Comments on: Michigan: CPS Social Workers Ignored Mother’s Concerns About the Safety of Her Children in Abusive Foster Home

By: mich

mich — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:17:07 +0000

I don’t see how the best interest of the child is concerned when you have to wait for the result of the administrative hearing for over 7 months. That’s what they do in Michigan now… meanwhile the child is with a mother who is a drug dealer and drunk…

By: grneweene

grneweene — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:12:41 +0000

i wish the state of michigan was hit with a smart bomb, because they are idiots! my daughter and husband have been charged in civil court because the officer had absolutely no evidence for criminal charges. Every vendor, i.e. psychologists, parenting counselors, even the cps worker, states there is and has not been any child abuse or neglect. she has not been found guilty nor not guilty however, she is jumping through hoops to make them, the prosecuting attorney understand that they did not do what they are accused of. for thirty days, they were watched and visited by cps and a parenting counselor, the p.a. says that they could be “faking” their behavior and requested an additional three months of b.s. to see what really goes on, are you kidding me? wtf????/ can we not sue these b–stards? at what point will we as citizens stand up for our constitutional rights? when are we going to say hell no? my daughter has not been found guilty, but yet they are making her comply with things normally left for those found guilty. i’;m ready, i’m willing, and i want to do to them what they falsely accused my daughter of doing. pleeease give me five minutes with that battle axe who is continuing these sick, sick, accusations.

By: Keonah

Keonah — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:31:16 +0000

I live in flint and i told these people over and over again that my child was being beating and they done nothing just saying well will check

By: LindaJoMartin

LindaJoMartin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:47:42 +0000

Swift, get as much on-paper evidence as you can, and take this matter to family court, not to CPS. CPS is too unpredictable and really isn’t there to solve custody problems between divorced parents. You should document everything and file for a change of custody in family court. Some people say that CPS harms every family it touches. Often when people report the other parent to CPS, the children end up in foster homes and are adopted out to strangers and lost forever. Family court is a much better option.

By: Swift

Swift — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:56:24 +0000

My soon to be step children live with thier mother. My fiance’ is a huge part of thier lives. The mother lives with her mom in a trailer home. She has had no job and has not tried to get one. She has let thier medical problems go so bad that literally we had taken them 12 times to the doctors for virus’ and inffections between nov-end of dec. She was found guilty of neglect and abuse and all they did was give her parenting classes. Now the oldest 3 comes home with finger print bruises all over his back. So off course they screw over the dad when he is actually taking care of him just because she is the mother. The good old children are better off with thier mother thing. And the whole dead beat dad thing is punishing the good ones. She also has a 6mth old daughter who she has tried to ween off formula at 3mths old. Now the girl has food allergies now a 6mths she is trying to give her milk against the doctors orders.

By: michiganian

michiganian — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:24:03 +0000

A question for anyone who can answer: I have been waiting for the result of an adminstrative hearing for over 3 months now in Michigan.
How long does it usually take?
What can I do now if the CPS/DHS takes several months to answer?

My attorney said that there is nothing to do, and that we just have to wait.

Is there any timeline for the CPS/DHS to answer? Can they just drag their feet for months before giving an answer?

By: pamela

pamela — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:07:14 +0000

I have the same thing simular to the lady in the story . my abusive husband stole my children away from me and now has custody of them and my 5 year old has had genital bruising and bite marks on him and my 8 year old tells me that his dad and his dads girl friend hits them and treats them diffrent from their kids they have togather .I have reported this several times to the cps and they have refused to investigate this matter and Im at wits end I dont know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: jan mathews

jan mathews — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:12:30 +0000

DCFS has done nothing except collect money and send my daughter to 5 homes all who spanked my child but are they being prosecuted and denied rights after spanking my child -??? No they adopt another child and spank them or abuse them because the state said it is ok. Who proscutes the abusive caretakers when the mother cant even see her child or get a call.

By: Michiganian

Michiganian — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:17:48 +0000

THe CPS/DHS in MIchigan also interviews you with a different language than what is your own family language. When you request for interpreter they deny and/or ignore the request. When you tell the case worker that you do not understand what they say, they tell you that you lie!
The case worker will write in their investigative report that you appeared to be lying.

Make sure you will get a case worker that speaks your own language - also make sure that she/he will understand ENGLISH!

By: Michiganian

Michiganian — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:11:51 +0000

I would also like to point out that the CPS/DHS do not follow their own guidelines and procedures. They do not follow the timelines that they have. For example, in MIchigan, the administrative judge is supposed to answer within 30-60 days. In reality, it takes over 60 days and closer to 3 months before you hear anything!

The CPS supervisor do not answer to expungement letters - at all! If they happen to answer, it will take about 3 months before you get any answer.

The CPS supervisor will tell your attorney that your attorney is not allowed to have any documents or the file. That denial is sent to my attorney in a letter.

The CPS supervisor also claims that
she has sent all the material… however, they will present different documents as evidence in the administrative hearing - some that you have never seen or heard - nor has your attorney.

Also the CPS/DHS mail the letters to a wrong address so that you would not even get the hearing time. I had this happen twice now. I’ve never lived in that address and I don’t even know where it is.

The CPS/DHS also sends mail to persons who are NOT in the registry!!! They will set up an administrative hearing for them - and these persons have not even requested for hearing nor do they need any hearing because they are not in the registry!

Then you have to formally cancel that appointment - otherwise there will be legal procedures against you if you don’t.

These are just a few examples that CPS/DHS does in Michigan.