Wrongfully taken in LA
My 2 children were removed from my custody 7-years ago, over 45 false allegations were made that were not my fault. I have never had an opportunity to defend myself in court and they have never heard my side of the allegations.
I was given a public defender that never did her job. The public defender refused to admit into court viable information that would have shown I was not guilty of the allegations made against me.
They told me today, the only reason I still have so-called "parental rights" is to inform me if the children die or become ill. What do I do, they took them and wont give them back. I haven’t seen my children in 7 years. Also DCFS falsified reports, defamed me, and flat out lied and got away with it.
I have lost all hope now.
Shari R.,
California
Labels: California, false allegations, foster care, public defender
posted by Annette M. Hall @ 3/19/2008 09:27:00 AM
5 Comments:
There are laws on the books now that require the state to begin TPR (Termination of Parental Rights) proceedings after (I believe in CA, it's 18-months) 12- or 18-months.
Something is terribly wrong in your case if they haven't completed the TPR process and your children are still in foster care. Please contact your U.S. House Representative to have them begin an investigation immediately.
U.S. House
http://www.house.gov/
I do hope you are able to get your children back home with you soon.
Give me back my child, have you not inflicted enough on him, and me, and our state sanctioned, fragmented family. How do you live with yourselves after shredding families into pieces? Do you all pleasure in the day-to-day, hour-to-hour pain of me being without my child? What manner of beast does such things - and none goes against it - but the defenseless victims it daily devours?
How can you, who read this, be affiliated with any part of our judicial system, or of the human race... stand idly by... and do nothing? Today, my child suffers my family is broken apart.
Tomorrow - what if it is yours whom they seek to attack and shred apart for no earthly reason at all. May God forgive such brutal, gruesome acts of these beasts!
Just a couple of months after this my soon to be ex-husband and his parents turned in false reports of neglect and lack of supervision. They were all mad at me for turning him in and also wanted custody of the children. The report was all hearsay, and I wish I had taped the conversation.
They said they do not have evidence to prove any of this but because I was now a single mom they were going to substantiate it anyways, because I will need the extra help, it is still in my file, and I have no way of proving otherwise.
I have left two different relationships because I didn't want the children hurt. I now am married to a wonderful man, that is so good to me, and four children, (only one is his).
My daughter (11) was so emotionally abused by her father, even after the divorce I kept reporting it, but nothing was ever done. She finally flipped out and they took her away because of her uncontrolled behavior, I did get her back finally, but she is still in SRS custody.
Then the other day my youngest of two fell and broke her leg. I know that it must be investigated, but they are treating me as if I am guilty already, asking my kids if something bad happens in all this were would they want to live and asking me to take a lie detector test.
My daughter did not have any marks on her; she has never missed any appointments, is always up to date on her shots and always gets her “Kan Be Healthy” appointments. She just had her teeth cleaned. I have four kids none of them ever in casts until now; never any unexplained injuries, there were always witnesses, until now.
What can I do to stop them from just picking at me? Yeah, they have helped once but they just keep hurting our family, all because what an ex-husband has done in the past and also what he has done to get revenge and try to get custody of the kids. Why can't they see what is really going on here?
Also I've looked at some of the things they look at for abuse like income and family size, we may not have a big income but we have lots of love, and the amount of kids doesn't mean they are going to be neglected. Where do they come up with this stuff?
And lice, come on that is something a child can get from another child at school, and underweight, all my children are right on the line for underweight and they eat all the time. Me and all the kids’ dad are real small. We are just naturally that way -- no health problems. How can they classify this as abuse when there is just a broken bone no, other injuries and no past injuries?
I think this is all wrong they need to look at things a little differently because there are way too many kids being abused with the parents getting away with it. They are attacking parents who are not abusive and those of us who would do anything to stop a child from being abused.
My three children were taken from me Jan. 27 1997. I had been abused by my husband for several years. I exhausted every resource and had filed for divorce. Despite that fact they where taken for "failure to protect them from a "POTENTALY" violent environment. We did not live with their father even. This is only a brief bit of my story. It started the day I brought my first child home.
I am very happy to say two of my three children that when into the foster care system have come home.
The stories that they have told me! We are going public!!! Are terrible
injustices done to children everyday. We need to make people aware of what is going on. What has gone on for way too long.
The people who work in these fields use our children as bargaining chips to get there for done for a profit.
be it the lawyers, who get promoted for wining cases,and make more $.
My public defender was trying to get her office approved by the state for supervised visitations.
The judge even asked her why she had not sanctioned the Court when DCF did not comply with court order
did not comply with court orders.
That will all come out in the wash.I hope for you is to know the love you have for them. Look for them online if they are old enough.
You will always be their mom. It will mean a lot to them to know you kept trying. Try to be ready when they come home. NO ONE can truly take our children from mothers who love them for we will always be there. Find a way to let them know you are looking. I found my kids through Yahoo messenger. I also have a my space account with pics. of us together and a way to contact me. I haven't gotten them all YET!!
DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!! my heart is with you, Theresa
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