This forum is to allow you to speak out about this terrible injustice to the American family and for those who have been falsely accused of child abuse and/or suffered a traumatic experience from a state child protection agency. Please no flaming or insensitivy to others in this forum.
Send me your E-mail and phone? If CPS took you children in CA
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Send me your e-mail or address if CPS took your children away in the state of California. Mail me your story at;
Mothers Friend
P.O. Box 1212
Alameda, CA 94501
Call leave message (510) 839-2004
My children were taken from me on Oct 27, 2004 by CPC california due to I was being arrested which on the same day I was released no charges have been filed. I have not been able to see my children, Joscelyn 6 and Benjamin 3, I have only spoken to them once for 5 minutes on Oct 31, 2004. My mother who is willing and able has offered since day one to take both children and so has Joscelyns father still they sit in a foster home wondreing why mommy hasn't come to get them, where they are, they propbably feel abonded. What can I do to make the courts release them to a realtive which is supposed to be the first choice anyeways? I have no money I need my babies with family, no one will help me. Do you have any advice. Thank you.
Dear Tanya Kia ora from the Waikato, New Zealand. I know all to well what it's like to suffer this injustice with the removal of your children, I'm still going through it myself. These social workers' in the Department of Child, Youth & family are the most evil lying NAZIS that you ever could imagine. For more on the New Zealand story go to http://www.panic.org.nz I will never give up the fight of this horrible injustice. The whole system over here is so corrupt, they pay off child counsel, court appointed shrinks and psychologists to brand innocent parents as mental-cases, and unworthy of raising their children in their own culture and reilgion. Just as Hitler rounded up the gypsies, jews and any other undesirable people in the early 1930's the same thing is happening here in Aotearoa, NZ with the legalized kiddnapping of children that were happy and safe at them home with there own families as far as they knew. This modern day Gestapo needs to be stopped. Michelle, and as we say in Maori over here Kia kaha, be strong.
Go to the court house, the court clerks office, and find your "CASE NUMBER" then ask to see the File. Copy EVERYTHING in the file. lookup every charge that is filed against you, Statute numbers, every number that you find in your file.
Go to your libruary and look up the statutes. The libruarians can help you find the statutes from the numbers you give them (from the file you copied). Read and copy them and everyting that talks about them. Look for what "PETITION" must be filed to dispute charges and have your children returned.
Go or have someone,your mom, go to hearings of court cases open to the public and listen to everything that is said, write things down.
Look in your file at how things are filed with the court, how they are typed and written.
Type up a "Petition" to the court that looks like the one's in your file.
Type a paragraph telling why your children should be returned, include statute numbers that you found from looking, that disputes the charges, and ask for your childrens return. Have someone check to be sure things are spelled correctly. Take this and file it at the court house where you found your File.
DO IT NOW there may be time restrictions!
DON'T STOP
Keep filing and let the Judge, not the clerk, tell you there are mistakes.
Something has to be filed before you will see your children.
Send me your E-mail and phone? If CPS took you children in CA
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Send me your e-mail or address if CPS took your children away in the state of California. Mail me your story at;
Mothers Friend
P.O. Box 1212
Alameda, CA 94501
Call leave message (510) 839-2004
RE: Oct. 4, 2004 False charges County of Alameda California.
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I had filed an action against the County of Alameda (Social Worker) last year.
Look up Gloria Guerra v. County of Alameda et al. The Court is at the Superior Court of the County of Alameda. Located in Oakland, California. 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA. If you want to look up my case look it up on the web. If you live in my County (Alameda County) I would like for you to send me your story at;
Att: Gloria Guerra
Address the letter Dear Mothers Friend
P.O. Box 1212
Alameda, CA 94501
RE: Oct. 4, 2004 False charges County of Alameda California.
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I had filed a law suite against the County of Alameda (Social Worker) last year.
Look up Gloria Guerra v. County of Alameda et al. The Court is at the Superior Court of the County of Alameda. Located in Oakland, California. 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA. If you want to look up my case look it up on the web. If you live in my County (Alameda County) I would like for you to send me your story at;
Att: Gloria Guerra
Address the letter Dear Mothers Friend
P.O. Box 1212
Alameda, CA 94501
PLEASE I NEED HELP FINDING THE STRENTH FOR MY 3 BABIES
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I WAS BROUWSING THE WEB AND I JUST HAPPEND TO COME ACROSS THIS PAGE.. 5 MONTHS AGO MY 3 LITTLE ANGELS WHERE TAKEN FROM MY ARMS AND FROM MY HOME FOR ABBANDONMENT MY BAIES WHERE 2 1/2, 1 1/2, AND 4 MOS. THEY WHERE TAKEN 2 DAYS AFTER MOTHERS DAY I SPENT A DAY IN A HALF IN JAIL FOR ABBANDONMENT OR ABUSE OR A CHILD I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THEY ARE GETTING ME WITH 2 3RD DEGREE FELONYS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST MOVED INTO MY HOME AND MY HUSBAND WORKS ALL DAY SO I HAD TO MOVE US ALL TO THE NEW PLACE IT TOOK TO MUCH TIME I GUESS AND WE ALL WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT THINKING WE COULD FINISH IN THE MORNING WELL IT WAS ALREADY 4 AM AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO BE AT WORK BY 7 AMHE LEFT AT 6:30 AM AND MY 4 MO. OLD BABIE WOKE ME UP FOR A FEEDING AT 7 AM WELL I WAS SO TIERD I FELL BACK TO SLEEP I WOKE UP TO 2 OFFICERS AT MY DOOR THEY CAME IN AND SAID MY HOUSE WASNT CLEAN ENOUGH I TRIED TO TELL THEM I JUST MOVED IN I AM UNPACKING THEY SAID THEY DONT WANT TO HERE THEN THEY SAID THAT I DONT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD I TOLD THEM I HAE ENOUGH TO LAST TILL MY HUSBAND GETS PAID IN 3 DAYS THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHY I DIDNT ANSWER THE DOOR I TOLD THEM I WAS TIERD I DIDNT HEAR THE DOOR MY BEDROOM WAS AT THE OTHER END OF THE TRAILER THEY ASKED WHY MY 2 1/2 YR OLD DAUGHTER DIDNT HAVE A DIAPER ON I SAID SHE ALWAYS TAKES IT OFF THEY DIDNT CARE .. THEN THEY ASKED WHY I HAD A BABY GATE LOCKING THE KIDS IN THERE ROOM I SAID BECAUSE THEY WAKE UP AND GET INTO EVERYTHING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFER MAKING SURE THEY COULDNT LEAVE THERE ROOM WITH OUT ME AWAKE THEN THEY ASKED ME WHY I WASNT UP WITH MY KIDS I TRYED TO TELL THEM I WAS UP ALL NIGHT GETTING ORGANIZED AND I DIDNT HERE THEM PLAYING... MY KIDS PLAY SO QUIET HOW WAS I TO HEAR THEM SO THEY DECIDED BECAUSE I WAS SLEEPING AT 9:40 AM I WAS UNDER ARREST FOR ABBANDONMET THEY TOOK ME AWAY FROM MY BABIES AND LOCKED ME UP AND DIDNT NOTIFIED THE FATHER (MY HUSBAND)THE OFFICER HANDED MY CHILDREN OVER TO THE STATE AND NOW I AM LOOKING AT 6 YRS IN JAIL AND MY HUSBAND IS LOOKING AT 9 YRS IN JAIL IF IT WASNT BAD ENOUGH TO TAKE ME TO JAIL THEY HAD TO RIP MY LIFE AWAY AND NOW I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STATE CRAP AND KISS ASS I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO LIVE A NOMAL LIFE AND HOLD MY CHILDREN THE WAY I USED TO BE ABLE TO THE STATE HAS ME GOING TO COUNCELING BECAUSE THEY SAY I HAVE A MILD DEPRESION (GEE I WOUNDER WHY)I SEE MY BABIES TWICE A WEEK FOR A WHOLE 2 HRS THEY SAY WE ARE DOING GOOD BUT HOPES KEEP GOING DOWN WE GO BACK TO COURT OCT 7TH MY SONS 2 YR BIRTH DAY BUT ITS JSUT FOR A REVIEW I CAN HARDLY SLEEP AT NIGHT I CRY MY SELF TO SLEEP MY LIFE JSUT ISANT TEH SAME ANY MORE I NEED SOME ONE TO TALK TO I WOKE UP ONE MORNING TO A NIGHT MARE THAT IS A NEVER ENDING STORY CAN ANY ONE HELP ME...
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THANK YOU... IRENE H.
I HAD MY SON AND DAUGHTER TAKEN FROM ME AND MY WIFE FOR FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE BY MY IN-LAWS.CYS HAS BEEN VERY UNFAIR AND I AM DEVASTATED BY THE ACCUSATIONS.KEEP IN TOUCH.AXEL/
Dearest IRENE, my heart goes out to you here in New Zealand. I hate this horrible injustice. I am the mother of 3 children, Bernadette nearly 13, Gina-Marie 9 & Chavez 5. Gina & Chavez were uplifted from me 3 years ago by child, youth & family services. Without proper legal representation nor the right to a trial. The Department have put them in permanet placement with the father of my oldest daughter (*note: he's not the biological father of the younger 2 children) Then the evil lying Department have the cheek to tell the family court that my blood family agreed to this placement - they did not! The Department have branded me a insane mental-case & a danger to my 3 children, providing them with an unsafe enivronment,charging me with
subserquent neglect. (what a load of crap) Social workers said that I strangled my youngest child while breast-feeding him in a psychotic episode, Lies, lies, lies. Then they say that I beat up my daughter bernadette black and blue and that her wounds turned into cysts. (more shocking heart-breaking lies) What's even worse is that they have written into court documents that I sexually abused my own daughter, Bernadette, this she knows is just not true, and I know that there's just no reasoning with lying NAZI social workers', their sick and evil minds were made up long ago. I can't even get a Lawyer decent enough to represent me, they all seem to be working for the system over here. court psychologists and court appointed shrinks + child counsel are paid off by the department to lie and rubbish anyone who is up against the corrupt system. I will never give up, and I will never bow down to a system of fear. Check out http://www.panic.org.nz It's shocking over here. Each day they are stealing our beloved children and branding innocent parents as criminals, sometimes going as far as throwing them in jail. I noted down something that the chid counsel wrote in her paper work, that I had had Gina out in the middle of the road riding a bike - unsupervised. I have seen this happen in my street - but it's not my child but the next door neighbours kid who is younger than my gina. I know what you're going through over here, I'm not nearly as dumb as the department of child youth & family have made me out to be. Take care IRENE, and as we say in Maori over here Kia Kaha - be strong. Michelle in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
I completely understand your pain. The government ells the poor to go to work and get off of welfare but when you work to much then your neglecting your children. I know how a person goes through depression. read my post on 9/16/05.
I live in Pennsylvania. My wife and I were separated, and one weekend while the children were in my care, a care giver notice that my son had a soft spot on his head. There was nothing else out of the ordinary other than my son was fussy on occassion, but he was equally happy, i.e. laughing, behaving as if nothing was wrong.
The care giver casually pointed the spot out to me on Saturday night late (I left him alone with her during the entire day). The next day, she suggested that I take him to the hospital to have it checked out. This individual was constantly claiming that my ex-wife was abusing my children, so I did not see her as credible. I did, however, agree to call a nurse friend. As soon as I received a call from the nurse, I decided to take my son to the ER (on Sunday evening) to have it checked out.
After an examination and x-rays, I was floored when the doctors had advised me that he had a fractured skull. Because I was separated from my spouse, they immediately launched an investigation and asked me to voluntarily place my one son in Foster care. I was told verbally that it would be 3 - 5 days, and it was one month as they completed their investigation.
CYS found me very cooperative and even stated that they wanted to release the child to me. After several coversations with my babysitter (she yelled at the investigator and he hung up on her), they suspected her. She was seemingly good with my children, and they appeared upset that I could not or would not say that I saw her do something to my child (I saw her do nothing and thought that if she would have injured my child, she would have told me).
After several conversations with her, they called me in and asked me to come in and give them some additional information so that they wouldn't charge me. I had nothing to give them. I saw nothing or did nothing. I spoke to my divorce attorney and she advised me to get a criminal attorney. I did and brought him in on my second interview and they seemed mifted because I brought an attorney.
CYS ended up charging me for medical neglect and as a coperpetrator for child abuse (indicated). I love my children with all of my heart and was always over protective of them. My two boys mean everything in the world to me.
They forbided me to see my children without adult supervision, (M - F only when I was required to work).
I went into a deep depression and sought counseling. I hired a very smart attorney and we appealed. The judge essentially said in the hearing that I would be expunged, but asked both parties to submit final briefs. I am awaiting my expungement results and based upon the way the hearing went, I expect positive results. We hired a world-renouned physician who found many faults in their investigation and pin pointed the accident time (when I clearly could not have done it.)
I have now spent over $25,000 defending myself. CYS was very careless in filing charges against me. They got upset with the baby sitter and then got upset because I refused to say that I saw her do anything.
I hear that they have very little accountability in these situations. As soon as I have officially been expunged, I would nothing more than to sue CYS for my attorney fees, pain and suffering, and keeping me from my boys. Can anyone give me an angle whereby I might be able to sue them under these circumstances? This has been a very rough year for me and has set me back in my life.
I read about Child Abuse cases all the time and firmly believe that CYS should take action when warranted. I am a professional and have never violated the law and don't ever intend to. I do ever want any other family to go through what I did when they acted on a grudge versus the facts.
what Right does the sytem have w/ detroying good, happy families
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I wont go into full detail about my story, I will say this I lost my 3 beautiful babies over, well I still dont under stand what caused me to lose them, They now live with my ex- husbands family, I've been raped by the system, it has damaged my financial, ruined my marraige, I now have a little boy who is 2yrs. old, I lived in a different county, Social services came to the hospital and too himfrom me, well after all thier ivvestigating, my son was returned to me when he was 6 ths old, heis a very appy little boy, keeps me going,Thepoint I want to make is I was set up and I cnt prove it, it's been 5yrs, I have not seen my other kids in over a year. What the hell is wrong w/ the system, I want someone to here my story, My son cant have a relationship w/ his siblings because of the system, I think what we all need to do as parents that have been wrongly accused and don't know where to is get, get a dam good att. and fight for justice, once and for, none of this is fair.IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
i know exactly what your are going through. i am also a mother of four children which only three of the children were caught up in the system. My two boys were taken away from me on April 25 2002. My three year old was found about 100 yards from our home by the town officer. My daughter who was 17 years old and her friend who was 18 years old at the time, were taking care of the two boys. I was not home at nine o'clock in the morning. T o make a long story short,children and youth services of Luzerne County placed my children in foster homes separetly. My boys are now 7 and 11. They only see each other twice a month for one hour. My other son who lives with his father who is 16 years old was accused of sexually molested his brothers when he was 12 years old. He had to go for counseling and he is still not allowed to visit with his brothers. What right does the system have to tear these brothers apart. So I was a mom torn between three sons and they were torn between brothers. Then last year in April, I and my ex-mate were accused of sexually molested all three boys. Children and youth services Went to my ex-mates house and removed our 16 year old son and his 15 year old half sister from their home while my ex-mate was at work. They were both placed in foster homes for the Easter Holiday. My ex-mate and I were interogated where we had to take a voice activted test. He passed the test so his charges were dropped. I failed the test because i was so nervous. Children and Youth had to do an investigation which i felt violated. It is now 6;22pm and i have bible study so i will finish this later.
This story is continued from the previous one. I am from Moosic Pennsylvania.Michele I know the heartache your burdened with. My heart aches everyday for my children. My three boys and I have ben caught up in the system. I agreee with you about how the system sucks and i would love to use some of my own choice of words but I am a Christian woman. I really believe in my heart that My children and I have been victims of foul play. The only problem with that allegation is that I can't prove it. I did do some investigating on my own and found out from other mothers that they find the same reasons for keeping the children in the placement. They are accused of not keeping their appointments. They are also accused of sexually molesting their children. They are accused of not cooperating with the services they were given them. They also swear that they have called your mother and the fact that she has caller I.D. proves to be not true. I have also came to this conclusion that the system punishes the innocent and the parents that are actually abusing the children are basically getting a slap on the hand and being told not to do it again. They swear on their own evil authority that they are only looking out for the best interest of the children. What a bunch of bull.
I noticed Michele that you did not tell your story and I respect you for that. Your personal life is nobody's business but your own. I on the other hand could litterally write a book based on this chapter in my life. My goal is to reach and touch the lives of as many people I can. This is why I came up with the title Mothers against the unjust system of c.y.s. I want to take a stand and I need everyone who reads this letter to please try to respond that is why I am enclosing my e-mail address. To begin my story, It takes place The night before my nightmare began. I had started to recover from a partial hysterectomy along with a back injury which had kept me from enjoying everyday life. I had also developed an infection from the surgery that made me very weak. I was finallly feeling like myself again and I needed to get away to spend some time with my lover. I did however feel guilty about going somewhere without my boys, but they understood mommy also needed time with my love since I had been away from him a while. Anyway my love and I went out to a concert benfit for cancer. We wanted to show our support. He said something to me that night that putsuch a scare in me enough to want me to hang on to him forever and never let him go. He told me he felt like he was dying. At first I thought he was joking around but when i looked into his eyes and the expression on his face my heart skipped a beat. I believed him and wanted to cherish every moment with him, especially that night.
That night i called my house from my loves house and told my daughter that i would be home in the morning, and of course i asked about my boys and how they were doing. she said she fed them, bathed them and wrecked the house i just cleaned.
The next morning, i woke up late. There was a miscommunication between my love and I which happened at times during our relationship. So anyway, I thought he had set the alarm and it turned out he didn't know that I had to get up so the alarm was never set. When i got up, so late i guess i took for granted that my daughter would get my boys ready for school. She was my caregiver of my children, even when I spent days in the hospital after having surgery and she also was a caregiver while i was working since she was fifteen years old.
I was in the shower over at my loves house when I heard him banging on the bathroom door. he was frantically telling me something about how my youngest son was roaming the streets looking for me and how the police picked up him up and was down at the police station . At the time I was washing my hair and had shampoo in it and all I know is that I felt this overwhelming feeling and my heart was racing. I don't know how long i was in the shower but I must have been in the shower long because the police said it took me an hour to get there when it only takes ten minutes from where i was at. my love didn't want to go with me because his eyes were all red from drinking the night before and he was afraid he would look suspicious. So he drove me to my house. I had to find out what happened and change my clothes. I was a little disappointed in my daughter and her friend but later realized that it was my fault for not calling her to let her know I was running late.
When I finally reached the poice station, they asked me what took so long and accused me of not caring about my son and so on. What felt like minutes to me was actually an hour or more. I think they were lying. The fact that I was at a bar the night before, they assumed that I was an alcoholic. Let's just say they put me through hell. Children and Youth repremanded me and no matter what I said, they were like vultures devouring their prey.
They told me if I could find a place to stay with the kids, then they will give me a break. i told them that I know my love would let me stay with him because we lived together before. So I tried calling my love but there was no answer.
Because I did not get anyone to help me, they placed my boys in foster homes. I went back to my loves house and his mom was there. I told them what I had to go to Children Services so he took me. He really didn't want to because of his blood shot eyes, but his mom made him go. When we got there, Children Services asked him if my boys and I could stay at his house for a little while. I expected him to say yes, but he said no. He told them, he would not be allowed to have other people stay at his house, because he could get in trouble with the housing authorities.
The next day the had a hearing to determine where the boys were going to go. I did not have a lawyer, so my love told me to have a continuance. I trusted him and took his advice.
If I didn't listen to him, and went in there without a lawyer, I believe I would have had my children back that day. But somewhere, somehow, the system messed up. They were placed on April 25, 2002.
I have been battling in and out of court with these people for over 2 years. Every time I go into court, they always find some kind of excuse for keeping the children in placement. The first excuse was they said that I was not participating in my counseling which was a lie. They said that I was always late for my counseling appointments and I never showed up. Read that sentence twice. What do you think is wrong with that statement? To me that sounds like they contradicted themselves. Wouldn't you agree or am I just not understanding their lingo. Who's right here???
Then I go into court again. I find out my older son who is 16 was accused of sexual molestation of my younger sons. They said the incident happened when he was 12 years old. He did admit that he touched the boys in the private area. The judge wanted to send him away, but I said a silent prayer in the courtroom for that not to happen, and my prayer was answered. The judge ordered for him to go for therapy. Then I had a visit with my boys and I was told that my son and my love were not allowed to come and visit with the boys. I said to them, what is this? I forgot to mention that my love is also my older son's father who he lives with. It's a complicated story. They gave me this bogus story, which I would rather not get into.
Then I had another hearing which I believe that I was getting my children back. I had a good expensive lawyer and she said that things looked good for me. After she came out of the judge's chambers, she looked disappointed and I said that Children Services were making accusations against my loved one and I, stating that we both sexually molested all three of our boys. I was so mad I wanted blood. I called them evil people and told them God was going to punish them for lying. I realized after that I should have kept my mouth shut. My lawyer agreed with me too, but I was wrong for that.
So then frantically, dazed and confused I rushed to the phone booth to call my love and tell him what had just happened. I got the answering machine and left a message, but I couldn't remember exactly what I said.
Later, I found out that same day Children Services and cops were at my love's house. He was not home, he was at work. They walked into his house and removed our son and his half-sister. Another one of my children was placed in a Foster Home along with his sister. It was Holy Thursday when it happened and they had to stay in the Foster Homes for the Easter Holiday.
After that they were placed with family members. My love and I had a court order to take a voice-stress test. He passed the test, but they said I failed. Don't you think that something just doesn't seem right here. So now, I am not allowed to even see my older son unless I'm supervised. In December right around Christmas time, my son informs me that he knows about the letters I was sending to his dad, my love. I asked him how he knew because I know that my love would not tell him about them. Our son said that his counselor and Children Services were reading them. And he mentioned that he was not supposed to tell me that they were reading my letters. He even said that his social worker told him that I talked about God too much and that was not good.
Even though I knew they were reading my letters, I still continued writing the letters because God wanted me to. I never did find out how they ever knew about the letters in the first place. Maybe those people thought I was out of my mind but I knew my love did not believe that. He even honored me by calling me "His little Holy Roller." Just because I have different beliefs, does not make me crazy.
So then finally I had a little break through. I received a letter in the mail from Children Services about closing the investigation case about the sexual abuse. They said it was unfounded, but it did say that they have to keep it on file for 2 years. So I have a record on file for sexual child abuse. That was the purpose for submitting this letter in the first place.
I finally was able to visit my boys but supervised every other week. I see them 2 hours a month. My older son, I can't even talk to him on the phone, and his dad, my love agreed to that. I like to know who told those people they were allowed to play God.
They turned my love against me. Back in July, 2000, our older son told me that his dad, my love said to him not to tell me, but the reason he did not want to be with me anymore was because I told Children Services that he was the one that sexually molested the boys. I can't believe that he would believe them over me. I needed to find out why they dumped a horrible lie on him like that. I never found out why. By that time my temperature was rising and I was praying for God's help because I could not deal with anymore of this. I continued writing my love letters and asked him if he had lost his mind believing that bunch of garbage they filled his mind with. He has known me for about 25 years, and knows the kind of person I am. They also tried to get me to admit that my love sexually abused them. I told them that I have known him for a long time and he loves children and would never harm them in any way.
His one sister mentioned to me privately that when they were in a conference meeting with Children Services, my love admitted to them he was happy with me and we had a great relationship, but when this happened, he did not know how to cope with it.
He broke up with me and started going out with other girls. So not only did Children Services destroy my relationship with my boys, they also destroyed my relationship with my true love who I prayed for God to send to me. I believe those people ruin families and we can't let them get away with this anymore. I can't do this on my own, I need some support.
I go back into court and Children Services accidentally, purposely lost a psychological evaluation that was done on me and my boys. Because of their irresponsibility the judge could not grant me the children. I continued writing the letters and finally what happened, I get a phone call from the City Police that I am harrassing my love, and he was going to have me arrested because of these letters. Children Services contacted the police because of the context in the letter. I made a statement that my boys and my love are my life and I would die of a broken heart without them. Well they assumed I was going to commit suicide and that I was an endanged species to mankind. Did I stop writing the letters to him, of course not. Was I worried about being arrested? Yes, but I prayed every day and asked God to protect me from that happening.
Then I get a phone call from the case worker from Children Services telling me that they want to send my older son back home with his dad after he spends a few months at his aunt's house. She said that there was going to be a hearing on such and such a day. I told her that I could not go to the hearing because I had to work for someone because they were in the hospital. So she just asked me if I had a problem with our son going back to live with his dad. I said no and that was settled. He was living with his dad, my love because in 1999 I had a nervous breakdown and was in and out of the hospital a total of 33 days. He offered to take him for a while to help me out. He never had custody of him, and he didn't want custody of him. So now I find out because I did not go to the hearing the judge granted him legal custody. I never signed any papers and I think what they did was unfair and I need a good Christian lawyer to fight against everything they did to me and my family.
Now they want to place my children for adoption, because my evaluation said that because I talked about my religious beliefs the therapist said that I am living a magical fantasy world and I was not capable of taking care of my children. My religious beliefs should not affect the way I would care for my children. As a Christian, it is my responsibility to set a good example for my children. I would encourage my children to go to church every Sunday. I would read the Bible to them so they would learn the truth about Jesus Christ. I would encourage them to go to Bible Study. I won't let them watch any garbage on television. I won't let them listen to garbage on the radio. I will raise them to be good Christian children that God would be proud of. Their lives would be changed, but only for the better.
If I have to protest againse these people, even if it risks getting arrest, my children are worth it.
I was stripped, raped and humiliated by the system. I had my privacy invaded and I was discriminated against my religious beliefs.
Respectfully a friend in Christ,
Diane
P.S. Some of our greatest leaders were Christians.
Please read my entry of December 26, 2004. Your experience sounds very similar to mine. I was so frustrated with the Illinois DCFS system, that I took them to court; eventually, our case set a legal precedent...Illinois DCFS investigators do not have protection of immunity any more!! I would love to chat with you, and will be happy to be there for you in any way!!
My daughter was unfairly and without good cause removed from my custody, I believe, and now CPS will not allow her to return home despite the fact that I have complied with their demands to the best of my ability, to date, and despite her repeated plea's to return home.My daughter is four years old and I have already been robbed of raising her for going on 5 mos. now, with no promise of her safe return. The only thing that is clear is CPS'S threat to remove her permanently and terminate my parental rights. Needless to say this is the greatest indignity and torture I have ever suffered and I literally feel I am dyeing.I have spiraled into a deep depression, and find it difficult to do anything much less everything CPS demands. My daughter is my hero, she's been so brave through all of this,but time of separation is wearing her down.In my care she was never sick. Since her removal she has been constantly sick and has recently been diagnosed as having been exposed to tuberculosis.I am horrified and truly freightened for mine and my daughters future.I can explain more details if you feel you may be able to help.PLEASE, we need to be together ASAP.Every day we spend apart is needless.The only one to ever willfully inflict harm on my child is CPS.We would greatly apprieciate any form of help you have to offer. Thank you.
I had the same problem in have called several lawyers to see about damages but have had no success. The state that this took place was NYC. I have one of my sons back but they forced me to give up one of them. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks alot for hearing me out.
Falsely accused of Predatory criminal sexual assault--Illinois
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I cannot believe this is happening--My husband Branndon was charged with PENETRATING his two children, ages 3 and 4 years old on the "eve" of his winning custody of them... His ex-wife lost custody of the children due to her use of drugs and DCFS temporarily placed the kids with her parents. Her parents want to keep the children and always have. DCFS was called and a report against Branndon was investigated back in September of 2003,and it was unfounded on October 31st,2003. THEN the next day, the grandmother called in another report and had the case re-opened. Branndon has not even seen his kids since September of 2003. My children who live with us were never even questioned in the first investigation. Then they re-open another investigation and Branndon was arrested on December 4th, 2003 on charges of Predatory criminal sexual assault, two counts. Then DCFS worker Nancy West took my children, ranging in ages from 14 to 5 and interrogated them at a child sexual abuse counseling center. My children all told DCFS that no abuse ever occurred to them or to their step-siblings.
This is insane, when they arrested Branndon, I was in my 7th month of pregnancy, expecting our first child.
He was held on $100,000 bail. He missed the birth of our daughter, Elizabeth. Nancy West told me I don't know how to protect my children, yet her department already cleared him of these charges once. Then, they re-open the case up even though Branndon hasn't even SEEN his children since before the first investigation began!! In the first investigation, his 4 year old daughter says that "Nobody ever touched my privates" and she was also examined by a medical doctor who said there was no evidence of sexual abuse.THEN, after three months go by, with Branndon still not seeing his children, Grandma opens up the case on Branndon again and this time his daughter and son are now giving vivid descriptions of sexual acts. And the daughter was taken to another Doctor chosen by DCFS and he finds an anal fissure, due to possible sexual abuse.
This same Doctor also examined my daughter,who is five and her exam came back normal, as did Branndon's son who was also examined. I talked to this Doctor and he told me that he cannot even be sure if Branndon's daughter was ever abused, because an anal fissure is also consistent with constipation. He also told me that if Branndon would have penetrated her with his penis,as the charges say, He would have caused some major damage and ripping to her, due to her age. THIS IS THEIR OWN DOCTOR saying this. They ended up indicating him after they already unfounded him. DCFS told me that his children must be telling the truth because kids at that age would not know about sexual acts unless they experienced them. But I say that kids don't need to experience sexual acts to know about them if someone, like their grandmother is putting it into their heads. Oh, by the way, Branndon's ex-wife was also pregnant when she was sixteen, before Branndon knew her. And her mother questioned her whether or not it was her FATHER'S baby.... This is the grandmother we're talking about....
His ex-wife denied it was her father's baby but her mother (gramma) has her get an abortion.
And these are the people that DCFS has placed the kids with. DCFS told me that kids cannot be brainwashed. I disagree because I know that is exactly what is happening to them. Gramma has brainwashed them and taken them to a psycotherapist who "coached them out of their shell" and that's why they said nothing ever happened in the first place, because they were in a "shell" that the counselor coached them out of.
Branndon has since bailed out of jail after spending four months in there. He is not allowed to come home he has to stay at his parent's house until the trial is over. He hasn't even seen our daughter yet, and she is already over two months old. This is such a nightmare--He's looking at 18-90 years if he gets convicted of this. HE IS INNOCENT, he really is. This whole case is so stupid!! Common sense, if he was a sicko he would have been messing with my children, the children he lives with. And just, OUT OF THE BLUE for some reason, he just decides to molest his children??!
NO WAY!! That's what I'm saying--the whole case makes no sense. Especially DCFS investigator Nancy West telling me that "kids can't be brainwashed"......
Our whole family is being torn apart. I don't know what to do. Branndon is innocent and may spend the rest of his life in prison based on what two young children have been taught to say. I can't believe this is happening.
Can any one offer any advice, or any hope of us being a family again? Do juries convict all the time or do they look at the whole case, like this whole thing did stem from a custody battle.
I would suggest that Brandons lawyer commence laying counter charges of slander/libel/malicious intent ASAP and that you make URGENT contact with a Mens Group in your area who can advise you accordingly. I have had a lot of help from a Mens Group here in New Zealand and have represented myself very effectively in court but I do not know the legalities in your area. The more time that goes by with your case the weaker your defence becomes. Mine has been dragged out for almost four years and custody of my daughter has never been finalized. Unfortunately compulsive liars are deemed credible and get away with committing perjury and misleading the court and allsorts, so I have been forced to give up before the next hearing on June 3rd. Good luck, the truth should come out - you don't deserve this persecution and stress (nobody and no family does).
CPS took my two granddaughters after my daughter was charged with abuse. I have tried to get custody and have another trial date set for 5-20-04. The problem is I am having a hard time finding out anything about them, DSS will not return my calls. I am in the dark about what is happening.
There is a kinship law, but I am afraid they will take my daughters rights before court. The judge ordered them to do a home visit first.
Hire a criminal attorney. He will file the necessary papers, and get you a speedier trial. Emergency trial. You can file for temporary custody, however your daughter won't be able to see them, until she gets the necessary help or has been cleared of allegations.
Hi, I don't know what the law is where you are, but you must be able to find out from a family support centre or better still a lawyer in your area. Some staff at family courts can be very enlightening and helpful (not all, though). Once you have a clear understanding on your rights/legalities then I would suggest you or a lawyer send a nice tactful but firm letter outlining these rights and that you request for these rights to be implemented ASAP. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING IN WRITING & then you can use these letters (keep copies of everything) as exhibits to show the judge that you have tried and it will demonstrate to him/her that you are acting in a responsible manner even if others in the equation aren't (normally CPS or in NZ CYFS). Good luck.
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