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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 The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed.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.
Site mission: To provide information and support for families attacked by Child Protective Services and child welfare agents, especially those families facing false or trivial accusations of child abuse or neglect; and for researchers working to protect natural family rights.
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Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations
November 8, 2008
Dawn Robertson of Honk for Kids has lots of work to do in her effort to save children from DCF injustice. Her state, Indiana, has been taking children from their homes far more often than other states. Child detentions in Indiana have risen ten percent while nationwide, detentions dropped four percent since 2004.
In 2007 Indiana’s Department of Child Services (DCS) removed 7712 children from their homes. That was 369 more than in the previous year.
The Associated Press article about the odd statistics quoted Ms. Robertson as saying, “There does not seem to be, with most judges, an independent and unbiased review of all the facts of the cases. It’s very one-sided. DCS’ word is considered gospel.”
The data on Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) child welfare overzealousness was compiled by the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. That’s Richard Wexler’s organization. He pointed out there’s no evidence that children are safer in Indiana and said, “When you are seeing no increase in safety but a huge increase in removals, that means your system is getting worse.”
We who are fighting child welfare insanity in whatever state we’re in should get in the habit of reviewing national child abuse and neglect statistics, as Wexler has done. You’ll never know what there is to find unless you look.
Statistical information:
National Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions
Sources:
Report says state removing more kids from homes by Tim Evans, published on November 8, 2008 in the Indiana Star.
Report says state removing more kids from homes, an AP article published on November 8, 2008 in the Chicago Tribune.
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There is an 800 phone number posted on the site for the benefit of hapless Indiana citizens, accosted by CPS.
I truly believe that citizens of each state MUST WORK TOGETHER TO DEFEAT THE MISTAKES WHICH CPS GENERATES.
Please, let’s work together……
Comment by Fern — November 11, 2008 @ 10:48 am
CPS is a good branch of government that at times has gone sour. Perhaps it would help if individuals that sent complaints into CPS were held liable for their comments instead of the current system of granting individual(s) complete immunity and anonymity for the priviledge of making complaints.
Comment by Tom Postone — December 17, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
I live in hamilton county,In.I have recently been accused of neglect of my three children. The reason why was because i had been accused of giving alcohol to a minor.and also taking 4 fully clothes pictures of a 17 yr old.breast.(she was posing at her free will) this I feel was wrong to do because I am an adult and should have kept her away from me but i failed at that.while I was voluntairaly speeking with the detectives at the station,They had my children taken from my home while they were with my fiance.they had never even heard any of my side of the story at this point.but still had my two sons removed and put into foster care and would not let me see them.I had taken custody of my boys 4 years ago when there mother had dropped them off to me before christmas and said she couldnt deal with it anymore and she had been doing to meth and needed mental treatment for suicidal thoughts.I had her declared unfit and the court awarded me full custody.CPS had declared me neglectful of my children because I had a few drinks while they were in bed!!! so they awarded custody back to there drug addicted mother,and took away my father rights even though the judge in Michigan that signed the order told CPS that they were completely safe with me.I watched both my boys take there very first breath and have worshipped there lives ever since.now I am a heartbroken father that comes home from work everyday,but not to be able to hug my little boys anymore,just to fight back the tears caused by the stillness in my home that was always filled with laughter and love.I now have a new motto. NO-ONE WILL TAKE FROM ME THAT WHICH GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH!!! I will fight and I will not stop till I win my sons back.now all I have is a necklace that I bought for Joshua and a bracelet that Brandon wanted me to wear for him.thats what I have on me to make me remember to never stop fighting till they come home!!! CPS of Hamilton county,IN has ruined my family!and taken a part of who I am and what I lived for when they took my boys……..
Comment by michael hodge — January 8, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
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my girlfriend is in A foster home beacause her mom is a diabetic and she had a diabetic shock because her docter gave her the wrong insulin and they took her away and she had a hearing yesterday and they decided that she nor her brother can come home because “they have anxiety” and they say this is because they worry about their mother. Hmmm did you know you can have your kids kept from you because they love you too much?
Comment by Earl Wilson — January 8, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
On Nov. 20, 2008 the Superior Court #2, Grant Co. IN. recommended placement of our three grandchildren in our home in WI. Dec. 29th we moved the children back to WI. to live with us. The children were in foster care in IN. for a year and a half. We agree that the children were rightfully removed from their mother/our daughters care. Although the goal had been reunification with their mother; it finally became obvious to all, including her; that she was not capable of fulfilling that responsibility as was needed. Thankfully Grant Co. Child Welfare Dept., with our daughter’s consent allowed us visitation and involvement from the beginning. Of course if it hadn’t been for a former friend of our daughter notifying us of what was happening, this may not have been the case. That was obviously very beneficial to our grandchildren’s well being. We are very thankful for that. An obvious problem with 2 of the three foster homes was too many children in the home, not allowing enough time for adult supervision and guidance of the children. Knowing how much time we now need to devote to the children and their homework I’m quite sure that the foster parents did not have or take the time to devote to homework. When the children were placed in foster care, while they were in foster care and when they were moved from one home to another it seems no one bothered to explain to the children why they were there and why they could’nt return to their mother. The youngest was 5 years old when they were placed in foster care. Somehow she, as the other children were just expected to simply adjust to living with strangers in a strange home. Yet early on place great emphasis we teaching children “NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS”. When they couldn’t sleep at night in a strange home, in a strange bed suddenly living with strangers or didn’t adjust well to their new situation pills was the answer. What a cruel way to deal with children. All three children are now behind grade level here in WI. IN.’s educational system may also be behind that of WI., that I don’t know. But I’m also guessing that enough time was’nt spent on homework in the foster homes. Obviously the blanket of fear they lived under added to their emotional problems which in turn also inhibited their learning process. If only people in the system would make sure the children were treated the same way they would want their own children treated. If only many of the foster homes weren’t just about as disfunctional as the children’s own home had been. There just has to be a better way to care for the welfare of children. Knsheb@att.net
Comment by Sandra Heberling — January 20, 2009 @ 11:03 am
My husband and I had applied for a foster/adopt license, we passed all the classes, and back ground checks. We have no criminal history and our children are home schooled. We attend church every Sunday and have plans to open a little church here in town because the youth out reach has grown so strong. Two weeks after we where given our license it was revoked! The case worker told me I was a bad mother who made poor choices for my children. I could not understand why? She said I needed to have my children taken away for home schooling, and that because I had “several unsubstantiated” reports of child abuse 8 years ago and she was not going to give me the opportunity to screw up any more kids. I explained to her that the phone calls where all made by my ex husband during a messy custody battle where he was arrested for felony child battery and him mother worked for child protection and this was just there retaliation for me trying to get full custody. Any one can file an allegation for abuse (cry wolf) it doesn’t mean you are guilty. She said because My ex husband and My husbands ex wife both have criminal records it makes us bad people. My husband has been divorced from his ex wife 13 years we do not talk to her ever. I have been divorced from my ex for 8 years and don’t talk to him, but because they have criminal records we are bad parents. She also went on to say I should be glad she doesn’t investigate me to see if I need my children removed from my home for not being in school! I told her I was sick of being treated like a criminal for trying to help children, I felt like this was a witch hunt because I am a full time christian mother that home schools. She told me to try and save some one else because I would never have a foster car license. I asked her if I was being refused a license because I am a christian and she said no it was because I failed to mention in my application that I had a “history” of child neglect. I just don’t understand it? Is this the reason why there are so many children in foster care? Do they do this to every one?
Comment by Jannette — February 10, 2009 @ 6:51 am
Jannette, you are right. They have been known to make things up to rip children away from their natural parents. CPS social workers cannot be trusted. Many seem to care more about winning a case in the unconstitutional secret courts rather than telling the truth and protecting healthy loving families. I’m glad you got through that scathing insanity without having your children removed.
I am a BIG proponent of homeschooling, and hope that your rights to homeschool always remain intact. I would like to see all homeschooling separated from any government control because it is clear that government agents (many if not most) do not want what’s best for children.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — February 10, 2009 @ 10:09 am
Sandra and Linda Jo:
The nationally known firm,
http://www.childrensrights.org
States that they can now litigate based on certain abusive behavior done to FOSTER CHILDREN.
Naturally, they will only handle clean, impeccable cases.
They have developed a team of cooperating attys in at least 20 states.
Mostly they win. They got 12M for the starving adoptive boys in NJ.
I believe they are now targeting OK DHS.
Their site is worth digesting.
Linda, how about a front page story based on non-profits and Family Law and Children Law, based in the law schools?
Calif has National Center for Youth Law.
There are others. Some have been helped by these actual clinics.
Comment by Fern — February 10, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Linda,
I am wondering what you intend to do about your rights being violated in such a manner?
Comment by KidsFirst — February 28, 2009 @ 8:36 am
whoops! that comment was for Janette,not Linda, sorry!
Comment by KidsFirst — February 28, 2009 @ 8:47 am
I feel cps is on a power trip, but in this case that I have been working on for a couple years is the opposite story.
In this county of Indiana Cps goes to great length to make sure that the children are in their parents custody no-matter how unstable, violent, abusive they are. I have seen this one parent with drug abuse, abusive, and extreme neglect for their child, all with 18 years of proof. Especially the last 2 years. The 18 years is with the first child and now with a 12 year old, a half sister of the other.
There is so much abuse and neglect that it would take up 2-4 pages.
cps will still manipliate the court system, not read court orders and do what ever they can to put the child with the unstable mother.
Even though there are family members willing to take custody of the child. They won’t even consider the family members after the judge said to evaluate the family member.
What I see is a total opposite of what you all are going through.
This child and many more in this county is being abused, neglected by parents but…
Another case where a 16 year old gets raped and beaten and her 12 year old sister is made to watch, all by their step father. cps gets a call and removes the children for 1 month and returns the children with little to no research and evaluations.
As soon as the children return the 12 year old gets raped and beaten.
Sorry people,
but I believe every case is different and should be handled differently.
from my experiences, in this county I am fighting to keep the children away from the unstable parents.
I feel for what you all are going through and I hope you find peace to get your children back.
Comment by another county — April 22, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
In Johnson County, it seems as if DCS is only interested in ignoring psychologists/therapists that have a professional and therapeutic relationship with children and pursuing their own agenda. In one case, they “don’t agree with the method of treatment” of the child’s psychologist, while in another case they “can’t substantiate because the children didn’t tell us (DCS workers who are complete and total strangers to these young children) anything, and mom says we can’t come over and talk to her and the kids,” which essentially amounts to the same: they do not believe the children’s therapist and are intent on making decisions based on their own egotistical opinions, despite being completely unqualified to judge the diagnoses and treatments of psychiatrists, psychologists, and certified mental health counselors.
In the first case, the child has a diagnosis from a psychiatrist and psychologist of (ADHD and) ODD, meaning he never tells the truth, is spiteful and vindictive, refuses to accept responsibility for his actions, refuses to follow rules and instructions, argues with adults, and does anything and everything to avoid getting in trouble (including lying and pitting adults against one another to remove focus from himself and his misdeeds). It is evident that DCS has NEVER taken his diagnosis into account, or they have no understanding of it whatsoever. They have continued to pusue the mother as guilty with NO substantiating evidence, the backing of the mother by mental health professionals, and despite the child having recanted his story every single time to other adults, school officials, law enforcement, juvenile court, juvenile probation, and his psychologist/therapist. They continue to AGGRESSIVELY investigate each and every report made as a result of lies told by the child (to avoid punishment), in an attempt to MAKE the allegations true, arriving unannounced at all hours at the home of the mother, demanding to be let inside, threatening law enforcement action, threatening removal of all the children (even though reports only involve the lying child), and going against “agreements” made with the mother and her attorney “to avoid coming out once a month or more when we (DCS) get a report.” There have been several documented instances of DCS case workers not presenting and/or taking into account ALL facts, and presenting their own blatant lies for truths. Mom is college educated, attends church, has always held a job, has no history of violent/abusive/inapropriate behavior, and no criminal record. This woman is being persecuted by DCS for having done nothing wrong, and worse yet, has no legal recourse against these people even when they are proven to be in the wrong. When does this stop? When DCS has ripped apart yet another family? Isn’t it supposed to be innocent until proven guilty? I don’t think repeated reports, especially made as a result of a child proven to be a pathological liar, make a person guilty.
In the second case in this same county, two young children have been caught by family members acting out sexual acts with one another, both clothed and naked, relate watching pornographic-type movies “with mommy,” can tell the channel number the movies are shown on, and relate not only sleeping in the same room with their mother and her boyfriend, but also witnessing those same adults performing the same sexual acts they try to imitate with one another. All this has been related to family members AND a psychologist/therapist who has a professional and therapeutic relationship with the children (and is not the same person as either of the afore-mentionned mental health professionals). Yet because these two young children did not feel comfortable talking about or showing these same acts in to a total stranger (the DCS case worker), and because the mother would not allow DCS to come to her home and interview her, her boyfriend, or the children while in her care (DCS only called to ask permission), DCS did nothing but say they were unable to substantiate and find no reason to remove the children from the mother’s care. Nevermind that mom has a long history of mental health issues, mom’s boyfriend is not supposed to be present in her home AT ALL when the children are there because of prior physical abuse allegations, mom has been proven to be lying in court, and mom has also been proven to have used the children to gain government funds for food, living arrangements, etc, for the children while the children were not in her custody. When will DCS step in and do the right thing here? Does the family have to wait for a catastrophic event before something gets done? Will the DCS workers be reprimanded in any way for doing nothing here? Again, same county (Johnson), same department, case workers and supervisors, and two TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE outcomes that are most certainly and very obviously not based on evidence or fact.
What recourse does the mom have int he first instance, or do the relatives have in the second case? The law leaves these conscience-less DCS workers free and clear to do whatever they please without fear or danger of being reprimanded for their own errors, poor judgement, and activities related to these cases, while children and adults, FAMILIES are continuing to suffer and be torn apart at the hand of these cruel people who work for this unregulated, lawless agency.
Comment by victim of the system — June 14, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
INDIANA GROUP
Established years ago. Toll free #.
http://www.honkforkids.com
Comment by Fern — June 15, 2009 @ 5:53 am
I live in Marion County and on May 21, 2009 i took my children out in the front yard to play. I would sit on the front steps and my van actually would block people’s view of me. At 5:30 i decided to put my 1 year old down for a nap and left my 7 and 3 year old in the front yard to play with there friend thinking i would only be in the house for just a minute after getting sick ( 24 weeks pregnant) i ran back outside and to my dismay the kids had taken off. My husband who had just arrived home went looking for them while i stayed at home in case they came back. 30 minutes later i was arrested for neglect of a dependent and 2 of my children were taken to foster care. they had only gotten a block and a half away. After i was arrested CPS showed up at our door and they walked right in with 3 police officers threatening my husband if he did not release my 1 year old to them. My children were put in all diffrent foster cares my son never recieved his medication, and my 7 year old ended up in the hospital with vomiting and diarreah. We finally got them back June 12,2009 we are still dealing with nightmares and CPS showing up.
Comment by Lisa Benefiel — September 1, 2009 @ 9:31 am
I will be writing a paper on this issue in one of my classes starting next week and I was wondering if anyone has any good articles I could read. Please let me know, I would appreciate it. ~Kat
Comment by Kat Inskeep — October 14, 2009 @ 6:32 am