My 14 year old daughter was kidnapped by FACs one day after we were waiting for her to return from school. My girl left that morning with her usual goodbye daddy, see you when I get home.... Sure she is a young girl becoming a young woman, so things have been a little more trying then normal, but we certainly didnt think anything was that wrong. We still are not sure of the facts, its been three weeks now, Within 4 days we were in court with FACs and a temporary 6months custudy order for them to have her untill an investigation is done. We haven't even spoken to them properly yet....I guess she has told them a few things (which are totally untrue} We have insisted that we have done nothing wrong, not even knowing what she has told them, anything could be explained if only they would listen to us. They have said that the police are investigating her complaints,,,,but wr haven't been questionrd by anyone....We have insisted that there is something wrong with her,,,,We even told them to have her checked by our family Doctor......whom now will not treat us anymore and I have disabilities which need constant attention....and now I do not even have a Doctor....We go to court again in a few days again,,,,,and we do not even know what to say or do or fot that matter, why they even stole her away from us......
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
From Chris
I am a supervisor at DHHS at 7001 A East Parkway in Sacramento, California 95823. I am resigning my position. I have seen so much corruption within the cps system, it is a shame. Social workers like Julie Sea lie about parents being unfit in order to receive huge bonues from the federal government, she gets even more money if she does an illegal adoption. Commissioner Gary Bischoff is a stupid KKK member who exploits children for money and he is on video for accepting a $40,000.00 bribe from organized crime members. I am willing to speak publicy about this corruption and will apologize to families that I have helped to dismantle by sweeping this matter under the rug. I am going to Washington D.C. and discuss this matter with the White House, and demand that the US department of Justice do a nationwide audit of social services and place a federal watchdog over them, because they are operating as the Mafia does. I will make sure that the families that were victimized receive millions of dollars for their pain and suffering.
Amanda
This is a long and still unfolding story, but please read it and comment as you wish.
In March of 2010 I left my house for a total of 3 hours. In it were my daughter Evie, she was a month away from being 2, my fiancee who had recently moved in, his two children whom were 1 and 2 at the time, and a 17 year old girl whom had been staying with me off and on for about a month.
I returned home around 11pm that night and the toddlers were all sleeping as they were when I left (Evie in her own room and his children in mine since they were not yet used to the house.) My fiancee was also asleep and awoke barely when I got home. I peeked in Evie's room and saw that she was in her bed sound asleep, and I went to bed as well. The 17year old had gone home at some point.
In the morning my step children awoke first, waking me and my fiancee up, he got up and went to class, I stayed with the 3 babies. About 10 minutes after he left Evie also woke up, she came and opened her door like every morning, I heard her sleepy little voice asking for cereal. I came from the right side and picked her up, kissed her cheek and sat her on the couch with the other two... Then I saw it.
The left side of my baby girl's face, and I mean the entire left side, was purple and black and swollen beyond your nightmares. Her eye was swollen shut and her ear was disfigured. I took a step back and burst into tears, I asked her over and over what happened and she just said, calmly, "Evie got owies" and didn't appear to understand how. In fact, she hugged me and asked me what was wrong. That was when it kicked in, she couldn't see mommy scared. I had to be strong like she was, I had to get to the bottom of this. I called my fiancee and he had just gotten to class, I told him to get home immediately. I then called my parents and told them I had no idea how this had happened and asked them to come take us to the hospital. My fiancee showed up first. He reacted exactly as I did, Evie hugged him as well. Then moments later my father showed up and Evie and I were off to the ER. My fiancee stayed with his kids, I told him I'd call as soon as I knew anything.
In the ER the nurses took Evie from my arms and placed her in a separate room. A DHS worker and 2 police officers came to my room. The police had me write a statement, the case worker told me that I had done this or I knew how it had happened and was lying. She told me I would never see my daughter again and I was the worst human being on the planet basically. I was in shock still. I told them over and over where I was and who was at my house. No one seemed to believe me.
Workers and police also went to my house, they took my step kids into custody since they were in the home during the incident. They'd taken Evie as well. My fiancee and I spent nearly 5 hours that day being questioned by the police. He said he had been working in the back yard. Which he had. He was making a barb-q pit. So he had left the 17 year old in the house by herself for most of the night. She left as soon as he came back in without saying a word. He thought nothing of it and went to bed.
One week later we took polygraph tests. She failed hers and admitted to all of it. She said Evie had woken up and wanted me and did not want to go back to sleep. She'd pushed her down on the kitchen floor on the left side of her face and her left arm. The doctor said that the story matched the bruising. (It luckily was just busing, Evie was fully healed less than a month later and continues to thrive.)
You'd think DHS would have closed the case then.
You'd be very wrong. I lost custody of Evie completely to her father due to 'bad judgment of character'. And his two kids remain in foster care. The only reasoning the worker can give us is that there were 'older bruises' on the kids that are unexplained. (There consist of a scrape and tiny bruises on their knees, ect.) From my experience, and that of any parent, all toddlers get those. DHS says they think it's suspicious and will not accept that.
To make it worse; about a week after the girl was arrested I discovered I was pregnant. We asked our case worker over and over if there was any cause to take my son when he was born, they told us no and not to worry. Thus we did not. He was born in December 2010 (he was in perfect health) and just hours after the worker was there and took him into custody as well. The only reason, the 'unexplained' marks on the toddlers from 9 months ago. He was not allowed to stay in the hospital room with me, he was kept in the nurses' station. I am allowed only supervised visits with all of the children to this point. Evie recently turned 3, and my son Connor is almost 6 months old. We have taken parenting classes and counseling and paying child support as requested by DHS, and still no sign that they will allow us to have our babies back.
Might I add that the house is in immaculate condition, we have plenty of food, diapers, toys ect. And the children even would each have their own bed rooms. And we also have tons of witnesses coming fourth that we're great with kids and that I babysit for them on a regular basis.
I thank you all very much for taking the time to read my story. :)
In March of 2010 I left my house for a total of 3 hours. In it were my daughter Evie, she was a month away from being 2, my fiancee who had recently moved in, his two children whom were 1 and 2 at the time, and a 17 year old girl whom had been staying with me off and on for about a month.
I returned home around 11pm that night and the toddlers were all sleeping as they were when I left (Evie in her own room and his children in mine since they were not yet used to the house.) My fiancee was also asleep and awoke barely when I got home. I peeked in Evie's room and saw that she was in her bed sound asleep, and I went to bed as well. The 17year old had gone home at some point.
In the morning my step children awoke first, waking me and my fiancee up, he got up and went to class, I stayed with the 3 babies. About 10 minutes after he left Evie also woke up, she came and opened her door like every morning, I heard her sleepy little voice asking for cereal. I came from the right side and picked her up, kissed her cheek and sat her on the couch with the other two... Then I saw it.
The left side of my baby girl's face, and I mean the entire left side, was purple and black and swollen beyond your nightmares. Her eye was swollen shut and her ear was disfigured. I took a step back and burst into tears, I asked her over and over what happened and she just said, calmly, "Evie got owies" and didn't appear to understand how. In fact, she hugged me and asked me what was wrong. That was when it kicked in, she couldn't see mommy scared. I had to be strong like she was, I had to get to the bottom of this. I called my fiancee and he had just gotten to class, I told him to get home immediately. I then called my parents and told them I had no idea how this had happened and asked them to come take us to the hospital. My fiancee showed up first. He reacted exactly as I did, Evie hugged him as well. Then moments later my father showed up and Evie and I were off to the ER. My fiancee stayed with his kids, I told him I'd call as soon as I knew anything.
In the ER the nurses took Evie from my arms and placed her in a separate room. A DHS worker and 2 police officers came to my room. The police had me write a statement, the case worker told me that I had done this or I knew how it had happened and was lying. She told me I would never see my daughter again and I was the worst human being on the planet basically. I was in shock still. I told them over and over where I was and who was at my house. No one seemed to believe me.
Workers and police also went to my house, they took my step kids into custody since they were in the home during the incident. They'd taken Evie as well. My fiancee and I spent nearly 5 hours that day being questioned by the police. He said he had been working in the back yard. Which he had. He was making a barb-q pit. So he had left the 17 year old in the house by herself for most of the night. She left as soon as he came back in without saying a word. He thought nothing of it and went to bed.
One week later we took polygraph tests. She failed hers and admitted to all of it. She said Evie had woken up and wanted me and did not want to go back to sleep. She'd pushed her down on the kitchen floor on the left side of her face and her left arm. The doctor said that the story matched the bruising. (It luckily was just busing, Evie was fully healed less than a month later and continues to thrive.)
You'd think DHS would have closed the case then.
You'd be very wrong. I lost custody of Evie completely to her father due to 'bad judgment of character'. And his two kids remain in foster care. The only reasoning the worker can give us is that there were 'older bruises' on the kids that are unexplained. (There consist of a scrape and tiny bruises on their knees, ect.) From my experience, and that of any parent, all toddlers get those. DHS says they think it's suspicious and will not accept that.
To make it worse; about a week after the girl was arrested I discovered I was pregnant. We asked our case worker over and over if there was any cause to take my son when he was born, they told us no and not to worry. Thus we did not. He was born in December 2010 (he was in perfect health) and just hours after the worker was there and took him into custody as well. The only reason, the 'unexplained' marks on the toddlers from 9 months ago. He was not allowed to stay in the hospital room with me, he was kept in the nurses' station. I am allowed only supervised visits with all of the children to this point. Evie recently turned 3, and my son Connor is almost 6 months old. We have taken parenting classes and counseling and paying child support as requested by DHS, and still no sign that they will allow us to have our babies back.
Might I add that the house is in immaculate condition, we have plenty of food, diapers, toys ect. And the children even would each have their own bed rooms. And we also have tons of witnesses coming fourth that we're great with kids and that I babysit for them on a regular basis.
I thank you all very much for taking the time to read my story. :)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
From Graham
Here's what I have learn't
If you are innocent do not let the judge bully you into 'consent' or guilty
Ask for "discovery' make the CPI prove their case ln court.
File a complaint with the sheriffs dept internal affairs against the abusive CPI offender.
Send the letter certified receipt return and make a copy
If the internal affairs refuse to investigate, contact the Deputy General Council sheriffs dept in writing, again certified return receipt make sure everything is dated.
List all the names of the offenders and copy your judge
I would also copy the Governor and the sheriff.
Even if it has been years since your case was over file a complaint in writing against all the offenders, but only if you are not guilty.
The only way we can fight these " people' is to log as many complaints on file as possible.
These things are what I have done
I am a non lawyer and this is my opinion only, your ethics are your own. I want to stop these ass%#holes from destroying the foundation of America "The family'
If you are innocent do not let the judge bully you into 'consent' or guilty
Ask for "discovery' make the CPI prove their case ln court.
File a complaint with the sheriffs dept internal affairs against the abusive CPI offender.
Send the letter certified receipt return and make a copy
If the internal affairs refuse to investigate, contact the Deputy General Council sheriffs dept in writing, again certified return receipt make sure everything is dated.
List all the names of the offenders and copy your judge
I would also copy the Governor and the sheriff.
Even if it has been years since your case was over file a complaint in writing against all the offenders, but only if you are not guilty.
The only way we can fight these " people' is to log as many complaints on file as possible.
These things are what I have done
I am a non lawyer and this is my opinion only, your ethics are your own. I want to stop these ass%#holes from destroying the foundation of America "The family'
Friday, January 21, 2011
From Brian
I have a video showing child trafficking in my hometown of Oklahoma City that your readers may find interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_CgQOR-Dhs
The fight to get this video on YouTube is here... http://johntv.com/?p=994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_CgQOR-Dhs
The fight to get this video on YouTube is here... http://johntv.com/?p=994
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Submitted by Cinnamon
December 13, 2010 - Adams County Colorado - Judge finds level of abuse 7 & 8 year old boys are suffering at the hands of their father does not reach the level of eminent danger & returns terrified screaming boys to father. Child Protective Services reports 22 inconclusive investigations - closing ALL
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Submitted by Anonymous # 2
In 2004 my husband was put on probation. At that time we had a 1 year old son. He violated probation for smoking pot. His PO called CPS and they showed up at my door. They came and then they left, and I never heard anything again till I had my second child in 2005. They were back in my life again at that point. They put us on a case plan, and in the mean time tried to get them placed with a family member which was my father while we was doing our case plan. The Guardian at litem we had told my father that he could sell them on the black market to canada for 100,000 dollars. He also told them that my dad would have to adopt them to keep them in the family and that we would never be able to see them. They made us do hair follicle testing because they didnt believe that we was clean from pot. We passed. We completed parenting class with the highest certificates and we also completed our IOP classes for pot. We went to court they took our 2 and 1 year old from us for not having our place. Then in 0ctober of 2009 we had another child. Children services showed up again. They took the child right out of my arms at the hospital and said the foster parents that have her siblings want to adopt her too. We went through the same thing again, and it came down to us not having our own home. We cant afford our own house, so we stay with my father-in-law. We never met the foster parents the whole time. We have no clue who they are and the whole time no matter what we did they would tell us they are in a 500,000 dollar home, and these children are very adoptable and we already have people that want to adopt them. Our children loved us. the ex senator from georgia the one that got murdered recently. She was talking to us about writing a book about what we went through, because she knows that CPS is crooked and she stopped them in Georgia. She stopped what is going on here in Ohio in Stark County! when she was murdered it was just a few months after she talked to us about writing a book on us and put it out for the world to see. I hate CPS and someone needs to stop them from kidnapping little babies from people when there are people everywhere living on welfare and selling crack and they still have their children.
Submitted by Anonymous
I have two grandsons whom I brought home from the hospitable when they was born. My daughter was going to abort them and I begged her not to do it I would take the babies. I had them for 18 months and one day she came and took them when she met this new guy.
My daughter has drug problems and I tried to stop her but since I wasn't the mother I couldn't do anything. I always hunt to find the boys and bring food and clothes.
One day CPS pick them up and they was in foster care for three months. I took them out and had them for nearly four years and their was a call in on me that I moved the boys out of the house and the parents had seen them. This was all lies and when I went to court their was no proof of none of this.
They took the boys from me and the last time I seen them they was begging and crying not to be taken away. I was in shock and crying on the floor begging them to stop this was not true. Now they want let me see the boys and I had to get a lawyer and let all my bills go. I cry everyday over them. I love them so much and miss them. I feel like they was kidnap and theirs nothing I can do about it.
Thank you
My daughter has drug problems and I tried to stop her but since I wasn't the mother I couldn't do anything. I always hunt to find the boys and bring food and clothes.
One day CPS pick them up and they was in foster care for three months. I took them out and had them for nearly four years and their was a call in on me that I moved the boys out of the house and the parents had seen them. This was all lies and when I went to court their was no proof of none of this.
They took the boys from me and the last time I seen them they was begging and crying not to be taken away. I was in shock and crying on the floor begging them to stop this was not true. Now they want let me see the boys and I had to get a lawyer and let all my bills go. I cry everyday over them. I love them so much and miss them. I feel like they was kidnap and theirs nothing I can do about it.
Thank you
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Submitted by Anonymous
I am a mother of two, a two year old and a 5 year old. In December of 09 my husband and I were sitting at home watching a TV program and my daughter was taking a nap. All of a sudden I hear a knock at the door and I get up to go and answer the door and there on the other side was DSS and they ask to come in. Well, I ask what is going on and then I am pushed over the couch and them pushing their way in to my home saying that my son had bruises on him when he got to school, and they said that they were taking the kids in to DSS custody.
I said that when my son left on the bus that morning there was no bruises on him and that is a fact because I give him a bath that morning before he got on the bus. Then they made me undress my daughter with the door standing wide open and it was snowing outside at the time and my husband asked for numbers to the justice department and was told by the officers that he would be shot or go to jail if he didn't sit down and fucking keep his mouth closed. They told me they if I tried to fight DSS that I would be sitting in jail too.
So they took our kids into custody and at the first court date. I told them that my son has a problem with self-hurting if he thinks that he has done something wrong, he won't come to us and help him work out the problem he takes the punishment on himself and now they are blaming my husband and I for every time they tried running us off the road. They have made treats to my family. They have taken my kids out of town on several times and they have tried to make my husband and I break up, telling me that the best way to get my kids back and they are saying that my daughter is not bonded with me. Well only having three hours a week with my kids it is hard for her to bond with her parents, so I am in a spot were I am going to lose my kids if I can't find any help and basically I don't know what to do so I am sending this letter to anyone that can help us in our case thank you for your time.
I said that when my son left on the bus that morning there was no bruises on him and that is a fact because I give him a bath that morning before he got on the bus. Then they made me undress my daughter with the door standing wide open and it was snowing outside at the time and my husband asked for numbers to the justice department and was told by the officers that he would be shot or go to jail if he didn't sit down and fucking keep his mouth closed. They told me they if I tried to fight DSS that I would be sitting in jail too.
So they took our kids into custody and at the first court date. I told them that my son has a problem with self-hurting if he thinks that he has done something wrong, he won't come to us and help him work out the problem he takes the punishment on himself and now they are blaming my husband and I for every time they tried running us off the road. They have made treats to my family. They have taken my kids out of town on several times and they have tried to make my husband and I break up, telling me that the best way to get my kids back and they are saying that my daughter is not bonded with me. Well only having three hours a week with my kids it is hard for her to bond with her parents, so I am in a spot were I am going to lose my kids if I can't find any help and basically I don't know what to do so I am sending this letter to anyone that can help us in our case thank you for your time.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Submitted by Denise
My story is a long one and begins with my second boyfriend cheating on me, me kicking him out, and his step mother wanting my son Christopher. This woman took advantage of my ex and I splitting up. And my ex was too spineless to stop her from making false reports.
My son was 2 years old when I got called on for the first time, and the report was found unfounded. But her being an ex CPS worker knew the system. She continued to make one false report after another, and finally the CPS got tired of it and found one founded. The report that was found (founded) was a set up.
I had noticed that my son had been trying to go outside and play by himself a lot, so I took precautions so he wouldn't get up in the morning before I did, and go outside to play. There was an ice-cream store next door to where we lived at the time, and he liked to play at the playground they had behind it. I had started locking both doors of the apartment. One had two locks on it and the other door had one. The main door of that set of doors had a broken lock, so I locked the screen door, and jammed the couch up against it. He got out the next morning while I was taking a shower, getting ready to pick his father up for an AA meeting. He had lost his license after having gotten his fifth dui, and I was trying to help him get it back, so he could get back and forth to work. The screen door had a rip in it and the couch had been moved I noticed after I yelled for Christopher, and he didn’t answer. I had left him at the table with a bowl of cereal before going to take a shower. I went outside and there were several people standing across the road, starting in my direction, I asked if they saw a little boy, and they pointed to the gas station next to them. I went over there, and Christopher was with his grandparents. Whom I knew never drove up my way. No coincidence. I showed the officer the hole in the screen doo, and that Christopher’s cereal was still cold, and not soggy, because the grandparents claimed he had been out of my home for at least a half an hour. The officer’s name was sheriff Nedza, of Cayuga county police department. He said he would write it in his report, and they released Christopher to me. Two days later, the cps knocked on my door, and told me I had been reported again, and they would have to conduct an investigation. We had been on our way fishing. My children loved going fishing. The CPS asked only one neighbor of mine, and took the children because supposedly the neighbor said that it happened all the time. It never happened before. It was a lie. My spouse at the time was an African American man, and it was a small prejudice town. Most of the neighbors had a huge problem with that. The next day they came and removed all three of my children from me, with no questions directed at me. I fought for two years to get them back, and did get them back. That was once. Once you get your children taken once, they come after you if one of your children has so much as a blister on their foot. The older three are gone again, and I struggle to be able to talk to them. But to make a long story shorter... eventually, my daughter and one of my sons ended up living with their father whom was found guilty of molesting her. All so the social services workers on the case could save face, and not have to admit they messed up. Long story. They covered evidence that there was nothing wrong with me, and even though I had proof, my court appointed lawyer refused to present any of it. When I tried to go over my lawyers head to speak in my own defense... the judge said I could not speak unless advised to by my lawyer, I asked for a new one, and was refused. Three weeks after I lost that case, I found out that my lawyer, and the cps workers on the case were a t the father’s house for a family and friend cook out.
My son was 2 years old when I got called on for the first time, and the report was found unfounded. But her being an ex CPS worker knew the system. She continued to make one false report after another, and finally the CPS got tired of it and found one founded. The report that was found (founded) was a set up.
I had noticed that my son had been trying to go outside and play by himself a lot, so I took precautions so he wouldn't get up in the morning before I did, and go outside to play. There was an ice-cream store next door to where we lived at the time, and he liked to play at the playground they had behind it. I had started locking both doors of the apartment. One had two locks on it and the other door had one. The main door of that set of doors had a broken lock, so I locked the screen door, and jammed the couch up against it. He got out the next morning while I was taking a shower, getting ready to pick his father up for an AA meeting. He had lost his license after having gotten his fifth dui, and I was trying to help him get it back, so he could get back and forth to work. The screen door had a rip in it and the couch had been moved I noticed after I yelled for Christopher, and he didn’t answer. I had left him at the table with a bowl of cereal before going to take a shower. I went outside and there were several people standing across the road, starting in my direction, I asked if they saw a little boy, and they pointed to the gas station next to them. I went over there, and Christopher was with his grandparents. Whom I knew never drove up my way. No coincidence. I showed the officer the hole in the screen doo, and that Christopher’s cereal was still cold, and not soggy, because the grandparents claimed he had been out of my home for at least a half an hour. The officer’s name was sheriff Nedza, of Cayuga county police department. He said he would write it in his report, and they released Christopher to me. Two days later, the cps knocked on my door, and told me I had been reported again, and they would have to conduct an investigation. We had been on our way fishing. My children loved going fishing. The CPS asked only one neighbor of mine, and took the children because supposedly the neighbor said that it happened all the time. It never happened before. It was a lie. My spouse at the time was an African American man, and it was a small prejudice town. Most of the neighbors had a huge problem with that. The next day they came and removed all three of my children from me, with no questions directed at me. I fought for two years to get them back, and did get them back. That was once. Once you get your children taken once, they come after you if one of your children has so much as a blister on their foot. The older three are gone again, and I struggle to be able to talk to them. But to make a long story shorter... eventually, my daughter and one of my sons ended up living with their father whom was found guilty of molesting her. All so the social services workers on the case could save face, and not have to admit they messed up. Long story. They covered evidence that there was nothing wrong with me, and even though I had proof, my court appointed lawyer refused to present any of it. When I tried to go over my lawyers head to speak in my own defense... the judge said I could not speak unless advised to by my lawyer, I asked for a new one, and was refused. Three weeks after I lost that case, I found out that my lawyer, and the cps workers on the case were a t the father’s house for a family and friend cook out.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Submitted by Kellie
I myself was on the wrong end of a witch hunt. I had my speical needs cousins removed from my care by cps why because the nicholas county school and the mom of the twins went after me now keep in mind that cps gave me the kids in the first place but that was in a diff county in ky. I never had a fair chance they came and took them in feb. of this year because lets see the girl had cut her hair so bad I had to do a buzz cut on it but oh yeah I forgot to take pics of it for proof who thinks of that. oh and the school said the kids came to school with a foul smell lets see clean clothes and baths everynight i dont think so, the school said the kids came to school with flea bites because we had dogs ( yes we had dogs but our dogs did not have anymore fleas then most) and we got a new caseworker because kim denkins as she put it could not do this anymore and my court lawyer was a joke he never once wanted to get the list of people that could back me up! I never had a shot of getting the kids back I knew when when they took them But they said the whole goal was to give them back my case worker was at my house once in 5 months he was to do once a month vists so how is that working to put the family back together? Its not but let me also say that the only took the boy because they were twins no other reason and they left the other two kids in the home so as you can see cps is really a joke in most cases and in nicholas county they tend to make the rules as they go along not based on what is right or the fact that I had these kids for two and half years before all this started and not one complant besides the girl getting in trouble at school but the school said this never happened and would not allow the past teachers to speak up.
So as a word to the wise keep track of CPS for your kids own safety.
So as a word to the wise keep track of CPS for your kids own safety.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Submitted by Marianne
To Whom This May Concern,
My family and I have had an ongoing issue with the Alabama Department of Human Resources since October of 2003. My ex husband and his wife filed false drug and sexual abuse charges against my husband and me. The social worker, Thersa Cowling, falsified the documents by lying about visits, conversations, and phone calls that she said she had with me. In November of 2004, my three children from my first marriage and my two children from my second marriage were taken away from me. The abuse was supposed to have occurred to my 5 year old from my first marriage. In court, the judge said he would never believe an accused parent over a reputable DHR worker. When I tried to speak, he threatened to put me in jail. He said that is what I had a lawyer for. When I looked at my court appointed lawyer, she looked at the floor.
From November of 2004 to October of 2005, I did everything they told me to while my ex husband and Thersa Cowling continued to lie on me. My 5 year old told them that my husband never touched her. She told them that her daddy told her that she had to say that. Thersa Cowling told her never to tell anyone else that. In court, she told the judge about several teenagers that came forward with the same complaint against my ex husband. She said that DHR was currently investigating the claims. There were no teenagers, no investigations, and no new claims. But, the judge used that information to determine that I endangered my children. Although, by law, we’re able to prove that my ex is not the father of my two babies, the court ruled that legally he is the father. My three girls were placed in his custody (although there were questions of abuse on his part) and my two babies were placed in state care. Because I had a different address on my license and the school records than where I actually lived (which was next door), the GAL threatened to have me arrested and have my children taken away from me permanently if I didn’t sign a form saying that my children were dependent. My court appointed attorney advised me to sign the form which would prevent me from losing the children. She said that was the only way of ensuring that I would get them back. So, I signed (under duress) the form. This was in May 2005. I didn’t get them back until October. The attorney now tells me how wrong the GAL was for doing that, but she didn’t seem to think so at the time she told me I had to sign.
The children were returned to me in October of 2005. At the time, I was pregnant with my twin girls. DHR told me they didn’t care about my pregnancy. They said their only concern was the children that were in the complaint. In February of 2006, I received a visit from the Birmingham School system truant officer. He was there threatening to put me in jail for keeping my children out of school. My ex husband had filed a complaint with the Board of Ed that from the time the children came home in October, I hadn’t been taking them to school, so they were supposedly out from October to February. He also filed a motion in Family Court asking for custody because the kids were missing school, they were dirty, and they were around my husband (who I wasn’t married to at the time) when there was a court order in place keeping him away from them. On February 28, 2006, I had to go back to court. At that time, the judge did not find any basis to his claims, the children were left with me and my case with DHR was closed.
On March 9, 2006, DHR and Birmingham police showed up at my house and took my children again. On March 10, 2006, I went back to court. DHR and the GAL claimed to have law enforcement proof that my husband was in the house around the children which violated the court order. I was threatened with jail time for contempt of court. It turns out that their law enforcement proof was my ex’s cousin and a police detective friend of his. Detective Cox came to Family Court saying that a buddy of his, Officer Lafacadio Henderson (my ex’s cousin), told him that there was something going on in Family Court that he needed to know about. Detective Cox claimed that my husband was arrested for check fraud in Tarrant. After he was arrested, he brought them to my house where he opened the door with a key, led them through the house to the back room where the computer was to give them several emails that he had printed out in the month of November. Based on his testimony, my children were again taken away from me. This time my oldest three girls were placed with their father and my two younger one’s went back to foster care. My ex told the judge that he never wants any children back in my home. He said he would keep his girls and he wanted the other two to stay in foster care. First, Lafacadio Henderson is not an officer. He was fired from the force in 2000 – 2001 after sticking his police issued weapon in his girlfriend’s mouth and threatening to pull the trigger. Second, my husband was never arrested in Tarrant. Third, what officer is going to arrest a person and take them back to a house? Isn’t it policy to take them to jail? Fourth, my husband didn’t have a key to my house he couldn’t have let anyone in. Fifth, my computer was not in the back room of my house, it was in my living room about 5 ft away from the front door. Sixth, the emails that he had were emails that I had printed out and how could he honestly testify that my husband printed them out without being there to see him print them out? Again, when I tried to voice my concerns to the judge, I was threatened with jail time. I tried to get my attorney to say something; she told me that it was no point because he wasn’t going to listen anyway. That night, I was rushed to the hospital. The diagnosis was Placentia abruptia brought on by stress. My twins were born 6 weeks early. They had to stay in intensive care for about a month. My original due date was in April 2006.
I was not allowed to see my children. My ex refused to allow me to see or talk to my daughters and DHR would not schedule visitation for me. In late May 2006, DHR received two complaints. One from my ex and one from his wife. No one knew I had given birth to twins or when. The complaints both stated that the baby (singular) had been born, and it (no gender) was in danger because it was living with my husband and me. This was before he and I got married, we weren’t living together. DHR went door to door in my neighborhood as well as my husband’s neighborhood telling the neighbors that my husband had this baby in danger because he was a convicted child molester. My husband has never been charged nor convicted of molestation. Without proof of any danger, I ended up back in court again. My twins were taken away at 3 months old. DHR told the court that I was under court order to inform them when the baby was born and that I violated that order. There was no such order. They also told the judge that I had avoided contact with them during my pregnancy because I was hiding from them. The worker was coming to my house once per week. She was sitting with us in my living room watching movies. How did I avoid contact with her? DHR also told the judge that I had tried to run with the babies. They said that I moved without notifying DHR and that I had to be tracked down to Montgomery through a U-Haul receipt with a hotel address on it, which wasn’t true. The judge told me that it was common knowledge that I would automatically have to give up any children I have if I already have children in care. He didn’t want to hear that I hadn’t moved, or that I didn’t have to be tracked down in Montgomery.
Again, my visits with my children were refused. I was not allowed to see them. By the time I did see them again, they didn’t know who I was and they cried when I tried to go to them. It has been like this now since June 2006. I was originally scheduled to see them once per week, and then it was cut down to twice per month. At that time, I might have seen them once per month. I’ve had 4 – 5 different worker’s on this case. Each one does the same thing. I am given a date to see them, I go, the children don’t show. They are now trying to terminate my parental rights. My ex and his cousin somehow got to the foster family that has my five and six year old and told them not to let me see my children although I have court ordered visitation.
The social workers have refused to do the home evaluations for relative placement. They are not honoring my visitation. They are finding things wrong with my children that require them to have to go to the doctor or hospital. My five and six year old are biologically my husband’s children. He’s not allowed to see them and he can’t see the twins although he has been determined their legal father. He hasn’t seen the two older children since our daughter was one and our son was 3 months. He hasn’t seen the twins since they were 3 months. He has been ordered to pay child support, but they refuse his visitation. They sent me for two psych evaluations. The first one was ok; the second one was full of lies. She started out by telling me that DHR doesn’t tell her anything about me. But, she proceeded to ask me questions about my case that she wouldn’t have known about unless DHR told her. They have had me with 4 counselors that tried to convince me I was mistaken and that it was true that my husband molested my daughter. They tried to make me believe that I left my daughter alone with my husband when I went shopping and he molested her when I was gone. How are they going to convince me that I did something I didn’t do? Then DHR got upset because I wouldn’t admit that there was at least a possibility. They say I am choosing my husband over my children.
Thersa Cowling was investigated for falsifying documents. Instead of firing her, they transferred her to Bessemer. Larry Chapman is a counselor whose services are contracted by DHR. He is under investigation for trading sexual favors for writing favorable reports for parents to help them get their kids. Thersa Cowling was the original worker on my case and Larry Chapman was the counselor assigned to my three older girls.
I’ve read a lot about CPS/DHR workers abusing the system. I read about the senator that was heading up the investigation and how she and her husband were killed in an apparent murder/suicide. I have also read about the upcoming rally in DC July 23 - 25. I’ve read about the ‘Legal kidnapping’ of children by CPS/DHR. But, in all my readings, I don’t see anything about Alabama. Not all counties in AL seem to be having this problem, but you can talk to anybody about Jefferson County and they will all say the same thing. Family Court is full of low income single mothers and families. Jefferson County DHR needs to be investigated. We are not imagining what is happening to us. I’ve tried writing to the mayor, the district attorney, our senators, and our governor. Governor Riley didn’t do anything but forward my letters to DHR to claims they reviewed the file and didn’t see where DHR did anything wrong. I had three different DHR workers tell me that DHR doesn’t have anything on us but hearsay and unproven allegations. The mayor, DA, and the senators all told me how sorry they are to hear what my family is going through but that there is nothing they can do. DHR here in Alabama seems like they have no one to answer to. It’s as if they run things themselves and I know that can’t be. I know what they are doing to us is illegal and wrong.
Since May 6, 2010, I have seen my four babies at the same time twice. I have seen just my five and six year old twice. I haven’t seen the twins since May 28th. I talked to the foster parents for the older two; they told me no arrangements for visitation have been made. But, the worker, Tara Richey, tells me that the kids were supposed to be there the foster parent must have forgotten to bring them. DHR has never given me copies of the paperwork that I have asked for, copies of the complaints, results of the investigation, etc. The clerk’s office at Family Court told me that other than the court orders and court reports, DHR has not placed anything in the court files (which they thought was strange). DHR has asked that a ban be placed on the so called evidence documents they have. Even our attorneys can’t see them unless they are in the courtroom and they can’t make copies of anything.
Please, please look into our case. Something is wrong and at this point, there’s no one to turn to. The lawyers aren’t helping. The termination suit began, DHR asked for a continuance, the judge asked our attorneys if they were sure they wanted to do that because we were winning. Our attorneys allowed the continuance. They just keep dragging things along. They’re getting paid, DHR attorneys are getting paid, the counselor is getting paid, our visits are being denied, and our children are being mistreated. I read that the state gets about $7 for every dollar that they pay out. Is this why children are being held hostage? What are they doing with the money? It sure isn’t been spent on my children judging by their condition when I do see them.
Two of our children were removed from the foster home that they are in for abuse allegations, one month later they were placed back in the same home. All four kids keep colds regardless of the weather. Keona (6) and Keon (5) have ringworm every time I see them. And, the list goes on.
My ex husband recently found out that I am still fighting to get my children back. He has started making phone calls again. He doesn’t know where I am and I haven’t seen him since March 2006, but he’s still trying to stop me from getting children that aren’t even his. DHR doesn’t even question why he is involving himself in something that has nothing to do with him.
Please help my family. Investigate Jefferson County DHR. I know we are not the only family that is being abused.
Thank you,
Marianne Farley
My family and I have had an ongoing issue with the Alabama Department of Human Resources since October of 2003. My ex husband and his wife filed false drug and sexual abuse charges against my husband and me. The social worker, Thersa Cowling, falsified the documents by lying about visits, conversations, and phone calls that she said she had with me. In November of 2004, my three children from my first marriage and my two children from my second marriage were taken away from me. The abuse was supposed to have occurred to my 5 year old from my first marriage. In court, the judge said he would never believe an accused parent over a reputable DHR worker. When I tried to speak, he threatened to put me in jail. He said that is what I had a lawyer for. When I looked at my court appointed lawyer, she looked at the floor.
From November of 2004 to October of 2005, I did everything they told me to while my ex husband and Thersa Cowling continued to lie on me. My 5 year old told them that my husband never touched her. She told them that her daddy told her that she had to say that. Thersa Cowling told her never to tell anyone else that. In court, she told the judge about several teenagers that came forward with the same complaint against my ex husband. She said that DHR was currently investigating the claims. There were no teenagers, no investigations, and no new claims. But, the judge used that information to determine that I endangered my children. Although, by law, we’re able to prove that my ex is not the father of my two babies, the court ruled that legally he is the father. My three girls were placed in his custody (although there were questions of abuse on his part) and my two babies were placed in state care. Because I had a different address on my license and the school records than where I actually lived (which was next door), the GAL threatened to have me arrested and have my children taken away from me permanently if I didn’t sign a form saying that my children were dependent. My court appointed attorney advised me to sign the form which would prevent me from losing the children. She said that was the only way of ensuring that I would get them back. So, I signed (under duress) the form. This was in May 2005. I didn’t get them back until October. The attorney now tells me how wrong the GAL was for doing that, but she didn’t seem to think so at the time she told me I had to sign.
The children were returned to me in October of 2005. At the time, I was pregnant with my twin girls. DHR told me they didn’t care about my pregnancy. They said their only concern was the children that were in the complaint. In February of 2006, I received a visit from the Birmingham School system truant officer. He was there threatening to put me in jail for keeping my children out of school. My ex husband had filed a complaint with the Board of Ed that from the time the children came home in October, I hadn’t been taking them to school, so they were supposedly out from October to February. He also filed a motion in Family Court asking for custody because the kids were missing school, they were dirty, and they were around my husband (who I wasn’t married to at the time) when there was a court order in place keeping him away from them. On February 28, 2006, I had to go back to court. At that time, the judge did not find any basis to his claims, the children were left with me and my case with DHR was closed.
On March 9, 2006, DHR and Birmingham police showed up at my house and took my children again. On March 10, 2006, I went back to court. DHR and the GAL claimed to have law enforcement proof that my husband was in the house around the children which violated the court order. I was threatened with jail time for contempt of court. It turns out that their law enforcement proof was my ex’s cousin and a police detective friend of his. Detective Cox came to Family Court saying that a buddy of his, Officer Lafacadio Henderson (my ex’s cousin), told him that there was something going on in Family Court that he needed to know about. Detective Cox claimed that my husband was arrested for check fraud in Tarrant. After he was arrested, he brought them to my house where he opened the door with a key, led them through the house to the back room where the computer was to give them several emails that he had printed out in the month of November. Based on his testimony, my children were again taken away from me. This time my oldest three girls were placed with their father and my two younger one’s went back to foster care. My ex told the judge that he never wants any children back in my home. He said he would keep his girls and he wanted the other two to stay in foster care. First, Lafacadio Henderson is not an officer. He was fired from the force in 2000 – 2001 after sticking his police issued weapon in his girlfriend’s mouth and threatening to pull the trigger. Second, my husband was never arrested in Tarrant. Third, what officer is going to arrest a person and take them back to a house? Isn’t it policy to take them to jail? Fourth, my husband didn’t have a key to my house he couldn’t have let anyone in. Fifth, my computer was not in the back room of my house, it was in my living room about 5 ft away from the front door. Sixth, the emails that he had were emails that I had printed out and how could he honestly testify that my husband printed them out without being there to see him print them out? Again, when I tried to voice my concerns to the judge, I was threatened with jail time. I tried to get my attorney to say something; she told me that it was no point because he wasn’t going to listen anyway. That night, I was rushed to the hospital. The diagnosis was Placentia abruptia brought on by stress. My twins were born 6 weeks early. They had to stay in intensive care for about a month. My original due date was in April 2006.
I was not allowed to see my children. My ex refused to allow me to see or talk to my daughters and DHR would not schedule visitation for me. In late May 2006, DHR received two complaints. One from my ex and one from his wife. No one knew I had given birth to twins or when. The complaints both stated that the baby (singular) had been born, and it (no gender) was in danger because it was living with my husband and me. This was before he and I got married, we weren’t living together. DHR went door to door in my neighborhood as well as my husband’s neighborhood telling the neighbors that my husband had this baby in danger because he was a convicted child molester. My husband has never been charged nor convicted of molestation. Without proof of any danger, I ended up back in court again. My twins were taken away at 3 months old. DHR told the court that I was under court order to inform them when the baby was born and that I violated that order. There was no such order. They also told the judge that I had avoided contact with them during my pregnancy because I was hiding from them. The worker was coming to my house once per week. She was sitting with us in my living room watching movies. How did I avoid contact with her? DHR also told the judge that I had tried to run with the babies. They said that I moved without notifying DHR and that I had to be tracked down to Montgomery through a U-Haul receipt with a hotel address on it, which wasn’t true. The judge told me that it was common knowledge that I would automatically have to give up any children I have if I already have children in care. He didn’t want to hear that I hadn’t moved, or that I didn’t have to be tracked down in Montgomery.
Again, my visits with my children were refused. I was not allowed to see them. By the time I did see them again, they didn’t know who I was and they cried when I tried to go to them. It has been like this now since June 2006. I was originally scheduled to see them once per week, and then it was cut down to twice per month. At that time, I might have seen them once per month. I’ve had 4 – 5 different worker’s on this case. Each one does the same thing. I am given a date to see them, I go, the children don’t show. They are now trying to terminate my parental rights. My ex and his cousin somehow got to the foster family that has my five and six year old and told them not to let me see my children although I have court ordered visitation.
The social workers have refused to do the home evaluations for relative placement. They are not honoring my visitation. They are finding things wrong with my children that require them to have to go to the doctor or hospital. My five and six year old are biologically my husband’s children. He’s not allowed to see them and he can’t see the twins although he has been determined their legal father. He hasn’t seen the two older children since our daughter was one and our son was 3 months. He hasn’t seen the twins since they were 3 months. He has been ordered to pay child support, but they refuse his visitation. They sent me for two psych evaluations. The first one was ok; the second one was full of lies. She started out by telling me that DHR doesn’t tell her anything about me. But, she proceeded to ask me questions about my case that she wouldn’t have known about unless DHR told her. They have had me with 4 counselors that tried to convince me I was mistaken and that it was true that my husband molested my daughter. They tried to make me believe that I left my daughter alone with my husband when I went shopping and he molested her when I was gone. How are they going to convince me that I did something I didn’t do? Then DHR got upset because I wouldn’t admit that there was at least a possibility. They say I am choosing my husband over my children.
Thersa Cowling was investigated for falsifying documents. Instead of firing her, they transferred her to Bessemer. Larry Chapman is a counselor whose services are contracted by DHR. He is under investigation for trading sexual favors for writing favorable reports for parents to help them get their kids. Thersa Cowling was the original worker on my case and Larry Chapman was the counselor assigned to my three older girls.
I’ve read a lot about CPS/DHR workers abusing the system. I read about the senator that was heading up the investigation and how she and her husband were killed in an apparent murder/suicide. I have also read about the upcoming rally in DC July 23 - 25. I’ve read about the ‘Legal kidnapping’ of children by CPS/DHR. But, in all my readings, I don’t see anything about Alabama. Not all counties in AL seem to be having this problem, but you can talk to anybody about Jefferson County and they will all say the same thing. Family Court is full of low income single mothers and families. Jefferson County DHR needs to be investigated. We are not imagining what is happening to us. I’ve tried writing to the mayor, the district attorney, our senators, and our governor. Governor Riley didn’t do anything but forward my letters to DHR to claims they reviewed the file and didn’t see where DHR did anything wrong. I had three different DHR workers tell me that DHR doesn’t have anything on us but hearsay and unproven allegations. The mayor, DA, and the senators all told me how sorry they are to hear what my family is going through but that there is nothing they can do. DHR here in Alabama seems like they have no one to answer to. It’s as if they run things themselves and I know that can’t be. I know what they are doing to us is illegal and wrong.
Since May 6, 2010, I have seen my four babies at the same time twice. I have seen just my five and six year old twice. I haven’t seen the twins since May 28th. I talked to the foster parents for the older two; they told me no arrangements for visitation have been made. But, the worker, Tara Richey, tells me that the kids were supposed to be there the foster parent must have forgotten to bring them. DHR has never given me copies of the paperwork that I have asked for, copies of the complaints, results of the investigation, etc. The clerk’s office at Family Court told me that other than the court orders and court reports, DHR has not placed anything in the court files (which they thought was strange). DHR has asked that a ban be placed on the so called evidence documents they have. Even our attorneys can’t see them unless they are in the courtroom and they can’t make copies of anything.
Please, please look into our case. Something is wrong and at this point, there’s no one to turn to. The lawyers aren’t helping. The termination suit began, DHR asked for a continuance, the judge asked our attorneys if they were sure they wanted to do that because we were winning. Our attorneys allowed the continuance. They just keep dragging things along. They’re getting paid, DHR attorneys are getting paid, the counselor is getting paid, our visits are being denied, and our children are being mistreated. I read that the state gets about $7 for every dollar that they pay out. Is this why children are being held hostage? What are they doing with the money? It sure isn’t been spent on my children judging by their condition when I do see them.
Two of our children were removed from the foster home that they are in for abuse allegations, one month later they were placed back in the same home. All four kids keep colds regardless of the weather. Keona (6) and Keon (5) have ringworm every time I see them. And, the list goes on.
My ex husband recently found out that I am still fighting to get my children back. He has started making phone calls again. He doesn’t know where I am and I haven’t seen him since March 2006, but he’s still trying to stop me from getting children that aren’t even his. DHR doesn’t even question why he is involving himself in something that has nothing to do with him.
Please help my family. Investigate Jefferson County DHR. I know we are not the only family that is being abused.
Thank you,
Marianne Farley
Submitted by Anonymous
The next several posts will be from the LK Submission Form.
My sister's daughter was taken into the foster system, the daughter has been drugged since she started school 8 years ago, her mother complained that the drugs were making the girl violent. The school and drs. ignored her pleas for help. The girl became violent and beat the mother up, the mother pushed the child away and called the police. Now the system is saying that my sister was abusive and will not return the child. Meanwhile a relative has stepped forward and willing to take the child, and has taken all steps to make her home approved and they still will not release this child, I think it is all part of their money making scheme. Anyone else in Upstate NY have troubles?
My sister's daughter was taken into the foster system, the daughter has been drugged since she started school 8 years ago, her mother complained that the drugs were making the girl violent. The school and drs. ignored her pleas for help. The girl became violent and beat the mother up, the mother pushed the child away and called the police. Now the system is saying that my sister was abusive and will not return the child. Meanwhile a relative has stepped forward and willing to take the child, and has taken all steps to make her home approved and they still will not release this child, I think it is all part of their money making scheme. Anyone else in Upstate NY have troubles?
Friday, June 11, 2010
I just wanted to say thank you to all who left their stories on the LK Submission Form. I know it's been a while, but I do check it. So please don't hesitate to use it, or you can email me.
It's nice to be able to post what people are saying. There is a lot of power in your words.
It's nice to be able to post what people are saying. There is a lot of power in your words.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
From the LK Submission Form
The next several posts will come from the LK Submission Form.
If you want to submit your story for publication on Legally Kidnapped, please do.
If you want to submit your story for publication on Legally Kidnapped, please do.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Submitted by Anonymous
From the LK Submission Form
On Monday October 5th there was an annual rally held at Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario for Accountability of Children's Aid Societies. A bigger and louder crowd gathered in comparison with previous years however only the sattelite rally of a dozen people made the press (of course) We had several key speakers and the public were given a chance to speak during open mic. There was a woman named Maryna who stumbled across us while advocating for autism.. she posted a blog in regards to the rally and it's nice to see that another set of eyes has been opened.. I would call that a success on it's own!
Check out her blog entry (taken from http://www.tooautistic.com);
Monday, October 5, 2009
At Queen's Park - day 58
Some days I learn more than others. I have never suspected I would learn so much from Exposing Children's Aid Society riot. I am shocked. Stories I have heard were compelling.
Children are dying while under Children's Aid Society care. And life goes on. Documents remain confidential. Decisions are made behind close doors. Tax money keep pouring in. Media is not interested. Consistently 90 children dies a year, how many were abused? How many is being abused right is this moment? How many families unnecessarily broken? It is disturbing.
The reality of government and privately own agencies that are self-regulating were given license and money to act on government behalf but lack accountability and transparency, and are abusing their powers. are negligent and often corrupt is wide spread in Ontario. It is clear to me now. There is a scandal exploding from time to time, there is some scape goat found and punished (or not), and life goes on.
No media was present, but speeches were taped and will be posted on Youtube.
I will post links when I will get them.
You can learn more from protectingcanadianchildren.ca website
On Monday October 5th there was an annual rally held at Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario for Accountability of Children's Aid Societies. A bigger and louder crowd gathered in comparison with previous years however only the sattelite rally of a dozen people made the press (of course) We had several key speakers and the public were given a chance to speak during open mic. There was a woman named Maryna who stumbled across us while advocating for autism.. she posted a blog in regards to the rally and it's nice to see that another set of eyes has been opened.. I would call that a success on it's own!
Check out her blog entry (taken from http://www.tooautistic.com);
Monday, October 5, 2009
At Queen's Park - day 58
Some days I learn more than others. I have never suspected I would learn so much from Exposing Children's Aid Society riot. I am shocked. Stories I have heard were compelling.
Children are dying while under Children's Aid Society care. And life goes on. Documents remain confidential. Decisions are made behind close doors. Tax money keep pouring in. Media is not interested. Consistently 90 children dies a year, how many were abused? How many is being abused right is this moment? How many families unnecessarily broken? It is disturbing.
The reality of government and privately own agencies that are self-regulating were given license and money to act on government behalf but lack accountability and transparency, and are abusing their powers. are negligent and often corrupt is wide spread in Ontario. It is clear to me now. There is a scandal exploding from time to time, there is some scape goat found and punished (or not), and life goes on.
No media was present, but speeches were taped and will be posted on Youtube.
I will post links when I will get them.
You can learn more from protectingcanadianchildren.ca website
Monday, October 05, 2009
Submitted by Jason
My name is Jason Michael Osborn; I am twenty three years old and I have been a father since May of 2007. On May 3rd of 2007 Claudissa Rose Osborn was birthed to myself and my fiancée Maryn Leeann Burns at Upper Valley Medical Center here in Miami County. Two weeks after our child’s birth it became evident that we could not emotionally and physically cope with taking care of a child on our own.
At the time we asked my mother Susan Gay Osborn to step in and be the primary caregiver to our little girl to compensate for our shortcomings. Despite my mother’s having Small Cell Carcinoma she agreed to do so; and we signed a paper so that she could take our daughter to her doctors appointments. At that time it had not occurred to us to sign over custody of our daughter to my mother as we were hoping our problems would pass with time and we did wish to have the best for and love our daughter.
In November of 2007 it became apparent that my mother was struggling with taking care of our daughter and she needed real help; since we were still having issues and trying to do as best we could, my mother called Miami County Child & Family Services; henceforth to be known as “MCCFB.” At the time my mother was undergoing both Chemo-Therapy and Radiation Treatments for her cancer; and was seeking assistance from “MCCFB” for everything up to temporary respite care. “MCCFB,” refused to come into our shared home then and no reason was given as to why they had refused.
Surprisingly, on December 12th of 2007 “MCCFB” showed up at our door with a complaint that had been lodged originally against my mother and father for medical and physical neglect. At the time, my mother could not care for our daughter and neither could we; still wanting the best for her though; we signed her into the temporary custody of “MCCFB.” However, we were given the affirmation that my mother could come back and get custody of our daughter should she become cancer free.
Unfortunately, we would find out later that not only was the complaint lodged against my parents illegally altered to include mine and my fiancée’s names but they had pursued this after changing the original complaint with a bottle of White Out on the originally filed document. Furthermore and perhaps more importantly, it was stated by the intake worker when she returned to our home a couple weeks after our daughter was taken, that our daughter; who is visually impaired, would be better off being raised in a fully sighted home. It was made clear to me as a parent and the rest of my family that there was a clear social and economical bias on the part of “MCCFB” from the beginning.
The paper that my fiancée and I originally signed in giving “MCCFB” temporary custody, said that our rights had not been stripped from us completely and that “MCCFB” was responsible for informing us before moving our daughter or getting her any necessary medical attention. However, they did not feel the need to abide by this, as we were informed after the fact by the foster parents and not by “MCCFB” of an eye surgery conducted on our daughter to remove cataracts from one of her eyes.
Then during the adjudicative hearing on our daughter’s case our lawyers convinced us that we should admit that our daughter was a dependent child under Ohio Revised Code; when asked if this was an admission of guilt in the complaint against us; our lawyers told us that; no it was not an admission of guilt. We also found out at that time, that the primary reason for her being removed from our home was because of a small semi-flat spot on the back of her head. There was also a statement in the official court documents that it was believed by “MCCFB” that a visually impaired person could not care for a visually impaired child; we asked that both things be stricken from the complaint and affirmed that we believed our daughter was a dependent child.
Later on we found out that our lawyers had lied to us, and told us that admitting our daughter was a dependent child would not be admitting our guilt, when in fact; that is exactly what it meant. At the final custody hearing on April 26th of 2008 it was read into official court documentation by a Dr. Hathaway that due to issues with our daughter’s brain, she would not be able to walk, talk, take care of herself, perform normal functions and that she would need around the clock care for the rest of her natural life. This was the primary deciding factor that swayed us to decide to give over permanent custody to “MCCFB” as we foolishly believed that the doctors were being honest when they made these diagnoses.
However, my mother continued to fight for custody of our daughter from “MCCFB” at our behest as we believed that her cancer would get better. While she was attempting to get better; she had to go through exhaustively humiliating and subjugating tests to prove she was able to handle taking care of our daughter. First, she had to be cancer free; second, she had to comply with home studies and “CASA” evaluations; third, she had to complete a physical capacity test; fourth, we, along with my younger sister and her two children had to move out of the home; fifth, she had to move; sixth, a calendar of our daughter’s appointments and needs had to be made for her; and seventh, it was court ordered that our daughter be in her home for no less than six hours a day, five days a week, for two weeks while “MCCFB” observed.
During this time, it was made known to my parents by “MCCFB” that despite the falsified claim and the use of deception and coercion to make us willingly give up our rights we were not permitted to be present at any of our daughters visits. The first time I saw my daughter since they took her from us was shortly after Christmas 2008 when I had five minutes to see her in the back of my grandmother’s van before she was to be taken back to her foster parents’ home. They treated us like criminals and dangerous abusers even though we had been deceived and tricked into willingly giving up our rights as parents to our daughter, sentencing us to worse mental anguish than should they have levied criminal charges against us.
Sadly, despite the fact that my mother successfully passed all of their tests and complied willingly while being made to jump through hoops and kick her children out of her home the court found at the final trial to take place between April 21st and 23rd of 2009 that it was in our daughter’s best interest that my mother’s motion be denied. During this trial it was allowed into official evidence and consideration that my mother’s visual impairment and financial standing in the community as well as the perceived assumption her cancer would return be entered as deciding factors. In fact, the fact that her cancer, which has been gone almost two years as of this writing; could come back, was the deciding factor according to the magistrate overseeing the case.
Pending finding sufficient legal council, our daughter’s biological mother and I are considering refilling for our daughter’s custody though at this point, it would likely do not good. We love her very much and the past almost two years has been utter torture for this entire family. Furthermore, as of Monday September 21st of this year, we were informed by the foster mother and then “MCCFB” that the foster father plead guilty to a charge of gross sexual imposition and continues to be free, until his date of sentencing under his own recognizance.
Doors are slamming shut in the legal channels and we do not have much time to get an appeal into the courts before the case is finally closed and our daughter is adopted out. Therefore we have no choice but to appeal for the help of the public, in hopes that someone will listen to us. It is sad that in a great democratic country; a child can be taken from his/her family under the guise of deception and lies; if anyone has doubts about our family’s story, then go to the Miami County Court House and file a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the documentation which backs this story.
At the time we asked my mother Susan Gay Osborn to step in and be the primary caregiver to our little girl to compensate for our shortcomings. Despite my mother’s having Small Cell Carcinoma she agreed to do so; and we signed a paper so that she could take our daughter to her doctors appointments. At that time it had not occurred to us to sign over custody of our daughter to my mother as we were hoping our problems would pass with time and we did wish to have the best for and love our daughter.
In November of 2007 it became apparent that my mother was struggling with taking care of our daughter and she needed real help; since we were still having issues and trying to do as best we could, my mother called Miami County Child & Family Services; henceforth to be known as “MCCFB.” At the time my mother was undergoing both Chemo-Therapy and Radiation Treatments for her cancer; and was seeking assistance from “MCCFB” for everything up to temporary respite care. “MCCFB,” refused to come into our shared home then and no reason was given as to why they had refused.
Surprisingly, on December 12th of 2007 “MCCFB” showed up at our door with a complaint that had been lodged originally against my mother and father for medical and physical neglect. At the time, my mother could not care for our daughter and neither could we; still wanting the best for her though; we signed her into the temporary custody of “MCCFB.” However, we were given the affirmation that my mother could come back and get custody of our daughter should she become cancer free.
Unfortunately, we would find out later that not only was the complaint lodged against my parents illegally altered to include mine and my fiancée’s names but they had pursued this after changing the original complaint with a bottle of White Out on the originally filed document. Furthermore and perhaps more importantly, it was stated by the intake worker when she returned to our home a couple weeks after our daughter was taken, that our daughter; who is visually impaired, would be better off being raised in a fully sighted home. It was made clear to me as a parent and the rest of my family that there was a clear social and economical bias on the part of “MCCFB” from the beginning.
The paper that my fiancée and I originally signed in giving “MCCFB” temporary custody, said that our rights had not been stripped from us completely and that “MCCFB” was responsible for informing us before moving our daughter or getting her any necessary medical attention. However, they did not feel the need to abide by this, as we were informed after the fact by the foster parents and not by “MCCFB” of an eye surgery conducted on our daughter to remove cataracts from one of her eyes.
Then during the adjudicative hearing on our daughter’s case our lawyers convinced us that we should admit that our daughter was a dependent child under Ohio Revised Code; when asked if this was an admission of guilt in the complaint against us; our lawyers told us that; no it was not an admission of guilt. We also found out at that time, that the primary reason for her being removed from our home was because of a small semi-flat spot on the back of her head. There was also a statement in the official court documents that it was believed by “MCCFB” that a visually impaired person could not care for a visually impaired child; we asked that both things be stricken from the complaint and affirmed that we believed our daughter was a dependent child.
Later on we found out that our lawyers had lied to us, and told us that admitting our daughter was a dependent child would not be admitting our guilt, when in fact; that is exactly what it meant. At the final custody hearing on April 26th of 2008 it was read into official court documentation by a Dr. Hathaway that due to issues with our daughter’s brain, she would not be able to walk, talk, take care of herself, perform normal functions and that she would need around the clock care for the rest of her natural life. This was the primary deciding factor that swayed us to decide to give over permanent custody to “MCCFB” as we foolishly believed that the doctors were being honest when they made these diagnoses.
However, my mother continued to fight for custody of our daughter from “MCCFB” at our behest as we believed that her cancer would get better. While she was attempting to get better; she had to go through exhaustively humiliating and subjugating tests to prove she was able to handle taking care of our daughter. First, she had to be cancer free; second, she had to comply with home studies and “CASA” evaluations; third, she had to complete a physical capacity test; fourth, we, along with my younger sister and her two children had to move out of the home; fifth, she had to move; sixth, a calendar of our daughter’s appointments and needs had to be made for her; and seventh, it was court ordered that our daughter be in her home for no less than six hours a day, five days a week, for two weeks while “MCCFB” observed.
During this time, it was made known to my parents by “MCCFB” that despite the falsified claim and the use of deception and coercion to make us willingly give up our rights we were not permitted to be present at any of our daughters visits. The first time I saw my daughter since they took her from us was shortly after Christmas 2008 when I had five minutes to see her in the back of my grandmother’s van before she was to be taken back to her foster parents’ home. They treated us like criminals and dangerous abusers even though we had been deceived and tricked into willingly giving up our rights as parents to our daughter, sentencing us to worse mental anguish than should they have levied criminal charges against us.
Sadly, despite the fact that my mother successfully passed all of their tests and complied willingly while being made to jump through hoops and kick her children out of her home the court found at the final trial to take place between April 21st and 23rd of 2009 that it was in our daughter’s best interest that my mother’s motion be denied. During this trial it was allowed into official evidence and consideration that my mother’s visual impairment and financial standing in the community as well as the perceived assumption her cancer would return be entered as deciding factors. In fact, the fact that her cancer, which has been gone almost two years as of this writing; could come back, was the deciding factor according to the magistrate overseeing the case.
Pending finding sufficient legal council, our daughter’s biological mother and I are considering refilling for our daughter’s custody though at this point, it would likely do not good. We love her very much and the past almost two years has been utter torture for this entire family. Furthermore, as of Monday September 21st of this year, we were informed by the foster mother and then “MCCFB” that the foster father plead guilty to a charge of gross sexual imposition and continues to be free, until his date of sentencing under his own recognizance.
Doors are slamming shut in the legal channels and we do not have much time to get an appeal into the courts before the case is finally closed and our daughter is adopted out. Therefore we have no choice but to appeal for the help of the public, in hopes that someone will listen to us. It is sad that in a great democratic country; a child can be taken from his/her family under the guise of deception and lies; if anyone has doubts about our family’s story, then go to the Miami County Court House and file a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the documentation which backs this story.
Submitted by Anonymous
To Whom It May Concern,
I am a married mother of 5 children ages 21, 17, 14, 7 and 5 and a permanent legal guardian of a 20 year old. I had been searching for my biologically family for many years and had about given up hope when the Easter's Seals of NH contacted me telling me of my cousins that lived in Foster Care. I had no idea that they even existed. I began seeing them as much as I possibly could. We all got a long great. Then the social worker suggested me and my husband adopt them. That thrilled me even more because I wanted all of my family together. Over xmas break only two of the girls were allowed to come which immediately I was set up to fail. So there was an argument amongst the girls. It was determined after that that we could not adopt the girls and they have been kept away from us. I have tried to get the foster mother to meet us half way with no avail. The travel is 2 hours away so I though meeting in the middle would be great but it is not happening. My heart is so broken and wounded I love these girls but they have been told to stay where they are and that is it. Please I wish someone understood. Maybe I have not known them all their life but that is not my fault nor theirs we are being punished because we didn't know each other. I got a lawyer but that did no good either.
I believe they are keeping the girls for money.
Thank you.
I am a married mother of 5 children ages 21, 17, 14, 7 and 5 and a permanent legal guardian of a 20 year old. I had been searching for my biologically family for many years and had about given up hope when the Easter's Seals of NH contacted me telling me of my cousins that lived in Foster Care. I had no idea that they even existed. I began seeing them as much as I possibly could. We all got a long great. Then the social worker suggested me and my husband adopt them. That thrilled me even more because I wanted all of my family together. Over xmas break only two of the girls were allowed to come which immediately I was set up to fail. So there was an argument amongst the girls. It was determined after that that we could not adopt the girls and they have been kept away from us. I have tried to get the foster mother to meet us half way with no avail. The travel is 2 hours away so I though meeting in the middle would be great but it is not happening. My heart is so broken and wounded I love these girls but they have been told to stay where they are and that is it. Please I wish someone understood. Maybe I have not known them all their life but that is not my fault nor theirs we are being punished because we didn't know each other. I got a lawyer but that did no good either.
I believe they are keeping the girls for money.
Thank you.
Submitted by June
my cousin and her boy friend came from out of town to help us pack our stuff so we could move with them back to let’s say Arizona we were almost done with the house when on Saturday the 13th of 2009 my daughter who is 9 told my cousin that someone we trusted had molested her (my daughter never told me any of this) my cousin later that evening told me what my child had said .I was shocked I was crying so hard when I found out. Sunday the person my daughter had told my cousin had hurt her called to bring back my car seat for my youngest child and some movies he had for the kids I meet him at the door and got the stuff he walked in behind me and started yelling at me that the kids are acting out because they don’t want to move I was so mad I asked my kids with him there if they wanted to move they each said yes after he left he constantly called my cell saying he’s sorry for everything and getting me upset my cousins boyfriend got on the phone and told him not to call again or we would go to the police with what the kids had told them. on the 14th I called the school and reported the information to them the school called the police on the 15th the police called me to schedule an appointment for my kids to be interviewed so we all went in on the 23rd it was all going well I was told several times I was doing everything right and we were free to move to Arizona on Saturday the 26th but a few min later they hurried me off to another room and still in the beginning told me I was fine and could leave Saturday but 30 min later they told me "your kids are telling us that you knew 2 years ago I repeated there’s no way I knew 2 years ago if I did I would have reported it then the officer said I seriously doubt you were ever going to report it so we are taking your kids into protective custody I asked why I didn’t know till Saturday the 12th they said we don’t believe you and they escorted me out the back door I asked several times where are my kids? Can I see them? they told me my kids were gone .later that night I received a phone call from my kids and through their tears they were asking me where are you mom ? and I replied through my tears I’m at the old house babies I’m at the old house ,they in turn replied through tears we were playing out front waiting for you but you didn’t come back where are you we are scared we want to come home. I cried I want you home with me too they walked me out the back door and wouldn’t let me say good bye to you but I promise I’m working real hard to get you home I promise . then Thursday came and I was told I can’t have any contact with my kids and later that day I was served court papers that said the state is going for custody of my kids and that my kids are a ward of the state I have obtained an attorney on the 23rd and have been going house to house in our neighborhood obtaining letters from all my neighbors staring how I am with my kids and that I have never left them alone and that they know that if I had known years ago I would have reported it well today is now Sunday and the house is almost done being packed and repainted I can only stay here till oct 3rd then I must leave but I won’t go anywhere without my kids and I have surgery coming up on the 28th of oct I’m hoping to have my kids back on sept 30th
Submitted by Anonymous
I missed my son's 6th birthday on 7/31 because he was legally kidnapped by his father's mother on 07/16.
His father has some serious issues with anger management,jealously, drugs/drinking dementia etc... We've known each other for life and have been friends for 20 years.
At the end of May a mutual friend of ours stayed with me for about a week while looking for a place to live after completing the salvation army program for prior heroin use. He's been clean for over a year...
One day while he was staying with me my son's school nurse tried to reach me, but my phone had gone haywire and I was missing calls. My son has a mild case of autism and attends a school that is supposed to have trained professionals to meet his needs, and understand his disorder. She was trying to reach me because he hadn't gone pee all morning and he was saying ouch. She personally diagnosed it a full blown uti and got in touch with his father after she couldn't reach me. Daddy picks up our son and pulls up to the house screaming at me about being a whore while our son needs to go to the er. I pulled my boy out of the car and made his father leave. As soon as my son walked through the door he went directly to the bathroom and took a long pee while giggling and singing. I called the school nurse to advise her that he was just fine and their was no need for him to see a doctor. This phone call was made moments before my son's father went back to the school to inform the nurse that I'm living with a junkie and I'm neglecting my son because I'm a heroin whore.
The next day DCF is at my door because they received a mandated report of neglect. We were having dinner when they arrived. Everyone was sober. My home was clean... I called and made an appointment for the next day to have a urine screen with 3 workers standing in front of me.
The screen came back negative, but DCF was at my door a second time before we even had the lab results. They decided I'm a good mother, but could use an advocate to help me get services available as I'm a single parent with an autistic child. That means they supported the neglect charge.
The advocate was supposed to work with me for 45 days and close the case. In the middle of this my son's father files for custody based on me being a junkie. His mother went with him to support his cause.
The advocate tells me that if I leave the state everything will be dropped & I won't have to battle him about it. She knows I'm a loving mother and he's a homeless drunk. I pack everything I own and get a place to stay close to my family. This move was totally supported by my DCF worker. So daddy was playing nice with me again and wrote and notarized a letter advising he knew we were moving out of state and he was fine with my decision.
I told his mother we were moving, because I wanted to be upfront and honest. I have her only grandchild and even though we have our differences I let her know she was welcome to visit anytime. She was cool with it..and went to the probate court and filed for emergency temp custody because me and his father both have drug/alcohol issues, unaddressed mental problems and we're unfit parents. The same case worker that supported my move and knows the truth did a 360 and supported the grandmother.
Grandma went to SSI/TANF the day after she picked my son up with the cops. Since then I'm taking drug screens 3 times a week, taking a 15 week parenting program, completely reformed my life to the desires of DCF, and a week before my court date someone (daddy)breaks into my apartment and trashes it. smashes phones,leaves nasty letters, destroys personal property and steals everything of value. So I got a restraining order.
Then his mother went from being sorry & wanting to give my son back to not wanting to talk with me at all, because she believed her son didn't do it. HE LEFT A NOTE!!! Grandma brings an attorney with her and they lie together in court... I just want my son for the SSI and who knows if I've ever had a job and I should take a court ordered hair follicle drug screen because I could easily alter my urine. I was taking drug screens voluntarily in the probation office.
Nothing she said would have mattered at that point and they would have gave custody back except the DCF worker said she thinks I need therapy for going through emotional abuse and because my mother was murdured when I was 11, and my house isn't safe because his father could come back and fight with me in front of him anytime.
So then grandma decides to play nice again 2 days after court. Then she took my son to the ER for a tantrum at the advice of her therapist. He stayed in the psych ward of a children hospital for 4 days and she didn't visit once. She also agreed to have him put on drugs. I went out with them for the day on Saturday & noticed multiple abrasions on his neck and bruises on his back. I asked her 4 times what happened before she told me the marks were from her struggling with him to get dressed.
Then she plays nice again. My son was sick a few days ago so I went to her house to comfort him with bedtime stories and his big stuffed duck. We fell asleep together. She woke me up at 9 and we talked till 1am. Our conversation lead to her saying we should have a meeting to see if she can give him back before the next court date. When we went for the meeting she tried to see what she could do to keep him for another year so she could get an apartment with her other son(ALSO INTO DRUGS & ALCOHOL)that she already put a deposit on...and she won't be able to afford without my son's SSI check.
Any of this sound familiar?
His father has some serious issues with anger management,jealously, drugs/drinking dementia etc... We've known each other for life and have been friends for 20 years.
At the end of May a mutual friend of ours stayed with me for about a week while looking for a place to live after completing the salvation army program for prior heroin use. He's been clean for over a year...
One day while he was staying with me my son's school nurse tried to reach me, but my phone had gone haywire and I was missing calls. My son has a mild case of autism and attends a school that is supposed to have trained professionals to meet his needs, and understand his disorder. She was trying to reach me because he hadn't gone pee all morning and he was saying ouch. She personally diagnosed it a full blown uti and got in touch with his father after she couldn't reach me. Daddy picks up our son and pulls up to the house screaming at me about being a whore while our son needs to go to the er. I pulled my boy out of the car and made his father leave. As soon as my son walked through the door he went directly to the bathroom and took a long pee while giggling and singing. I called the school nurse to advise her that he was just fine and their was no need for him to see a doctor. This phone call was made moments before my son's father went back to the school to inform the nurse that I'm living with a junkie and I'm neglecting my son because I'm a heroin whore.
The next day DCF is at my door because they received a mandated report of neglect. We were having dinner when they arrived. Everyone was sober. My home was clean... I called and made an appointment for the next day to have a urine screen with 3 workers standing in front of me.
The screen came back negative, but DCF was at my door a second time before we even had the lab results. They decided I'm a good mother, but could use an advocate to help me get services available as I'm a single parent with an autistic child. That means they supported the neglect charge.
The advocate was supposed to work with me for 45 days and close the case. In the middle of this my son's father files for custody based on me being a junkie. His mother went with him to support his cause.
The advocate tells me that if I leave the state everything will be dropped & I won't have to battle him about it. She knows I'm a loving mother and he's a homeless drunk. I pack everything I own and get a place to stay close to my family. This move was totally supported by my DCF worker. So daddy was playing nice with me again and wrote and notarized a letter advising he knew we were moving out of state and he was fine with my decision.
I told his mother we were moving, because I wanted to be upfront and honest. I have her only grandchild and even though we have our differences I let her know she was welcome to visit anytime. She was cool with it..and went to the probate court and filed for emergency temp custody because me and his father both have drug/alcohol issues, unaddressed mental problems and we're unfit parents. The same case worker that supported my move and knows the truth did a 360 and supported the grandmother.
Grandma went to SSI/TANF the day after she picked my son up with the cops. Since then I'm taking drug screens 3 times a week, taking a 15 week parenting program, completely reformed my life to the desires of DCF, and a week before my court date someone (daddy)breaks into my apartment and trashes it. smashes phones,leaves nasty letters, destroys personal property and steals everything of value. So I got a restraining order.
Then his mother went from being sorry & wanting to give my son back to not wanting to talk with me at all, because she believed her son didn't do it. HE LEFT A NOTE!!! Grandma brings an attorney with her and they lie together in court... I just want my son for the SSI and who knows if I've ever had a job and I should take a court ordered hair follicle drug screen because I could easily alter my urine. I was taking drug screens voluntarily in the probation office.
Nothing she said would have mattered at that point and they would have gave custody back except the DCF worker said she thinks I need therapy for going through emotional abuse and because my mother was murdured when I was 11, and my house isn't safe because his father could come back and fight with me in front of him anytime.
So then grandma decides to play nice again 2 days after court. Then she took my son to the ER for a tantrum at the advice of her therapist. He stayed in the psych ward of a children hospital for 4 days and she didn't visit once. She also agreed to have him put on drugs. I went out with them for the day on Saturday & noticed multiple abrasions on his neck and bruises on his back. I asked her 4 times what happened before she told me the marks were from her struggling with him to get dressed.
Then she plays nice again. My son was sick a few days ago so I went to her house to comfort him with bedtime stories and his big stuffed duck. We fell asleep together. She woke me up at 9 and we talked till 1am. Our conversation lead to her saying we should have a meeting to see if she can give him back before the next court date. When we went for the meeting she tried to see what she could do to keep him for another year so she could get an apartment with her other son(ALSO INTO DRUGS & ALCOHOL)that she already put a deposit on...and she won't be able to afford without my son's SSI check.
Any of this sound familiar?
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