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Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last thirty years leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods.
Rather than helping families, government agents have used unconstitutional laws in Juvenile Court to rip children away from their loving parents, break asunder God-given, natural, parent-child bonds, and adopt the children of the grieving out to others who profit financially with large monthly adoption subsidy payments.
Child Protective Services must be stopped! The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed. We must work tirelessly to inform the public of this very dangerous travesty of justice. We must keep faith knowing that if there is a God, there is an answer and a way to end this heartache.
Child Protective Services Agents - please come to your senses! Family destruction on false or trivial grounds is wrong, reprehensible, and inhumane.
Fosterers - be aware that for the money you get you are holding much-loved children away from their grieving families while the parents are forced to perform a service plan that is anything but a service to them. I call this hostage holding for the government. This is not kindness - to help misguided government agents destroy family relationships and break loving bonds.
CPS workers and fosterers - I ask that you now let the children of the innocent return to their homes where they are truly valued, adored, and loved by the parents God gave them.
Family rights are God-given rights. And they should not be ignored or postponed. Every moment these loving parents and children spend separated from one another is a torment beyond what anyone should ever have to bear.
It is unworthy of human dignity to allow this terrorism and torture of families to go on without saying something, speaking out, and trying to make a change.
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Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations
August 2, 2009
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Someone contacted cps claiming my son was in danger. They have threatned to take my child away if I didnt agree to do what they say. Tomorrow they said they are going to press charges on me and take my son from the day care. I have an extremely low income but I need an attorney immediately.
Comment by Danielle — August 2, 2009 @ 4:50 pm
if we have been treated wrong by cps and blamed for something we didn’t do how can we get help??????
Comment by Gary Snellen — August 2, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
Still here - Still fighting - Still need $ - Still need a lawyer that I “pay later”
Our newborn baby was taken by CPS on Mother’s day at 6 days old. Based on a 6 year olds (COACHED) allegation of molestation.
She recanted in full - but CPS won’t relinquish the baby – They claim the recantation is further evidence and won’t allow Mom to discuss with her the topic !
Basically they have “gagged” the topic so they can continue to keep the case open and our baby away
Need help
Read full story here: http://www.tossthekitty.com
tossthekitty at gmail.com
Comment by David — August 3, 2009 @ 3:00 am
i have been fighting for well over 2 yrs and the lawyer did nothing for me.now my rights have been terminated.the first caseworker and supervisor got caught falsifying court docs and fired.they did exactly what they wanted in my case and got away with it yet i see people who were drug dealers and users get their kids back even after failing drug tests.i dont drink or do drugs i go to church and have been for a long time.(God is the only reason i have made it this long without my kids) my daughter sent me letters i wrote back and no reply.she is not getting my letters that is the only contact they are allowing and they are going out of their way to cover up things.this is what i have written to the administrative law judge as that is my only option left since i have no money for a lawyer.also the web address is a site i created to try to expose these people here and i tried to get people to come forward and they are afraid.the only ones who were willing were addicts and alcoholics that do not want to help by getting treatment but by making excuses.there is so much more to it but getting someone to listen to a single mom who isnt wealthy is impossible.but i keep on going and i continue writing letters.i even wrote oprah and phil several times.i even became friends with a counselor who teaches the parenting classes and she is also a minister we go to the same church.she will stand for me in court she is not just saying that either,she will not tell a lie.i have never known her to either.
Dear Judge Jan Brommell-Holmes,
My name is Susan Brady.I had a case that was ruled by Judge Norton.(07-DR-26-0881) My children are permenantly being placed elsewhere and my rights terminated.I was unable to make it to court on time,I had transportation problems but came on the bus anyway.I did make up there but at about 2 pm.Court was over and the lawyer did nothing for me.He told me then that my case was not over and I believed him.He told me twice that my case was not over and all i had to do was finish the classes.Then he would file some papers.I did just that and he calls me back when he got the certificates and tells me I have to hire a private attorney because the case is over.I have a meeting with dss on the 5th of August and I had asked him to represent me thats when I found out he was lying.I was also told that family law is not his area of practice.I do not have the money for an attorney that is why he was appointed to me.I feel he made things worse.
Your Honor,I have been through more in two years than most have in their lifetime.I had brain surgery,a car accident which resulted in a concussion,was robbed and my car was stolen,my children were taken from the babysitters while i was not even home,(I walked from 22nd south to helping hand in myrtle beach to get help with rent and food and help with getting a copy of my license so i could talk to the bank then i had to walk to dmv and back the officer said he had tried to call me there and i was told otherwise!)Then on June 21st I was hospitalized for 5 days with a subdural hematoma from an assault.I was traumatized after that,I am from a small town where you can walk to the store for ice and soda in the evening and not get hurt.I was afraid to be alone so I went with Mike and got a job working with him.He ended up being a very violent person and he beat me up and casa helped me move to Georgetown,since we lived too close to the safe house.From there I had moved to Browns Ferry,and had no transportation.So it just became too hard to even make it to court so i moved back and had to start classes all over again.I have done three sets of parenting classes and I had started the drug and alcohol assessment.
Marthena Jackson and Tamika Williams knew all of this was going on and tamika rarely called me back and i had asked her time and again where do I go for the assessments?Parenting classes? I was about nov when she finally gave me info on parenting classes.And it was Carmella spain who told me where to go in Georgetown to get the assessments done.So Tamika had the case for over a year.I went to her office one day and asked her three times when the next court date was.She had the file in front of her face and each time she acted like she didnt hear me and changed the subject.My son and daughter were in the group home and Nita let me know on the phone that an older teenage boy had “played with Brians privates” and five others.She tried to go after the kid for doing that to her baby brother.Where were the counselors when these six were messed with? I asked tamika about this and she said to me “well Nita tells me things too.She doesnt like your friend.”Shortly thereafter they were placed in a therapeutic home.Then Brian was sent to Florida with an aunt he and I had never met.I rarely get to talk to him and denise doesnt keep to the promise of letting him at least talk to his sister.His father is in prison for brutally murdering two retired school teachers.Tamika asked me after she had sent to Florida what he was in for.Shouldnt she have found this out before? I was trying to prevent Brian from having too much contact with him.He is allowed to call and tell my son terrible things about me that are not true.I told him that it was not true and i reminded him where his father is and where I am.He is hearing bad things from his father,his aunt and uncle and even the babysitters.Tamika has told these people that I am a drug addict and she swore I was high one time when we talked.Maybe when I was on duiladid in the hospital.She had told my family and a friend that wanted to at least try to get Nita.She knows better than to think that and she told me what tamika had said.I was never told of the whole Brian going to florida thing until shortly before Brian was sent.The lawyer I had first had quit that law firm.She said it was too late to stop Brian from going to florida and splitting up my kids.
Your Honor,these are just a few things that are wrong in this case.I do have and always have had a place for my kids.
It makes me cry to think she has given up.She wrote me a letter and it seems as though she has given up on a world that was suppose to protect her and her baby brother.So far it has failed her,she wrote to me and wrote another letter asking me why i didnt write back and that she wants to be with me.I have written back three letters and nothing back from her.They have also told her I have done no classes. I have proof.And I believe Dr califf would stand up for me as well.Im not giving up on my children.I believe the Lord will make things right.Children are a blessing from God,and he wants us to have our children,and to bring them up obedient to his word.I also believe you are a good and fair Judge and I know that if I had a lawyer who cared enough to allow me to prove facts it would not have gone this far.These children should have never been taken that day.I also have a website with some of the papers and things I have saved along the way about this case.www.throughtheeyes25.com my e mail is http://www.fairysprinkles1970@yahoo.com .
Thank you for your time and attention in this heartbreaking matter your honor.
Sincerely,
Susan Brady
Comment by susan brady — August 3, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
hi , cps let my out of control teen run away thru the system after finding her on the internet with sexually explsit stuff i took internet and phone away she ran away she was found at her bio fathers house who i termminated rights to when she was two next thing i know cps is coming in saying im bipolor and that i have a criminal history of child abuse and they make me place her in a group home never telling me i can go get her at any time they also move her to the bio grandparents house without informing me these people hadnt seen my daughter in 14 years and stalked me for 5 when it went to chilrens court the judge told me to shut up i didnt have a say where she went when i asked for her to be placed with my family, our her adopted dad or his family.i was forsed to sit in court with these people and there son who almost killed me i didnt have a say my lawyer quit and went to another county tehy gave me another one witch was even worse and didnt say a word to even try and help tehy did however after offer court ordered councling it was supposed to take place right away when i motion court for cps to be in contempt for not complying it was thrown out never even brought up.i had them investigated by the office over them and they came back with a letter saying i never had crimal neglect of a child charges that this info was false and my daughter and now grandson in may are still not home, fyi she was cought with a 38 year old man while in teh bio grandparents care also these bio grandparents were givin a fostership they live in another county almost a hour away two of tehre sons turn out to be rapist one of those sons the bio father a child abuser on record even in 2007-2008 and there daughter killed her self but they gave my daughter to these people and my daughter has to sneek calls to our family. when i aske dteh social worker she say but you still have your parental rights , ya what rights i told her, if i have my rights this child should be moved where i ask thats with our family. i gave my myspcae address for you to leave me messages i just need to find a lawyer that can help me sue them, my 11 year old son said to me today and it was so sad when are they gonna try and take me and my brother mom, mom i wont let them ill kick scream and bite them but they are not taking me i wont let them i broke down in tears, he didnt mean to make me cry but it just hurt that bad teh thouht that they could try to steal them next
Comment by flavia meyer — August 3, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
I need a lawyer in Kern County, CA willing to take on CPS and take Payments. I make good money and I can pay I just don’t have $3500 to give all at once. Please help.
shallen at ymail.com
Comment by Lyn — August 4, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
I need a lawyer to help me and my husband fight dss who is asking the court to remove our child. any lawyers I found won’t work with us until we pay 1,500 bucks that we don’t have. We need one by monday 2pm spartanburg South Carolina my email is caramel475 at yahoo.com thanks for any help.
Comment by Matrice — August 5, 2009 @ 6:34 pm
Hello my kids names are TUDOR, MANUEL, AND CILICIA. We need u your help , my children are waiting 4 the lawyer who is going to help them come home.
Please call me 6613244300
CASE IN SANTA MARIA I LIVE IN BAKERSFIELD. California
Comment by Manuel Ortiz — August 5, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
I need an attorney who will sue DCF over a botched, corrupt, DCF system full of nepotism, liars. manipulators, and manipulatees. My ex is an attorney as well as child abuser and pot smoker. Judge Brunson is a corrupt judge, falling asleep (on video in trial) overturned and sealed all evidence against my husband which while proven to be true the man (the psychologist my ex hus. atty’s picked but i used b/c nothing to fear LOL so i thought truth mattered) was scared out of his testimony by the fear of lawsuits. My ex 17YEARS LATER told me he married me 18/19 yrs old when he was 25 only b/c he was bi/gay&needed a “coiver.” He stole my daughter who is no relationship to him&a daughter of a British citizen by fraud b/c he wanted to dispense of the legal assault against him so he claimed paternity based on an in tact marriage though he hadn’t lived it the home for aprox 7 years, relationships with other women & men, REFUSED INFRONT OF corrupt guardian ad litem Billingsley, the attorney the GAL program, 4 DCF supervisors&DCF atty, his 2 attys, my atty, me, court officers etc to take a hair follicle drug test. My daughter is abused I have not seen my son in almost 3 years when before he was a a-b student &I cared for both children single handedly for the 5-7years he had been moved out &if he saw my daughter he would kick her like a dog &say keep your little bitch away from me. She now lives illegally in the former marital home which was to be sold. I have seen him arm in arm with Julie DeMare the primary DCF case worker, I have the guardian ad litem on tape LYING, I have photographs documenting every moment of abuse, every lie, & the facts speak for themselves b/c while fighting back injuries & being carless my son’s only problem was tardies b/c i had no vechile. When my ex needed the house, and to pay no child support, alimony after a 16 1/2 long term marriage, he lied about everything &got others to lie; my daughter gives him access tot he children & makes him look normal. I have at 37 been given a lung cancer diagnoisis, my parents are in the mid to late 70s no one has even heard the voice of my son in almost 3 years; depsite mountains of evidence every atty is a cissy when it comes to justice b/c they are all in it together-conspiracy is an understatement. My son went from perfect to literally physically shrunken, spitting on other kids, suspensions. fighting etc. No one at the shoddy school full of liars knows this but my daughter though brilliant my ex held back from kindergarten last year&doesn’t need to step foot in a school where like me, I swooned over an atty giving me attention, enough that the committed perjury.I have so many pictures, videos, of my ex’s lovers, lies, sex, drugs, & videotape.When my son was scared I gave him my phone to call &he took pics of the drugs & every little thing he saw on james bond & the judge said she didn’t think an 11 year could use a camera (this was a boy who could rig his playstations, computers, etc) My ex worked at the appellate court so that did no good either it went to panel with no oral arguments & was stamped to stay the same despite gross factual errors and gross legal errors. Deborah Day from orlando 3 hours north was the only psychologist willing to sell her soul & lie about me as i was recovering from a seizure in the hospital but all her predications which the court supposedly used are now proven 100% false as my daughter is abused daily (pics, speaking) & my son hasn’t seen anyone in his family or spoken to anyone in almost 3 years.Please help.my kids are in danger, everything is documented, my ex uses his atty privilege to file countless false allegations. He commited fraud 100% to steal my daughter from her British born father & 100%lies & manipulations & a terrible judge for his favor. The first judge saw through it and gave me everything. So some how he changed I need help before i die. I must see my son who went from normal to brainwashed in a matter of 2 something scared him to where he wouldn’t speak, my daughter regress to a 2 yr old level at 4 when she was forced to move in a with a man who she didn’t know hates her, hates me, and hates her father. If there is money to be made from the state I have so mnay pic &documents it is disgusting. DCF, guardian ad litems & the bulk of the attorneys are not fit for this world. I only need one good one. MY parents spent 77 years of saving to have nepotism& lies rule.I now fear that since my ex smoozed Barbara Parreinte while he worked with her for 5 years that the sumpreme court of florida won’t be different. My atty needs help. my kidsneed help. I am begging. Thank you.
Comment by Susan — August 6, 2009 @ 3:48 am
I can be reached at susan00 at bellsouth.net from the above email. thank you
Comment by Susan — August 6, 2009 @ 3:50 am
MANUEL CALIFORNIA:
Linda please insert a few words in your Lawyers who take CPS cases
to make the heading more visible.
Manuel read here:
http://fightcps.com/2007/08/10/lawyers-who-take-cps-defense-cases/
There are 250 attorneys mentioned in this link and most happen to be from CALIFORNIA.
Read their names and start calling them. A paralegal may get back to you. It might also be FREE to you if your FAMILY HAS A GOOD CASE.
I believe California has an INSURANCE PACKAGE TO COMPENSATE WRONGLY INTRUDED- UPON FAMILIES.
Californians, you are LUCKY. Most other states do have the same financial incentives as attys in California do.
And make no mistake, folks, —–
IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT THE BENJAMINS.
F.
Comment by Fern — August 6, 2009 @ 4:58 am
I need an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio to file a lawsuit against CPS.
Comment by PH — August 6, 2009 @ 2:06 pm
hello. my 6 children were first taken from me in oct. of 2005. they were taken because i was using drugs and i also had a boyfriend that was a registered sex offender. I know that sounds bad, but he wasnt a pervert, he was 18 and had a girlfriend that was 16 and her parents pressed charges. he was now 28 years old and that stuff was really old. the case worker told me that if i didnt break up with boyfriend then i would never see my kids again. i was kind of a rebel and refused to listen, so i had a very hard road. the case workers hated me due to the fact that i refused to listen to them for so long. eventually i came around and worked very to complete parenting classes, nonoffending parenting classes, drug treatment monitored uas, and lots of counseling. the worker was unable to let her anger towards me go and filed a petition to terminate my parental rights. she also took it upon herself to allow my childrens father to relinquish his parental rights so he could get out of paying child support. we was conviced that the state would win the petition against me. so in sept of 2007 the state lost the petition and were ordered to give me children back.
they werent happy about this at all. it took them 7 months and another order from the court to get them to finally give me 2 of my kids back. the rest of them were living with their fathers. so now i get my kids back and am stuck without the $1200 in child support i used to receive and my children are now legally without a father. who in the hell are they to decide that. to take my childrens right to support away a nd their right to ssi should he die? so then in july, 3 months after they move home, my daughter who was living with her father is beaten with a hairbrush by her step mother. i called the police and went to court for temporary custody. the step mom was charged and convicted of the abuse. immediately dhs opens a new case because of my history with dhs. dhs never wanted me to get my any of my kids back, and slowly but shirley are trying to get them all back from me, one way or another. so now i have my twin boys, 5 year old and their sister, 7 years old who is very traumatized. within a month of me having her, dhs did a surprise visit. at the time my daughter had a scratch on her face from her brother and a bite mark from his as well. i admit they did fight alot. i think it was their age and all they had been through. so the dhs worker then says that all the kids could not live in the same house and made me make a choice between my twins, and my daughter.
It was only suppose to be temporary. so i decided to send my twins back to my brothers, because my daughter was traumatized from abuse. within a month of this, it became obvious that this was just a way to get my kids back from me since they lost the tpr. they filed for permanent guardianship within 45 days of them going back, saying that i sent them back because i couldnt handle all three of the kids together and my daughter was still in my custody. they won that petition and now i have lost my twins forever. meanwhile during these months i had custody of my daughter, the step mom is constantly making false reports about me to dhs because she is mad at me for turning her in for the abuse, and angry that she has even lost her own children because of it. she was also forced to move from her home and there was a no contact order with my daughter. she made report and report of complete lies with no proof of any of it and dhs believed it all. they even had the no contact order lifted so she could move back home, then 2 days after they won the petition for guardianship of my twins due to the fact that i couldnt handle all three of them at the same time, they moved my daughter back into the house with her father and the abuser and said that they changed the plan and think she would be better off with her father. this is after a whole year with me and only saw her father for a few hours on about 10 different occasions.
right about the same time that this happened, 2 of my other children moved back home with me because they were being abused by their father and he signed them over to me. now dhs decides to get involved again. they are determined to not allow me to have any of my children. they say they need to do an assesment and send me to take a ua. I have been clean and sober for just over 3 years now. they tell me that the ua was positive for meth and they are flat out lieing. i have never seen the results to the ua, but they say they have it. they show up at my house with the police a few days later. thank god i was not there. they want to take my kids from me based on a lie. i then moved to another town about 20 minutes from where i was. the worker keep looking for me and calling me telling me i have to see her so she can see me and my kids. but she always has the police with her. i dont want to give her my new address because i dont currently have a case open for these kids with dhs and i know they are gonna steal my kids. they are the last two i have left. dhs has managed to get all the other ones from me. please help. what do i do? i need an attorney!!!
Comment by bp — August 7, 2009 @ 10:07 pm
I am looking for an attorney in or around Izard County, AR that is willing to take a case where DHS has taken children out of a home without just cause. I need an attorney that will fight for me, not DHS. If anyone knows of any in this area, please contact me asap. Email is tammyt at centurytel dot net. Thanks
Comment by Tammy Saling — August 8, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
I am not having any luck with getting a lawyer for my case that I have been fighting for 4 years. Please the county is completely abusing our (daughter and my) rights….please, help. Jacqui (775) 379-8400
Comment by jacqui — August 8, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
i need an attorney please
id rather not get into detail but i am low income and want my child back …
Comment by ctay2009 — August 9, 2009 @ 10:57 am
Ctay, what state are you in? Do you have a court appointed attorney?
Comment by LindaJoMartin — August 9, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
Are there any attys in Sweetwater county, Wyoming? I need an atty to help me. I was arrested but not charged. I do have an atty for the family court but still need one for criminal court
dawn
Comment by Dawn Crane — August 9, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
My child was removed from my home last May due to someone reporting I had passed out in car with my then 2yr old daughter in the car in front of my doctors office. I had locked my keys in my car and I dont know know how someone percieved I was passed out in the car when I couldnt even get in the car. I contacted a local law enforcement agent whom I knew and trusted from being a victim of domestic violence, I have been away from my abuser for 6 years now. The officer was willing to testify to this but at the time I had a court appointed atty whom was formerly a prosecuting atty for cps. and he chose to not contact him. I also had submitted to hair tests, with myself and daughter testing positive to every drug on the list in the highest unusual amounts. I knew this was impossible and within 5 days of the states test I paid for an independent test that showed no drugs in myself or my daughter. In fact my daughters father asked his girlfriend to take makenna because cps wanted my daughter out of my care until the test results came back and I agreed due to the fact I knew we were going to pass, anyway this girlfriend had a child whose age was only 5months younger than my daughter drove to the clinic that performed the hair test and the cps worker was suppose to follow to the clinc and she never did, The clinic came outside to the car with both children in the backseat and took a hair sample, BIG problem contamenation! That was only the beginning, I listened to my atty and didnt do services because he said those services would cause problems in my criminal case, I followed his advise. Soon after my atty signed that I was a now show at a court appearance for announcement, although my signature is signed over where he wrote that, so the Judge gave me a insufficent bond and I went to jail. I was not given another bond and sat and waited in jail. Well I began to now see how I had been railroaded and the 18months you have to get services done is up at the end of sept. I am now on deferred felony probation for 4yrs and these few weeks that I have 1hr visitation with my daughter is getting harder. Cps has always made ne put her in the car after visits to send her back to the foster family. I cant describe that pain! I recorded a visit to show this painful experience for both me and my daughter, the following visit I was told I couldnt tape any more visits, but I have been tapeing secretely and my daughter begs to come home. She even told me her “daddy” made her kiss a 13yr old son of the foster family who is their biological child, they also have an 11yr old boy and 8yr old daughter. She even told she had been sleeping in hall way and wanted to come home because she was scared. The case worker said she was just embellishing to give me guilt trip to take her home. Well she was being truthful about the hallway the caseworker explained they were painting her room and had put her bed in the hallway fenced in with child safety gates. I feel so helpless, as a parent your instinct is to protect your children at no cost and I cant protect my daughter! I cant trust any part of the legal system, my child was illegally kidnapped. The state has made money now by placing my child in foster care and making more money with my court costs, probation fees, and to me there is no amount of money that could be enough for the emotional damage of taking a child from her mother. I currently do not have an atty for the termination hearing, I couldnt keep that court appt atty, and due to being in jail so long and I am barely getting back on my feet. I have no money left in savings and I have gotten a roomate to make ends meet. I have even resorted to taking the bus, I sold my car. There isnt anything I wouldnt do for the well being of my child. I feel raped, violated and beaten ny our justice system. I have no trust in anyone, I am at the end and I am praying God will move a mountain to bring my daughter home. The fact that I am jewish seems to be another issue that cps repeatedly use in their reports. For example they say mother reports she is jewish and makenna shouldnt eat any pork, religious rituals must only be practiced at the cps office during visitation, makenna’s biological father is african american and has no religious practices, Makenna’s mother being jewish does not effect the child in any way other than eating no pork. My 3yr old daughters name is makenna, there is a lot more to being jewish than not eating pork. The way that their report reads seems discrimative to me in so many ways. I know cps has a way with the way they word things in their reports as they also said my house was clean but cluttered with toys. I am praying someone will be willing to at least take the time and try to help in any way that they can, I am desperate to not loose my precious baby girl. I am emotionally drained and I will never know what this has done to my daughter in the long run. I do know I will NEVER GIVE UP HOPE! I live in Denton, Texas and this is a very political town, even my mother whom was in law enforcement here when I was growing up left due to the corruption in our court system in this town. At this time I dont have any family that can take on my daughter so I give this plea for any help. Thank you for taking the time to read my story. I would also like to add I believe cps is doing what they can to keep my daughter and I from having the last few visits, 3wks ago I was told the transporter had a car accident with my daughter in the car on the way to the visit and cps canceled the visit telling me I would get a 2 hr visit the next week, well that next week came and I show up and was told they forgot to have makenna picked up. Once again I was told I would recieve an additional 1 hr visit. I have gotten 2 hours of those make up visits but due to the foster family going in vacation my visitation has to be put on hold until they return. I am beyond hurt and I have never felt as helpless at this point please help in any way, this is such a tragidy of injustice!
Comment by sarah greenwood — August 9, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
Need a good Lawyer In Georgia and or some advice. theres a lot more to the story here.
My name is Latisha. I have 5 beautiful children, 2 girls and 3 boys. My two girls, Janet Marie and Jennifer Leigh, and my oldest boy, Trevor are in state custody, possibly having been adopted out at this point. My story is a prime example of why Child Protective Services must be completely changed. I’ll give a brief run-through of it here and will be glad to discuss it further with anyone that wants to hear it. Hopefully something you read here will help you in your fight or prevent your children from being stolen by this sometimes evil organization. First, let me make one thing clear. CPS is unfortunately a necessary entity. There are some really terrible sperm and egg donors out there that have no business raising an animal, much less a beautiful and innocent child. Where the problem lies is when CPS stops being in the business of protecting children and starts making money off ripping apart families. That is what my situation deteriorated into.
This story starts in Cornelia, Georgia. At the time I was 19 and had just had my third child. I was involved with Habersham County Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS). I had had issues with my husband causing problems and had several people in the home with me. It was very hard for me to consistently keep the house clean, so you can see what DFACS was concerned with. Things were going well with Habersham. I split with my husband and eventually my new boyfriend, and now husband, Tim, moved in. We moved to Clermont, Georgia which is in Hall County and the case was transferred to them. That is where the trouble began. Within a week of moving to Clermont our car broke down. We were stuck out in the country with no way to get to work, to the store, anywhere. Tim had to walk ten miles several times to the grocery store or to the pawnshop to sell things for us to eat with and buy diapers for Trevor. Tim’s family wasn’t in the area and my family came to us occasionally to take the kids somewhere to get them out of the house. Hall County DFACS became very hostile towards us during this time. On one occasion they brought bring food and diapers for the kids. Things started going wrong with the house such as pipes backing up, toilets not working, etc. and our landlord, Victor Neely, would not fix them. All we got was threats of eviction from him. I gave him the money from my TANF check I was getting once a month hoping it would be enough to buy us some time at least. It was not. Within a couple weeks, Neely made good on that threat and delivered an eviction notice to us and informed DFACS that he was doing this. Two weeks later, two social workers showed up at the house with a deputy sheriff and took my kids away. They had the audacity to tell us to enjoy this time away from them, to use that time to get ourselves straight. They told my kids they were going for a sleepover. My oldest daughter came into our bedroom and told me not to cry that it would be ok that she would be home the next day.
A few days before Easter 2003 Tim’s parents managed to come up with a car for us to use. We immediately began moving our household goods to Mount Airy, Georgia in Habersham County where Tim’s parents had a small house they weren’t using. We weren’t able to get it all moved in time and Victor Neely came with a few men and moved everything we had out on the street. The vultures of Hall County descended on our belongings almost immediately and took so much from us, right off the side of the road. As soon as we got settled in the house in Mt. Airy we began working on Hall County DFACS. It was obvious from the beginning that this was not going to be a fair fight. My case required that I complete parenting classes, anger management classes, counseling for past sexual abuse that happened to me as a child, have a job and house for 3 months. I was assigned a court appointed lawyer, Allison Martin, since we could not afford one ourselves. The first couple months not a lot happened with our case because we were trying to get our living and employment situation straightened out. We were supposed to be allowed to see the kids once per week supervised by our social worker and a parenting counselor from Cornerstones Counseling, Julie Clark. Unfortunately, DFACS almost always had an excuse for why they could not bring my oldest daughter Marie to these visits. I only got to see her 3 times during this whole ordeal. After a few months we managed to get another vehicle, get a 3 bedroom townhouse in Toccoa, GA, all utilities cut on, and we both had jobs. I worked for Taco Bell and Tim worked for a moving company. At that time is when things really started happening. They made me do random drug testing even though I’d never been involved with drugs or alcohol. We were also assigned a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) worker named Louise Vandiver. With no humor intended at all I believe this person is the anti Christ. She is the main reason I lost my kids in the end. She was CONSTANTLY hateful and negative towards me. She would show up at my visits and belittle me in front of everyone present, nothing I did with the kids was right. She constantly tried to get my visits cut short or stop them from happening at all. My parent aide, Julie Clark, who was an excellent counselor by the way, typed up a statement to the judge on my case stating that she believed Ms. Vandiver had a personal vendetta against me. She stated that Jamie Prickett my social worker at that time dreaded finding out that she was at a visit. She brought me to tears several times. Julie said I was doing nothing wrong with my kids at these visits. Louise Vandiver told me to stop tickling Trevor that you’re not supposed to tickle babies, that it’s not healthy for them. This was just personal hate for me coming from Vandiver. On multiple occasions this hateful person told me I would never get my kids back. Louise Vandiver would show up at my visits with the children and force me to do a drug test right there during the visit almost every week. Several times I would get a phone call on random days from DFACS or Louise Vandiver saying I had to drive down to Hall County for a drug test even if I’d already done one that week. They also said that if I didn’t do one that if could count as a negative drug test, and it would count against me. This was almost an hour drive from where we lived. They were hoping to find something. Of course, they never did. My oldest daughter, Janet Marie, was placed on multiple medications including one for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at age 3. DFACS claimed that she has mental problems stemming from my “inability” to properly take care of her. I have since researched this cocktail of drugs they say they placed her on. I talked to a pharmacist who said that he’s never heard of a child that age being diagnosed with schizophrenia and has never filled a prescription for that for a child her age at that time. Schizophrenia doesn’t manifest itself reliably at that age to diagnose properly. I believe all this was a lie to make me look worse and show that if given back to me, her issues would be too much for me to deal with. I had even asked for them to let my own child psychologist to do an evaluation on her and they refused it.
Another problem I was having was my worthless lawyer. If I didn’t do the research or the subpoenas they would not get done. She was nearly impossible to get a hold of throughout this whole case. She never pushed to get evidence favorable to me entered; she never called witnesses that would have helped me. For anyone in Hall County dealing with a custody situation, do not allow Allison Martin to be your attorney. I attempted to get another lawyer appointed but was told that I couldn’t. I am convinced a competent attorney would have gotten my kids back for me considering everything I was doing.
As far as the case plan is concerned, this is what happened. I attended parenting classes once a week with Julie Clark of Cornerstone Counseling. This went very well and when I had completed the required amount of time set forth by DFACS I requested to continue the classes for my own knowledge and benefits to my kids. Next, I was required to attend 12 weeks of anger management and complete the course. I successfully did that. I had my job with Taco Bell but was fired there because I turned in some of the workers for doing drugs on the premises. Obviously they didn’t tell me that was the reason but I was doing very well there and I was fired immediately after that incident. Shortly thereafter I got my job with Domino’s Pizza and managed to keep it for eleven months until I had a car accident on the job which totaled my car and I was unable to work there any longer. We were able to keep up our house and kept it clean at all times. We had rooms set up for the kids with everything they needed. I was assigned a counselor, Hope Sinador, to deal with past issues. This counseling was apparently doing too well because DFACS took Hope off my case and would never give either of us an explanation as to why. Since I still had to fulfill the counseling portion of the case above all else I went to the mental health center in my town to attempt to continue the counseling. They did an assessment of me and said they could not help me because they didn’t feel that I had any problems. Throughout the case this has haunted me because despite all evidence to the contrary DFACS said that I was not trying to get counseling. DFACS made several untrue claims that my house stayed dirty all the time, that I didn’t continue to work, that I was bad with my kids. I lay my hand on the bible and state that everything I have said to defend myself is true. I have plenty of witnesses to prove it and will use them all if I can ever get this back in court.
Late in 2004 I found out I was pregnant. Tim and I were very excited but concerned at the same time. We talked to DFACS in the town we were currently living in, Toccoa, GA, about our concerns that they might take him from us because of the ongoing case in Hall County DFACS. They assured us many times that they would not. We changed our large main bedroom into a baby room that just happened to have our stuff in it too, lol. We bought everything brand new for our new baby and were completely prepared for him. I quit smoking and still worked up until the week of his birth. I had to maintain a strict diet with him because I had gestational diabetes. I had to have him by C Section and on June 18, 2004 Ethan Conner Ramey was born. One hour after the surgery a caseworker from DFACS in Toccoa came to the hospital room while I was still drugged up and said to Tim that Ethan would not leave the hospital with us. They took our baby from us 4 days after he was born. This devastated us both. DFACS told Tim that he could have Ethan if he would leave me. He refused and despite the loss of his only child stuck by me. We got to see Ethan once a week at DFACS for the first year. They would not give him back with the ongoing case in Hall County. Tim and I got married in November, 2005. I was required to get counseling and therapy on this case as well which I agreed to and completed. Eventually we got visitation in our home with him and finally unsupervised weekend overnight visits. Tim had been in the Marine Corps before he met me and got the idea that he could join again and hopefully get our son back. DFACS went along with this idea under the condition that we get into base housing as soon as we got to his new duty station. June 24, 2005 Tim rejoined the Marine Corps and we had to leave our baby in Georgia to move to Jacksonville, NC at Camp Lejeune. November 3, 2005 DFACS in Toccoa called and said I could come and pick Ethan up and the case was dropped. I rushed down to GA that day and brought him home to NC the next day. Tim deployed in April 2006 and while he was gone the judge on my case in Hall County terminated my rights to my children. I never got the final visits with them that I was assured I would have. This completely devastated me and Tim and I went through a lot of bad marital problems in the next few years because of it. Somehow we managed to stick together and became pregnant with our second child in 2008. December 12, 2008 Zaedyn Uriah Ramey was born in Onslow County hospital in NC and finally we were able to bring a child home from the hospital. Both children have been doing fantastic throughout their lives with us. June of this year Tim got out of the Marine Corps again and we moved to Greenville, SC to be near his parents and in a good job market. We have a house here that is owned by his parents so it’s stable and ours as long as we need it. We have good cars, money coming in, Ethan’s starting school next week and Zaedyn is growing like a weed. He just started crawling a couple weeks ago. Everything is going so well for us just like it was when we got ourselves straight. All we are missing is the three little lives that got stolen from us.
I recently became aware that former Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer, who was the state representative before running for the senate for the area we lived in during the whole ordeal in Ga, has an active fight against DFACS going. She accuses the offices in that area including Hall County of engaging in trafficking of children for profit. She states that so many families have lost their children to DFACS with no chance to get them back no matter how hard they tried. She says that it’s basically a conspiracy involving social workers, lawyers, child advocates, and judges bent on putting money in their pockets and in the pockets of the state. Everything she describes about how it all works sounds exactly like our case in every detail. She describes children being put on adult medications for treatments of disorders they couldn’t possibly be diagnosed with at their ages, just like my Marie. I truly believe my children were stolen from me and I’m working right now on getting a real lawyer to help me and intend to sue the state of Georgia once the case is put together. There are several other people that will be sued before all this is over. I will get my kids back, God willing, and begin the process of reintegrating back into their lives and undoing the damage DFACS did to them.
There are many, many more details of this ordeal which I will tell if asked. I have never had anything to hide. I love my children and mourn their loss more each day. My two boys have siblings out there they don’t know. It’s painful in every way. I know there are many more of you out there that have been railroaded by the state. Please help all of us by banding together and sharing our experiences so that maybe all of us can bring our babies home.
Comment by Latisha Ramey — August 9, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
My daughters need help! They were taken by CPS when they were 6 and 7 yrs old. They are now 14 and 15. For years they have suffered sexual and mental abuse at the hands of foster parents while CPS did nothing.; including not letting the Police investigate. My oldest was just attacked by a gang of 8 people at a skating ranch. She sustained a concussion, lacerations and bruises, among other things. Two of the attackers were boys. My youngest daughter manages to sneak and call me on a cell phone sometimes. She is allowed limited computer access. I have told her about this site and she has asked me to please find someone that is willing to fight for them in court. Please, please, if you are an attorney and have the guts to go against these monsters, please send me an email and I will gladly give you a cell number where my daughter can be reached. Please help them, because God knows that I don’t have the power. n8tivenc - at - yahoo.com
Comment by Terena Powell — August 10, 2009 @ 9:24 am
My daughters are in North Carolina, Raleigh.
Comment by Terena Powell — August 10, 2009 @ 9:25 am
Cps has accused me of abusing my step-children when I was 9 months pregnant. They took my husbands children away for a week and a half. I recently had my baby who will be a month on August 15, When cps found out that my baby was born, they gave my husband his children back under on condition, his newborn baby and me had to live with my parents with no contact. Cps said that they would take my baby away unless I admitted I was violent against my children and my husband. Of course I had to admit to something that was not true to keep my baby. They have no proof of any violence in the home. No police reports no nothing. I need some help to get home. I miss my husband and my step-children. My newborn really needs his father. I am a low-income family and think the cps department are abusing there powers. I want to go home.
Comment by jennifer — August 10, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
I am writing to beg for help. My story is long and complex. I have 6 children; all but two have different fathers. This nightmare began just after DHS lost there petition to terminate my parental rights and were ordered to give me my children back. They didn’t like that at all and have been doing everything in their power to take them all one by one. 3 of my children were in the custody of their fathers and I was still fighting for my twins age five. DHS was ordered to give them back in Sept. 2007 after they lost the petition to term my parental rights. I did not have them until April 2008. In February my daughter who lived with dad came with bruises from being abused by her stepmother. I called the police and dhs. The step mom was arrested charged and convicted for the abuse. Dhs would not allow my daughter to live with me because I didn’t have my other kids home yet, and they opened a case. They made the step mom move out of the house and my daughter remained with her dad. There was a no contact order put into place by the judge that prosecuted her. That order was violated because dad was allowing step mom to be at house with my daughter so dhs finally gave her to me. Father agreed to let me have custody of her due to the no contact order because he wanted to live with his wife. So at this time I have my twins who have an open case about to close in Washington County dhs and my daughter with a case open in Marion County. The two case workers start talking with each other and made a huge issue. The Washington County dhs worker already didn’t want me to have my twins anyway, so what happened was both worker showed up at my house one day on a surprise visit. It was only about 2 days after my daughter had came with me and I had spent most of the day on the phone with police and the Das office trying to get the step mom arrested for the violation of the no contact order. It was a hectic day. I will admit that my twins and their sister did not get along. My daughter had a scratch on her cheek and a bite mark on her stomach from her brothers. Don’t get me wrong. She hit them first, both times. It was nothing more than sibyl rivalry. I understand that it was not ok; I was just still adjusting to being a mother again, and trying to get situated. So were the kids. They were testing their boundaries. So dhs workers from both counties show up at the same time and freak out because of the marks on my daughter. They made me make a choice between my twins and my daughter. It was wither send the twins “temporarily” to my brothers, the same place that they lived for the previous 2 years in foster care or my daughter goes to a foster home. So I agreed to let my twins go to my brothers just until things settled a little for my daughter. About a month later we were back in court. The state filed a petition for permanent guardianship of my twins to go to my brother. I fought that case and lost. I had court 2 days after that in Marion county with my daughter because of the fact that the step mother once again has violated the no contact order, and is on a 365 zero tolerance suspended sentence. I’m thinking that the judge is going to have to send her back to jail for a year. That is what I was promised by the judge that sentenced her. But no, now the same judge that is on our dhs case (judge Rhoades) is in charge of her probation. And since dhs hates me so bad already, they have been on step mom’s side the hole time. So at court not only does the judge do nothing to her for the violation, she then lifts the no contact order and says that she can be around my daughter. Suddenly my ex changes his mind now that his wife can be there and he wants custody back of my daughter. Even though we had already gone to mediation and made the decision. Even though just 2 days prior, I had just lost my twins permanently due to the fact that my daughter was there. At this time the judge said she needed more time to make decision about custody and set court date for a few months later. Now about a month before court, my older son age 13 had problems with his dad and signed custody of him over to me. I called and told my daughters dhs worker and she immediately used that as an excuse and came and took my daughter from school and sent her back to her dads and stepmothers. Her reason was she said my daughter said she was afraid of her brother. So that’s really smart. Lets move her back to where we already know she has been beaten and is completely terrified. Also moving her with her dad meant that she would no longer have medical insurance and be unable to attend her counseling for the trauma from the abuse. The stepmother had not even attended her counseling for the abuse yet. About 2 weeks after that happened my other daughter age 6 moved home with me. Her stepmother was also abusing her and I took him to court and won custody of her. A few weeks later I had my hearing again in Marion County, and judge gives my custody of my daughter to her dad. There had been some accusations, supposedly that I was using again, which all made up I believe by the worker so I would look bad and lose at court. It worked. I lost. The dhs worker the dame day as court sends me to take a ua and a few days later calls me and tells me it was positive for meth. I know you have probably heard this before, and will laugh at me, but its absolutely untrue. I have been clean and sober for 3 years now and very strong in my recovery. I have never seen the results, and asked the worker to please send them to my attorney. I’ve have called and called my attorney and get no response. I feel like she is on their side. She does nothing to help me. Now a new dhs worker started showing up where I was living with police officers looking for me. She wants to take my kids because of this supposedly dirty ua. I’m not going to let it happen. I moved to new apartment about 20 minutes away from where I was but she is still calling me and all my of my family trying to locate me. I don’t know what to do. I can’t allow this to happen. My kid’s spirits are already broken from all of this, and I cannot allow them to cause them any more traumas. What the hell am I to do. I can’t afford an attorney and I feel like she is going to find us. We can’t keep living here like this hiding. School is going to start soon. Please if you have any advise I would so much appreciate it. I have worked to hard for them to do this to me. They are bound and determined even if it means lying to get every one of my kids away from me. Even if it means sending them to house with people who have already beaten them black and blue just one-year prior with and a hair brush and charged for it!! This is ludicrous!! God please help me!! The system is corrupt and I am terrified for my children. My number is 5039959371 and my email is brandi1stchoice@yahoo.com if you think you might be able to at least suggest something for me to do. God Bless All.
Comment by brandi preciado — August 11, 2009 @ 2:09 am
I have made the mistake of reporting abuse from my ex-husband to our son. Things like dragging him face down on the concrete and hitting him with a switch and then it being an open wound. Now the tables are turned. In 2005, it was reported that my ex-fiance whipped my daughter and left bruises. He did not and I have the pictures of the some of the activites that contributed to that. Popping balloons with their butts on the concrete. My child was not the only child that had a bruised butt from that. But the two other parents that were there were afraid that they would have their children pulled into a foster home, like mine were if they said anything. CPS said that was not what caused it. They said the doctor said it was a coat hanger. I went to court and did the whole thing of admitting to what they wanted so I could work to get my children back with that and took the punishment. Now 4 years later they have accused me of the same thing that happened back in 2005. I am lossing my son over this to his father and they are threatening to take my girls. I am a good mother. I am a hard worker. I am also a single mother. I have tried to fight them. I have left several messages for my case worker over the last 3 weeks and they will not return my calls. I have been recording all of our contact. I do have CPS denying things that were said and done. I asked why I was not notified that they were going to the schools to talk to my children and they said that they believe my children to be in danger. Do you think that the schools or the doctors would report the incidents. My sister and her friends reported these allegations. I kicked my sister out in the streets for bringing drugs into my home. She had to sleep in her car. Because she had already tried other family members and they refused because of her mental handicap. She finally got to stay with those friends. And then they started threatening me with revenge (on tape and in emails). I am at the point that I am also at the edge of being terminated from my job. CPS is not the only people that my sister and her friends called. They also called my employer. And posted the alleged abuse of the internet. Her friends even filed Staking charges on me, telling the police department that they had picture of me at their place. We went to court over that and it was dismissed from lack of evidence on their part. I tried to get the staking order with the threats by email and phone (that the police seen and heard) And also my window was busted out in my vehicle. I had a GPS and $45.00 also in the front seat of my van. Nothing was taken. I do not know what my options are but to just admit to what they say and try to move on. I do not want to do that, you do not know how much that hurts to know that you have to admit to even the things that are not true just to be able to work with them to keep your kids.
Comment by Crystal Hammond — August 11, 2009 @ 5:44 am
Well seems I am going to get in line I’m in Bradenton FL in need of a lawyer and a prayer. My son has a problem with lying and his behavior. The police were called out for an incident and left. My son lied and said he saw what happend and didn’t. CPS took him the next day after questioning him at school. Theese people just seem to do what ever they want. I’m a single parent without many resources Please Help.
shanna shannamm@ymail
Comment by Shanna — August 11, 2009 @ 7:08 am
my story is to complex to explain on here it would take forever and about twenty pages. i need help cps of alabama is stealing my kids and my life.
Comment by jessica gay — August 11, 2009 @ 8:15 am
Can we please get some information on any class action cases, or attorneys that can help us regarding our daughter in Orange County? Im sure with the amount of corruption in CPS, there HAS to be another case in OC. thank you!
Comment by Ellen — August 11, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
For those of you who can not afford private legal representation, I urge you to contact any and all Law School legal clinics in your areas.
In NYC, at least, there are Law School clinics wherein law school students work to help families and are often successful with same.
These students are often more up o nthe law than seasoned professionals; please give it a go.
Comment by MaggieC — August 11, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
Please HELP!!!!! Mystory is too long to write about.Im in need of a good lawyer to fightfor me and getmy 2 little boys back. They are only 5 and 1 1/2 and its destroying our family.631-877-5993 NY
Comment by stephanie — August 12, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
PLease someone help. ACS has removed my children alreadyto my mother but i need them back. The children need to be with me their mother and need legal representation please help god please
Comment by stephanie — August 12, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
I don`t know why all these lawers say they can help you but in the end they want 30 thousand dollars, if my rights have been violated why do I have to pay all this to show that, why do these lawyers want to take your money and not even do 1 thing? cps have taken my kids bc my boyfriend pled to a cfc 4 10 years ago, he is not registered nor have there been any allagations…..but yet they took my kids on the basis I`m not protecting them because this COULD happen, and all these lawyers say they can`t do this but I haven`t found 1 that will stand up and say that, what are they afraid of? but you pay them and they don`t care because they have gotten your money anyways. this seems to me like a vicious circle of these defense lawyers just working for them, what do they get a cut of these people`s goverment grants also??
Comment by Stacy Weiss — August 12, 2009 @ 2:25 pm
I am in desperate need for help for my grandaughter. About 2 years ago my ex son in law called cps and told them that my daughters boyfriend was molesting my grandadaughter. Cps called me and told me not to tell my daughter what their intentions were. They never told my daughter why they were taking her daughter from her. They gave her wrong directions to get to court so she missed the mediation hearing and the father was awarded sole custody. It’s been 2 years now and the father will not let my daugthter or me talk or see my granddaughter. The courts at that time order that she was to have supervised visitation through me but the father will not let me even see her. Cps set my daughter up to lose her daughter and now they wont even tell her what the outcome of their investigation was. She is not finacially able to fight this situation and my granddaughter is suffering by not having a stable relationship with her mom. Did I mention that the father they gave my granddaughter to is convicted of child abuse. He molested a child under the age of 16 and he pled out and got a lesser charge of child abuse. How can the system take a child from their mother and give it to a man who has been convicted. She is in desperate need of help. I am hoping there is someone that can help her be reunited with her baby girl. She loves and misses her dearly. We all do!!!
Comment by Tina Spangler — August 13, 2009 @ 9:23 am
Stephanie,
The only lawyer I know of on Long Island who fights these cases is John Zenir out of Mineola.
He has an excellent reputation but he is a private attorney so it will cost.
You might want to google him and see if it is a worth a call to him.
You might also contact the NYU Law School Legal Clinic and CWOP (Child Welfare Organizing Project) in Manhattan to ask about pro bono representation.
Stay strong.
Comment by MaggieC — August 13, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
I not sure what to do. I was told by the case worker that nothing was going to be filed on me. then two years later i have my criminal record ran and on it CPS posted neglect. THen two days later i recieve a letter stating i had 30 days to request a formal due process hearing. otherwise it will be stay there for good. i need advice and help.
Comment by MIchelle Franklin — August 13, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
I have a very sticky situation and I feel that because this is a small town we are being pushed aroundand taken advantage of. We were told lies about our rights. Our current lawyer is terrible. We have been trying to help and somehow got made the bad people. My fiance has a son and his son’s mother has been in CHIPS court for a little over a year however she has been involved with a voluntary program for a couple years now. She has relasped many times and this last time the judge told her that if she were to mess up again she would have the children taken away permanently. We voluntarily became involved to help our child. My fiance is a participant of the court and I come along for support. Now we are the ones that are being watched. They have court ordered us to take mental evals, chemical dependancy evals, parental compacity tests. They are expecting us to take time off of work and drive 2 hours for these tests and telling me that I have to take an occurance at work because its a court order. Beyond them making us take these evals they also ordered us to sign a case plan giving them permission to do drop in visits anytime (even though we only see the child every other weekend), not to drink (we dont drink anyway but I am sorry that is my right as an american over 21), and many other things that are just crossing the line in my opinion. This town is so small we dont have any choices for lawyers left. Someone please help get me out of this nightmare.
Comment by Kristin — August 14, 2009 @ 3:40 am
I had a CPS case against me for cruelty to children (a foster child I was keeping got mad cause I punished him by taking his playstation/spiderman game for misbehavior at school and he got mad, started crying when his caseworker came, lied saying I took his game and spanked him!) I lost my job as an Officer because the case was not concluded in 30 days. 2 years later when it finally went to court, the child retracted his statement - I didn’t know this. But the DA approached my attorney and I at court and stated that he would throw out the charges and have my record expunged if I signed an agreement not to sue the state for wrongful termination and criminal prosecution - which I had been saying I would do. I said I would take the offer if it including expunging my record. They agreed. I signed the agreement and I held my part of the agreement and took a job as a teacher. But here 3 years later, I was informed by an agency that the local CPS is reporting that I had a substantiated case of Cruelty to Children. I am convinced that this is slander because the agency they reported it to made a decision to alter my financial circumstances as a result of what CPS said(they even put it in writing). I am looking for a lawyer to either represent me or at least give some advice on handling the case myself.
Most sincerely
Eddie from Georgia
Comment by Eddie from Georgia — August 14, 2009 @ 7:58 am
I been fighting with CPS for 12 years because my oldest daughter that she can get away with telling lies about the Family and friends by saying a lot some stuff that was not true, but this last lie she told was the cake and they believe her now that she was19 at the time when she told this lies about sexual abuse on her and her sister and physical abuse.She did not only said her father and I did these to them also a Family friend did it also. About 17 monthsago they took our youngest daughter away from our home because what she said. Then we went to court with out a attorney and the Judge,CPS and the DA looked down on us, talk down to us and the Judge threaten to put usin jail and he said that we had four guns pointing at us. Before they came to remove our daughter from our we asked them if they had a warrent and they said they did not need one that a lie, we found that out was alie they do need a warrent. The last time we were in court was the day we were going to lose our parental rights to her, but I had a heart attack in the court room and the Judge, CPS Agency and DA just sat there and laught at us and did not stop the hearing. So right now we are still fighting to get her back to us, because the people she with is Family; but they a record violence abuse and drug abuse. We don’t do anything to hurarm our children in anyway, but our oldest daughter say other wise and she is afraid that CPS is going to take her unborn child away for all the lies she said to have her sister tooken away from us. All this was jealousy over her youngest sister because her father cared more for his youngest daughter, the reason was that she was our miracle baby because the doctors said that we couldn’t have anymore children. We missed her 12 birthday and we haven’t seen over 12 weeks now and it is putting me in and out of the hospital and it is affecting my health. We do need help to appeal this matter, but we can’t do it alone anymore… Please if there is anyone out there, please help us and we are dispread for help…….
Comment by Lena — August 15, 2009 @ 1:15 am
i NET A LAWER tO HELP ME i AM A GRANDMA OF 3 AND THERE TOOK THEM FROM THERE MOTHER i NET A LAWER TO GET MY GRANDKIDS BACK . CSP IS LETTING MY DAUGHTER SEE SHE KIDS WELL SHE IS TESTING DIRT FOR METH IN SAC CALIF
Comment by bARBARA — August 15, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
I am lost… my sister went to the babysitter and took my children to TCSO. She stated to the sheriffs office that the kids had no food, clothes or money. She also stated that I was on drugs and had left them for over a week, without supplies. She thought they would just give my children to her because she was family. I found out later that she was going to use them as beneficial gain for a new house. She found out that her plan backfired when CWS wanted to detain my children. I have no drug charges… my record is now clean, but CWS is trying to force me to be a number that calls in every day, for drug testing, and make me attend drug and alcohol classes three times a week in order to get my kids back. I have not seen my girls(1,2,3yrs), in 7 weeks, and my 15 year old son has ran away from his foster care placement. I have court on Sep. 3rd Tulare county. I need to know if i can request my children back immediately. Also my three year olds biological father almost killed me, and CWS sent him all of our personal information, and even though he is still in a CA state prison, he now knows where we live along with our personal information. Please help…. hopehunter33 at yahoo.com
Comment by Hope Hunter — August 17, 2009 @ 10:48 am
My name is sarah greenwood and i recently posted a request for a lawyer on august 9,2009, somehow my e/mail address didnt follow. I am submiting the address I am a mother whose child was illegally taken and we need help.
Comment by sarah greenwood — August 17, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
Please view my story I am a single mom with Aspergers it’s high functioning autistic and I battle depression so because I went into the hospital and was NEVER asked if I had someone to call my two girls 10 & 12 with autism & aspergers were taken into state care. I am 4 months later still fighting as they say they want to place my girls for adoption but I raised them alone all my life and have a 25 yr. old I raised as well but they don’t care now that they got my girls. They have even turned away my family because they have tore us all 3 apart and want to sever my bond which will never happen. It’s a sick world and if anyone want’s to help me or knows what else I can do please tell me. I love my girls and they have been neglected in foster care as they have medical needs I was doing and they stopped when placed there it absurd. My youngest who’s more affected was disaplined by a grandmother who wasn’t certified to watch her by throwing her clothes all over the floor and telling her to pick them up,great care for “special needs” children. PLEASE PRAY FOR US!!
Comment by Linda — August 18, 2009 @ 10:56 pm
I desperately need an attorney to help me fight a custody/reverse adoption case in NC. I have 3 beautiful children whom I lost custody towards the end of 2005. I was incarcerated for 2 and a half months for writing several bad checks (misdemeanor) and when I got out of jail I lost my home, my car, my children…my life.
I have reached out to CPS, my church, friends, family..and no one knows what to do to help…I have gotten the cold shoulder from everyone.
My children were never abused, mistreated or harmed in anyway…we just didnt have a lot of money.
While i was incarcerated I had a stroke and was denied medical attention, which led to more problems after I got out. My parental rights were involuntary terminated and 2 of my children have been adopted by foster care. My othe child is with her paternal grandmother who is the one who called cps in the first place.
I realize some time has gone by, but after losing a husband, suffering thru a nervous breakdown and stroke, …I have been trying to put the pieces back together of whats left of my life…I was adopted so i have no immediate family and no one cares. PLease help !! Encouraging words, advice, legal advice, anything.. i need a lawyer who will care about me and my children. I would like to sue the jail where I was at and the CPS.. to show them what they are doing is wrong and inhuman. My children and i have suffered greatly because of this and they have even brainwashed my children.
Thank you and May God Bless Each and Every Family in Need!!
blessed _ faith @ yahoo.com (no spaces of course)
Comment by Cherie — August 19, 2009 @ 1:32 am
I am currently living in virginia but my case was held in NC. I need help finding an attorney who doesnt want a arm and a leg up front to help me fight cps and possibly bring a lawsuit against them and the county jail where I was held for a misdemanor worthless check. I had a stroke in jail and was denied medical attention.
I lost custody of my 3 children, my home, my car, –my entire life was destroyed because of a few bounced checks that paid my electric bill, bought groceries and clothing for my children.
when i got out of jail i was homeless, and cps actually held the nearly 3 months I was incarcerated against me..just as if I was out on the streets for that entire time not visiting my kids, etc;
This story is wayyy too long to go into detail..I wrote briefly above ^….I pray to God that my children are safe. I was denied contact with my children and havent seen them in 2 years. PLease someone help me
u can email me at blessed_faith at yahoo.com
Comment by Cherie — August 19, 2009 @ 1:46 am
I need someone to help me—I have asked and begged and pleaded with anyone who will listen to me and havent gotten anyone who will help me. I lost my 3 children to a corrupt and crooked system with a angry mother-in-law behind it all.
I live in VA but the case is in NC..It happened late 2005 and 2 of my children have been adopted by the foster care. I have never abused, mistreated or harmed my children in any way. My children were told “your mom doesnt love you, she ran out of time, and no one in your family cares enough about you to help “—-I dont know what to do..I had a court appointed attorney who literally fell asleep in court during my hearing!! This is a small rural town in NC and everybodys related to each other. Me on the other hand, I was adopted and was not from that area so I was ran down like garbage. I have been so ignorant about the law and CPS….I never dreamed this would happen to our family.
I cant move forward with my life without my kids…after losing their father to a car accident and havig a stroke after they were taken……my hope is bleak and depression has taken its toll on me. WILL ANYONE HELP ME FIGHT THIS??? PLEASE??? (757)-224-3809 -Cherie
Comment by Cherie — August 19, 2009 @ 2:12 am
My case is kind of the opposite from everyone here, but still fighting CPS. My 18 month old daughter (at the time of the incident) was severely beaten, by her mom or her boy friend. She was bruised from the lower back to her knees. I was living in MO at the time of the incident in TX. I came home got my child and waited for CPS to give me permission to go back. Three days after I got back to MO CPS dropped the case and my soon to be ex wife filed for divorce and custody down here. I had to quit my job give up my home and come back to texas. I have been fighting this since Dec. The court keeps giving her more and more rights (custody battle). She has extended standard visitation, no supervision. Yet I am restricted and have to ask her permission to do anything like I was the one who beat her. I am in the Beaumont, TX area if there is anyone out there that can help me my email address is mrhawk50 at msn.com or call me at 713-502-7825 I would sure appreciate it and God Bless you all and I wish you all the best of luck.
Comment by Aaron — August 19, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
hello i need a attorney to call me as things were not done on my case and i dont feel what i asked was done , my kids were never abused or negelected my case is very complicated and i want help please call 4693966343
Comment by tiara — August 20, 2009 @ 1:55 am
I need an attorney to file a lawsuit against CPS in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Comment by PH — August 20, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
I am very heart broken I posted request on August 9,2009 and havent gottten a response. I am going for trial sept. 14, I visited my daughter today for 1hour supervised, that is our usual visitation, it goes so fast. She had what looked to be cigarett burn marks and I couldnt put her down. I am worried about her emotional and physical well being. She begged to go home with me. It is so difficult to say I CANT. Please anyone help, I was told today that I can video my visitation now, I dont know why they did that. I had been secretly taping all visits. One last request PLEASE HELP
thank you for your consideration
Comment by sarah greenwood — August 21, 2009 @ 10:16 am
I wanted to add I live in Denton Texas, I have researched a local Judge who has taken kick-backs for cps on her tax returns. This county is too political! I cant loose my daughter, I will loose myself. These monsters at cps hurt more that kids, but us parents are put on display with crazy lies. Please anyone I need help….
Comment by sarah greenwood — August 21, 2009 @ 10:22 am
I have been falsely accused and treated very badly by CPS… I called the police and had my husband arrested for abusing my daughter, he told CPS while in jail that I beat my kids, they took my 3 children and no one in the system cares or is even trying to help me.. I need help.. I need HELP finding a lawyer…. ASAP!! I just want my kids back..!! 3233269515 rose
Comment by Rose — August 21, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
I have a case that has been ongoing since August 2007. I was working at a mortgage company and got my 2 best friends the positon there as well. Things turned sour when I stopped dating a guy that had a lot of money and a few months later started dating a guy with very little money. My friends assumed he was a drug dealer beasue of the way he dressed and they thought he was trying to use me. They had never personally met him. Then a mutual friend of ours called from one of the girls homes one day and told me that she had left her there and needed a ride home. I went to pick her up and brought her home. When we arrived at her home she realized she had forgot to give the girl her keys back. She asked if I could return them to her since we worked together. I agreed. She also told me the rumors that the girl had been spreading about me. When I got home I called her cell and cussed her out. The next day I gave the keys to her at work and told her the other friend said not to call her anymore. That evening HR sent me an e-mail saying that they neede to talk to me. They said that the girl had let them listen to the message on the cell phone and that they were going to put me on a final warning for work. I had never even had a verbal warning at work, besides the fact that the message had occured outside the workplace and I did not conduct myself in any type of hatefull manor while at work. I felt so discriminated against and felt the work amosphere to be very uncomfortable after that. I could not even focus at work, they had told me if she complained about anything else I would be fired.I was also told I couldn’t discuss the situation with anyone, but I kept over hearing her talk about it, our desks were not that far apart. I had never in my life been fired from any job. I decided to put my 2 weeks notice in. Needless to say I left before my 2 weeks were up cause I couldn’t keep tears from my eyes most of the day, and I had no focus whatsoever. The day I left I came home to find CPS showing up at my home. They stated they had received a call saying I was using drugs, that my kids were not going to school. that I was being evicted, and that my boyfriend was selling drugs out of my home. I took a drug test on the spot to prove my innocence. I called my landlord in front of the caseworker to prove I was in no danger of eviction. I basically went through all the steps to prove there were no drugs being brought in or out of my home. She left and came back an hour later with the police. I had my boyfriend and his friend take my kids out the back door and run. I told the caseworker she had no grounds to take my kids cause I already proved my innocence. Needless to say that stirred up some anger. They have been herrassing me everysince. I wouldn’t let them in my home anymore after awhile, cause it got so bad, that made matters worse. Finally they found their chance to get some real dirt on me. In October of 2008 me and my boyfriend got into an arguement. We were yelling at each other pretty loud and the police were called. They asked him if he had hit me, he said he spanked me, which he did, I had dared him, and didn’t think much of it. They actually arrested him for that. The CPS showed up the next day and stated that he couldn’t be around the children anymore or I would lose them. When he came from jail he left the residence so they wouldn’t take my kids. He would come over to give me money for the bills. I asked the CPS why he couldn’t be around the kids, they weren’t even there when it happened. They tried to say my baby boy was there, but he didn’t come home untill after the arguement occurred. I have a witness statement from the friend who had him testifying to that. Then the big trgedy came. In January of 2009 I was arrested for non-payment of child support that I was court ordered not to pay anymore. I had to pay $2000 to get out of jail. While I was there, they took my kids. They tell me my oldest so said we had no electricity for a month and that he was left at home alone for 1-2 days while I was in jail. I showed my electric bill that proved I had electricity, and they verified with my neighbor and friend that he was with them untill my youngest childrens father came to get him. Then they were trying to say that I had my boyfriend in the home around the children after they said he couldn’t be, They have been sending me to court every month since then stating that I haven’t complied with my case plan. I refused to do one because they were wrong. I lost my home and everything I own since the, but have gained 2 jobs. They told me they would help me get a place to live after I get a job, now they are telling me I have to get my kids back first to get a home. Were are they going to come back to, the streets? I went to mediation this past Friday, they want me to agree to parenting classes and a phsychological evaluation before they will even let me have unsupervised visits now. What the heck is wrong with this picture? My court appointed attorney fights more with me than for me. It’s more like she’s on their side. She does a good job presenting my evidence, but once they fight her on it, she is like a deer in the headlights. I am not even here for abuse, I don’t use drugs or drink. I don’t want to submit to these terms when I know I shouldn’t have to. I need an attorney who is going to fight for the rights of both my children and me, so we can be back together. Which brings up another point, they sent my older son to Orlando with his real father, and won’t let me see him or speak to him. That’s just not right!!
Comment by Angelia — August 23, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
I am looking for an attorney to advise us on what can be done to a doctor who made a false accusation, and the cps and police who came into my house and treated me and my father who was visiting, like vile criminals.
I had fired a doctor the day before for failure to properly care for my kids and because I was tired of the rough way they handled my children, and they asked me who would be the doctor and I told her it was none of her business and that all she needed to know was that she was NOT our physician and that they ought to get the record together for me, and the very next morning, bright and early, I had cps and police at my door like the Gestapo. They were threatening to take my kids away from me, and forced me to comply with their orders or get my kids taken away and get taken into custody because I was upset. They told me I should calm down, as it was a simple thing to remedy if I just did what they wanted and I had no reason to be upset. They berated me and chastised me for being hurt, scared, and offended at the obviously FALSE accusations and the implication that I was a bad parent who endangers and starves my kids and neglects them medically. They never even identified who they were, just said that the doctor has turned us in for neglect of our daughter and that she was “failing to thrive”, and even threatened to take me into custody as well. They could clearly see that NONE of my children was neglected, abused, nor starving in any way-but still proceeded to treat me with disrespect and terrorize me. They belittled and demeaned me and chastised me for my other two kids and why haven’t they been in for a doctor visit recently or in for a hearing test or immunization, when last I knew it was MY choice, IF and WHEN I wanted to take my children to a doctor, and my kids are all up to date on shots, my oldest is a few months past his fourth birthday, but they are all healthy and I was not aware it was a crime to not go to a doctor if you had no health concerns, and we were only a little behind on the oldest and his shots for four years, but that was due to family medical problems, deaths in the family, and the process of looking for a new doctor since the clinic of our eldest’s doc has billing issues from a long time ago that they had yet failed to fix and we kept getting collection and harassing late notices to us even though they had already had a 3 way call with us, them, and the insurance company telling them we were NOT responsible for the bill since we ALREADY paid our copay, but they never got the bill rectified and I was not willing to go back there again even though I love his doctor, I just did not need any more hassle with the billing people there who are unable to correctly process claims, so we had planned on going to my daughters clinic, but then the doctor turned out worthless and I did not like the rough way they handled my kids, so we were looking for out of town doctor and since the timing was crucial with getting all of them in on time and stuff, we had not found a doc yet and that was why the oldest was a couple months late for a 4year well child and shots. But I thought it was MY choice whether to immunize or not and to take them in to doctor, and since they were all healthy and no issues, I saw no problem with being a little late on the shots as I was told it would not hurt anything. I asked them why I was being accused of neglect for shots or well child visits when there is no law forcing me to, and when there are people who never see ANY doctors at all and NEVER immunize their kids, and they gave no answer to that. There is NOTHING at all at any time in my daughter’s files that would indicate she was failing to thrive, she never lost weight and has steadily gained weight each time. She is small and petite as was I, her brothers also, and all kids in my family are petite. My ring size NOW after being overweight for some time, is ONLY 5 1/2, and I am barely 5′3 tall. My daughter has chubby double chin, roll around middle, and cute ill baby chub around her knees. She is alert and so active, she is a hard one to get to sleep and take down time as she like to be up and participating in everything around her. She is extremely strong and always has been, and in development milestones like smiling, rolling, grasping, and eating-she is way ahead of time and always has been. Her brother was the SAME way. This office has previously been wrong on her weight-grossly wrong, and once tried to weigh her in at 5 pounds when she was actually over six, but they had the scales messed up and did not know how to correctly run them and if I can find it, I had a paper of her WC visit that showed the 5pounds scratched off and the correct second weight written in, and at her last visit they said she was only just over 10 pounds and I argued with them that I did not agree since I had weighed her at home previously and she was 11 pounds, and they did not bother checking her scales or anything. She weighed in over 12 pounds at the visit the cps forced me to go to, and that was on aug 13, and she supposedly only weighed in at 10 ish on july 22 at other office. I just am tired of people using CPS abuse reporting as a way to retaliate and get back at people when they get mad at someone. We had this happen before, and the woman that came laughed at the allegations when she walked in, and saw our youngest and our home she was well satisfied, and since I was out when she came, I made her return to our home a second time at her leisure and see the two boys together with me in our home, and she closed the case3 supposedly as unfounded. However, just because the case is closed, that does not make it less painful or change how awful it is or how damaging it is to go through that or how awful people treat you over it. I live in a neighborhood full of police, and stuck up people that all will have seen and heard the TWO police cars and 2 cps agents come to my home and heard why they were there, but you can bet the police and cps will not be blazing over here with huge banners to tell all the neighbors it was a FALSE claim and we are NOT child abusers or neglectors-will they??? NO! I am tired of this garbage and people in places of authority need to quit throwing their weight around or going totally OVERBOARD on abuse or neglect accusations because while the cps system COULD be a VERY useful thing and child abuse is HORRID and UGLY, it is EQUALLY as harmful and abusive to get falsely accused of something you never did, never would do, and such a slap in the face to a parent like myself where I work so hard to keep my babies safe and I gave up on all my personal activities to be a mommy and that comes first above and beyond all else, and to have a doctor or anyone else get pissed at me and retaliate by calling in abuse accusations to cps and be violated and emotionally raped in my own home by these people is too much! Something needs to be done to stop this and punish those who accuse falsely, especially when it is GROSSLY apparent it is a LIE! When there is a lot of actual evidence proving it is a false claim based on retaliation, there should be stiff and severe penalties for the accuser-ESPECIALLY when it is a person in a power position like a doctor, teacher, therapist or what ever. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks so much-Leah mystikndreamcaster -AT- msn.com
Comment by Leah — August 24, 2009 @ 11:46 am
I am trying to file a 388 petition in San Bernardino California and I need help. The judge is against anything I do and I have completed my case plan. Thank you.
Comment by Andrea — August 24, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
my daughter was takin because i moved out of my boyfriends house because of my great grandma was on her death bed. When i came there was drugs at my house (weed) and someone called the cops. i have attended the classes and did the drug assesment ( the place i went to told me i had no reason to so therpy). My case worker rude, demading, and everytime i do something good for my case she forget to put it in my file. she is disrespectfull, & insalting. i need HELP.
Comment by amy — August 25, 2009 @ 10:53 am
I need a lawyer to fight CPS falsifying their reports and lying on me. I have witnesses who can testify on my behalf and they are my own children! I live in Louisville, Kentucky.
Please contact me through my email address: cherylhoss at yahoo.com
Thanks
Comment by Nat — August 26, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
i need an attorny to help my husband and i get our son back. my mother called cps on us and had our son taken, she is friends with the judge that was on our case and now she has adopted our son and for years now wont let us see or talk to him. there is no reason for this and we want our son back. can someone please help me and atleast listen to our story. this isnt just hurting us, its hurting a 5 year old little boy who wasn’t in any harm in the first place.
Comment by melissa — August 27, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
New Hanover county, wilmington nc family needs assistance from a lawyer that will be willing to take on cps if necessary. In home service therapists are all willing to testify or what ever needs to be done if need be. We honestly can not afford to pay legal fees but , we will do what ever it takes.
Please help
Alison S
Comment by AlisonS — August 28, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
cps took my daughter away from because of my mom making false allegations and cps never interviewing i never went to court and then 2yrs later they let her come home after they took all my rights away, supervised visits to she can come home i never once appeared in court on this case for two years they took her and never interview me once
Comment by tina B — August 29, 2009 @ 8:04 am
cps took my daughter away from because of my mom making false allegations and cps never interviewing i never went to court and then 2yrs later they let her come home after they took all my rights away, supervised visits to she can come home i never once appeared in court on this case for two years they took her and never interview me once. i paid child support, health insurance. i need help
Comment by tina B — August 29, 2009 @ 8:05 am
can a social worker come in and just take your children.with know proof of the allegations that was made?against you..
Comment by barbara — August 29, 2009 @ 11:35 pm
My 5 daughters were illegally kidnapped from their schools and daycare by a CFSA case worker, a child detective and a family member that had a stay away order. They were fully aware of this stay away order. Allegations of me spanking one of my daughters came through their hot line from my sister. The case worker first came to our house and said, “everything was fine just ease up on the spankings dad.” Two weeks later they kidnapped my kids, said “they had new allegations of guns in my home and the kids have already been taken from their schools and daycare.” The caseworker and detective showed up at my home where she explained that now I have a criminal investigation on me. The detective asked if he could search my home and I willingly agreed as I don’t have weapons in my home and never have. A uniformed officer accompanied him and they searched and found nothing.
I was told to sign a paper which I asked for a copy for my records but he never gave me one. The next thing I know I was in court fighting for my kids and have been doing so for over a year now. I went to family court and they ordered every class in the book for me and my wife to take before we could get our kids back. I , having talked to a couple of friends, knew that classes would probably be ordered and took it upon myself to start anger management and couples counseling before it was court ordered. I thought that would knock out some time but to my surprise it only pissed off the prosecutor who added domestic violence and individual counseling. We were only able to see the kids once a week and only for an hour. This lasted forever and killed our spirits morally.
After about 6 months of these classes and the short time (supervised) visits with the kids, the detective showed up at my door and arrested me. Yes, arrested me, can you believe this? so I went to jail for what he claimed was first degree child endangerment. Child endangerment? No weapons whatsoever but I still go to jail 6 months later. I was only there for the day as I was released on my own recognizance to return several months later. During these several months later in the family court we could only see the kids supervised. They said since there was a criminal case pending, we could not see the kids unless supervised by CFSA. My kids were in a Foster Home for a minute until we had them placed temporarily with family. All of our phone calls to the kids had to be on speaker phone and monitored by family then.
They were no help, as soon as the government started sending them checks, every time we went to court there was always something negative they had to say about the visits or the phone calls. The say people do strange things when money is involved and I truly believe that now. After a year and some change and the pending criminal case, the prosecutor tells us we have to take more classes and have psychiatric evaluations. Those classes were the same ones we already took except for one, family counseling. The evaluation went well and we passed until the caseworker talked to her then all of a sudden she changes her report from everything seeming normal to her to apparently the mother is hiding domestic issues.
Months pass and we still don’t have unsupervised visits. My wife takes her second psychiatric evaluation and they say she needs to take the classes all over again…are they crazy or what??? Meanwhile, I can’t take another one because of the “criminal case pending.” I just recently had my criminal case trial which I was found not guilty…imagine that..not guilty and all this for what? The prosecution got very angry then and so did the new social worker who mind you, we only met once or twice at court, who never calls or keeps us abreast of anything, writes a nasty report to the judge stating that the visits have been sporadic, I have not been attending the family counseling as often, the kids are happy where they are, their grades are good, the transition back home will be too much for them,ect. Oh, I am pissed now!!!
Firstly friends, I am an over the road truck driver who does all 48 states and Canada. I am rarely home. I am usually out 6 to 8 weeks at a time. I can’t help that the scheduling is not in sync with my employer. The therapist said that he would call me and we could do it over the phone on speaker which has never happened. Another thing, I don’t visit my sisters’ house because I, her and her husband do not get along. They live 10 minutes from my mother where two of my girls stay. I told the social worker if she arranges the visits at my moms I would see them all. She said she would do this but I never heard from her so I only get to see them when they visit my mom. I do not wish to go over my sisters house for I know what may transpire and that will only set us back further. I made this very clear to this same social worker who wrote this report. I also notice that she is always in contact with my mom and my sister but I have only known of her to call our home twice.
As far as my kids grades go, they are very smart and have just maintained the honor role status they had when they were here in our home so I don’t understand why the social worker writes a report as if it was some miraculous change since they were taken from our home. I see this whole thing as a conspiracy to keep our kids after being angered because of the criminal trial out come and just personal attacks on my family because of my race. I am an outstanding civilian who has served this country in the US Army. My wife protects the security of the country. As you can see we both have served and continue to serve any way we can. We are Christians by faith and have taught our kids at birth to serve GOD. Our kids are all honor roll students and I instill in them the love for others and to have compassion for their fellow mates.
I have no criminal record nor do I do drugs or smoke. I do not consider our family above any other just the fact they we were a happy family once…my babies use to scream and cry that they wanted to come home. Now they look at us with distant eyes and a look of hopelessness that rips right through you. Yes, every now and then they ask when they are coming home and if you look close, you can see the corners of their mouths trying to curve into a smile but then quickly return to a saddened look of dismay when we are forced by the judge, the law, CFSA, the prosecution, the GAL and greedy family members to say,” I don’t know.” Imagine that if you will, your baby who trusts everything you say and do, who you held at birth and watch grow, from the first tooth coming in, to the first day of school thinking that you don’t want them anymore. All their hopes of ever coming home vanquished!!!
This is outrageous and we as a people need to stand and fight. Fight for our family and others who wish they had a voice. Not everyone has money but we do have a voice. I pray for all those who are going through this as we are and ask that GOD may enlighten your hearts. It is a sad day friends…a day where the government can take the power away from the parents and leave the kids in charge of themselves. Self-Destruction is born!!! Revelations is at hand!!! Sign of the times!!! AMEN!!! Feel free to contact me if you have any interest in helping us get our kids back. Thank you all.
Comment by Mr. Coleman — August 30, 2009 @ 6:44 am
Dear God, please send a guardian angel to our aid, cps took our two grandchildren and place them in the foster system with intention to adopt them out. Lies & deception were from the start, now four years later & thousands of dollars, cps continue to fabricated, harrassed my family with referrals and referrals, this cps is so corrupted it is sad that my grandchildren who is 5yrs & 3 yrs are being abused physically & emotionally. The only wish I have is to keep my grandchildren together as sibilings. I have already adopted the older sibling who was not thrown into the system if only i have known about the evil deed of the cps in this county, In the name of money little children are robbed of their innocent, their blood family, their human rights i pray with my grand-daughter for all the little children who have to suffered at the hands of their foster family. god bless! ann swire.
Comment by ANN SWIRE — August 30, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
Barbara, yes… this is a rogue agency with few checks and balances - none that are really effective. If they don’t have proof they can make something up. Your job is to compile proof of your innocence. There will be a court hearing if they take the children. If there’s no REAL proof you can ask for a full trial and sometimes get the case shut down early that way. If you’ve been coerced to plead guilty to charges then it is too late for the trial at this point. Best of luck to you!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — August 31, 2009 @ 10:05 am
Mr. Coleman, you didn’t leave a contact email in your message, or a state/location. I don’t make referrals but if you leave a contact email address here then attorneys and advocates can email you if they choose to. I’m sure you already have an attorney or court-appointed pretender by now. Are you working with that person on reunification issues? Check out the links at the top of this page for more ideas on how to get your attorney to help you.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — August 31, 2009 @ 10:15 am
please help me get my girls home, they told things that were untrue and now there sorry, my youngest is cutting herself up and the oldest is the one who couldnt see her boyfriend so she thought the grass was greener on the other side, but Im sure the know better now however, cps has made it hell on me. and IM all alone. shelley
Comment by shelley lynn cochran — August 31, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
i need help in los angeles county to file law suit aganst dcfs
Comment by david — August 31, 2009 @ 4:14 pm
My 4 kids were taken by DHS over a year ago from false alligations by their violent father. And now alligations by a roomate i evicted because of non payment of anything! As well as her failing to take care of her children!
I NEED A CUSTODY LAWYER IN PORTLAND,OREGON PLEASE! MY COURT DATE IS SEPT 14,09 (DOMESTIC RELATIONS HEARING/CUSTODY HEARING)
IVE GONE THRU 2 LEGAL AID LAWYERS WHO HAVE JUST SAID “DO WHAT THEY TELL YOU TO”…THE THING IS I HAVE! Ive never had Dhs involvement before (unlike my 3 little ones dad)
When i actually do get to see my kids they have black eyes, bruises,say the most foul things, and do sexual things that 2 & 3 year olds should not know about!!!
Im a great mom and love my 4kids more than ANYTHING in this world! I would die for them!
I have no family here (all are in Nebraska) So im praying someone out there can PLEASE help me get my kids back!!!!
Jennifer McCulley
tmjmkm at yahoo.com
971-645-1553
Comment by Jennifer McCulley — August 31, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
Jennifer, check with http://www.oregonfamilyrights.com
Comment by LindaJoMartin — August 31, 2009 @ 9:16 pm
Shelley, you didn’t say where you are. If you need feedback on your case please register at our message board.
David - check the lawyers page - I believe there are Southern CA lawyers listed there.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — August 31, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
HI! MY NAME IS ANN SWIRE, AND I WILL GET TO THE POINT! I AM READY TO TAKE ON THIS CORRUPTED CPS, THEY TOOK MY TWO INNOCENT GRANDCHILDREN AND PURPOSELY PUT THEM IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM, I FOLLOWED AND ABIDE BY THEIR SICK RULES ONLY TO HAVE THEM LIED AND DECEIT MY FAMILY. WHEN I STARTED TO NOTICE MY GRANDCHILDREN BRUSINGS AND LISTEN TO MY GRANDSON TELL OF WHAT HE HAVE TO ENDURED WHILE LIVING IN THE FOSTER HOMES THEY QUICKLY BEGAN TO PUT UP ROAD BLOCKS TO PREVENT ME FROM SEEING MY GRANDCHILDREN EXCUSES AFTER EXCUSES WHEN IT WAS TIME TO VISITS, THEY TOOK MY ONE YEAR OLD GRANDSON AND PLACE HIM WITH IN THE FOSTER HOMES, I WAS BELIEVING & TRUSTING IT WAS TEMPORARY WHILE THEIR PARENT COMPLETED THEIR ASSIGNMENT THESE WORKER MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE SCUM OF THE EARTH,THE CPS HAD NO INTENTION IN RETURNING THEIR CHILDREN FROM START IT WAS A PLOT TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN. REMOVED MY GRANDDAUGHTER RIGHT OF THE HOSPITAL WHILE THIS 74 YEARS OLD WOMAN MOVED MY GRAND SON INTO HER DAUGHTER HOME TO MAKE ROOM FOR MY NEW BORN GRAND DAUGHTER.
THE CPS AND THE FOSTER FAMILY HAVE A 36YRS TIES IN WHICH IT BECAME A FAMILY BUSINESS TAKING THESE CHILDREN AND ABUSING THEM PURPOSELY IN THE NAME OF “MONEY” WHEN I WOULD GET VISIT WITH MY GRAND DAUGHTER I WOULD BE TOLD SHE HAVE A “DIAPER RASH”, ON NUMBERS OF VISITS UNTIL ONE DAY I HAD TO TAKE HER UP TO THE ER, CPS STAFF CAME TO ASSESS AND FOUND NEGLECT HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD TO RETURN HER BACK TO THE FOSTER MOTHER, CASE CLOSED NEGLECT UNFOUNDED I KEPT THE DERMATOLOGIST APPOINTMENT ONE MONTH LATER AND IT WAS GOD SENT THAT I OBTAINED A COPY, IT STATED “THAT THIS CHILD WAS BEING PICK UP FROM THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER WITH OPENED AREAS AND NOW THE CHILD IS IN THE FOSTER HOME”. NOW THIS CHILD WAS TAKEN RIGHT FROM THE HOSPITAL AT BIRTH, THIS 74 YRS OLD FOSTER MOTHER IS PROTECTED YES! FOUR WEEKS AGO, MY HUSBAND WENT TO GET MY GRANDSON{5YRS} FOR HIS WEEKLY VISITS HIS RIGHT HAND SWOLLEN CPS & THE FOSTER MOTHER CLAIMS THAT A BEE STUNG HIM, MY GRAND SON CLAIMED THE FOSTER DAD STOMPED ON HIS HAND, AND TOLD A STRANGER THE SAME, MY HUSBAND TOOK HIM TO THE ER AND YOU GUESS ! “IT WAS NO BEE STING” CPS TOLD US, WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM BACK TO THE FOSTER FAMILY” NO INVESTIGATION DONE, MY GRAND CHILDREN ARE DEPRIEVED FOOD, AND HUMAN CONTACT ISOLATION FROM SOCIETY MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT BECAUSE THE FOSTER FAMILY MADE UP BOGUS REFERRAL AGAINST MY HUSBAND JUST SO TO SILENT MY GRAND CHILDREN FROM TELLING OF THEIR BEATINGS, THEIR NAME CALLING “NIGGER” HAVE TO EAT ON THE FLOOR, MY GRAND DAUGHTER HAVE TO LAY IN HER CRIB OR FLOOR ALL DAY. NOTHING IS BEING DONE, THE COURT SYSTEM TURN THEIR BACKS, THE ATTORNEYS ARE WORKING TO KEEP THESE CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM PURPOSELY, NOT FORGETING THE PSYCHARTIST ARE ALL PART OF IT. WE HAVE TO ENDURED PSY EVAL TO RULE OUT” WHO THE CHILDREN IS BONDING MOST WITH” OF COURSE, KEEP OUR GRANDCHILDREN FROM THEIR BIOLOGICAL AND BLOOD FAMILY AND THE BIGGEST PLOT IS TO CONDITION THESE CHILDREN TO THEIR ADVANTAGE .WHERE CAN YOU TURN FOR JUSTICE! I JUST READ SOMEWERE ON THE WEB TAHT THE WELFARE PAYS FOR THE COURT THEY ARE ALL INTERTWINED TO KEEP TRAFFICING OUR CHILDREN IN THEIR SICK WORLD OF ABUSED, AND TOSS THEM OUT LIKED USED- UP- PRODUCTS! I AM ASKING FOR THE WORSTIST MOST CROCKED ATTORNEY OUT THERE WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO HANG HIS BALLS OUT TO BRING THESE CROCKED CPS TO JUSTICE! I AM DONE BEING THE NICE UNDERSTANDING CARING GRANDMOTHER OUT THERE MY GRAND CHILDREN NEED ME TO DO ANYTHING IN MY POWER TO SET THEM FREE TO COME INTO THE LIGHT AND WALK WITH GOD! I MADE A PROMISE TO MY GRANDCHILDREN THAT I WILL NOT LEAVE THEM BEHIND AND I PROMISE THAT I WILL GO TO MY DYING BED FIGHTING. ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WOULD TAKE THIS CHALLENGE AND CONTACT ME, MY NUMBER IS 570394-4081 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU . THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!
Comment by ANN SWIRE — September 1, 2009 @ 1:52 am
OOP! I FORGET TO POST MY HOME TOWN WHICH IS BLOOMSBURG PA 17815
Comment by ANN SWIRE — September 1, 2009 @ 1:57 am
I’m still seeking an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio to file a lawsuit against Children’s Services. I have proof of their lies and manipulations. This could be a very rewarding case.
Comment by PH — September 6, 2009 @ 5:18 am
I am a foster parent needing an attorney to defend me against charges of maltreatment/neglect against my foster kids, I have been to an ISP hearing my case was deemed “founded” and the kids have been removed and my house closed. These are all false accusations, I just need to clear my name. I live in New York.
Comment by Theresa — September 6, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
Please get in touch with me. My girlfriend just had our first baby and at point of inception was on pain killers. She had neglegted to tell her ob of the meds due to very poor treatment by the doctors. She tried to change drs wich is where she found a dr she started to trust and was forced to go back to the first one due to high risk pregnancy. They never asked about her about positive screens that showed during pregnancy when she had the baby, now they are in the process of taking it. This is a really messed up situation and I am in dire need of help please contact me in regards to this matter. I am devastated and they want to take a new born away for six to twelve months and I don’t know if I can deal with it. Thanks for your consideration in advance. Tim
Comment by Tim — September 9, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
Tim, it was very underhanded for them to take drug screens while she was pregnant. This is probably the new typical operating procedure. You really need to speak to an attorney. Please register at the message board for further feedback on your case.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — September 11, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
Please help!
Comment by Allison — September 12, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
My 9 year old son, was picked up at school for false reports from a neighbor that I had just pressed charges against for sending my son to the hospital. CPS then reported that I was abusing my son. My son was removed on Sept 8, 2009. My son is chronically asthmatic and under the care of special needs doctor ROLF HABERSANG. He was hospitalized for 10 days in the ICU in Dec 2008 for his asthma. Even though I told them that he needed breathing treatments everyday to avoid getting sick, it took me 7 DAYS of calling everyone including the DA and JUDGE ANDERSON (Randall county) to get my son on his medication. Then ONLY beause I delivered it even though I was told that they were taking care of his medical needs. He wears glasses for a stigmatism. I brought him new glasses on my first visit to him. In the next 2 visits, he wasn’t wearing them and he told me that they had been destroyed.
I HAVE NOT HAD AN ADVERSARY HEARING. The first was scheduled Sept. 23rd, RESCHEDULED due to a lawyer’s family emergency. Second scheduled for October 5th. RESCHEDLED because a lawyer was double scheduled. I do not know when the next one is because now another lawyer and the judge is sick and no one can knows. All the time my son is being kept at the Assessment center. 14 day time limit??? I told them this is a ICWA case and my tribe has not even been notified as I checked yesterday. My son has had his beautiful shoulder length RED hair forceably cut to a crewcut. The last time he cut his hair was for LOCKS OF LOVE. He loved his hair.
I further told many people at CPS that we do not believe in medicating kids and I did not want this to occur at any point. 4 days ago, Benjamin was put on Risperdal and Focalin. Strong drugs that have incurred law suits for the harm that they have done to children.
He is totally depressed and in fear for his safety at the Pahhandle Assessment Center (PAC) in Amarillo, TX. HE HAS REPORTED BEING THROWN UP AGAINST THE WALL BY AN MALE ADULT WORKER at PAC. He told me this at his second visitation. I stopped the visitation and I was told that his case worker knew about it and that I was not allowed to talk about it. I have repeated asked if this man was charged and no one will tell me anything. My son reported at our visit yesterday that he is still at PAC and that he tries to stay away from him.
When I saw him yesterday(3rd visit), his eyes were bloodshot and he was crying over everything and in total distress. He looked like he lived on the streets. His hair was full of hairgel and spiked and his tennis shoes were marked with nazi signs. His pants were ripped up all over, he was filthy and his clothes were dirty. I had to take him to the bathroom to get him washed up. He doesn’t look like or act like my son anymore.
The caseworker(who is a trainee) continually pressured me to sign agreement papers and promised that my son would be home in a month if I signed them. She told me that if I didn’t sign them that I couldn’t get my son back for 1 1/2 to 2 years. I checked her information with her supervisor and was told that the things she told me were not true. I had been attempting to arrange a voluntary FAMILY TEAM MEETING. I called the person who arranged those meetings and asked her if this information was true. She was surprised and gave me the name of another person within CPS to call to check. This other person also agreed it was not true. I was really scared and mistrusting now.
If I might step back a moment and tell you about something that occurred. My son was picked up by CPS on a Tuesday, Sept. 8th. I had gotten a call from my brother’s wife in Missouri asking me to pick up my niece, 13, and my nephew 7, because she was having severe financial trouble and needed my help immediately. I agreed to go to Missouri and get the kids. My brother lived in Amarillo but was not prepared to take the children as he was staying with a friend. I had mentioned my impending trip to the case worker on Sept. 8th. I had also scheduled a visit with my son for 4:00 pm on Friday of that week.
I delayed my trip because the caseworker told me that she would come to my house to get my son’s medication the next morning, Wednesday. She didn’t come and I began calling her. She would not return my calls. I called her supervisor and she would not return my calls. I called the DA and she would not return my calls. I continued to call and call but no one would call me back. I left on Thursday that same week to get the kids. I continued to call and call to no avail all through the trip. I returned on Friday afternoon and at that time I left a message for Judge Anderson to help me. I also needed to reschedule my visitation because my trip was delayed and my return was therefore delayed. I finally received a call at 10 minutes to 4:00 that Friday from the caseworker. She lied and said that she had called me numerous times. I have caller ID and she didn’t. I was very upset. I told that I would bring the medication within an hour but she said it was too late and that they would be closed and they didn’t work on weekends. I told her that I was going to call the police and she agreed to meet me on Saturday at noon. I met her on Saturday at noon and had my niece and nephew with me. I introduced them to her. She put them in a playroom and I gave her my son’s medication and clothes and a picture of he and I together and a favorite toy. She said she would get the things to him immediately and we rescheduled the visitation with my son for Monday at 4:00. She wanted me to meet with the DA on Monday and promised me that if I did, I would get my son back in a month and if I didn’t that it would take 1 1/2 to 2 years. I told her that I would talk to the DA but didn’t promise to sign.
On Monday morning early I took the kids to enroll them in school. The caseworker called me while I was at the first school and asked me to meet her with the DA. I told her that I had to enroll the kids first and then I would. I enrolled the youngest boy and he stayed at school to attend. I went to the next school and while enrolling my niece, the caseworker called again. I told her that as soon as I finished I would call her. During that time, I called her supervisor and the 2 other people mentioned to check on the information concerning signing the agreement papers. I was advised that the information was incorrect and I told her I was not going to sign the papers. I then got a call from the person setting up my voluntary family team meeting and was to meet with her the next day at 1:30. I enrolled my niece but she was not well and so we went home and she was to start school in the morning, Within an hour, I got a call from my brother telling me that my caseworker had just called him and said my niece and nephew were not allowed in my home. He told me that I could take them to his friend’s home and I scrambled to get the kids there to avoid any problems. I did not know I was not allowed to have them in my home as I had not been advised by my caseworker even as I introduced them to her on Saturday. I first took my niece, 13, to my brother’s place and dropped her off. The house was open and she went into the house.
I told my niece what was going on. She was upset and scared. I then went to the school to pick up my nephew and CPS had already picked him up. CPS then called my brother and told him to come to CPS to arrange for his son. He went immediately there and they then told him that he could not have his son back and that they wanted his daughter too. They said they were charging him and his wife with neglect and something about kids not being supervised. My brother attempted to set up care for his kids with many people all of which they said no on the spot. They then told him that one of the people in the house that he lived was a sex offender. They turned down letting the kids stay at a friend’s house across the street from where he was living based on the sex offender being too close.
When CPS went to the house to pick up my niece, she was gone. She had apparently run away fearing CPS. This was about 3:00 in the afternoon. I called my caseworker’s supervisor and told her of the events and she wouldn’t listen. She then told me that my son’s visitation was canceled that day. She then told me that I could try tomorrow. She told me it would probably be at 4:00 but she wasn’t sure and to call tomorrow. I called the next day but no one would return my calls again. I went to meet the person at my 1:30 appointment and told her what had happened. After the meeting, as I was leaving at about 2:30, I asked her to please ask my caseworker in person (she was in the same building) for visitation. She returned with my caseworker in 2 minutes and my caseworker immediately began grilling me about my niece. I told what I knew and requested visitation. She told me that I had a scheduled appointment at 3:00. She acted as if I should know that.
I saw my son for the first time that day. He was sad and embarrassed and relieved and just held onto me for dear life. I told him that it was going to be okay. He told me that he knew the court date (of the adversary meeting) and that he was coming home that day. I had to tell him that it was not certain but I was working hard for that. His heart dropped a thousand miles in a split second.
At the end of the meeting, he was crying and we walked out together. He tried to follow me out and they stopped him. It was heartbreaking.
I had been off work since this all started and I returned to work the next day. I am a substitute teacher. I took this job 7 years ago when my son first got deathly ill with RSV and because he became chronic and was being hospitalized again and again. It allowed me to be home with him when he became ill and to stay with him when he was hospitalized without getting fired.
At my first day back, I got a call from my caseworker’s supervisor. She said that she believed that I had Katie and was going to get a search warrant. I told her that I didn’t and I welcomed anyone into my house. I happened to have an hour and a half off from class and went home to eat and leave my doors open if the police came. I no more than arrived home when 2 sheriff’s appeared. I invited them in and we talked about what had happened. They searched as they pleased. My brother believing that he needed to get his own housing immediately asked me to take him to a motel with large rooms to establish himself to get his kids back. He went in alone and I waited in the car. He returned and said that they would not accept his ID and asked if I would use mine. I agreed and the motel clerk advised me that I was taking financial responsibility. I agreed. He got the room. We returned to my home and stayed the night. I took him to work the next day. He didn’t have a car of his own and because he could he could get a ride to work with the people he had been staying with prior he told me that he was going to just stay there. He said that he learned that it would be a couple of weeks before he could get the kids back and that he was going to not stay at the motel. A week later, my niece was found at that motel in her father’s room. I don’t know the exactly what happened but I believe that she called him and he told her to go to the motel. I believe that he wanted to talk her down and convince her that she must go to CPS. She was found that same day by an officer checking motels for her. My brother was charged with interfering with child custody (A felony charge).
In the meantime, I attended my actual FAMILY TEAM MEETING and signed up (even requested) counseling as I was becoming noticeably depressed and was crying uncontrollably everyday. I was working at a High School subbing where I too was arrested for the same thing. I was handcuffed in the school and walked out in front of people that I had known for 7 years of working for the school district. The school personnel attempted to shield me from the kids while the Sheriff’s insited that I be handcuffed and waked through the halls. I am now not allowed to work and may be terminated. I spent 2 nights in jail andafter being arrained, my older son (senior at West Texas A&M)bailed me out at 12:20 am on my 50th birthday. I felt like I was going to break down. I had also missed my visitation with my son in CPS custody. The next morning, after a third night without sleep, I got a call from a lady who was to be my new caseworker, but wasn’t due to adversary being RESCHEDULED, telling me that she had more bad news. My son had been put on medication(as I described before). She told me the medications and I couldn’t even talk anymore. She personally attempted to get my visitation rescheduled. In one day, I was out of work, owed $1100 in bond money and my son was put on Psychiatric medication. I don’t remeber falling asleep but woke up on the coach some hours later. The next day, I called the caseworker responsible for arranging my counseling and she gave me the name and address of the services. I called them and found that 90% of their clients were CPS. I called around and found another service that had a contract wih CPS but only saw a very small number of CPS clients. I advised the caseworker and arranged for intake. I went to that intake this morning. After that intake, I went to my son’s school to get a copy of his birth certificate and SS card to take to CPS as I couldn’t locate them at home(haven’t used them in 5 years). Upon entering the office at my son’s school, I saw my son standing in the nurse’s office (office leds into the nurse’s office). He came out and walked over to me and hugged me. They were giving him his new medicine. He was quiet like a mouse and he was solemn. He told me that he was sure he was coming home on Monday (date of new adversary). He had been told the day before that it was again RESCHEDULED but he didn’t want to hear it and ignored it when I repeated it. He said someone had told him and he was sure of it. I had called the school prior to coming in and had asked about his hair being cut as CPS had said that the school required it. I spoke to the principal and she denied it completely. He had always had long hair. I also told her about the nazi symbols on his shoes and asked to make sure that they were removed or made to look like boxes. I asked if they were aware that he was on medication. They said the nurse would know. I spoke to the nurse. She knew of only one medication. I asked her how she could look for side effects if she didn’t know. She replied that the effects only lasted for the first 4 to 6 weeks. I told her that he had only started the meds 3 days before and she didn’t have anything to say. I looked to Benjamin’s shoes myself to see if the nazi signs had been removed or changed. He was not wearing his own shoes and the ones he was wearing were too big and falling off. He said that his shoes had somehow gotten lost and they told him to wear these instead. I told him that I would go and buy him some new shoes today and get them to him as soon as I could. The principal came out of her office at just about that point and came and stepped right between us. I explained about the shoes and that we were looking for the size. She took the shoe from me and told Benjamin to go into the nurse’s office. The shoes were too worn to read anything. I asked them to measure his foot and I would go by that. They did. Benjamin was then told to go back to his class and I went in to talk to the nurse. I told her to watch for his eyes becoming dry and him closing one eye often. I asked her to request eye drops to help him see better. He had no glasses and his eyes were dried and one was constantly closing. I told her that I would call her with the name of the other as I had the name on a notbook in my car. I left the office to find Benjamin sitting in a chair at the front of the office. He didn’t seem to know where to go. I went over and gave hima big hug and told him to remember what I said. This is like going to camp but it is just a really bad camp. Camp was the only time we were apart before and he had that experience to refer to. He just sat and watched me walk off. He seemed completely alone and depressed.
Even though I have a court appointed lawyer, she doesn’t seem to do anything. Everytime I call her, she says she hasn’t had a chance to talk to my son’s Ad Litim lawyer. I asked her to file a cease and desist on my son’s medication. My son’s father did the same. Today, when I called to ask when the new court date was and if she had filed anything, I was told that CPS had rescheduled it but that my lawyer was ill and the judge was ill and that no one knew anything yet. I am afraid that I am being lied to and they will have the adversary, which was last scheduled for OCT. 5th, will happen without me. I am going to go to court anyway just in case.
I have been at the same job for 7 yers. I have been at the same address, own 5 acres and have a homestead for 7 years.My son attended headstart (when he could as he would get sick around other kids and be hospitalized), kindergarten, second and parts of third at the same school. I homeschooled him in first grade after I forced a school board meeting at the end of kindergarten because the school was continually keeping him out of class and in ISS for behavior problems. I insited on some testing to get some idea of hyperactivity or something. They came back with hyperactivity but not attention deficit. He is very, very smart and is off the charts verbally. He is known for his intelligence. They gave me the results and told me which doctor to take him to. They even told me which medication to give him. I told them that I don’t beleive in medicating young children. I took him to his pediatrian and asked them what they advised. They said absolutely NO to the medication. I was also warned of labeling. I homeschooled him in 1st grade. I returned him in 2nd grade. He returned with a great ability to read and was even assigned to help the kindergarteners in a special reading class. He had a great male teacher and he was an A honor role student. In 3rd grade, he started the year but it was nothing but complaint after complaint. The counselor of the school was present as I requested her come as I spoke to the teacher about the ongoing back and forths. His teacher then confided in me that she had a son who is now grown who ALSO had what she called OPPOSITIONAL DISORDER. She then played her grown son’s ringtone for me… it was the DEATH MARCH. Shortly after that, I took him out and homeschooled him. I returned him at the end of the year to pass his TAKS tests so that he would remain up with public school. 4th grade had just begun when he was picked up by CPS. I have an older son who is a senior at WT A&M. He lives in a dorm and is RA at the dorm. He is studying Clinical psychology. He too had behavior problems and was 5 times as hyper as my younger son. I never medicated him even though others always wanted it… school personnel, etc. He grew out of it pretty much by 7th grade. He is the most calm and sensible-minded person I know and I we have a great relationship. He spends spring break each year on mission trips and summers as well, He went to India this past summer to help set up classrooms and help undereducated teachers there form better ways to teach. Strangely enough, he has never been called by CPS except to ask for placement (which they know is impossible because he lives in a dorm)of my younger son. He has offered to quit his job as RA to get an apartment to take my younger son until this is over. But, I thought to myself, that would only allow CPS to take away something that he worked very hard for and I coud not let them have him too. I am considered to be ridiculously stable and planning and everyone knows that I devote myself completely to my children. But now, I am lost and don’t know who to turn to for help. CPS is destroying our lives. I am a smart person but, smart doesn’t mean anything when the playing field is so lopsided and CPS has so much power and is not held accountable it seems to anyone.
Everyone I know is praying for us… My son who holds prayer meeting regularly at WT anyway has many praying for us. I pray that someone helps us fight CPS and restores our lives.
God is great…
Barbara
Comment by Barbara — October 3, 2009 @ 1:08 am
I have been falsely accused, twice now, by my ex girlfriend of sexually abusing my then 4 year old daughter. I talked to the investigator the first time and the incident was considered not confirmed on 3/20/09 by Iowa DHS. I had moved out of my ex’s apartment in December ‘08. I have had no unsupervised contact between that time and when the original complaint was filed. Since then I have not seen or spoken to my daughter because my ex refuses to let me have contact with her. I received a letter last week saying that my ex was being investigated for denial of critical care. After contacting the worker, who seemed to have no time for me and said she would call me after my ex’s interview, I received a call from the same investigator from the first incident. He told me he had to talk to me because my ex might be facing criminal charges. I set an appointment for the next day and showed. After bringing me into the interrogation room, he told me that I was back under investigation for sexual abuse because of something my daughter said in the interview. He asked me to sign a waiver of rights, I refused and I asked if I could have legal counsel because this was the second time I was being accused of this. I said I wanted this to stop. He said you can have a lawyer, but I am going to put a warrant out for your arrest. I asked why and he said if you are charged you will get all the information. He then let me go. I am sure that my ex thinks I reported her, I did not. I know she coached my daughter to bring this back up in the interview. I am willing to work with a payment plan for a lawyer, and have money for a down payment. Please help me if you can.
Comment by David Engels — October 16, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
CPS entered our life August 18th , my son returned home from his Dad’s moms house very ill , very skinny , with green teeth and very long nails. I rushed him to the emergency room where I was informed he had lost almost 30lbs and now has diabetes type 1 due to either the diet change or from her dog biting him or from the bacteria growing on his teeth! I am a very scheduled person, we brush our teeth after every meal, cut our nails, very clean in every way. The house nurse at the hospital called cps, my son was in ICU for 4 days, and a regular room for 3 days, the cps woman showed up the 6th day he was in the hospital, talked to me and told me that the bonehead grandma would be taken care of.
Oct. 5th I was called by the Cps office and told to go down and take a U.A. to close my case? I asked the woman what were they going to do about the grandma, she told me that I would have to call the caseworker appointed and she did not know anything about it. I called the woman all day, no answer, she had gone up to the school the previous week and talked to my kids about me, I did not think anything of it except she was going through procedure.
Oct.7th where I was living the neighbors had gotten into some sort of trouble where the Cps worker and 4 cops showed up, arrested 3 people in the house and took out some stuff, not sure what all it was about, I’ve heard stories, but who knows whats true.
Oct. 13th. The Cps worker shows up at where I am living, tells me that she can’t believe she fell for my concerned mother act in the hospital just to find out I have been leaving every night to party and drug, that my U.A. was dilluted? and that she knows I have been associating with the people next door and that I get drugs for them!!!
I am a mother of 5 children, since my son has gotten out of the hospital, his diabetes have been my number one thing, I get up at 5 a.m. every morning, weekday and weekend to cook him a healthy breakfast, I cook his lunches for school and have them up there hot 5 min. before his lunch period starts. He will tell you himself if asked his diabetic goals have been reached because of the diet I have him on. His blood sugar stays anywhere from 80 to 130 , never gets to high and never gets to low, and that is starting from 2 weeks out of the hospital. I do not have time for the accusations she is making. I have 4 other children I have to care for also. It is important to me that my children do not feel left out, that they see no difference in the attention I give to my diabetic and to them. I have a 12 ,9,7,3, and 1 year old. All healthy, all happy, my oldest are in gifted and talented, also cause of me, I had them typing at 3 years old, reading, all of them. I want what is best for my children.
My home situation is this, my only problem is our landlord evicted us with 3 days to get out, I was paying and up to date on my rent, the second day after the eviction notice a uhaul truck showed up with the houses new owners, who he had sold it to. I lost my job due to having to get us out of the house, then my son was diagnosed with diabetes, I am now a single mom, my husband left me, I get a little in child support, at the end of this month I will be receiving more for 3 of my children. I had to move from where we were living, cause it was to small and the cps worker told my friend she now had a case and if we did not get out she would get her daughter taken away. I moved to another county, due to this woman made us homeless, yes I still have my children, I would guess cause she has no real cause against me. I am living with family and starting schooling to better my children’s lives.
The Cps woman will not talk to the right people, she listens to criminals, she won’t talk to the school nurse, or my son’s doctor, just tried her best to get info out of me, I had none for her, I kept asking her what was she talking about, witch led to I was dodging her questions. I found out 2 days ago she contacted the grandma who had my son in the first place, who I have not talked to since the incident, that the Cps woman told her my kids were in grave danger under mine and my moms care and needed any and all information about us. My mom lives in that county, I have been out for almost two weeks now. I do not know what I to do about all this, I went down and took my own U.A. at the same place I did for Cps, and was not dirty for anything nor dillituted and I drank my same amount of dt.cokes and monster energy drinks, plus all my vitamins and supplements. Nothing was wrong with mine. I fear my children are in danger of this Cps woman, my kids are my world and I am theirs. Will someone please help me, advice and somewhere for a low income mom, at this moment to go to, so I can fight this twisted criminal listening Cps worker. I don’t even think she is going to do anything to the grandma who neglected my son in the first place. Why do I have a case?
Comment by Shannon — October 25, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
I forgot to add to my post that this Cps woman told me that they do not allow co-ed sleeping with the parents, she addmitted that her and her husband sleep with her 6 month old baby to be in the bed with her, not cause the baby wanted to but because she needed her baby with her, these are two very large people and she told me that I was more of a woman than her cause she couldn’t quit smoking when she was pregnant and I had 5 times. I don’t know if she was trying to get me to admit to things or what but that has to be something to help my case? I don’t know.
Comment by Shannon — October 25, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
I live in West Texas and need help please.
Comment by Shannon — October 25, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Wow, another piece of information, I have not signed one piece of paper for this Cps worker, she did trick my friend we were living with into signing a paper made out in green highlighter then handed her an ink pen for her signature, outside in the sun, I have never signed anything and won’t for them.
Is this woman scrambling? Please someone help me.
Comment by Shannon — October 25, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Single mother desperatly needs help getting custody of two small children. My children were removed with little cause for removal and with no paperwork. I have been denied access to my children and have not seen the youngest in close to two weeks the oldest I have not seen since friday and as of now am being denied visitation. I have very little income as at this time I am unable to work.
Comment by Stephanie — October 26, 2009 @ 5:25 am
Anyone who can help me please contact 512 850 0483. These allegations have been on by the father of my youngest child and seem to be out of vindictive and spiteful behavior please please please help me I am desperate and will do anything to get my children back please help me at this present my grandmother and another family friend have stepped forward to take temporary custody but have been denied
Comment by Stephanie — October 26, 2009 @ 5:37 am
My 2 boys ages 13 & 2, are autistic and have cerebral palsy were taken from me by cps because of a false allegation that i abondoned them. It was a horrible accusation that my mother said because i was 2 hours late retreiving them. I did not and would never leave them for 24hrs without contact and she claimed that i left the boys for 6 days! The neighbors of my mother helped me move the night before the alllegation and are willling to testify. I was moving from one house to another and only allowed her to watch the boys with respite pay because she insisted . She is bipolar scitzophrenic and i believe was off her meds.Both my children have been under 24 hr care and have severe special needs. please help and if you can’t send me any info available,sincerely melissa
Comment by melissa duran — October 26, 2009 @ 6:58 am
am trying to start a petition to change the laws here in GA in reference to CPS and Rights of the Parents. This is also to address the impartiality in dealing with the judges and judicial system in alleged deprivation cases. I also would like to start a protest here in Georiga. The only road to change is allowing yourself to be heard.
Comment by Gin — October 26, 2009 @ 8:57 am
I am a Grandfather of six children, father of the mother who lost her children because of mental illness. The Father was accused of alcoholism and child molestation (all unproven). I tried my best to adopt the six and succeeded in only getting one of them after a long fight. We fought for years even writing our own briefs because the lawyers refused to do it - after we wrote them, the lawyers submitted their own after all, badly written so they failed (but ours were rejected!!). Also my two sons (one a Capt. the other has had a study nice job for years and years) also asked to adopt the children - their requests were not even answered. We proved the allegations against us were totally false (homelessness, being a hippy commune member etc. - and more, all nonsense) but the one we could not fight was the allegation of being members of a Satanic cult because we could only find that accusation out because San Bernardino’s Social Worker called up the social worker of the child we finally adopted and told her not to let the adoption go through because we were “devil” worshipers.” We were blood relatives and clearly qualified to adopt all the children and they conspired to deny us this right. We need a lawyer to sue them so they will be corrected from ruining anyone else’s family. They sent all our children to a foster home whose foster father was a drunk and a Child-Molester who was exposed finally and is now in prison - and after that, they left our children in this same womans home who brought in more drunks and child molesters. We have saved all the paper work they reluctantly sent us - they are guilty on the face of the paper work along but they just ignore us! How the hell does one prove that one is not a Devil Worshiper? ON your OWN, evidently it can not be done - we sure did try. Finally, in just this last month, they delivered our 14 year old granddaughter to us (now classified as a dangerous child evidently) - we do not know why, but we are very happy we finally got her back no matter what kind of shape she is in - all by grandchildren were molested in some way or another. We want to sue San Bernardino County, but we live in Eureka ca. (Humboldt County. Please help us, Thank you for listening, Hal and Judy Barton. ps. All the Children are out now and all five wish to sue also.
Comment by Hal Barton — October 26, 2009 @ 10:57 am
I am a Grandfather of six children, father of the mother who lost her children because of mental illness. The Father was accused of alcoholism and child molestation (all unproven). I tried my best to adopt the six and succeeded in only getting one of them after a long fight. We fought for years even writing our own briefs because the lawyers refused to do it - after we wrote them, the lawyers submitted their own after all, badly written so they failed (but ours were rejected!!). Also my two sons (one a Capt. the other has had a study nice job for years and years) also asked to adopt the children - their requests were not even answered. We proved the allegations against us were totally false (homelessness, being a hippy commune member etc. - and more, all nonsense) but the one we could not fight was the allegation of being members of a Satanic cult because we could only find that accusation out because San Bernardino’s Social Worker called up the social worker of the child we finally adopted and told her not to let the adoption go through because we were “devil” worshipers.” We were blood relatives and clearly qualified to adopt all the children and they conspired to deny us this right. We need a lawyer to sue them so they will be corrected from ruining anyone else’s family. They sent all our children to a foster home whose foster father was a drunk and a Child-Molester who was exposed finally and is now in prison - and after that, they left our children in this same womans home who brought in more drunks and child molesters. We have saved all the paper work they reluctantly sent us - they are guilty on the face of the paper work alone but they just ignore us! How the hell does one prove that one is not a Devil Worshiper? ON your OWN, evidently it can not be done - we sure did try. Finally, in just this last month, they delivered our 14 year old granddaughter to us (now classified as a dangerous child evidently) - we do not know why, but we are very happy we finally got her back no matter what kind of shape she is in - all my grandchildren were molested in some way or another. We want to sue San Bernardino County, but we live in Eureka ca. (Humboldt County. Please help us, Thank you for listening, Hal and Judy Barton. ps. All the Children are out now and all five wish to sue also.
Comment by Hal Barton — October 26, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
My 3-year-old grandson (Kalob) drown in a jacuzzi bath tub almost 2 years ago, cps gave custody to my daughter because she was the better parent, her ex was still living with his mother, who on many occations put my grandson in harms way, my grandson had febrile seizures which the other grandmother knew, on nov. 10, 07 she put my grandson in this jacuzzi tub, filled it with water and walked out of the room. He drown and was pronouced dead at 11:20 on 11/11/07. Two years later there is still no statement on record from this woman who is responsible for his death. We were told every unwitnessed death is investigated and yet there is nothing on file. How can I get the department to at least have a statement on file, my daughter is having a hard time with this, she feels as though no one cares that her wonderful son has died. Did the department drop the ball and what can we do about it?
Comment by sherie shewalter — November 2, 2009 @ 1:02 pm
Sherie, it seems CPS doesn’t care about pursuing child abusers unless there’s money to be made by putting a child in foster care and forcing parents to go through “service plans” . . . those are the things that make money for the county. You should be talking to your district attorney for possible prosecution, not to CPS. (In my opinion, and do remember I’m not a lawyer.)
Comment by LindaJoMartin — November 2, 2009 @ 5:36 pm
my kids were taken from me and my husband because our fbss case worker wasnt doing her job we have a family services meeting safty plan and she was to take up to and from our classes and she failed to do so even though we passed all drug test,home conditions,health of the children ect.her actions counted against us and now our kids were removed untile we finnish our classes they placed them with some people and we get weeky vists with them on wendsdays and there was a blunt (pot) found in my kids dipper bag while we was in the office seeing our babies.so i had them go check it out to the home were my children was and the house was unwalkable,nasty and drugs all over the place and beer every where then they removed them again.
the worker the placed them in that home checked it out and told me that they pased all back ground checks and the home was okay for my kids to stay at because it was a saft and loving home but they was dead wrong
the people had put a front on and they did drugs what was the pot doing in there dipper bag anyways what was it doing around them
me and my husband was doing everything right and passed all checks food cloths shelter everything was good but since the worker didnt do her job and our classes cancled then the kids got removed from there parents and a safe loving drug free home to a home that was trasy nasty and full of drugs i thought cps was to help kids get out of homes that was unfit not to put them in harms way
Comment by rainy — November 9, 2009 @ 12:49 pm
I have been raising my neices all of their lives. My sister has been on drugs allof their lives needless to say I have had legal custody of them because of this. The children were and have been heavily influenced by drugs currently they both take medication for their issues. My oldest neice decided to go to school and tell the counselor that I had beat her last week…DSS came along and took them never giving me a chance to prove that she was lying. I need help. I can’t afford a lawyer and now my children are in foster care and they shouldn’t be. I have given dss more then enough outlets as to where to place my kids so that they can be with someone who is family. They have promised that they would do investigations and have not followed thru not once. At this point I need a lawyer that is going to help me and all of the lawyers i call say that I make too much money for free assistance but I don’t make enough money to pay for assistance. SOMEONE HELP!!!!
Comment by Tamika — November 9, 2009 @ 3:39 pm