thing they have wanted or needed. I will not cower in fear from this illegal persecution and violation of the basic civil rights of innocent until proven guilty, unlawful search and seizure, and trial by jury. I have spoken with many of you who have been in similar situations and out of fear have remained silent about the abuse perpetrated by the terrorist DCFS “caseworkers” with minimal training and virtually no certification to perform assessments. I will not be terrorized in my own home and community. I have done nothing wrong and will not be shamed into silence about these injustices. My whole life has been dedicated to my children, to providing a loving home and all of the things my children desired, everything DCFS has reported is a blatant lie.
I know many of you are thinking the things I formerly thought, “they must have done something or they wouldn’t have been reported” and “I know I am not getting the whole story”. I have been where you are and thought those same things when I have heard these types of horror stories, but I am sending this document to say you could not be more wrong. This agency is out of control and terrorizing families under your noses and backed with federal money each time they abduct a child. This agency refuses to acknowledge legal counsel, our rights as a family, or the law in general and tear apart families based on perpetuation of personal grudges. The Guardian ad Litem, appointed by the courts to advocate for my childrenr, has terrorized my children so much that if you approach them in the grocery they will cry because they are now afraid of all adults and see all adults as liars, they won’t sleep in their own beds and are afraid to go to school for fear of further interrogations.
This situation is unacceptable, however I have been advised that this agency is immune to lawsuits, they can do whatever they want and no one can fight them. I am only in the beginning of this battle and the financial cost is already enormous, not to mention the emotional and physical costs for my family. I am asking that each of you carefully examine your own homes and recognize that one person with a grudge can make an anonymous call and destroy it all.
Pray very hard these terrorists never visit you, they don’t need a reason just an anonymous call from someone you have offended.
Comment by lost in the mess — December 2, 2008 @ 11:18 pm
Linda,
I am being deeply maligned, slandered, threatened, etc. by someone named Lisa on your website. My children and I are still trying to recover from our trauma with DCF in St.Johns County FL in 2004. My professional career has been deconstructed and the accusations levied are felonious. If you can call me 360 531 3284 or write me or help me find out the identity of this individual I would be very grateful, as would my children who have also received communiques from this Lisa. Thank you for your righteous passion and commitment to all of us who find solace in your creation. Marin Chorneau
Comment by Marin Chorneau — December 3, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
I lost my son for 8 months after false accusations by a daycare provider who did it to cover their ass when he was hurt in their care. They claimed I was an abused spouse who allowed my husband to abuse our son.
There is no help for falsely accused parents. I never thought anything like this could happen. I was dead wrong.
All of this has caused a severe rift in my relationship with my son. I live in constant fear. I’ve already told my husband and best friend that if the DHS so much as calls me, I’m packing up my kids and running. I won’t even wait to see what they want!
Comment by Claire — December 3, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
LINDA. I HAVE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO MARIN CHOMEAU AS FAR AS I KNOW IM THE ONLY LISA THAT COMES TO THIS SITE. I THINK BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IM HERE FOR ALL THE SAME REASONS AS ALL THESE OTHER PARENTS DO AND I DONT WANT TO LOSE MY PRIVALIGE OF BEING ON HERE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE USING THE NAME LISA AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FIND THAT OTHER LISA BECAUSE I DONT THINK ITS FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO BE HURTING OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR HATRED AND PEOPLES STUPIDITY THIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR US TO COME SHARE OUR STORIES SO PLEASE CAN YOU FIX THIS ASAP THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND I AM SORRY TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE IS BEING SO CURL TO THAT LADY
Comment by LISA — December 4, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
OH YES AND ONE MORE NOTE TO LINDA MY NAME IS LISA FURGASON JUST SO YOU CAN HELP FIND THAT OTHER PERSONS IDENITY .
Comment by LISA — December 4, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
Marin, if you notice any more of those posts please email me with the link at the bottom of the page and please send the link to the page. *thanks*
Comment by Linda — December 6, 2008 @ 6:26 am
Lisa, I know it isn’t you… it must be another person named Lisa, or someone using a false name.
Comment by Linda — December 6, 2008 @ 6:30 am
HEY THANKS LINDA I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU KNOW IT WAS NOT ME.BUT I SURE DO HOPE YOU FIND THE PERSON THAT IS CAUSING ALL THIS TROUBLE BECAUSE ITS NOT FAIR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO COME HERE FOR SUPPORT TO HAVE TO WORRIE ABOUT BEING BOTHERED BY SOMEONES STUPIDITY . I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING TARGATED. THANKS AGAIN LINDA FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP THIS SITE SAFE.
Comment by LISA FURGASON — December 6, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Lisa and Linda.
Marin Chorneau here. Thank you for removing some of the b.s. Perhaps you can locate the responsible individual as once she uttered and published her hatred, and linked it to a gallery whom I am represented by, the damage cannot be undone. I encourage a phone call fro either or both of you.
Thank you. Marin Chorneau
Comment by Marin Chorneau — December 7, 2008 @ 1:18 am
here is one for y’all me and my husband are battling cps as we speak they had took my daugter when she was 19 months old said I ( mother) was not able to take care of myself that I was bilmeic and I was not I am anemic I’m finding out that my mom called cps on my husband says we are doing drugs and he beats me needless to say my mom has my daughter well we found out that I was pregnant with my second child well when he was born cps tried to take my son the day he was born well they didn’t suceed well then when we got home they had called us stating the judge ruled that we need to bring them the baby and we did then we found out that the reason was cps had mention we was homeless well we went to court to try and get our son back first proving there was no domestic violence or drugs and proved that my mother does beat me but she still got temporarily custiody on both my kids I was trying to go for a visit with my kids on thanksgiving day my mom said yes and so did her lawyer but cps called me and said sorry to bust your bubble but u can’t go over there cause the judge feared for my safety I called my lawyer and had told him what cps had told me but my lawyer said that cps was lying so we are just waiting for the next court hearing.
Comment by Scrr4 — December 7, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
Marin, I don’t make phone calls. If you find any more of her postings on my site let me know immediately via email (link at the bottom of the page). She said she is one of your former neighbors in one of her posts.
Comment by Linda — December 8, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
Scrr4 - too many caseworkers lie to their clients. Keep a record of all contacts in your case notebook. If need be, file for an administrative hearing to discuss this with an Administrative Law Judge.
Comment by Linda — December 8, 2008 @ 9:54 pm
I went to my son school to pick him up and they had him in the office, I was never called or informed til I got to his school, when I walked in the office there were police and there was another young lady there. I sat down nervously, she then informed me that she had been called out to the school for my son before, once again I was never notified or called or told and I had been to several different conferences at the school, she informed me that my son had a scratch across his chest, I knew nothing about the scratch. She began to be very rude to me telling me she had the right to take my kids from me. I was upset and I began to cry. She then informed me that I should not punish my children, and if I do I should do it with my hand or not at all. She came to my house and began taken pictures, I had not been home all day so my house was kinda a mess, she began to tell me that since I dont work I should sit at home all day and clean. At that time I was in the process of moving so I had most of my things packed up in boxes, she told me that the boxes were unsafe and that I had to move them and I aked her where am I suppose to put them and she began to give me a bunch of different stories of cases she had of people children who got hurt, I did not want to hear that. She then asked me where my daughter was and I told her she was with her father and I did not know when they would be home and that we did not have a car and our only source of transportation was the bus and our feet. She then at that point demanded that I tell my husband to bring my daughter, then when it was taking longer than what she thought it should take she began to get an attitude and all she kept saying is that she was going to take my kids, now I have to go to court and I dont know what is going to happen, I have never had to go through anything like this and most of all I am scared, my kids are my life.
Comment by andrea — December 15, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
I am looking to get in contact with as many parents that have been wrongly accused of abusing their children as possible. For the past year and a half i have been going in and out of court fighting for my daughter to return home to my care. A year and a half ago, my daughter was presenting with extremely unusual bruising. I took her to the hospital on several occasions to both nhs hosptials and private. she also was experiencing difficulties in walking and standing whilst having these weird stares. I was extremely worried about my daughter and did everthing that i could to try and find out what was wrong with her. The doctors kept her in hospital for a month and told me that they had completed all of the tests they could, and could not find a medical reason to explain where the bruises had come from. the next thing i knew i was taken to court and my daughter was placed in foster care. they then clased it as non-accidental injury and therefore someone had abused her. At the time i was going to college full time and various family members were looking after her during the day, but she always came home after i had finished college.
The court case has struggled on for over a year now and hasnt seem to progressed at all since day one. Throughout, the medical professionals have contradicted eachother and they were arguing about the time frame and ageing of bruising. This always made me weary of the medical evidence as i dont believe that its reliable if three different experts are saying three different things.
Last week the judge gave his judgement. He found me guilty of abusing my own daugher. He said that he has no cogent evidence to proove to exactly who caused the injuries ( as there were three others in the pool of possible perpertrators) and therefore he had to look for who was the most likely person to have done it. He said that in family law, hard cogent evidence is not needed and they can find findings against someone using probarlity only. So thats how the judge came to his conclusion that it was me. I need to find out the best way possible to appeal against this. I am not guilty of hurting my daughter, i simply did not do it, and i find it soo hard to understand why i should lose my child to the adoption process just because of a one in four chance! there is no evidence to even suggest that i caused those injuries to my daughter, also there is lots of reports about what a great bond we have and how good i am with her. i have never had any involvement with social services before hand as i am indeed the best mum i can be. please get in contact or comment if you have any advice. i am truely desprate to get my daughter home with me and my innocence prooven!
kristy
Comment by kristy — December 17, 2008 @ 9:44 am
Kristy and Andrea, please register at the message forum where there are experienced advocates that will do their best to help you through your CPS cases.
Comment by Linda — December 18, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
Kristy and Andrea:
Linda has a message forum. You have to register.
There are groups, also in many states.
Almost every state has someone who can help. The trick is researching folks who have done this for years, as Linda has.
Two additional Websites do have links to state groups.
http://www.profane-justice.org Website of Suzanne Shell of Colorado.
http://www.familyrights.us Website of Len Henderson of Oregon. Links under individual states for state groups.
Linda has been helping folks in Calif for years. However, other states have folks, too.
Washington has an active group of Families United. Website, too.
AZ has a group.
Hope this helps. F.
Comment by Fern — December 19, 2008 @ 8:11 am
i have tried to register but it comes up you have been banned
Comment by kristy — December 19, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Kristy - I just unbanned you…. there are a lot of IP numbers banned because we had problems with spammers. Message boards spam is a big evil problem these days. Sorry about that.
Comment by Linda — December 19, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
I had Inyo County CPS include themselves (using bogus allegations) in a situation concerning my special needs child, Alahni. That child was eventually prescribed meds she didn’t need and ultimately passed away. Our initial problem had been with Inyo Co’s Home Street School. The lack of comprehension and understanding of special needs children here In Bishop, California concerning the fore mentioned entities is shocking. I am looking for competent representation concerning a lawsuit.
Comment by Alan Williams — December 22, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
marin chorneau here-never had a neighbor named lisa…where is the truth here.what is she scared of
Comment by Marin Chorneau — December 25, 2008 @ 12:18 am
the postings on this website are of a criminal nature so damaging that I have aquired an attorney to investigate the identity of lisa /neighbor. I would appreciate any further info re: this person, and if necessary, will provide you with the name of and access to my attorney. Thank You Linda. Happy Festival Of Lights-keep lighting the way with your consistent activism.
Comment by Marin Chorneau — December 25, 2008 @ 12:37 am
Thank you, Marin… I don’t think “Lisa” will be back, but if you notice anything more from her on this site please email me ASAP… I’m sorry her postings got under my radar. I know I’d deleted something from her before, but that was a few months ago. At times I get so busy I can’t read all the comments here. Right now I’m reading them every couple of days.
Comment by Linda — December 25, 2008 @ 4:36 am
Im a mother of 3 kids.Im gonna be honest im not the cleanest person in the world but i do try to keep a clean house..with young kids its hard..I got depressed because my husband was delpoyed and let my house go for a week.i decided i need to go out state to my moms where i thought i could get some emotional support and to see if my mom would come home with me and help me get my house back in order.I left around the 15-16 of sept..Then it all started..the person who was feeding my animals didnt so animla control and th cops went tinto my house with out a warrent while i was gone and got my pets..they took pics of my house..I came back home around the first of october and the next day the police was at my door..telling me cps has been called and i need to take my kids some where for a few days..I let my good friend take the kids and waited for cps..clean my house spotless..the cps came two days later..interviewed me..looked at my house..sit and crtitzed my house saying i didnt need no toys outs…and that i need to put my food in the cabinets a certain way..she then asked me how long it will take for me to get my house the way she wanted it..i told her a week..the next week she came by and it was like she wanted it..i still have my kids at this time..yesterday i got a letter in the mail saying that they think it was possible that there was neglectful supervison..reported on the 9-15-2008..the day i left to drive 12 hours.i have no court date yet..i havent heard anything..i need to go back to texas where i live becasue my husband is coming home..im just so afraid too im afraid that they are gonna come in and take the most importanat things there is to me..can some one give me some advice please
Comment by shawna — December 25, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Shawna, since they haven’t taken your children at this time possibly they will just close the case. If they continue to check up on you then if possible get an attorney - having a good attorney is one of the best ways to stop them from wanting to deal with you. For them to take your children there must be either an emergency situation of immediate danger, or there must be a court order. Obviously there’s no immediate danger at this time or they would have taken your kids already. If your house is clean and there’s no court order you should have them with you. Are they with you now? If so then take them with you when you go to Texas. If they aren’t with you, then consult an attorney.
Comment by Linda — December 25, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Yes I still have them with me.Im not in Texas at this time.I have never delt with cps before so i didnt know how it worked.but i have a question ? the letter they sent me says it was repoerted the 15th of september.but They actually reported it on the 5th of oct..I just think its weird..thank you so much
Comment by shawna — December 25, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
Yes, they make lots of mistakes - big ones and small ones. Keep a case notebook with a record of all errors, and all contacts. You may need the information later.
Comment by Linda — December 25, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
Linda, the identitiy of the person maligning me is Sharaon Roseann LaMar, the daughter of my recently deceasedd husband, who is also the perpetrator of lies which resulted in my daughter being taken in FLA while with my husband so I could finish painting a solo show for my Chapel Hill Gallery. She is at it again, making phone calls to friends and agencies in Washington stste. This time, I dont have the resources to protect my daughter and son and am broken as to how to move forward. I need help and I need it NOW. I am already under the care of the local mental heallth agency for the trauma and bereavemnt that Won’t let my soul be free again. Please. Help me protect my children. I cant do it alone again. Marin
Comment by Marin Chorneau — December 25, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
I am fighting the DCF in CT on a negligence issue.I made one stupid mistake which I will not repeat and have no other history with the DCF. I love my kids dearly and they are everything to me. DCF have harrassed us beyond belief, visiting non stop, sending a “therapist” to “help”, when instead she drills me about things that happened years ago and uses them as a weapon against me, and now she is saying I have PTSS. I told her I had counselling but this fact is conveniently ignored. We also have visits by the children’s attorney(s),etc. etc., also When I complained to the DCF about the so called “therapist” coming in,, they asked if I was “being resistant”. I’m terrified of these people so I said I wasn’t being resistant. They make me feel I have no alternative but to put up with their invasion of privacy, scrutiny, etc. etc. Their invasivness has impacted my ability to do extra- curricular things with the kids. They have even dragged my ex (who is supportive) into this whole mess when he had nothing to do with it whatsoever. In court the judge asked if he had a lawyer and he said he would represent himself and she yelled at him to get a lawyer. I always thought you had a right to represent yourself, am I wrong here? He is fuming over this. In recent court papers, DCF said there were garments on the floor in my house when they visited. Hello, who has kids who don’t throw the odd thing on the floor! They also maintain that my kids are not doing well at school when in fact one is an excellent student and the other who is ADD & ODD has recently been put on the honor roll despite his difficulties. They sent me for an alcohol eval where I had to pee in front of somebody.. nice!. After our meeting, this person said “you’re not giving us much to work on”. This got back to the DCF and now that they see I don’t have an alcohol prob, they are maintaining that I have a Post Traumatic Stress issue. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. On top of that, they insist on posting a notice in the paper about upcoming court appearances so my son’s biological loser of a father who lives in a different state(who has never been involved in his life) can be notified!! I see all this as non stop harassment. My son is 11 1/2 and they want him to go back into daycare for after school!! He is very upset about this. My children hate the visits and keep asking me “do we have to do this”. I would love to hear from anybody in CT who has undergone similar nightmare. Is there any other forum available where you can vent? I guess they would rather hang out with us than in a crack house. These people are enough to drive anybody over the edge. I apologize in advance if I have piggy-backed on somebody elses comments but I couldn’t figure how to post otherwise.
Comment by linda — December 26, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Linda:
2 suggestions. Join the Message Boards here–the Message Forum.
Also check out this link. Read down the entire page. I am sure you will find some useful info here.
http://members.familyrights.us/connecticut/index.html
Comment by Fern — December 27, 2008 @ 7:06 am
I am a Army Wife in Colorado . My children have been returned but….
I really need to talk to someone quickly. I am looking for a attorney. I did talk with a non-court appointed attorney and DHS found out & told the judge as if I am not allowed to seek out different counsel. I did notice on the court dockets it is only 2 main attorneys that handle every case. They were on every case that I looked at. I am looking for someone that these ppl do not work hand in hand with. I have no support system here. I am alone, confused & do not know my right. I will not give up. I was coerced to say my physical illness is a mental illness that causes danger to children. can anyone help? I need to find ppl here in colorado.
Comment by Army Wife — December 27, 2008 @ 8:04 am
Army Wife,
Join the message forum. It is in the center of the home page.
There is a military wife who posts (is also a moderator of the group) who may be able to help you.
Comment by MaggieC — December 27, 2008 @ 8:09 am
Hello, I am new to this site and am posting this with hopes that it may help. I am a grandmother and am being blackballed by the CPS..An insider has told me this. I have an idea on http://www.change,org with hopes that the new incoming administration will take a look at the lies and deceit that cps is able to get away with…Please take a look and vote for my idea…You will find it at http://www.change.org/ideas/search?keyword=child+protection+services
Comment by B — December 29, 2008 @ 11:42 am
Any of the Government Programs to Help Families, I DO NOT TRUST ANYONE ANY MORE, ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, CHILD SUPPORT EMFORCEMENT AGENCIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IRS, DSHS, DEPENDENCY LAWYERS, PROSECUTING ATTORNIES, FAMILY COURT JUDGES, DENY YOUTH CENTER, JUVINILE COURTS, SCHOOL COUNCELORS, SCHOOL ATTENDANTS DEPARTMENTS, BECKA OR VECCA FROM THE SCHOOL ATTENDANT, HOSPITALS SOCIAL WORKERS, I DO NOT TRUST THEM ANY MORE, CRIME VICTIMES DEPARTMENT, THEIR ARE SO MANY STATE AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVE OF MY FAMILY LIFE STORIES, ATTORNEY GENERALS, THEY KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPEN TO MY FAMILIES AND THEY ARE ALL PRETENDING THAT! THEY ALL DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!
THIS (CASA DEPARTMENTS) NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN, LET THE PARENTS OF ALL OF THE CHILDRENS TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS AT HOME AND THE SCHOOL ISSUES, CHILDRENS PARENTS ARE HAVE MORE PRIORITIES TO DICIPLINE THEIR OWN CHILDRENS, NOT! THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE, BECOUSE! I’M A MOTHER THAT CARIED EACH OF MY CHILDRENS FOR NINE MONTHS, AND ITS MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO GIVE THEM ALL OF THE LECTURES AND GUIDANCE THAT MY CHILDRENS NEED, ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES JUST WENT TO FAR TOO OPERATE THEIR DUTIES ASK A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, I HAVE TO MUCH BAD EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES,
DENY YOUTH CENTER - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
JUVINILE COURTHS - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
FAMILY COURTS - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
FOSTER CARES - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
DSHS - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
SCHOOL ATTENDANT VECCA OR BECKA - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
CHILD PROTECTED SERVICES - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
GAL DEPARTMENT - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
CHILD SUPPORT EMFORCENT AGENCIES - NEED TO BE SHOT DOWN
THEIR ARE ALOT MORE THAT ARE INVOLVE HERE, EVEN THE
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
I R S DEPARTMENT
TREE CREADITORS
CHILD SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS
POLICE DEPARTMENTS
HOSPITALS
CHURCHESES
DEPENDENCY LAWYERS
PROSECUTING ATTORNIES
JUDGES
ATTORNEY GENERALS
THEIR ARE SO MANY OF THEM THAT ARE INVOLVE AND I I’M ONE OF THEIR VICTIMS, THEY TRIED TO TAKE ME DOWN ALL OF THEM BECOUSE THEY DO NOT WANT ME TO SAY ANYTHING TO ANY BODY,
I WAS TOLD SO MANY TIMES FROM ALOT OF THIS DEPARTMENTS THAT! I’M THE MAIN PROBLEMS IN TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS,
SO THEY ALL TRIED TO TERRORIZE ME, BECOUSE THE DEPARTMENTS TOLD ME THAT I’M THEIR PROBLEM IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS, THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A WHITE PEOPLE COUNTRY AND NO ONE WILL WINN,
THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I’M ASIAN AND THE SAME TING WITH MY FOUR CHILDRENS
THEY ALSO TOLD ME, THAT! I’M JUST A SMALL PERSON AND ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE BIG, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WILL NOT WINN MY WRONGFULL DEATH CASE AT ALL, BE COUSE I’M ASIAN, SMALL PERSON, AND I WAS TOLD OVER AND OVER THAT THIS IS A WHITE PEOPLES COUNTRY, AND I WILL LOSE, TO FIGHT THEM, BE COUSE I’M ONLY A SMALL PERSON TRAYING TOO DEAL WITH BIG PEOPLE,
I have more stories to tell but! it will take me a while to right it down. i can make a movie about my life stories with (CASA DEPARTMENT AND ABOUT THE OTHER AGENCIES) FOR WATH THEY DID TO ME, AND TO MY FOUR CHILDRENS. I FEEL SO TIRED NOW, I WILL TRY TO DO MY BEST TO SEPARATES ALL OF MY STORIES WITH ALL OF THE AGENCIES.
Peace,
Flordeliza Arojo Ayson Viloria President
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Comment by Flordeliza Arojo Ayson Viloria — January 3, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
Thanks for the new change.gov link for submitting new ideas, i did not realize there was a way to submit non profits, i just submitted mine….i did send Tom Daschle/John Podesta the following ideas, among others….in response to the grassroots on healthcare:
1. Educate emergency response workers, including those who normally provide emergency mental health services!
Deanne Fogarty is suing Orange County (County is appealing jury verdict of $4.9 million to her). I have a similar case pending, very similar fact situation, except my case includes ADA violations, because I am hearing impaired and it took the County over 5 months just to acknowledge this one fact which they did not acknowledge until after the matter turned into a court case—in contrast, the court acknowledged my hearing impairment immediately. Why don’t emergency response workers use assistive technology? Why don’t they know what it is and how to use it? TTY/TTD and live relay services? ASL? Does every deaf parent have to file a separate suit against the County before County starts educating emergency response workers?
2. Educate County about what is helpful and what is not helpful
a. Parents have a legal right to home school, county has no business forcing its way into private homes and removing kids from legal home schooling programs only to try to place same kids in under-enrolled public school programs when those public programs are failing the students and represent a substandard educational program when compared with home schooling. For e.g., the gifted magnet school class in LAUSD my son was placed into had 37 students crammed into one class, no music program and no drama program. Only two sports were available at this “model school,” football and basketball and there was no ethics class…I consider this substandard to what I have provided for him, at lower cost at home. He agrees.
b. Kids (over age 12) have a legal right to choose what school they will attend and what religion they will follow, as well as choose whether or not they want any particular medical treatment (or psychological treatment). County is misappropriating taxpayer dollars by allowing emergency response workers (DMH nurse and several case workers) to proselytize, be it their own religion or their own person views on education. Kids’ rights need to be respected across the board. If a kid over 12 says he was not abused, the County should not then spend 5 months and who knows how many thousands of taxpayer dollars trying to convince same kid he was abused….because
c. All citizens have a right to refuse medical/psychological treatment, particularly if they are religious and assert a religious exemption, this is Codified in California statutes, nobody in California, even if they are ordered by a court to reside in a mental hospital, NOBODY CAN BE FORCED TO MEDICATE, even the incarcerated prisoner and the mental patient who is hospitalized involuntarily have Constitutional Rights to refuse meds, shock, etc., particularly if they are religious. Why then is the County in the business of forcing meds on parents and kids and falsely alleging neglect if those religious parents and kids refuse the meds/treatment absent any imminent danger? Why is the County in the business of selecting religion or educational venues for its residents, or even discussing religion in court in the context of a dependency matter, as was done in my case? This is relevant to healthcare because discussion occurred in private home during illegal entry by local government (cops and social workers) under pretext of 5150. My old county, Contra Costa, just fired 65 CPS workers. That’s a great move; I think they can probably do that in every county.
d. Most private companies and some government agencies have “customer service satisfaction” surveys or at least some way to direct comments/feedback to the people providing the services. There is no online or other mechanism for families (parents & children) who receive child welfare services to give feedback about case workers, there should be. I gave my “feedback” to State licensing whenever I thought a case worker had crossed the line, but each agency should be required to provide an Ombudsperson for receiving feedback and mediating service disputes, many disputes (regarding monitored visits, e.g. can be resolved informally).
e. If Child welfare and cops cannot distinguish between a hearing impaired client and a dangerously mentally ill client, the County Child Welfare Departments, Mental Health Departments and local police need to re-write the manual, and train EVERYONE on assistive technology: sign language, live relay, TTY/TTD and tell the workers to identify the clients’ language FIRST before they make assumptions about a client “being uncommunicative” or “unresponsive.” LAPD says then cannot accept live relay calls from deaf citizens because the City does not supply them with cell phones. They could not accept live relay via police dispatcher because of technical problems.
f. Child welfare and mental health need to stop lying to and about parents, SUPPORT parents, stop tearing families apart, stop bribing perfectly safe kids to stay in the system (my son was bribed with about $200 of toys and cash in his 4 months and 15 days in the “system.”) The current system creates more conflict than it resolves, pitting children against their parents (supplying attorneys to kids), spouses against one another and does not do anything to “reunify” families, if families are reunified; it is in spit of Child Welfare not with their help.
g. Judges are not unbiased or objective if allegations are true they get bonuses and kickbacks for facilitating private adoptions. Our judge was also biased in favor of pharmaceuticals and ignored evidence he had in front of him which clearly stated our treating doctors do not recommend pharmaceuticals. This should not be a decision of the government, what medicine a person will take or give their child…it should be a PRIVATE decision between the patient and treating doctor, none of our doctors recommended pharmaceuticals for either of us, but County insisted for 4 months and 15 days that they knew better, judge also thought so, this appears to be a misuse of a judicial system that was entrusted with administering justice and fact finding, not medicine. Yet case workers, nurses, judges and lawyers working on these cases do this all the time, coercing families to accept unneeded often counter-productive “treatment” and “help.” The Childrens’ (dependency) courts need a better way of weeding out the real cases from the bogus ones filed by Child Welfare to make it look like they are “doing something.”
h. In most courts, the flag of the US is displayed, US Constitutional Rights are respected, all pleadings are made public and evidence is exchanged freely. In a few courts (eviction court, military court, probate, criminal and DEPENDENCY) court appointed lawyers lie to parents, hide evidence, make backroom deals or deals in chambers that exclude parties, make all the documents secret and insist on total complete confidentiality going so far as to threaten parents with sanctions for getting hold of public information like a foster parent’s address (even address/number are already published on the internet or in the phone book). This is a disgrace to American justice and a regular (often hourly) violation of parents and childrens’ rights and it must be stopped. Rules of Court, Civil Procedure, Discovery and Evidence should be uniform in all courts, forms should be online and public, public documents should be on the court website and anyone party to the case should be able to see any document, as it stands parents cannot easily get orders that affect them and their children, even minute orders are hard to get (I had to drive to court the next day to get them or wait up to a month for appointed counsel to send them.)
i. Child Welfare and the local Mental Health departments need to focus on the kids who are being physically abused, where there is police evidence of abuse, not hearsay and get on with that now. At least half the existing child welfare cases are based on little or no evidence, or based on evidence of an incredible witness (small child, ex-spouse, in-law with personal agenda are most common incredible witnesses I have heard reported to me). One man was charged with drunk driving based on the “testimony” to a CSW (not under oath) that Daddy has bear then goes for a drive (he had never had a DUI and never drove drunk). It took him 2 years to get his kids back. Another dad was accused (based on hearsay) of packing a gun and going to a shelter in search of his ex with the gun. He has no gun, never abused her at all and she asked him to pick her up at the shelter. I have more such stories….a mom whose kids were taken way because her secretly gay husband likes to watch porn and somehow the worker got into the house and found the porn on the laptop…she did not know he was gay and the kids did not watch porn with the dad….the medical cannabis patient whose kids were taken away because child welfare told the judge she is an addict… (tried that with me, I had my paperwork ready!) All of these cases are real life examples of people I have personally talked to in the past 6 months and all of these cases are a complete waste of taxpayer’s money. If LA DCSF has time to prosecute these they need to do some staff cutbacks at DCSF and at the office of County Counsel?
j. Counties need to respect kinship, community, religious, language and cultural rights, not try to impose “help” on anyone not in need or want of intervention, unless the situation is truly life-threatening, few of the cases on fightcps.com involve any kind of imminent danger, usually the cases involve no objective evidence (like police evidence), no photos, no forensics, just hearsay, the parent versus the kid versus the social worker, and all these cases are a waste of public resources.
k. Parents that want family counseling should be summarily referred to agencies where they can get it. I asked for it never go it.
l. Kids that need respite should be able to go to a government funded safe house, but there are no such places. A teenager who needs to “get some space” from a parent has no choice if he/she does not drive, have friends/family in the neighborhood, there are no respite homes that I know of for teens who are not abused, have no substance abuse problems (and come from families with no abuse of any kind), why not? If such a kid talks to the wrong adult, he/she will end up in foster care when all the kid needs/wants is “some space” not to be permanently removed from home!
m. I have heard testimony (at LA County Board of Supervisors meetings) from other parents that child welfare gets some large amount of money ($25,000-$40,000) every time they remove a kid from a parent, another bonus when they close a case and a third bonus if they arrange an adoption. My son was 12 when he was taken, he did not want to be adopted out and we fought successfully, my boyfriend’s two babies were taken away because he could not get it together to fight back. I suggest informally (since I cannot give legal advice) that he consider reopening the dependency case on the basis that he had incompetent counsel, did not have due process or a fair trial and probably did not realize the county was not playing fair with him either, he was never abusive and wanted the kids, never got over having them ripped away and is now permanently disabled. I do not think he had any idea what the motives were behind County’s rush to take two babies from him (one at 2 months, one at birth), the family never received reunification, he never got any family therapy, and the case was over in 2 months, he was never advised by appointed counsel of his rights. His case is very typical (not Los Angeles, a N. California County).
n. I was uninsured for 3 months due to County’s action (removing my only child from home) which made me ineligible for health insurance for 3 months, I am sick, disabled and could not practically get to see any MD for 3 months. My last MD told me to go to LA County/USC to the ER. I did, the wait was 12 hours and I was told it is always a mandatory 12 hour wait, no exceptions for single parents. I was referred by ER to one of 6 County Health Clinics. None of them are in my neighborhood. None of them make appointments. Average wait for services is “4-6 hours.”
o. We do need at least LAPD and lots of ambulances, where I live, because there are no public health clinics in this part of town, the LA Fire Department basically provides de facto care at City expense, which is not fair to the County, but in LA the City comes to rescue anyone in City limits, so in a way it is safer to live in LA than on the fringes if one is sick and has no health insurance and many need occasional emergency medical care—like I need intervention sometimes if I cannot breathe.
p. It is great that President-Elect Obama wants to rebuild public schools, because the remodeling with create jobs as it did during FDR/WWII, however the buildings should not all be used as public SCHOOLS to educate America’s CHILDREN. Many schools should be CLOSED NOT REBUILT (encourage homeschooling and give vouchers to religious groups, give homeschooling parents a living stipend if they comply with local regulatory laws), certainly the government trying to force my son into a substandard “public school” was NOT HELPFUL. In CA, public school enrollment has been on the DECLINE for years, parents do not want to send their kids to public schools anymore. My hope is that Mr. Obama can be responsive to the actual needs of parents. Mr. Obama does not have to change his plan to rebuild/refurbish and make energy efficient (and earthquake retrofit hopefully), just change the purpose for which the buildings will be used. Los Angeles County has 10,000 homeless people. These structures are not all needed for teaching kids, and the parents cannot be forced to send their kids to public schools if there are better educational alternatives for middle income Americans (like parochial schools and home schooling).
q. There needs to be a national education campaign to educate emergency response workers about deaf/blind needs, use of assistive technology. The inability of emergency response workers to respond to functionally deaf people is consistently present. This campaign should include information on live operator-assisted relay (like the “Don’t Hang Up!” campaign the State of Missouri did, and I will volunteer to lead it if you can pay me a living wage!)
I also would like to see medical cannabis legalized, regulated and taxed, and i propose that a 1% tax paid from existing taxes (enumerated) would pay for universal health care for every California, and should insure for any provider (MD or alternative provider), vision and dental, for every human that lives in the State.
Comment by a.j. ovitsky — January 4, 2009 @ 12:49 am
Below is a brief history of my situation and my heartache directly caused by the Orange County Social Service Agency:
I am the grandmother of a beautiful little girl born September 28, 2006. My daughter is the biological mother but through bad choices and substance abuse she was not allowed to take her home from the hospital after delivery. The Orange County Social Service agency deemed this necessary. I asked if I could be the caretaker and they granted my request. A few months later, my daughter called me to inform me she made a decision based on which the court had given her that she was requesting to sign her parental rights over to me. Within a few days I was informed by Senior Social Worker Michael Manchester my daughter and her boyfriend signed the documents giving up their parental rights. I was then asked if I was willing to adopt my granddaughter. Once again without hesitation I said yes.
Through this whole adoption process I have dealt with April, Michael, Diemmy, Anita, Lisa and Cheryl, a total of 6 Social Workers. Each time I was assigned a new worker, I had to take two steps back in the adoption process, because the information, paperwork, and previous conversations I had with the worker now leaving me was lost. For instance I had go through the Life Scan process a total of three times and my two daughters when they reached the age of 18 had to go through the process twice, because of lost paperwork.
Anita Schultz is the present Social Worker I am dealing with in regards to my granddaughter. She came on the case with an attitude as if I was the one in question; as if my granddaughters best interest was not my #1 priority. I have been a mother of 7 for over 23 years, and up until this point no one has ever questioned me about my abilities to be the best mother and raise my children. Anita Schultz has verbally insulted me and defamed my character, not only to me but when she met me at the park when I was with my children, two of their friends and another mother with her child, she verbally attacked me in a voice where all at the park could hear. She told me that I was irresponsible, she said that my granddaughter would be better off with another family. Anita told me she was sick of my dumb excuses. Pertaining to the two missed appointments she is referring too, I wrote her a letter (exhibit 1) explaining why I couldn’t make our meeting and once again she said she was sick of my dumb excuses. Another one of missed so called “dumb” excuses according to Anita was my 7 year daughter who has type 1 diabetes passed out at school and tested a 20 blood sugar level, so I had to rush with Madisen in tow to her school with the paramedics and fire department already being there. Anita told me she didn’t care about Brookes diabetes problems, that Madisen was my 1st priority, and that I should have made that appointment regardless of my daughters condition. She went on to tell me that if any one of my older daughters should become pregnant that she would do everything in her power to make sure I was not a candidate to be a potential caretaker. she would recommend visitation rights. From the minute she stepped out of her car and ordered me to “get over here now”, she never stopped degrading me. If that wasn’t bad enough a neighbor who was a witness of the verbal abuse I received from Anita at the park came up to me after Anita drove off and asked me if I was O.K. because I was crying. She said that it was like a child being scolded by an adult. I was completely humiliated.
On Thursday June 26, 2008 there was a knock on the door approximately 5:00 pm, followed by Social Worker Anita Schultz walking into to my home uninvited. I was laying on the couch with a 101 fever and sore throat I turned to see it was Anita, I explained to her I wasn’t feeling well, and I asked her if she could come back another day. Having no sympathy and being completely disrespectful in my home she replied NO, I am not leaving. She demanded that I allow her to do a walk-thru. She told me to get my children out of the house so she could do this. I NEVER let anyone take my granddaughter to the park without me being there, but she said that my 16 year old nephew could take her along with my two other children. Something I would never let him do by himself. After the children left again I asked her please could she reschedule this for another time, she then threatened me with the police. I, at this point heard enough of her threats asked her to leave my home now. I opened the door just when Mikey and the kids were walking up from the park Anita told me that she would do the walk-thru another day, but that she was going to take my granddaughter in the mean time. I could not let this happen, so I asked my nephew if he would take her around the house for her walk-thru. I waited outside with my children and granddaughter.
She came out of my house and didn’t say one word to me she got on her cell phone and called someone and told them that there was a person living in my home that wasn’t allowed to be there and she was requesting for someone to bring a car seat. She hung up the phone and called the Westminster Police Department. They took my little granddaughter about 7:00 pm. that evening. The person in question was my nieces, dad, who was waiting for her to get home from registering for college in her room. Anita had been in my nieces’ room numerous times before and she knew who’s room that belonged to.
Anita Schultz had a mission that evening and she did exactly what she came over to my house to do…take my little granddaughter away from us. Taking her to Orangewood. For what reason? She is part of our family, a very big part that has been taken to a place where she doesn’t belong. She belongs at home with her family where she has lived all her life.
The only correspondence I have received regarding this matter is a 20 page document titled “Interim Review Report” which I have written a reply and answered all the allegations submitted by the Orange County Social Services Agency against me. I have faxed Mrs. Ingrid Harita, Director at (714) 541-7811 on June 29, 2008, I sent an email to Mrs. Hillhouse at (714) 704-8015 on June 30, 2008 and neither one of them have responded.
The records show all paper work has been submitted by me and I am current on all requests from Social Services. My granddaughter is current on all shots and up to date on all doctor visits. She has scheduled play times with her playmates every week, and she is on a schedule that she is familiar with and likes very much. I cannot believe that Orange County Social Services takes babies away from families for no reason.
As of today’s date I still do not have my granddaughter back at home where she belongs. I have not had any contact from Anita Schultz, Ingrid Harita or Mrs. Hillhouse. Please review the documents regarding my case and if you have any questions my email is HDurham92683@aol.com, my phone number and address are below.
Comment by Holly Durham — January 7, 2009 @ 2:48 am
This is the third story of this type I have had personal knowledge of in the past week. What is going on?
Who is behind such insane decisions?
Comment by Bonnie J. Neal — January 10, 2009 @ 9:31 am
Evidently this is going on in a number of states. Please sign your state when you write.
This has been going on in n=my family for 3 years. Tacoma,WA CPS has stolen 3 of my great-grandchildren with false accusations and jut plain lies. They have adopted out 2 and have a 18mo. old in foster care trying to take all my granddaughters rights away and the foster mom to adopt her. The grandparents want this child as well as they wanted the other ones, but were ruled out by Lisa SanMiguel who went to school with my daughter and was jealous of. Joni Babcock told my granddaughter I will get your children. Social Services and CPS are all liars. The steal these children and (sell) adopt them out for up to $10,000.00 each. The judges are no better. This starts at the governor all the way down. It is to bad all the lawyers are so money hungry they will not take a case per bona even if it is to save a family. If anyone wants to contact me my e-mail is shadylady1934@digitaldune.net. Stop CPS from ruining families. Ophra or Dr. Phil don’t care. If you don’t have a high prices lawyer or a book they are not interested. Hopefully president elect OBama being a family man will finally see what is going on in Social Services. I think these governors should be impeached with the rest of their cronies. All the foster parents are after is the money.The all mighty dollar.
Comment by Ellen Rackham — January 10, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
a mother who is scared and dont no what to do just looking for answers or any help out there if so please come forward for me?347-727-0167 please come home malick,buba,ali mommy loves you,be strong one day things must get better mommy is not giving up or thinking to walk away from her kids. i beleive that this cps worker has a relationship with my husband that is why she is using her power in the wrong way by going againt me,plus this case is a easy job for her gettin paid and her happiness is his happiness this is a shame, to point the finger at me because im a poor black american lady who loves her kids more than her husband we just gotten married a year ago just used me for papers this man dont love me be he must think he is legal now and it not that easy so the cps worker told him to take the kids and she is apart of the program and the courts is allowing this to take place why, who is illegal and now he want to try to obtain his papers throug the children. at this point i dont know what to do to have cps out of my life and kids returned to me without going in system for no reason, my husband also told me that he can make the cps worker go away?how if he can then something is not correct?this is a shame on how these workers that comes from other third world country saw proverty that me and my children never witness come to america find a job dealing with children can make a choice to show her brotherly love and stick together because they are both africans. this is very unprofessional work and how she lies on me in court and make this illegal con shine as if he is her king.children need help from abusive none of the children can ever say mom spank them, i love all three of my kids (16,12,8) with all of my heart i will take the shirt off of my back for my kids. we came a long way to get where we at now, all of the kids can testifed in court about me, my kids is to good to get miss treated by any one,by the school,child care, friends even their father nor family could mistreat my kids or make them feel in a bad way and my family know this dont mess with my kids, and when we talk and if i find out my kids are being mistreated i will leap in to action, i always wanted my kids to smile and never want for nothing, long as i was a live to be the protector.come to find out this cps lady just reck my home for this african man, it hurts, im not myself i miss all of my babies even if the oldest is 16 he is still my baby.now the kids are gone and being mistreated even abused my youngest son told my on a visit who is 8 able to talk i feel their pain what can i do. the courts is no help on helping me the kids, lawyers also stated to the judge how the kids feel, my olddest son even wrote a letters on how he feels.what can i do to have this case closed and kids return to mommy this cps lady keeps running her mouth a thousand miles with lies as a living, worker like her needs to be stop or better deported back to where she came from and reck home back in africa if you can? who can i contact as a higher power about my case? with all of the tasks she put me through i feel hope-less i even almost sign my life or to her by going to a live in crazy house for 16 months or longer just enough time for my husband to win the case have full custody by the time i came out of this program but i didnt go i felt fear, this is not correct, this was a set up to tell the courts that i abandon my kids with my husband. my husband and the cps worker keep asking me why didnt sign the papers go in a van and go away, why do i keep showing up for court?these people must think im crazy?what has to be done to please the judge and the courts lawyer is no help because the keep promissing me and when i show up to court i only get let down over and over.my husband is the one who started this problem with cps it wasnt the hospital,schools ect, it was him and this cps worker and the supervisior knew nothing of this case this is illegal work from this cps worker this is the reason why children getz hurt in the system. do this cps worker has a right to do this because she is cps?
Comment by SHEKILA KEMP — January 19, 2009 @ 1:51 pm
I feel your pain i am too in a similiar situation you see although I don’t have the added burden of being an african american in this mess i do share in the pain of cps being unproffessional in their actions I live in a small town and my man of six years had a girlfriend when he was younger that is now the superviser over all CPS people in the county we live in and she has tried to get him back in the last six months and when he declinded i believe she figured she would seperate us by causing this caos in our lives by taking my babies (boy,14 girl,9) and lying in court. They will mess up soon so hang on and be there to cetch them when they do! God bless you!
Comment by Tina — January 19, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
Shekila,
Try calling CWOP (Child Welfare Organizing Project). The phone nbr is 212-348-3000. This is an organization of advocates. The phones are manned by parents who have dealt with ACS.
Their website http://www.cwop.org
also contains a great deal of info.
Comment by MaggieC — January 19, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
tina; thank you for your feed, back dont think im races, but were i come from in the bronx ny cps always target us poor people, but if i had money for the best lawyers in the state or had blond hair and blue eyes this would never take place, my friends and i talk all the time we no the streets and us african american lady is how they keep a job going in the courts, most of the court house is filled with blacks&spanich this is nothing personal but it the truth and if you dont beleive me take a trip to the bronx family court. this cps worker keeps telling me that she has more power than the president, the only power she has is to lie,while they go home to there family, we have to suffer.i still say a pray for thoes and may god speed them. my prays go out to you as well and no one can ever take your children love away because you build them?with so many job cuts the state need to cut on these lying cps workers for a living, using us to keep a job basiclly this is the truth if they have no cases how do they make there income? think about; this is a shame but im not afarid i will fight with all i got never give up unless im hurt, dead,its time to make a change and standing up for our rights.
Comment by SHEKILA KEMP — January 20, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
To whom it may concern,
I and my wife have been involved with Child Protection Services since shortly after
My first child was born, 11 years ago. We have lost our first 4 kids to my mother placed there by the State of Arizona. My wife was diagnosed with being Depressed and having BY-Polar condition.
Since then she has started taking prescription medications to keep these symptoms from interfering with our every day normal lives and we continue to strive for the best for our now 6 year
Old son Austin. But, every time that we turn the corner there is another Child Protection worker waiting
There for us asking us questions about Austin,” seems my mother has been constantly calling the Child
Protection Agency” with the end result always being that the claims are Unfounded and the cases are always closed. I want to know if there is anything that I can do to prevent all of this, I mean all we have to do is upset my mother with something that is said to her and it doesn’t even have to do with my son and she is calling Child Protection on my Wife and I, I don’t think that she should be able to continually use the State Child Protection Services to get what she wants, I and my Wife have copies of all the closed cases along with Case Workers names and phone numbers, I want this to stop, I could understand if there were something wrong but every time there is nothing, the State finds nothing at all wrong with our child and closes the case unfounded.
I am now 35 and my Wife is 30, our Son Austin is 6, all we want is a normal life that every other American wants, I don’t want to sue or seek Legal action, BUT I WILL IF THAT’S MY ONLY CHOICE, I just want all these false accusations to stop.
When my wife was going to her counseling sessions her Counselor told her that my mother is doing this because she has the “Empty Nest Syndrome”, in other words my mother cannot have any more kids, and she didn’t exactly raise her own kids to be “Little Angels” so the physiologist said that this is my mother’s way of trying to make up the things that she did wrong with her own kids, whatever the reason may be, there are only so many time I am going to deal with this and then I’m going to go to the Courts myself and file a complaint. If I called the police to many times with false accusations I would get into trouble with them for doing so, especially after finding many of my said cases were unfounded and closed. So please if there is anything at all that I can do without putting my mother into harm’s way
Legally, please make that suggestion to me.
Thanks,
Bill b
Brandy b
Comment by BB — January 21, 2009 @ 8:38 am
it time to make a change because our children was born to us and most parents love there children with all of there heart and we will protect all means,one thing for sure is that the children did not come with instructions on how to love rasie and care for or children, look around that why the crime rate is up the children are out of control compare to when i was growing up i gotten my share of hits,and i can to be just fine, even better i think twice.and this is because the system is failing.
Comment by SHEKILA KEMP — January 22, 2009 @ 11:54 am
do you think i need to retain my own person lawyer, with a paid lawyer will i see better results, because working with the courts lawyer there is no help because the court lawyer keeps promiss me and when i show up to court i get let down feeling hopeless ready to give up, i feel that they dont do the work hard enough,i even feel as they is working close with cps to keep cases going in the courts this is a pay check the longer we go to court their check is big for the end of the week while they are happy with their familys they dont care of me.with a paid lawyer is always best if you ever ran into problems you will not serve time, compare to the courts lawyer you will serve time. is this a true fact should i pay for a lawyer, to help me?if yes what can i expect at court?
Comment by SHEKILA KEMP — January 24, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
There is alot of need to help us parents from the system,everyone seems to be aginst family’s staying together,they only focus on breaking family’s up. In my state CPS workers came and took my children from there home and placed them in foster care and all they want to do is talk about stuff that happon 6 years ago.My three most wonderful children are going through HELL right now because of D.F.A.C. I saw my children the other day for the first time in over a week {since they came and took them out of there home} They took the children on hear say from a family member that was upset at the time.My children are being negleted in foster care They only get to eat three times a day 8 am 12 pm and 5pm,and only gets to drink water,Which they do not like .The foster home feeds them one small T.V.dinner at a time My children are between the ages of 9&13 so they are old enough to tell us what is going on.D.F.A.C. would not let us bring clothes to the children untill we had vistion one week later. My children were DIRTY they said they have not been able to take a bath for days , they have no shampoo, there clothes were so nasty they smelled really bad. They also told me they were unable to sleep good because of bugs crawling all over them.I am hurting for them so bad. I brought to the case workers attention and she acted like no big deal I even took pictures of my children and showed them to the case worker and to the courts of Cobb county Georgia they did not care to see!!! The chidren are the victums of CPS and D.F.A.C. And something needs to be done to put a stop to there abuse that THEY cause the children.
Comment by brianandchristy — January 28, 2009 @ 1:11 am
brian&christy to ready your story brings tears to my eyes and i will say a pray for you and your family and hope that you will bring your babies home soon where it is safe?and also you need to pray and let the most high judge us, keep your faith the most high and sees us all, watch and protection over us all.it’s more than a crime that is taking place im not what you call it,or is it just a pay check.how can we end these type of nightmares.if its any job cuts the states need to make they should cut they jobs first,put money to good use like garthing ways to keep familes together and not tearing them apart?we need to address these type of issuse to the higest power of all power its time for a change and its needed now!
Comment by SHEKILA KEMP — January 30, 2009 @ 9:12 pm