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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 The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed.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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July 1, 2009
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Hi
I need help, with keeping my 3 grandkids, my daughter left them with me, in my care and then never came back, men and drugs were more important, I went to the local CPS office to get information on how to get gardianship of them, and was told I couldn’t I had to become thier foster parent inorder to keep them, and inorder to do that I had to either move or buy a new mobile home, my home was paid for, I have a horse ranch, moving isn’t that easy, so in order to buy a new house, I had to quit my government job and pull my retirement to buy a newer house. I was told that by law the mobile home had to be newer than 1976 and/or have cooper wiring, the home was a 1976, and did have cooper wiring, b ut since it did not have the red HUD sticker on it, I was also told that the payments would be retro to the date I took custdy of the kids, a year and a half later final got approved fr the foster care licence after having to spend over 65K, but in the mean time the kids were with me and ever thing was ok.
We get get a new caseworker who is supposed to be an adoption worker, the filed case plans from the beginning have been that I was going to adopt if my daughter didn’t get it together, in January 09, now all of a sudden I’m the biggest POS that walked the face of the EARTH and she was going to do what she could to take the kids from me. Come to find out she is an adoptive parent herself and wanted this sibling group to adopt, she went as far as to tell this to the oldest childs father this when she tried to get him to reliquish, thank GOD he told her to pound sand. Back to what she’s done and why I need help, she has made false claims, she has refused to do her job as far as the adoption goes, she has done nothing but stall, now she has invented that case plans for the fathers have never been filed so it has to be done prior to the termination, because the fathers pay child support, if they do I don’t see it, even though I had to file for it through the DA. She has gone against the laws of the state and her supervisors back her. Now the good part, she has quit about 3 weeks ago, and now the new worker, the supervisor, and the foster care worker, keep treatening to take the kids from me, they have come to my home pushed past my 21 year old daughter to come into the house,when I wasn’t home and told them they had to wait until I got home to come over, which is a voilation of my rights as a fostercare provider. This case has been mismanaged from the beginning, there is much more to this case the is the highlights or lowlights if you would rather.
Comment by carla — July 8, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Hi Maggie, I joined the message forum. I dont see any option on there for sending you a private message. Can you tell me how to do that, thanks.
Comment by Melissa Delgaudio — July 8, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
PLEASE HELP!
My wife and I are going CRAZY!
We live in the peoria Illinois area
I need a GOOD lawyer who handles DCFS problems. Already had one lawyer back out of case, saying it was to much for him.
Comment by Mike Gray — July 8, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
Melissa, you can send Maggie a PM - Private Message - on the message board. There’s a link under each of her postings.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 9, 2009 @ 6:28 am
Please help me find a lawyer in Indiana to get my parental rights re-instated!! The State NEVER proved its case against me, much less ever found proof of parental unfitness. they just wanted to get my son adopted so they could collect their bonuses!!! It’s NOT about the children, it’s about the MONEY!! i have been to free legal clinics and i can’t get them to take my case and i am getting fed up. PLEASE HELP!! This is my only child, and being separated from his LOVING mother for NO good reason is NOT good for either of us!!
SHerri D, and Freddie, too.
Comment by Sherri D — July 9, 2009 @ 7:05 am
Please I need a attorney in Phoenix, AZ . fieldministy at hotmail.com
Comment by jean — July 9, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
hello, I think i need some help with a current situation involving CPS.
I am trusting in this site because the town i grew up in does not make me feel comfortable at all trusting the court appointed defense lawyers I have seen them in action and it is hardly a defense at all. It has become more of a game of taunts and jokes between the district attorney and the appointed lawyers while the persons on interest is just passed along.
All the lawyers are fresh out of college and have a hard time actually talking to a judge or will back down if the district attorney is slightly aggressive. I have been through the system here enough to have seen the system do whatever without any questions,
My main point is that I know defense lawyers by law have to defend you with all means, that strictly does not happen here because of the imposed fear.
So if anyone is willing to help here is my case:
My girlfriend and I have recently had a baby. The history surrounding this baby is the problem. We have both been struggling with certain addictions and tensions surrounding the whole idea of a baby in general. Well During the pregnancy she did very well not allowing her addictions to take control while i on the other hand was questioning ever getting straight. About 2 months before the baby was due i made a very strict decision, “TO QUIT EVERY ADDICTION”. I told my boss family and went to my doctor for help, Well i have now been 4 months completely clean from cocaine, smoking, drinking, or any other substance and loving it. The problem arose about two weeks after the pregnancy my girlfriend realized that nothing was stopping her from that old self and decided to get drunk. We live in different apartments but same building. I was home that day from work and very tired, she decided she wanted to drink and kept asking, and asking, so i went and got some beer.
I was about 3 months sober at this point and did not plan on drinking.well she drank a lot which during the phase I tried many ways to stop her from continuing. She can be very aggressive and that was not the time to fight because the baby was present.
She was smoking (cigarettes), refusing to leave, and continuing to get trashed for a reason to this day still caught me by surprise.
I was unsure to try and take the baby because any violent swing would have not been good. So I went with the approach to calm her down and go to bed.
During this conversation she slightly taunted me by saying she was going to drive somewhere.
When the conversation ended she had me convinced she was not going to drive and if for any reason she did the baby would be left with me.
This sounded reasonable until about 5 in the morning she left drunk and with the baby. I later woke up around 9 unaware of anything missing and actually called my boss to say i would not be in because i most likely was going to have to take care of the baby all day due to the females condition. So once done, i headed downstairs to figure out she had drove.
Later on my mother got hold of me to let me know she had hit someones car, left scene of accident, DWI, and endangering the welfare of a child. It wasn’t really a surprise at this point. So i was to get her at the state barracks they charged me with unlawfully dealing with a child(Girlfriend who was 20 and two months away from being 21). Also CPS was there and not knowing i told them my whole story of becoming sober and how this escalated to an argument and her eventually leaving. Well after everything I am now charged with neglect and probably abuse.
I would like to represent myself in this matter due to the not so defending options, But with the help and guidance of someone who may be able to offer various legal direction as the case evolves. I have researched how to represent myself here and have also vigorously read the paper work and accusations of what is going on. Well there is more to be said and i will leave that to the kind individual who would like to help me.
Here is some inspiration, I have been seeing my doctor for a certain prescription that has been helping me stay clean before this took place, CPS decided one day to show up questioning my prescription, have my parents take it, and try to use the matter against me without ever consulting my doctor. I know there are things wrong here and a little help would be nice along the way.
Comment by Zach Lacourse — July 9, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
Mike Gray in IL and poster from IN:
Illinois:
http://www.familydefensecenter.net
Well-known firm in Chi town who has litigated v dcfS up to Supreme Court. See Website— if they do not handle Peoria, perhaps they can give you a contact or referrral.
INDIANA:
http://www.honkforkids.com Look at the site and their Youtube channel, too.
Comment by fern — July 10, 2009 @ 4:57 am
Need an Attorney in Illinois. DCFS Petition for Adjudication of Wardship. They are “wanting to preform services on me and my family”. DCFS will not specify what “services” they can or will offer. DCFS has not released to me why they are doing this.
In February 2009 DCFS received 2-3 hotline calls per day aledging that my children do not have food, adequate shelter, are not receiving medical treatment, that I am on drugs, I am trying to destroy my children, ect. On March 12, 2009 I obtained an Emergency Order of Protection against my parents and sister. (persons who I aledged as the callers) And the calls stopped. The states attorney will not seek harassment because the calls were anonymous. I have an old petition from 2000 that my parents and sister were conspiring with my ex-husband to take custody of my children and try to prove me unfit. My ex did not sign it. He instead started participating in our childrens’ lives.
Again in 2006, my parents made another attempt to remove my children aledging that they have been in their care since birth (untrue).
I have copies of the reports dating back to 1989. In the more recent investigations from 1998 to present the calls are anonymous. Yet they have phone numbers and statements. All have been unfounded.
DCFS indicated me on the last 3 since I did not allow them into my home and my children refused to speak with them anymore.
DCFS has made the assumption that the accusations are true without an investigation.
The investigator “threatened” me that if I do not cooperate (let him into my home and make my children speak to him) he will bring on prosecution for all the allegations.
I have not heard anything on this since the OOP in March until now.
There were according to the field petition, 2 other hearings on this matter in June neither of which I was a party to.
DCFS states that my children are abused/neglected yet I have seen no proof nor have I had the opportunity to defend myself or bring witnesses.
Email: QcyMom at care2.com
Comment by Geri M — July 10, 2009 @ 5:56 am
Geri, they probably cannot close a case unless you allow them to see your children. And not allowing government agents is your 4th Amendment right - but they can go get a court order if they want to pursue it. They usually don’t if you can verify that the children are healthy and being well cared for. The best way to get them to back off before a child is detained is to retain an attorney. Check out the link that Fern just posted for Illinois residents: http://www.familydefensecenter.net … I hope that helps!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 10, 2009 @ 10:56 am
I had posted this on the wrong page last month. As I have made everyone aware, I am in desperate need of a CPS lawyer in Texas because I had a run-in with CPS and my kids were forced to stay with my mom and her husband. And now by the looks of it, my mom is going to refuse to give the kids back no matter what I’ve done to get custody of them again. Myself and my husband are trying really hard to jump through these hoops and I’ve recently learned that my mom has slandered both myself and my husband behind our backs to my other family members. So if anyone knows of a good CPS lawyer, please feel free to send me a name and number. My email is hotmommy242004 at yahoo.com
Comment by J.Futral — July 10, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
I also forgot to add that to date, she’s also been coaching the kids into saying that my husband abused them, which is totally bogus. He would never do that to my children. And today, I’ve tried calling her 3 times to talk to the kids, as I have been everyday for the past 2 to 3 weeks, and every time I’ve called her it went straight to voicemail. Please, I need to find a lawyer that handles CPS cases in the state of Texas, as soon as possible. My email address is listed above in the previous post that I had left. Thank you!
Comment by J.Futral — July 10, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
My grandchildren were taken from my son in Maine almost 3 years ago. DHHS has since terminated the parental rights of both the parents. DHHS came to us to see if we were interested in a family adoptive placement, which we are. That was in Sept 2008. Since then they have thrown just about every road block you can imagine including falsely accusing us of child abuse. The children are in Maine in custody of DHHS. We live in VT. We are in need of a good attorney that will fight DHHS (cps) in Maine. I have a great deal of documentation (from DHHS) that indicates the poor level of care my grandchildren are receiving. everything from improper nutrition to poor medical and medication management.
emador at yahoo.com
Comment by Ernest — July 10, 2009 @ 7:40 pm
I am looking for a civil rights attorney who is willing to sue the county, CPS and parties involved in my case.
Can anyone recommend someone? I am in Orange County but I might prefer to have an attorney out of the county.
Thank you. Please contact me at 714-751-2543.
Comment by Kristin Hanson — July 10, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
J.Futral - have you tried contacting Paul Stuckle? He’s the only one I know of in TX just off the top of my head though I’ve heard of many outstanding activists there. If he’s not in your area you can ask for a referral. He’s a crusader against CPS and a message board moderator on our forum here, though I don’t know how often he visits these days.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 11, 2009 @ 5:06 am
Ernest, I don’t know any DHHS attorneys in Maine but I suggest you contact Paula Werme in NH to ask if she can give you a referral.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 11, 2009 @ 5:11 am
Kristin - try going to your local courthouse and looking through the databases of cases filed there. You’re sure to find quite a few filed against the Department of Social Services. Ask to look at the case files and take note of the attorneys that filed those cases. Best of luck to you!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 11, 2009 @ 5:21 am
I am needing assistance in Lexington, NC about a case brought againest me concerning my own children. I gravely need this help and need it as soon as possible. Things will be taking a turn for the worst for my children on July 30th if I cannot find help!
Comment by Lorri — July 12, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
Lorri - welcome to the site. You might need to read this article: Who Will Help Prepare Your CPS Case?
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 12, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
hi my name is ronald waniger and i’m looking for a lawyer for my case. i was wrongfully accused of leaving my son alone at home. my ex-girlfriend and i got in an argument one night and i left and she was still at the house with my son when i left. she called the cops afterwards and lied and told them she was gone and came home and found my son there alone and that i must of left him alone.
i talked to the cops and told them she was lying and the officer told me if they felt she was telling the truth i would be charged with abandonment but the police never charged me. a couple days later human services came to talk to me and i told them she was lying and they still moved forward with there case even though i was never charged by the police.
they wrongfully put me on a consent decree because i wasnt adjudicated the father yet. at the time the worker was giving me legal advice outside the courtroom telling me to just plead no contest because that meant i wasnt admitting to being guilty of anything and that i would only have to do 4 supervised and then they would let me visit him regularly and i had nothing to hide so i agreed to it.
i found out after 4 weeks that she lied and her attitude had totally changed when court was through.i later found out when we went back to court to have it changed to a court order and i had been adjudicated the father by this time that they had no right to put me on a consent decree for anything but was still not given my right to a jury trial and they should of had to seeings how they messed up but they refused to do so or give me a court appointed attorney to understand my rights. but i felt the agreement from the consent decree we made should of been dismissed and it wasnt they just continued the case as if they never did anything against the law.
later on my ex-girlfriend admitted to social services she lied about me and we had court afterwards and they did nothing about it even though they know she lied. shes also bi-polar and just flips out about stuff out of nowhere and will start fighting with someone for no reason that right there should of put up a red flag seeings how the cops didnt believe her and she has no witnesses to show that her story wasnt a lie the worker never investigated the case they never spoke with anyone that knows me.
the neglect allegation was a lie there only witness told them she lied and they refuse to give my son back there moving forward to adoption in a couple months and the other thing is they said i have a history of drug abuse issues and thats bullshit because i’ve never been charged for drugs or even failed a drug test there just making things up because my son was taken away from my ex a couple months after the consent decree started because they found out she was a drug addict. thats why i broke up with her cause she started using drugs around my son and she would always lie to me and fight with me cause her bipolar got worse when she started the drugs.
if theres any lawyers in wisconsin that can help me please contact me at my e-mail its pimpinpinner69 at yahoo.com thank you i only have a couple months left before i lose him they refuse to give me a court appointed attorney
Comment by ronald waniger — July 13, 2009 @ 1:23 am
also they only give me one supervised visit a week for one hour and they wont let me see him at my house i have to go down there to see him and my mom his grandma cant even see him because the worker has something against her but i dont understand how they can only give me an hour a week i need a lawyer and someone that can explain to me my rights because i feel they’ve completely been violated please help me out with this thank you
the workers name is vicky jerovets of manitowoc county someone needs to investigate her and her supervisor lane kinzel also my son is in an abusive and controlling home hes only 2 years old my ex girlfriends adopted mother susan barbeau has him and she hit my ex across the face when she was 16 and my ex hit her back so the woman called the cops on her and she was placed in a different foster home until she was 18
Comment by ronald waniger — July 13, 2009 @ 1:34 am
my children have not been taken away from me (yet). CPS has issued both of my children (4 and 6) have medical exams done. They have never been abused, I know this b/c they are always with me, they do go to daycare, they’ve been there since they were 1 year and 7 months. But I know my children and am very aware of how they act, paying close attention to any difference in their personalities, emotions, etc., etc.
They have done no investigating into what type of person I am, they haven’t interviewed family members or even the daycare provider.
They have made the appointment for my children to be “probed” by their doctors on the 30th of July, and they have not stopped to think of the lasting empression it will leave them with. They have in their mind that they know they have been abused and nothing I have tried to say has made any difference.
The supervisor even went as far to tell me that “We don’t have to interview any one person, if we see fit to have the exams done, then they will be done!”
Comment by Lorri — July 13, 2009 @ 9:34 am
HELP!!!
i have 2 children that have been taken from me and put into foster care. i have been coursed with my kids as hostage into signing vpas and have been lied to and retaliated against by social worker because of the childrens father telling the cps worker what bs she was doing wich led to last sec. notices of court hearings she imediatley filed after. i have a public def. and feel he is not listening or tring to help me. it has been the longest 3 months of my life. all of the allegations are from 2yrs ago from a privious case wich was unfounded.everything in there statements catastrofize the whole incident that took place it is also only pointing out part of the story. i have vouluntarily put my self in classes . once cps found this out they then made more recomendations to follow to get my kids. my family and childrens lives are being destroyed. i have yet to tell my story to cps they have never even asked. i also do not get regular visitations with my kids. everyday i pray i can find someone with info on what to do or someone who is willing to help me get my life back. i love my children dearly and need them back for their best intrest and mine. i have a trial date for july 20.
Comment by mandy — July 13, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
i SIGNED MY SON OVER VOLUNTERLY IN NOV.2008, BECAUSE i HAVE NO FAMILY, AND NO FRIENDS @ THE TIME. i SIGNED HIM OVER BECAUSE MY BOYFRIEND @ THE TIME STOLE MY MEDICATION, AND I WAS SUFFERING WITHDRAWLS AND NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THEVE HAD MY SON EVERY SINCE AND WILL NOT GIVE HIM BACK.. THEY GIVE ME SERVICES AND THEN TAKE THEM AWAY.. NOT MENTIONING ALL THE OTHER THINGS THEYVE DONE TO ME.. ALL I HAVE IS A COURT APT. ATTORNEY. THAT DOES NOTHING FOR ME. i’M ALSO MENTALY DISABLED AND CPS IS USING THAT AGAINST ME, PLUS IM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT AND THERE ALREADY TELLING ME THERE GOING TO TAKE THIS CHILD. PLEASE HELP. IM ON MY FRIENDS COMPUTER IT IS EASIER TO REACH ME BY PHONE.360-694-5055 help ME PLEASE!
Comment by DESTINY SHUEMAKER — July 13, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
Mandy, since you have a public defender, try to make that person work for you. Also take over responsibility for gathering documentary evidence and writing legal documents. This site is here to show you how. There are document samples in our legal document library.
Read: Who Will Help Prepare Your CPS Case? and Make Your Court Appointed Lawyer Work for YOU.
Also, about telling the CPS workers your story… don’t bother. The more you say the more they’ll try to use it against you. Instead put your story into the format of a Declaration (also called an Affidavit) and have it filed at the court for the JUDGE to read. This is something you should discuss with your attorney in the letter you’re going to write to him.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 13, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
Destiny, welcome to the site. Please read what I wrote to Mandy — that message is for you too.
Also, for feedback on your case please register at our message board.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 13, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
need a lawyer who will fight against CPS and get them to close our unwarranted case. Please, Please have mercy and help us. Thank you.
Denver, CO 80219
Comment by Denise Whisler — July 14, 2009 @ 12:01 am
4 yrs. Can’t take it no more. Need a lawyer from outside NV. Please call me at (775) 379-8400 anytime - Jacqui
Comment by jacqui shrout — July 14, 2009 @ 11:45 am
My handicapped daughter needs her human and civil rights protected. She has now aged out of the system, but needs her human and civil rights protected. Please help!!!! (775) 379-8400 (anytime) Jacqui
Comment by jacqui shrout — July 14, 2009 @ 11:47 am
I am in desprate need of an attorney in the state of Oregon to help me keep my parental rights. The State came in the day after my son was born and removed him from my care. They stated neglect and abuse. I was still in the hospital recovering from a c-section. The state told me that in order for me to get custody of my son back, I had to go through parenting class, which I did. I even went through classes that I found and paid for. I even to a CPR class. Now they are saying that due to my disability, (I have a learning problem.) that it is not feasiable to return Jake to me. My attorney is working for the state, not for me. Now my caseworker is telling me that I have two choices. I either sign my rights away or they will remove them when I go to court in August. I need someone who is willing to work WITH me to get Jake home where he belongs. It doesn’t help that the foster parent really wants Jake and they have made that perfectly clear to CPS. Please I am desperate to get Jake back and I missed all of his first year of life except for the Mondays that I get to go see him. And that isn’t always a vist that I get because the foster mother likes to plan “family” vacations on those days. I am low income, (on SSI) which is another thing they are holding against me. So in turn they are stating that someone on SSI is not “mental” enough to have a child nor do they have enough money to raise a child. Please someone help
Comment by Roseanna Smith — July 17, 2009 @ 10:53 am
Help needed in Arlington TX.
My step-daughters step mother filed false allegations against my son of sexual misconduct. CPS has been involved and just informed me that the two of them could never be together unsupervised again. No legal charges or inditements. Physical exam shows no sign of sexual activity for either. Allegations by step mother and bio father come from the fact that he is almost $7600 behind on child support and currently serving time for child porn and sexual assualt of a child, both state and FBI are involved.
Just this fact alone shows this to be false, but add to the fact that the little girl never once mentioned the “outcry” to either parent she lives with. CPS interviewed her (and videotaped it) without either parent present and will not let her mother or i see the tapes. They wont even talk to me, stating that they can only talk to her bio mother, even though I am a legal guardian.
So with all this going on, I’m asking if anyone knows a lawyer in the area willing to take this as a pro bono or CPS pays for type case. We cannot afford our own lawyer and this is what goads CPS on to violate our rights.
Comment by Forrest Harden — July 17, 2009 @ 11:55 am
Please I need help with montgomery co tx cps they have lied many times and have taken my 16 year old daughter with no allegation of abuse and refused contact with my daughter. i have little money but am told by johanna scott a parents advocate i have a good case. they have broken every law in the book even lied to law enforcement and allowed my daughter to leave the state to utah with my permission and with do posses,
Comment by Jo Ann Smith — July 17, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
please i really need help it is without my permission and due process
Comment by Jo Ann Smith — July 17, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
Roseanna, contact Oregon Family Rights.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 17, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
Forrest - contact Paul Stuckle.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 17, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
I need a defense lawyer to fight in riverside county california .my kids been in there care over nine years. I need help
Comment by sophia Diaz — July 18, 2009 @ 1:11 pm
I force myself to read these stories. So horrible. I know all the pain
Comment by Walt — July 19, 2009 @ 6:52 pm
My name is Tiffaney and I am a mother fighting for my daughter and my newborn grandson. I have been informed by CPS that they’ll be filing a petition against me for “not providing proper care”, while I was placed in the El Doraado County jail, after trying to clear a (FTA) warrant that I wasn’t aware I’d had.
My daughter came to me shortly after the birth of her son and informed me she was thinking of giving her son up for adoption. I wouldn’t have it, and chose to step up as the acting parent in my grandson’s life, as well. It has been my absolute pleasure to do so, and until recently I thought it was bringing my daughter and I even closer, in our own bond, too.
My daughter is working with the agency and case worker, since I have recently discovered and restricted her from having an intimate relationship with a 22 yr. old man, along with her cell phone priveledges.
While I was obtained in El Dorado County, my 16 yr. old daughter decided it best to sneak out of our home, while our roommate was asleep. She wrote a note for our roommate, thanking him for allowing us to stay in his home, which I now have as proof that she was in the care of a responsible adult. My daughter told officials that she was left without proper supervision, with a man who “freaked out on her and kicked her out of the house”. From what I have gathered from the CPS worker, my daughter was found in the middle of the night walking down Stockton Blvd., carrying her newborn son, (a major street in Sacramento, known for being in an undesired location). The police contacted CPS, and this has all transpired from that point.
My child is now being placed in the care of Foster parents and, I’m told, the baby is being placed in the same home. As I explained to the worker, not so nicely on the phone today after hearing of this, this never would’ve happened had my daughter been the responsible parent she should’ve been and kept her son at home with her, exactly where she souldv’e been at 2:30 in the morning. The social worker insists that this never would’ve happened had I been at home, but that is left to wonder. (I am a very heavy sleeper and have been seen by doctor’s for it as a child, my parent’s thought there was something wrong with me. I argue that I would’ve known even if I had been in the same bed as my daughter, and my daughter is very aware of this, too.)
One other piece of info, which is to my benefit in this arguement, my daughter has a reputation for running away. She is currently on formal probation for this, along with several other charges she has picked up while not wanting to follow rules and listen to authorities.
I am at a loss, and I don’t quite know where to turn for help with this. I am fearful of never seeing my grandchild again, and I need someone who knows the law to please stand up for me and fight in court for me on this!
The petition, that’s being filed against me in the matter, is going to court on the 22nd of July, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. If anyone reads this that can please help me, in either providing me information of the law or otherwise, and/or who’ll be in the area and is in anyway able to be in court as my acting attorney or counsel, I’d be grateful and forever appreciative.
Thank you for your assistance in any way, in advance.
Sincerely,
Tiffaney
Comment by Tiffaney Machado — July 20, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
I didn’t list my email address, thinking it would be published already. MY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE ABOVE REQUEST IS tiffaneyis at yahoo .com
Comment by Tiffaney Machado — July 20, 2009 @ 2:39 pm
I’m in Lake County Indiana, and I need a cps defense lawyer. My rights as a father have been violated. My children taken from me. I had legal custody, which was given to me by their mother in Illinois. Now CPS in indiana has moved her here, falsified papers from court documents in ill. It has been a living hell and my life has been turned upside down.Anyone in Indiana. the last lawyer I had, must be paid off by cps. all help is appreciated.
Comment by Robert — July 20, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
To whom it may concern,
My name is Mariela Audreiana Ruiz Mendes. I need someone to help me. On April 10, 2009 I help a coming home party for my birth of my new Daughter Alexandria Troiano. There was alcohol served at the family gathering. My daughters Father was highly intoxicated and there was a domestic dispute that occurred . My spouse beat me while I was holding my newborn. There has been an order of protection put against him and he has been removed an arrested from my home. As procedure they had to arrest me and they later released me in the precinct. ACS made me sign a form that I would release my children to them until the order of protection was instated and he was permanently removed from my home. Which I did. But when the 1028 hearing occurred all went to hell. They started to lie under oath and they took it to a whole new level. My newborn and my 2 other daughters were removed from my home ( Alexandria 2 weeks old, Mya 7yrs old & Eve 5yrs old ). I am a victim of domestic violence and I have cried to my dear lord for someone to help me. My children are in foster care. They have already been abused in foster care ( Foster mother was smoking weed and had hit my children , The new foster mother that has Alexandria Troiano Mendes the newborn has been caught drinking and also throwing a party in her home and she still remains in her custody, her home has not been shut down). MY ex husband had numerous false reports to ACS previously due to the fact he did not want to pay for child support. He knew that I paid for my oldest daughter an amount of $ 250 weekly so he figures if he has custody of MYA & EVE he would get about $500 weekly for both. Marco Mendes is what you call a real con artist. He had drained my business bank account for over $150K yearly for a period of 8 yrs and made my company go into the ground, he maid my home go into foreclosure, used my social to apply for credit cards and many accounts which I am still disputing with the credit burrows and had my cars repossessed. Then he fled to Arkansas so he wouldnt get caught. Marco & his new wife have made false claims to ACS (Children’s Services) Against me. My children’s lives are in jeopardy due the system removing them from my home. I’m an excellent mother to my kids ( I don’t do Drugs or Alcohol , I don’t beat my kids or mentally abuse them ). This man and his wife have not left me alone for years. They harass us, caused hell in my children’s lives and mine, and he has never paid 1 cent for child support. He has also gone as far as asking for child support July 2008 in NY when he has never had custody of my children. He maid me homeless and I was excepted into a domestic violence shelter. Every time I take him for child support he opens a new false claim to ACS so they can take my kids away. He just want’s my daughters for a check to feed his drug habit. No one has gone as far as testing his hair folicle. Only his urine which he fixes so it comes out negative. Due to the old false claims ACS with the new Domestic Violence report removed my children. I am in self help programs for domestic violence and AA as they mandated me to due and all of my urines have come out negative. Marco Mendes and his wife Kelly Ann Rubio have my-space profile which state a lot of libel against me. I’m am desperate. I can not afford an attorney and the public attorney are no good, he lost my 1028 hearing. I have plenty of complaints against Marco Mendes and his wife, Restraining orders, harassment complaints, letters, profiles & many more pieces of information that are against them. They have hacked into my my-space and they have even went as far as copying my daughters pictures and posted them on their profiles acting as if they originally took my kids to these event and took the pictures. I have cried to many tears due to this man and his new wife. I just need some angel to help me so I can defend my kids and stop them from trying to take my kids and rescue them from foster care.There is a lot more to this story if you contact me I can come to you and show you proof and elaborate on this issue further more. I also have ACS on a recorded conversation at a conference meeting which 1 of my friends and my godfather attended to be my witness. They know and have proof of Marco’s Domestic Violence and they know about the abuse with the foster mothers and don’t want to due anything about it. I know you have plenty of cases you have to help on but I have only less than a month were the ICPC will be in order and my children will be shipped to Arkansas were the assailant is located in. They will give my babies to the person were the abuse comes from. My children’s life is a stake. You can even go as far as coming to my home so you can see for yourself that what I’m saying is true. Anyone that can help me I will offer you my house in the Adirondack NY 2 Family on a 5110 Sqft lot with a 20 car parking lot valued at $75,000. This is all I got Marco had stolen the rest or made it go into foreclosure. You may put a lein on my house to start the case and when the case is done and justice is served I will give you my home. Below are Pictures of the Family that you would help to save. PLZ ANYONE Help………
Call me if anyone can help me My name is Mariela Audreiana R. Mendes
My home phone is (347)861-0160 or my e-mail NJAnimalControl@Yahoo.com
740 Delafield Ave
Staten Island NY 10310
My GodFathers Name is Frank Constantino ( 347)552-0221
This is Marco A. Mendes , his wife Kelly Ann Rubio Mendes and his Address :
2407 Sunny Meadow Drive, Jonesboro AR 72404
3106 HorseShoe Trails, Jonesboro AR 72404
Here is a letter that I sent to my Public attorney and the ACS Supervisor Steven Taub at 350 St Marks Place Staten Island NY 10301
Mariela A. Ruiz Mendes
Friday, July 17, 2009 1:12 AM
From:
“Mariela Audreiana Ruiz Mendes”
View contact details
To: “Steven Taub ACS Supervisor”
Steven.Taub@DFA.State.NY.US
Hello Mr Steve Taub :
Here is Marco & Kelly His wife myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/277882821
http://www.myspace.com/marcoloveskelly
They are both private, also look at what has been written on their pics. I have their previous ones if you would like to take a look at them as well. If you would like to do any further investigation ask Marco about Joe-Beth & Vanessa Mendes his ex and his other bio-daughter. Ask to speak directly to Joe-Beth and Vanessa and ask to see them in person, you may even want subpoena them in to court. I know I will. I’m pretty sure you will be very surprise to hear what they have to say about him. Marco’s mother Maria Mendes (718)898-7691 is her phone number and her address is 32-25 69 st apt 6A Woodside NY 11377 she knows Joe-Beth and Vanessa’s address and phone cause she has partial custody of Vanessa since Marco lost his rights to her years ago.
This one of the many wonderful threats his wife Kelly Ann Rubio-Mendes has made to me on Poetry.com
Poison Of The Panther
She roams the streets,
Leaking her poison
With everyone she
Meets.
Her eyes pure evil,
So beware of the darkness
Of the panther’s stare.
She is cunning,but not very smart
The panther unaware of the battle
About to air.
The lioness seeks her prey,her soul
Pure light, bound to put darkness away.
She will fight the panther and put here***
Forever more away.
The lioness and her master, her king will bring
Light to the world once again.
Kelly A Mendes
http://poetry.com/dotnet/P8702884/999/1/display.aspx
Also PLZ read below and then my following statement about this subject.
You may want to read up some more on this ICPC NY State Law :
General ICPC Requirements:
ICPC Code Citation: McKinney’s Social Services Law, Section 374-a.
Statutory Penalties Under Article IV: Any persons, corporation, society institution or organization, willfully violating Article 6, Title 1 of the Social Services Law pertaining to “care and protection of children” and/or guilty of a misdemeanor, on 389(1) of the Social Services Law. Any person who or other legal entity which violates the provision of Section 374(6) of the Social Services Law pertaining to the request, acceptance or reception of compensation or thing of value, directly or indirectly, for placing out a child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense, and a felony after having been once convicted of violating such provision (Section 389[2] of the Social Services Law). Failure of an out-of-state person, agency or other legal entity to comply with the responsibilities associated with an interstate placement can result in a termination of licensure and/or a forfeiture of such portion of a blanket indemnity bond as is appropriate (Section 382 of the Social Services Law).
Age of Majority: 18 years. McKinney’s Social Services Law, Section 371 (1978-1979 Supp.) foster care and adoption subsidy payments may be continued to 21 years.
Court Jurisdiction: Family Court and Surrogate Court have concurrent jurisdiction over Adoption proceedings (Section 641 of the FCA), and termination of parental rights (Section 384-b of the Social Services Law; Sections 611-634 of the Family Court Act). As a matter of practice, the Family Court has exclusive jurisdiction over support proceedings, Section 411 of the FCA) abuse and neglect proceedings (Section 1013 of the FCA) and juvenile delinquency (Section 713 of the FCA).
Home study/Approval
Is New York a dual licensing state?
Yes (OCFS regulation section 443.9).
Adoption Approval Requirements
Applicants must be over the age of 18.
All household members must be in good physical and mental health and free from communicable diseases. (OCFS Regulation section 421.16©).
Employment of a foster parent outside the home must be permitted when there are suitable plans for the care and supervision of the child at all times, including after school and during the summer (OCFS Regulation section 421.b (i) and (l)).
The marital status of an applicant may not be a factor in determining whether or not approval will be granted. (OCFS Regulation section 421.16(d)).
Relative Placements
After TPR, only siblings of the child are considered to be relatives.
Background Screenings
State or Local Criminal Record Checks:
State and National criminal history checks are required for an adoptive applicant and any other persons over the age of 18 who reside in the home of the application (OCFS regulation 421.27).
Federal Criminal Record Checks:
Fingerprint-based check shall be made for any existing criminal history record of the applicant.
Petition for certification as a qualified adoptive parent shall be denied where a criminal history record reveals:
A felony conviction at any time involving:
Child abuse or neglect
Spousal abuse
Crime against a child, including child pornography
Crime involving violence, including rape, sexual assault, or homicide, other than a
crime involving physical assault or battery
Felony conviction within the past 5 years for physical assault, battery, or a drug-related offense
Child Abuse & Neglect Record Checks:
Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment inquiry required for applicants and any other person over the age of 18 who resides in the home. An inquiry must be made of an out-of state child abuse where an applicant or other persons over the age of 18 who reside in the home resided in another state at any time during the five years preceding the applicant for approval as an adoptive parent (OCFS Regulation 421.16(O & P).
http://www.adoptuskids.org/professionalResourceCenter/IIN/newYork/NY_receivingAdoption.aspx
I have been in a domestic violence shelter due to Marco Mendes ( these documents have been submitted to ACS to you Steven Taub Supervisor ) and I have had previous harassment and other reports that I showed you done in the precincts which are still on file. Plus the previous order of protection ( with threats against my life) and the new one which I will be getting. Plus ACS does know about all of his prior history of domestic violence, but yet they solute the ICPC and welcome Marco Mendes on giving my children to him with open arms. According to this ICPC this is going to backfire on Marco Mendes and ACS and anyone else who happens to overlook the evidence given. If my children are to be sent to Arkansas and they are harmed more than they already have been in foster care custody a lot of people will be breaking laws and I will make it certain that it is looked upon by the RIGHT OFFICIALS and pursued in a court of actual righteous laws.
Sincerely
Mariela A. Ruiz Mendes
Comment by Mariela A. Ruiz Mendes — July 20, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
Mariela,
There are two organizations in NYC that may be able to help you or at least direct you to someone who may be able to help.
CWOP: Child Welfare Organizing Project based in Harlem:
212 348-3000
LIFT: Legal Information for Families Today. Based in Manhattan with branch locations.
212 343-1122
Both organizations have excellent reputations.
Good luck
Comment by MaggieC — July 21, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
i have contacted Mr. Stuckle (the lawyer recommended), he is asking for $15 thousand. We dont have that kind of money to fight this.
Comment by Forrest Harden — July 21, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
I need an attorney to help me. Someone had called CPS on me and my husband claiming that he was touching my children inappropriately. I have a feeling I know who did, but I can’t prove it.
Anyway, I have been dealing with CPS since 1999. They took all three of my children from me under false accusations. I fought for four years to get them back. It seems like every year I have to deal with CPS knocking on my door for one reason or another. I do the best I can to make sure they are well taken care of.
I have been married now for four years to a wonderful man. He took my four children in like they were his own. He helped raise them and supported them without any complaints. Now he is being accused of touching my 16 year old and my eight year old. I had two police officers and two sheriff’s come to my home and put him in the back of their car, right in front of my children.
They questioned my children individually, and then me. They detained him for three hours, in front of my house. CPS came to my home the next morning. They questioned my children and me. I was told that my husband couldn’t see his own son until further notice. I have been trying for three days now, to get information from her. I haven’t received anything from her. She isn’t returning my phone calls and hasn’t answered any of my questions.
I feel I am being harassed by CPS. Every year I have to deal with CPS coming to my home. Is there anyone who can help me? I live in the Sacramento area of California. I don’t have a lot of money to spend on an attorney. I really need the help.My family is being tormented by this.
Comment by Rachel Allison — July 22, 2009 @ 11:11 am
I am the widow of an attorney who practiced law in the state of GA for 30 years and I worked alongside him for approximately the last 6 years of his life. Our adopted daughter, who is in fact our grand daughter, and I are having a serious problem with DFCS.
In 1999 our oldest daughter left her 3 ½ month old daughter in our care without leaving knowledge of her whereabouts. Not hearing from her for several days, we took immediate action, filed for and was awarded emergency temporary custody. We eventually went through a very ugly court battle fighting for custody of both our grand children, our grand daughter and her little brother.
Upon being picked up from a 3 day detoxification that stemmed from of our daughters severe cocaine addiction, her on again-off again boyfriend, biological father of her son and to our own direct personal knowledge and belief continuing to enable her with access to the drug, under undue influence and coercion rushed her to his attorney’s office to sign an affidavit that contained false allegations serious enough that our county Juvenile Court Judge brought DFCS in and we were placed on a case plan. He lead her to believe that by working with him instead of against him, once he won custody of both children they all four would be together and she would never lose her children again. The entire time never intending on allowing her to be a part of his or the children’s lives.
Our grand daughter was allowed to remain in our home throughout DFCS involvement. As embarrassing and degrading as it all was, we followed the plan and jumped through the hoops, passing with flying colors. We were awarded custody of our grand daughter and our grandsons custody was awarded to his father. We eventually adopted our grand daughter. Her papa passed away 5 years ago and now it is she, my mother (terminally ill/hospice home care), and I.
Earlier this year one of our younger daughters gave birth to a beautiful little girl who sadly tested positive. She started using met amphetamines before becoming pregnant, literally screamed out for help during her pregnancy, (as I will explain in detail upon possible interest in our case), Georgia Law offers no hope for pregnant addicts and actually will do nothing to protect the unborn baby from drugs being passed through the uterus. BUT once the baby is born, in steps DFCS and not until then, unless there are other children at home.
Law enforcement, even if a mother is on probation, will not step in unless the mother gets a possession charge. Well, Wake up!!! Physicians and nurses well of course they can’t breach dr./patient confidentiality, but they will call DFCS after the baby is born. So we still have addicted mothers and possibly addicted babies, if the baby and mother even survive the delivery. A very, very sad situation!
So I had already prepared for the new baby to come and live with us until hopefully mom could get help (court ordered), for herself. That was my prayer. Well if the nightmare was to end, it wasn’t to be anytime soon. DFCS sent me to have a urine test and I was told that I tested positive for met amphetamines! I know, I know and I understand, but this was a false positive! I took a hair follicle test right after the false positive which was taken at an Emory facility and it was all negative. They refuse to acknowledge it. I have also taken a urine test that was sent to the same lab DFCS uses and it was checked for additives/adulterants, all negative and they refuse to acknowledge it. I told them on more than one occasion they could test me, to please retest me, again they wouldn’t acknowledge me.
They have brought up our old case plan from years ago, which my daughter, now clean, has since recanted. My grandbaby is in a foster home and mom was doing wonderfully in acould not n Atlanta area rehab for postpartum mothers until the night before her DFCS panel review to decide on reuniting mom and baby in the treatment facility (for mothers and their children) where she called crying hysterically because she was about to eat a personal pan size pizza that came from the staff refrigerator next to the theirs was accused of stealing and kicked out the same night. Even after acknowledging that she did take it, microwave it and did intend on eating it, apologizing and begging, it was non-negotiable. Now she is awaiting another rehab to take her.
DFCS has once again overstepped their bounds and I have now been labeled with a Maltreatment Pattern. I have been threatened that if I don’t cooperate with their demands on the plan then my adopted grand daughter will be taken away from me and my new grandbaby and her mother, my daughter, will never be able to live in the same household with me again! Exact Quote! Also since the baby’s mom was put out of rehab for taking pizza the investigator told her that she could not stay with me, because I was not cooperating, therefore, I don’t know if she is okay or not. Plus, My adopted grand daughter (ten) is here, now what is wrong with the picture? From the time I took the test until the time I received the case plan was three months. I have been denied the right to an appeal, by the case manager. Unless the DFCS investigator had a waiver I believe she went over the 30 day time frame to substantiate a case.
To even attempt to remove my adopted grand daughter from our home and separate us would be detrimental her psychological well-being. She is a gifted student and exceeds the standards today as she did last fall and every year in school. She is a wonderful, happy, well adjusted 10 year old. I resent each and every slanderous accusation they have cast upon me and I especially resent the case manager bringing the woman who runs the drug testing facility recently to our home, now wanting to drug test me because I am being uncooperative.
DFCS has been searching for some sort of firm evidence that is not there and they have/are conducting this search using extreme measures with little regard to my actual guilt or innocence. Carrying this out with no regard to the true circumstances or my concerns can only be construed as undermining my parental status and placing my child at risk as opposed to protecting her. I want my name cleared of slander. I’m not just being accused, they have done everything but find me legally guilty in a court of law!
I truly need someone who is confident taking on DFCS, who is knowledgeable about GA and our County Rules and Procedures of the Case Managers, Investigator’s and their Supervisors and challenge their competency if necessary, the accuracy of the alcohol/drug assessment test that they refuse to show me, how the results were obtained when it is a test based on your entire life history and administered by a psychological/counseling staff member of what may be another biased facility that leans towards DFCS.
This a very complex case that involves a lot more than I can add here. I do need help a.s.a.p. and sincerely appreciate being given the opportunity to post part of our story here.
Thank you
Callie
Comment by Callie — July 22, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
Rachel, check out this site: http://www.accused.com/
Whatever you do, don’t let your husband be around the kids or at this point CPS WILL come and take the kids. A lot of women make that mistake. I know it is very hard to refuse him access to his own children but it is up to you, to keep them out of foster care.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 22, 2009 @ 11:23 pm
Regarding above my post above, here is an email address where I can be reached:
memawcallie at att.net
Thanks,
Callie
Comment by Callie Thornton — July 23, 2009 @ 4:45 am
Hi. Long story short, my husband has mental health issues which is is in treatment for and medicated for (depression, panic attacks, seizures, ADHD). He also is an alcoholic (self-medication, in my opinion) and he is in a treatment program for that as well. About a month ago he had a siezure and his doctors increased his medications. These meds have a tenancy to make him more agitated. Three weeks ago we got into an argument (which is very infrequent). The police were called and my husband was arrested for domestic assault. The state has put into place a no-contact order, and CPS has been called. I have had one meeting with a worker. I thought case closed. I found out yesterday that they are making it a founded case of child neglect against both me and my husband. Even though the children were not in our presence when the altercation occurred. And after talking to my 5 year old, she only knows what happened later (the arrest and daddy not being allowed home) and what has been told to her at the aforementioned meeting with CPS (she did not know about the physical aspect until he told her). Not sure what will happen next. Looking for representation just in case. Thank you!
Comment by Cherilyn — July 23, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
Also I am located in Eastern Iowa
Comment by Cherilyn — July 23, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
If you are going through the hell right now, The best thing you can do is play the game, pray and submit things into the record. Take notes, notes notes. Document, tape, have witnesses etc.
File “objections” in writing and file it yourself. Always file a “Waiver of court fees” with it and all responses to a court order are supposed to be free. Never forget to OBJECT OUT LOUD to anything that is a lie or fabrication or just downright crap. Do it over your attorney’s head if you have one, or better yet, represent yourself sui Juris which gives you MORE protection than ProPer. If you represent yourself ProPer, they treat you like an attorney with the exact same rules as if you ARE an attorney, Sui Juris is for those of us who can NOT be held to the Strict RULES of attorneys–because we’re NOT.
American Family Rights Association is a great place for information and referrals and maybe help. If you don’t mind jail, hide your kids and refuse to give up their location…matter of fact, don’t tell anyone and no one will be forced to lie for you!
In the end, unless you sign (which you should never do no matter how many threats they give you), the Federal money usually runs out at the 18 months mark so that will be about how long it will take to “suddenly” resolve and show you as either “compliant and safe” or “terminated” under a 266 motion to adopt.
God is bigger than the Government, my case proved it and it’s my best advice I ever give: Pray to the God who loves you and your kids, become submissive if only for the illusion of agreement with CPS (praying through the need to puke or tear out their eyes) and be still, because God is the same yesterday today and forever. If he brought mine home with no logical explanation, he’ll bring yours home too.
Comment by Robin — July 23, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Hello. I currently have a case open with cps. I feel like cps has taken my parental rights away from me even though my children are staying with my mother in law (who is the one who called and made the allegations that my husband and I were using drugs). MY children were removed from me on 5/20/09 and I have done everything that cps has asked me to do, but my husband is not cooperating. We may be going through a divorce over all of this, and I am worried about my husband’s mother having the voluntary placement while filing for divorce. I really need some legal advice on this and would like to hire a family law attorney who handles cps cases.
Please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you.
Comment by Sarah Nichols — July 24, 2009 @ 5:38 am
i am in desperate need of some really good advice. it doesnt have to b sugar coated just help me get my baby back. i thought that i had it all under control but when i realized that i was in so much trouble u guessed it too late. i am on the level of an appeal. i am not in any financial position to fight but am not above hard work if that brings me any advice or info. please help me to help myself.
i have never been in trouble, raised a happy child already. i was involved in a domestic violence case and it seemed like i lost everything from there. my daughter Charlize Jo-Terese Termine will b 7 on nov.12. she has not been with me since she was 5. i have been holding on for 2 years in the system. which i am thinking maybe i really do have a twisted case. not that i am special to say the least. many many mistakes were made please help me to find a way in there to be Charlizes mom again. i have already made my way down the crazy path and recently have become sane again. all by myself no commiting or medicine to ruin my chances. i will be a better mom for my daughter and will not turn my back on my responsabilities as a woman let alone just a human.
this is insane please help me stop all this hurt and aloneness for her i hear her at night calling me like something is giving her strength to come to me. i am so afraid other things could be going on. please help me get to her to stop anything hurting her. i cant believe that this is really happening to me and so many others. please lets end this thru helping each other until all children are returned, healed with love and we will be one against any and all threats against our babies, families and our sanity as women who love our babies in our womb only to have them ripped from us later raping them of all family love that they so deserve and only had a tiny taste of. thank you for at least having a place to start. God Bless u all for coming together as families. Cherie termine 805-651-8355 or805-861-6979
Comment by cherie termine — July 24, 2009 @ 10:58 am
I need a lawyer to help me process Guardianship from my mother back to me. My case is no longer with CPS, since 2006 legally my mother has Sole Managing Conservator, a move suggested by CPS here in San Antonio, and I have Professorial Conservatorship. That was just fine by both myself and mom, as we are a tight knit family and this enabled us to be done with the CPS involvement and allowed us to concentrate on getting our lives and home back in order after the divorce. However, my mother has been diagnosed with gist tumors and the cancer has spread into the bone, requiring her to be out of town at the MD Anderson CTC alot and in and out of surgeries for the last year and a half.
I just want to make sure, in case something happens with mother, that everything with the children is in order, as that would be disastrous to handle on top of mom’s disease.
I’m not really sure what step to take next. If anyone can help or even make suggestions of where to look for help, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Julie Covington
San Antonio, TX
210/693-3435
Comment by Julie Covington — July 26, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
NEED HELP!!!!!
20 months ago cps took my step sons due to father drinking and driving a quid with kids on it, after 17 hard months and completeing the cps sevices and 3 weeks before the childern where due to come home the foster mother made a report saying that my oldest child (14) was sexually molesting the younger 4 childern, and cps took all of the kids out of my home, the foster mother is fighting to adopt the boys and nobody sees this as funny. I need help all of the acusations are coming from the foster mother and cps saying we were told the childern havent said anything to anybody that i know of. they are also trying to say i watched the sexual abuse and spank the childern for it and so i let them do it, so not true, my court appointed laywer says to sumit to everything, im about to lose my step sons and need help getting all the childern home please help if you can
Comment by brandi — July 26, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
I need some one to help me in court like a legal aid or a defence lawer I dont really care if I end up having to pay a lawer because Ill do anything to get my daughter back but I really cant afford a lawer but I am absolutly able to come up with the money for a lawer if i have to but like i said ill pay all the money in the world to get my pride and joy back with being able to get her back thank you crystal
Comment by crystal — July 26, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
My name is Travis. I have recently been going through a lot of stuff with cps.I live in Tx. Gregg county to be exact. Me and my wife had a domestic disput in which she made it sound worse than it was because of others invovlement. We decided to get divorced and both of us got lawyers. Cps never once took the children out of the home until we decided as adults we should try and get some help and work our marriage out, now they have placed all children outside our home and have been making us take parenting classes,pshyc eval., drug counseling, and whatever else they decide do the fact that we vouluntrly ask them for help instead of getting a divorce. My children have never been abused or neglected. The cps says that mine and my wifes inability to argue correctly is abusing my children so until we take these courses we cannot have my children in the home. My wife has already admitted that she blew the ordeal way out of porpotion and has admittaly said she lied about some things. but they never once tried to get the children until we dropped our divorce. We had already spent about 10,000 on attorneys before we decided to try and work out our marriage. I do not understand whay they say we were fine aslong as we were getting a divorce but we ask for help they say we are unfit. If anyone can help please let me know. (903)239-1884
Comment by Travis — July 27, 2009 @ 10:43 am
Hi my name is Rich. For the past couple of years, my girlfriend, Michelle’s sister (Tricia) has been battling with her ex-husband over his antics to try to take her kids away from her. Michelle’s family is a kind hearted, Christian family who loves the kids, Amaya and Mason, very dearly and provide everything they can to make there lives special.
The visitation that has been set for the past years has been constantly violated by her ex-husband, and he constantly violates other aspects of the agreement. I am not one to judge and I love everyone, and no matter how much I ask God to bless this man, he constantly tries to make her life miserable along with her new husband, and especially the kids. He has gotten many DUI’s in the past and managed to get out of a felony theft charge and only received a misdemeanor, which still allowed him to have partial custody over the kids. He has never given the kids any kind of resource to better their lives and they constantly cry when they have to go over to his house.
For these past years, Michelle’s family has had much evidence and resources to their disposal to battle for custody of the kids entirely, but with their big hearts they held back and let the kids still have the little bit of a father he is.
Not too long ago one of the kids Mason, who has ADHD and must take forms of Ridalin to accommodate this, had an episode where he went, well crazy, and he ended up scratching himself in the face and hit himself on the side of the face, leaving a bruise. Now during the episode, Tricia repeatedly tried to calm him down and snap him out of it for he was throwing stuff and breaking things.
After trying so many times, the only thing left to do was to physically control him. So she lightly smacked him in the face, in a similar manner as to get someone who is unconscience up. She in no way left a mark, but remember how earlier I said that he himself hit himself on the other side of his face, leaving bruises. Now when the kids went to their fathers house, the babysitter saw these marks, and being under the brainwashing of their manipulative father, decided to turn Tricia in and tell Social Services that Tricia, the sane and kind-hearted one, was the abusive and manipulative one and that she physically abused him.
One thing you should know, is that the kids are terrified of there father, and therefore are too scared to say that Tricia did not do anything. About the same time, Amaya, who is extremely disliked by her father, evidenced by countless episodes of locking her in the basement and closets having to sit in a chair for hours, told her father the truth about the story, and again she was sent to the chair. From this, she cried endlessly upon returning to their mother’s house. After all this, together with his new girlfriend and their babysitter, their terrible excuse for a father reported Tricia to SS, and this morning she was interviewed by them and she ended up losing the kids!!!!!
Where is the justice in this?! After all the terrible things this guy has done to the kids and to everyone, he ends up winning and taking the kids away from her, to a home that is way below any normal standard for which a child should be raised in., which I should add used to be a former place of meth production!
I ask for anyone who can help out in this matter to please respond. Tricia has gone through so many emotionally detrimental things because of this man, including abuse by him when they were married, that I don’t know if she can handle such a blow like this. She put so much trust and resources into the SS legal system to try to give her kids the life they deserve, and she end up getting the kids taken away from her!
This man is probably the most manipulative two-faced person I have ever met, which has allowed him to get away with so much in the past, and now he getting the kids! Please respond for her family loves these kids so much and it kills them to have these angels taken away from them.
Comment by Richard — July 27, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
I have a 18mth old son andjust gave birth to a son 22days ago> Ive been on a methadone treatment program for about 2 1/2 yrs. the family dr and my treatment dr knew i was pregnate and had no trouble with any of them until the newborn was 2 weeks old. Cps showed upwith police and said they were taking my 18mth old because it was child neglect. my son has never missed a dr.apt all shots are up to date hes always with me. his dadis in jail,my mom helps me, i dont date go out anywhere without my son. i dont understand why they took him from his mommy.Please help!!!
Comment by amanda — July 27, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
Hey my family needs a lawyer, we dont have much money, we need to get my two sisters back from foster care, on false accusations PLEASE. thanks God bless
Comment by Freelove — July 28, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
My husband was recently arrested for possession of meth. I was at work at the time and had no knowledge of the possession. Narcotics agents and cps have been to my home on 2 other occassions looking for an alledged meth lab. they have found nothing on either visit, this last time they found a few baggies with power residue. The next day cps inforced a “saftey plan” for my kids, putting my 2 older with there father, with they were for the summer anyway, and my 2 yr old with my in-laws. I did a hair folical test with came back with a false positive I tried to explain this, noone listened an emergency hearing was set and my 2yr old was placed with the in-laws given temp custody. I have since given another hair folical that was negative and urine test that were negative but my daugthers attorney wants psyc eval, counseling, parenting classes, the works. I have decided to fight this, not doing any classes or evals. I figure even if I do all she says whos to say she gets to come home. so lets hope this works.
Comment by Candy — July 28, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
Need Help, Advise with CPS Issue.
Thank you in advance for reading this, ANY help, information, advice… anything would be beyond appreciated.
Me and my wife had been having issues, she left about 3-4 weeks ago took our daughter and is staying at her mother’s house. My mother-in-law and I don’t get along well at all, she never approved of our marriage and after 8 years of marriage really does not like me. She watches our 2yo daughter (she will be 3yo in a month or so) while my Wife works 3-4 days a week as a Respiratory Therapist, I work 5 days at a University as a Creative Director.
Since my Wife left we have worked on some things and were just about to reconcile and she move back very soon. Her mother is not happy at all about this.
Sunday I am just sitting here at the house watching some TV and playing my guitar, and my wife comes walking in, kicks off her shoes and sits on the couch like nothing ever happened. I said “Hey, wow, ok what’s going on? Is something wrong?” She went on to tell me that there were a few times my daughter would be in the bath tub over the past year or so and she would be in there playing and my wife would notice she would start “playing” with herself, rubbing around on her private areas. She said she asked her why is she doing that, and my daughter would just stop and play with her toys, then she asked her “has someone done that to you?” Then my daughter says “Uh huh, Dad.” My wife said she just brushed it off as a 2yo saying things. Well she did it again, my wife asks her again, this time she says “Dad… and Kyle too.” Well Kyle is a 14yo boy she met that’s a friend of my nephew, and has only seen him once or twice at church or a bbq, but seems to be infatuated in a “little girl” type way. (She does get like that over older teenage kids like my 13yo niece Kendall, she wants to be like her and makes up stories about things they do together and what-not, all untrue just stories she makes up in her mind… things she wants to do, like riding horses, etc.) Again my Wife just blew it off since she knew Kyle and her had never been anywhere together other that those places, and under supervision of herself the whole time.
Well, this is where it get bad, my Wife tells me my mother-in-law the other day takes my daughter to the restroom and she starts rubbing herself, she calls it her “stuff”. So my mother-in-law asks “why are you doing that?” Then (according to my mother-in-law) my daughter says “Dad said it’s fun to touch other peoples “stuff”. Well, she FREAKS out and says I “molested” my daughter. This is completely untrue, I have never done anything, I have always tried to be the best father I could to her, I love her more than anything on this earth. My mother-in-law then calls my sister, who she is friends with, and tells my sister, my sister says “well I know he loves his daughter and is not the kind of person to do anything like that.” Well then she calls my Wife and tells my Wife and my Wife says she does not believe it. My Wife told her she had said things “like” that… but not “that” before. She then told my mother-in-law about what happened before and about the other kid, Kyle as well, that’s why my Wife had blew it off.
My Mother-In-Law says “well I want to call the church and talk to them and let them know. I believe a little innocent girl over your husband or anyone else.” My Wife told her “well, they will call CPS if you do because if they don’t then they could get in trouble if something is going on and they did not.”
Well, she convinced her to leave it all alone till she talked to me about it. So of course since nothing like that EVER happened or was even said, I flipped out. (Like an idiot) I called the church and had my wife tell them to “prove” I did not care since I did nothing wrong (I even dialed the number on my cell phone and handed it to my Wife!), well they said it was just her saying something and she has an imagination and not to worry. Well…
My Wife calls me earlier and says CPS called and they want my Wife and Daughter there for an interview with police present at 8:30am tomorrow (Wednesday July 29th 2009).
I guess my questions are…
1. Why would my daughter say this and say my name and someone she just met and doesn’t really even know? Does that discount everything in regards to this?
2. What are the possible implications from this for me? I am innocent as can be from doing, or even saying this!?
3. Does this mean she may have been molested by someone else? If so how can I prove I did nothing?
4. Do you know how much credibility CPS puts on this coming from a 2yo… if she even says it again?
5. Should I be freaking out about all this like I am, or do kids just say things and associate someone to it? I have no clue about the process of CPS or how any of this goes. I imagine she hears alot of negative from my mother-in-law… so if she thinks she does not like me, then she is asked why she’s doing something perceived as negative… would she have the mental faculties to say my name since she knows my mother-in-law doesn’t like me?
Thanks for all info in advance!
I don’t know what to do and can’t believe this is happening, everything I read says to get an attorney ASAP for all this, will CPS be contacting me? How does all this work?
Thanks,
Steven
Comment by Steven — July 28, 2009 @ 7:48 pm
I need a Laywer.
My grandson 2yrs old and granddaughter 1yr old even though I had been in contact with their CPS counselor 7 mo. before, they were still adopted to a neutral family even after i was qualified to adopt.
Comment by Rich Beechler — July 29, 2009 @ 12:47 pm
Candy - if you are court ordered to do something, please do everything in your power to do it before the next court hearing. People who don’t obey court orders rarely get their children returned to them. However if you’re not court ordered to do these things - if you haven’t pleaded guilty to anything, you may still be able to request a full trial to have the evidence presented in court. Good luck.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 29, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
I am a battered woman who has been fighting for my children for many years. I went thru divorce in El Dorado County, CA beginning in 2006. CPS was recently called to investigate a claim that my ex was emotionally abusing our daughter (he was). The case worker decided that my other two children are being emotionally abused due to the high conflict that exists between their father and me. They have filed allegations against me with the DOJ. I have a “hearing” on August 18 and I need help to defend my good name. I could not love my children more if I wanted to and this woman from CPS got it all wrong.
Comment by Claire Parker — July 29, 2009 @ 9:21 pm
I and my girlfriend live together and we had a child on Dec. 18, 2008. At that time the child and the gf tested possitve for marijuana. We went through cps and 5 months later tested possitive again. Now ive talked to a lawyer and she said i can get around the case by signing some kind of paternity order she called it a “private order or something” and i can get my child back faster than through cps. through this way she said we can get our child but at first we still have to have regular visits until cps closses the case but at that time we wait 6 months for this paper to attemp to get our child back and the child is placed with my gf mother and shes worried that cps will come back on her. what will happen.
Comment by Tristian — July 30, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
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Comment by Tristian — July 30, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
I am in need of an attorney who has the guts to take on the State of Oregon! There has been false reports made by the Dept of Correction Probation and Parole, Abuse to my children by the Foster Parents, and visit observer, witnessed by my parents, my wife and myself. Lies being told by my childrens attorney to the court. (My daughter was assigned a new attorney, as a result of a letter to the judge firing her attorney, she attended court and heard her attorney lie to the judge.)Theft of documents taken from our caseworkers files.
I don’t trust the local lawyers to do a good job. I have seen many cases on TV and on websites that are so similar to our case. Things have gotten worse for us as we stand up for our rights, and fight back.
I will not stop fighting. My children were kidnapped by CPS. If you are an attorney who is interested please email me at michaelwagne at gmail.com. I can pay you for a consultation and a retainer fee if you are interested in taking the case. I can’t list all the details here, I will email them when requested. There are to many eyes in the world that I feel if I post them here will get back to those who need not know the details. Thank You for you consideration I hope to hear from you soon.
Comment by Michael — July 31, 2009 @ 8:42 am
Michael, see also: Oregon Family Rights.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — July 31, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
My husband and I are in the middle of a CPS custody battle. Someone called the cops on us twice saying my daughter was hanging out of a window. We followed their rules and were on the service plan and they said we did not follow the service plan.
We got evicted and moved into a motel, CPS came in and took our child on a voluntary placement and then went and filed for custody in court. This was in April and they are saying we can not have her back until May of 2010. I visit her once a week…supervised and I see her pulling away because she isnt around me that much. I’m at my wits end and need help.
Comment by Crystal — July 31, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
MIchael : OREGON
http://www.familyrights.us Comprehensive site with lots of links, laws, and pure useful advice.
Also see Linda’s recommendations.
Comment by fern — August 2, 2009 @ 4:47 am