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Once a child is taken from his home and placed into foster care his lot may not improve. Trudy Festinger, found that 28% of the children in foster care had been abused while in the system.

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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Breastfeeding Underfire

Young breastfeeding mom is focus for unfounded illicit CPS investigation.

I am a 20-year-old mother in Baltimore, Maryland. A couple weeks ago an anonymous person reported to Child Protective Services that my six month old breastfed son appeared malnourished.

Two social workers came by and demanded entry into my home to see my children. My husband refused to let them in. They told us that if we did not let them into the home they would take our son into their custody and they did not need a court order to do so. They called the police.

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The police officers told us that CPS does not need a court order to enter the home. At this point my husband said that we would surrender our son and have a lawyer contact the social workers. At this point the workers called their supervisor. When the supervisor arrived she said they did not want to take the child, but that I needed to make a doctor's appointment for him. She said that if I did this in her presence and let her see underneath my son's sleeper that he was not malnourished everyone would leave. So, I did this. The supervisor said there was no reason to be overly concerned and everyone left. The police officers gave me their badge numbers and a report number before leaving.

Afterwards, I took my son to the doctor and the doctor said my son was thin but not malnourished or sick. CPS called back asking to come back for an interview. Still under the impression I had no choice in this matter I agreed to set up an appointment.

After the in home interview there was no evidence that my children were in danger. CPS is currently demanding that I allow them to come back to the home again. I am going to be seeking legal advice because to my understanding under Maryland law I do not have to let them in again. They want to come back again before my son even has his next follow up doctor's appointment which leads me to believe they are simply trying to build evidence for a case unrelated to the original report.

-- Nichole in Baltimore, Maryland

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posted by Annette M. Hall @ 4/06/2008 12:33:00 PM

2 Comments:

At May 15, 2008 12:02 PM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote...
The police LIED to you. As a government official, the CPS caseworkers HAVE to abide by The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As it stands, unless they have justifiable cause, they can't enter into your home without a search warrant or arrest warrant, served by a LEO. This doesn't matter WHAT the State law says (A State does have rights and authority that trumps the Federal Gov't- save for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. NO government may abridge the rights and laws spelled out there, Federal, State, or Local.). If they don't have probable cause (and they have to be able to convince a Judge of this after the fact) or have a warrant, you do NOT have to let them in- PERIOD.  
At May 25, 2008 8:31 AM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote...
Unfortunately, with the schools in tow, they use anything that they can find. My grandaughter fell at school and bruised her back - the school said that I did it. This was extingent evidence used to allow them into my home. I did nothing and the taped interview proves that - yet they refused to allow that actual tape in court. Now that I have been found guilty, my voice has been effectively silenced. The neglect by the school and DSS to the children and their lack of attention to their special needs only serves to prove malfeasance. Yet I can say or do nothing. No lawyer is willing to help, and not one government official is willing to review. The laws that have been put in place to "protect" children only serve to protect the governemnt so that they can continue the act of stealing for Title IV-D funding.  

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