FightCPS does not advocate or condone violence or illiegal activities of any kind.
FightCPS is intended to help people learn enough about the law to be able to successfully defend themselves and their families against false accusations using legal documents and strategies that put parents in a stronger position when they go back to court.
For more information, see the FAQ.
Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last thirty years leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods.
Rather than helping families, government agents have used unconstitutional laws in Juvenile Court to rip children away from their loving parents, break asunder God-given, natural, parent-child bonds, and adopt the children of the grieving out to others who profit financially with large monthly adoption subsidy payments.
Child Protective Services must be stopped! The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed. We must work tirelessly to inform the public of this very dangerous travesty of justice. We must keep faith knowing that if there is a God, there is an answer and a way to end this heartache.
Child Protective Services Agents - please come to your senses! Family destruction on false or trivial grounds is wrong, reprehensible, and inhumane.
Fosterers - be aware that for the money you get you are holding much-loved children away from their grieving families while the parents are forced to perform a service plan that is anything but a service to them. I call this hostage holding for the government. This is not kindness - to help misguided government agents destroy family relationships and break loving bonds.
CPS workers and fosterers - I ask that you now let the children of the innocent return to their homes where they are truly valued, adored, and loved by the parents God gave them.
Family rights are God-given rights. And they should not be ignored or postponed. Every moment these loving parents and children spend separated from one another is a torment beyond what anyone should ever have to bear.
It is unworthy of human dignity to allow this terrorism and torture of families to go on without saying something, speaking out, and trying to make a change.
Site mission: To provide information and support for families attacked by Child Protective Services and child welfare agents, especially those families facing false or trivial accusations of child abuse or neglect; and for researchers working to protect natural family rights.
|
Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations
January 16, 2010
I like to think positive, so sometimes I regret choosing the name, FightCPS for this site. I chose it over ten years ago, in October 2000. FightCPS sounds a bit negative but… if you are in the middle of a CPS case you KNOW that what you need to do is FIGHT in court to get your rights honored and your children back.
Recently I decided to start a Facebook group for this site - but I wanted a positive sounding name, so I chose Strengthening Families Throughout the World. So far I don’t have any group members, so I’m hoping that by announcing it here some of you who use Facebook will come by and join, and tell your other Facebook friends about it.
I’d like to let people know that we need our families built up and strengthened, not torn down and destroyed, which is what CPS does.
Filed under: CPS — LindaJoMartin @ 3:31 am
RSS feed for comments on this post.
Please do not leave LONG comments. We don't need to know your last name, the details of your case, or the names of the social workers or judges. Do not leave any self-incriminatory statements on this blog. Please read the privacy policy before posting. All comments are approved before posting as of 2010. Excessively long comments or comments in all-caps will not be approved.
Privacy Policy - please read before posting anything to this site. (Link opens in another window or tab.)
Copyright Notice: According to US Copyright law, copyright vests initially in the author(s) of the work. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, any copyrighted material herein is distributed without profit or payment to those who have an interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: Title 17, Sec.107. If you are the copyright holder and choose to have your work removed from this website, email the webmaster and it will be done. However we here at fightcps.com hope you prefer that our researchers continue to benefit from access to your work.
Broken Links: Because many old news articles are taken offline you will find broken links in the archives of this weblog. There's nothing we can do to prevent this problem.
|
I beg to differ, the name of your website seems MOST appropriate. Fighting CPS is exactly what families whose children are stuck in the system must do. Sadly, it is a lonely fight. So hats off to you and so many others who I have found on line who are dedicated and who have the courage to take on this cause!!! I am impressed…
GOOD FOR YOU!!!
Comment by Miss Higgi — January 17, 2010 @ 12:17 am
Thanks so much, Miss Higgi. I tend to believe that to have positive results we must think and talk positive, but that’s almost impossible to do when you’re confronted by the devil in the form of a CPS kidnapper.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 17, 2010 @ 1:14 am
This is the site that gave me the encouragement that I needed to fight my battle of getting my kids back. Thanks to the support, I was able to fight the charges and ultimately adopt the foster kids that they took from me… and as a single parent I might add.
Words cannot express my gratitude!
Sincerely
Donna Shepherd,
Comment by DonnaShepherd — January 17, 2010 @ 5:29 am
Name is perfect. It took me nine months to get my kids back. We won! Read all the books you can find about the subject and help your lawyer. We had 3 total and 1 did not know what he was doing.
Comment by Gloria Tyner — January 17, 2010 @ 3:28 pm
Donna, I’m glad things turned out okay for you and that this site helped!!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 18, 2010 @ 2:27 am
Great advice, Gloria… I’m so happy to hear your children are home with you now!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 18, 2010 @ 2:40 am
im very confussed theres a link on this website telling us about using our constitutional rights or lose them .but how do you exercise your rights in a civil case against cps?consitutional rights only apply in criminal cases and majority of the cases with cps are civil.so in short when in volved with cps good luck fighting them .CPS is above the law you cant win you have no way to win you have no rights to help you.my wifes attorney told her all cps cases are civil and none of the rights given to her appy against cps .they have the right to take your kids by any means necessary.and you cant do anything about it.
Comment by james larcom — January 19, 2010 @ 3:06 pm
James, if that’s what your lawyer told you, he lied or is very ignorant. Constitutional rights still apply in CPS cases. Lots of people have sued CPS for violations of constitutional rights, and won. For example, forced entry in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
The only reason CPS gets away with violating so many of our rights is that lawyers like yours allow it.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 19, 2010 @ 11:52 pm
my case was closed in july 2008 my son didnt return home to me. my parental rights were not terminated.my ex daughter in law has guardianship of my 15 year old son. from the day the case closed she has not answered any of my calls or returned any of my callls to set up visits with my son. then i found out i could petiton to the court to regain custody and i left a message om my ex daughter in laws cell phone telling her my plan stupid move. I didnt have an attorney i filed the petiton unknow to me she filed a petiton also asking for permisson to move to ohio the judge said yes to the move and 6 days later she was on a train and gone with my son . i dont know if i will ever see him again iim heart broken the pain is unbearable. the court says my rights were not terminated . I dont have the right to have regular visits. I dont have the right to
Comment by patricia cleary — January 23, 2010 @ 3:57 pm
Patricia… have you found your son online at all yet? (MySpace and Facebook are places where parents sometimes find their teenage children.)
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 23, 2010 @ 4:26 pm
ship ended when she left california . IM appealing the judges decision to allow my son to be moved 3000 miles away with no visitation. the thought of never seeing my son again is killing me. i never abused my child i was homeless and disabled relocated from arizona back to california and allowed my son stay with a woman i took in off the streets 5 years before . i wasnt able to find affordable housing for a couple of months and when i did this evil woman would not give me custody of my son her motive was greed and revenge my son was reciving 1,100.000 from social security and he continues to be a hostage for a check.
Comment by patricia cleary — January 23, 2010 @ 4:41 pm
I wish I knew then what I know now. They would have never stole my kids & put them in a 4 different foster homes & then in to an adoptive home where CPS knew that a sexual predator lived. Where my daughter was molested at 7 yrs old. My other daughter was beat by the adoptive father.
Oh I have gone thru the CPS in CA & the CSD now known as DHS in OR.
I know for a fact that they only want kids that they can sell. In other words adoption. It is called State revenue
I have to say tho that my daughter now 19 has been looking for me since she was 12 & I can’t even say what it was like when she found me.
I lost 8 kids & I have found them all. So hey don’t give up.
Comment by Barrie — January 24, 2010 @ 6:35 am
James Larcom
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8×11.pdf
read this
Comment by Barrie — January 24, 2010 @ 6:43 am
Thanks, Barrie, for sharing your story. That was very encouraging for those whose children have been adopted out to strangers.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 24, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
my son and daughter inlaw live in arizona. they have 3 childern. they are very younge adults there self, one day or night cps came in and grabed the children right out of their arms with out any warning. now my granddaughter is in the hospitlae with ADEM. she has to learn how to walk and talk all over again. we say its from stress ,them taking her away from her mom and dad, and brothers dramatcilly she couldent handle the stress so her body shut down. now the parents are going crazy they are only 24 and 22 years old they dont know what to do. their lives have been tore apart. they need to find a good lawyer and get their babys back. now my son is fixing to go to jail and my daughter inlaw is going crazy she doesnt know what to do ,and i live in eureka,kansas and cant get out there rightt now. what do they do ?their just babys their self and they just want their babys back so they can come out here with mom.. when my son geos to jail, what is my daughter suppose to do ? she will be all alone she is going to go nuts … WHAT IS SHE SUPPOST TO DO? CAN YOU HELP THEM?????
Comment by maina davis — January 25, 2010 @ 10:44 am
In my own words in dealing with CPS I feel like they are very bad people they have to always knock a man out the picture instead of worrying about people who really need their services they worry about a big fat lie that is not even true CPS needs to get a life to be honest I hate them and I feel like God does not like ugly and they are very ugly people they not for us they work for the devil they are very evil people and I hope they go burn in hell the most instead of worrying about a lie they need to jump off and stop hating big fat haters I love my husband and child what GOD has joined together let NO MAN PUT asunder
Comment by kimmykaannjakes — January 25, 2010 @ 6:21 pm
Marina, I suggest that your son and/or daughter-in-law get on this site and read everything, register at the message board to get feedback on their case, and become educated. I don’t know if there’s anyone in AZ who can help them one-on-one. Usually it is most effective if they come to sites such as this one and learn how to work on their cases.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 26, 2010 @ 3:10 am
Kimmy, I’m on your side!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 26, 2010 @ 3:18 am
I hate to mention this, but in my state “Strengthening Families” is the motto of CPS. They don’t really do it, but nevertheless they mouth it around.
Comment by Bridget — January 26, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
LOL……….. Bridget… thanks for letting me know. The monsters!!! They like to choose names that have nothing to do with what they are actually doing. It is part of Newspeak. (More on that in the novel, 1984.)
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 26, 2010 @ 10:33 pm
My wife has fought a ten year pig circus with cps in cournt. Her X is a pedophile and a dirty judge is protecting him. Since moving in with her and getting married I cannot believe what she has been through. It is worse than Nazi germany here. We are good parents, yet after a ten year battle finnaly ended(pretty sure there is a statute of limitations on that) they are trying it agian. We will win this fight. I hope the best for anyone dealing with these kidnappers.
Comment by Keven Krantz — January 28, 2010 @ 12:43 am
So true - it is a lot like Nazi Germany now. Do you realize the persecution of Anne Frank’s family started with an attempt by the Gestapo to take the oldest daughter? Sounds familiar…
Comment by LindaJoMartin — January 28, 2010 @ 3:25 am
my daughter n law set me down when i wnet to pick up my 3 grandkids. she told me she felt like a bad mother……that she felt like a loser….but she kicked my son out because she felt she was missing out on life. she stated she would do nothing 2 keep their father or their grandparents from seeing them, that there was more out there for her. just 4 short months later she started with the false cps accusations concerning the eldist child….then it was the middle child….and now we are at the youngest…..only 7 short months later she (ex daughter n law) starts the lies that will keep my son (and us) away from the children 4 atleast 4 months!!!! where is the law!!!!!!
Comment by Angela Clark — January 30, 2010 @ 5:06 am
Marina Davis and Linda Jo-
I live in AZ. Marina? If you want to keep these grandbabies in your life, you need to decide right now. YOU are your childrens and graandchildrens’ saving grace in this. And this means leaving your state for as long as it takes. I know this as I fought for 2 years putting 93,000 miles on my SUV in just 11 months!!!
It is important to note that THIS is not just about your 22-24 yr old kids fighting CPS. If you, the grandparents do not step up to the plate from the very beginning, they will use that fact against you.
CPS will say “since the grandparents have not involved themselves, there is NO bond left between them and the grandchildren”. Been there, even when it was not true.
What saved me was, being at every single CFT meeting, every last court date, follow up meeting, hiring a “family” attorney to represent ALL persons within our bloodline and by marriage. I MISSED NOTHING!!! Even with that, CPS said tha “we had no loving bond” with our 4 grandgirls, simply beause over the summer of 2007, the foster parents kept them away from us, while they went to adoption classes that CPS arranged without our knowledge.
I had court ordered weekend visitation and had to drive to 4 different foster homes all over the state of AZ. Cps planned that out well;;;;;for them!
I played this game for 93,000 miles, 2 vehicles, $35000 in lawyer fees and 17 months in an effort not to lose my grandbabies. And in the end..I WON, with the judge “reluctantly” agreeing to give me sole guardianship of them.
But I do have the threat of jail hanging over my head if I give them back to their parents.
So, please consider very carefully what you want and who you want in your future RIGHT NOW.
You only have days to begin your journey, if that.
I wish you and yours all the best.
Comment by Cheryl — February 5, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
I like the name, FightCPS. It’s short and no so sweet, gets the message across, and probably helps this website get a lot of hits because I would imagine that a lot of people type those two words in when their most precious possession has been so brutally ripped from them. It’s also important to acknowledge that when a parent is a victim of CPS, they ARE in for the fight of their lives, so why sugar coat it. Stick with FightCPS; it’s a good name.
Comment by cpssucks — February 7, 2010 @ 10:46 am
And “strengthening families” kind of sounds like the kind of Orwellian language that those quintessential hypocrites, CPS, use. Stick with FightCPS, please.
Comment by cpssucks — February 7, 2010 @ 10:49 am
I have three children. My youngest had a stroke in utero. I have had dhs involved for almost three years and ave had my kids taken three times. They keep throwing it at me that if I screw up the kids or with their dad who lives out of state, doesn’t have a driver license or a job. But they keep trying to prove me unstable in which they will never be able to do. I have had my job for 7 years and the one before that 5 and half. I just turned 28 in january. All I want is my kids and for these people to leave me alone. I want to move out of the county but DHS tell me I cant. Any suggestions Please help
Comment by Jessica — February 7, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
Thanks, CPSsucks… I love your videos!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — February 8, 2010 @ 9:39 pm
Jessica, have you been taken to court or is this just an excessively long investigation? Are they making you sign service plans? If you’re going to court you could try submitting the “Objections and Corrections to the Report of the Social Worker”… found here in the legal document library. If you’re just being subjected to constant harassment with an open case… that’s something you might want to take to a state administrative hearing charging the caseworkers with excessive harassment of your family.
In any case, it is really hard for me to guess what might be best in your case, without knowing more about what’s going on. I do hope you’ve got an attorney! (I’m not an attorney and can’t give legal advice.) For more feedback on your case, try the message board.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — February 8, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
Hello Fellow Parents of legally kidnapped children,
I sympathize with all of you as my children have been in the foster care system for 8yrs now while I was trying to get my disabilties under control. All this time I fought not only for my health but also for my children doing everything they ever placed on their court written ransom note. Only now the judge says it took me too long to get well and they have been authorized to take me to court to remove my rights and adopt my children out. They have all been placed in seperate homes so they don’t even have the comfort of each other.
I don’t want to just be a cry in the night. Nothing will get done if we all cry out here where only each other sees it. We need another Rosa parks we need some one to say NO! I WON”T GO TO THE BACK OF THE BUS! we need another boston tea party or american revolution. United We Stand Divided we fall as they say divide and conquer.
I have nothing left to lose my children are all I have. I will be that Rosa Parks if there are others to join me. My children were supposed to come home when I got them a house so I did But I had to move out of state and because they knew they could no longer snoop in my life they sent down false allegations and the new state refused to watch me even making there own false allegation to ADD TO THE MESS.They claimed my house smelt like cat urine. I have 1 cat and her box is scooped daily and emptied 2x a week. I even stick air fresheners on the wall above tha box. she gets the best litter the scented one because I personally can’t stomach a dirty house. I go to court July 1st 2010 if anyone can make any suggestions please send them to mommaofakc[@]yahoo.com
Please don’t complain unless you have the fight in you to band together to STOP CPS from removing children that have less than perfect but not abusive homes.
Comment by Tracy — February 16, 2010 @ 7:23 am
Tracy - my suggestions: (1) request a trial, (2) write your own legal documents (samples here in the legal document library), and (3) take photos of your home to show the judge, with beds for the kids, etc.. (4) if possible hire an independent evaluator to serve as an expert witness, (5) have your local social services office look at your home and approve it.
These cases are won by a preponderance of evidence. Try your best to have the preponderance on your side of the table!!
Comment by LindaJoMartin — February 16, 2010 @ 1:52 pm