Fighting Child Protective Services False Allegations

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The Fight CPS Website

Fight CPS is a family rights website that seeks to assist parents and others who are falsely accused of child abuse and neglect.

This lens clarifies family rights issues and explains why I choose to try to help families who have been torn apart by CPS false accusations, which are way too common these days.

Why I Help Victims of False Child Abuse Allegations 

Many people have asked why I would try to help people whose children were taken away from them by Child Protective Services. Here are a few of my reasons:

  1. Many accusations of abuse or neglect are false. False accusations can come from anonymous callers, doctors, nurses, neighbors, school teachers, or even the social workers themselves. People who are falsely accused and have their children taken are devastated, and need legal information and social support. Fight CPS helps with both those needs.

  2. A large percentage of the young parents falsely accused of child abuse or neglect are impoverished, and must rely on court appointed attorneys for representation in juvenile court settings. These court appointed attorneys are notorious for doing almost nothing to help their CPS clients. They seem like they're there to guide people through the court process, but don't provide any type of aggressive defense. So my site, Fight CPS, fills in the gap by showing people how to provide their own evidence and legal paperwork.

  3. When parents are sent to juvenile court they are denied constitutional rights such as the right to a jury trial, the right to a public trial, and the right to be confronted by their accusers. Yet they stand to lose their children, one of the saddest and most heartrending losses known to humankind. This lack of constitutional safeguards leaves child detention hearings open to gross injustices, the like of which few people believe could happen in America - unless they've been through it.

  4. Federal statistics show that children in foster homes are about ten times more likely to be abused sexually, physically, emotionally, and mentally than children in their natural family homes. They are even more likely to be killed. A recent study concluded that foster children are more likely to have teen pregnancies and to become juvenile delinquents. The study said that children are better off when left with their natural families, even if those families have severe problems.

  5. Social work should be a process of helping families resolve and recover from problems, not a process of tearing families apart forever and traumatizing children for life. This imbalance in the social work profession has been caused by federal legislation that gives financial incentives in the form of federal funding and social security reimbursements when children are torn from their homes and placed in foster homes.

Children Suffer in Foster Homes 

Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse

Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse

by: Richard Wexler

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Long regarded as a powerful, insightful exposé of the child abuse industry by a tireless advocate for family rights. Richard Wexler's website is the National Coalition For Child Protection Reform.

Children Abused in Foster Homes 


In Memory of Children Who Died in State Custody

Foster children are often forced to take multiple psychotropic drugs  

Foster and adoptive parents get extra "special needs" money for damaged kids.

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History and Philosophy of Fight CPS 

My fight against the injustices of the child welfare system have been ongoing since 1989 when my fourth child, a newborn infant, was taken from the hospital by a social worker because her father had battered me when I was pregnant. I found out first-hand what it felt like to show up at court to find a social worker's court report full of slander and lies.

In 1990 I started writing articles about CPS cases. Numerous parents came to me asking for my help in publicizing the cruelty and injustices they were enduring, including direct lies by social workers in court reports. My articles were published in The Enterprise News, a weekly newspaper in Central California owned by a kind Libertarian, Richard Palmquist, who also owned a Christian radio station. I also made a few public appearances including a call-in talk show on that radio station and a televised talk show in Fresno, California.

Next I got involved in exposing CPS using the FidoNet BBS network from 1991 through 1997. I was not as active in meeting people with open CPS cases at that time because I was busy raising my own children.

The Fight CPS website has been online since October 2000. I started it a month after starting the Child Protection Reform Yahoo Group - which I've since passed on to other owners so that I can spend more time improving Fight CPS.

I started Fight CPS because at the time, there weren't many sites on the internet that informed people about the topic of family rights. And some of the sites that already existed didn't seem to fulfill the needs of the people. For example, one large site had lots of good information, but forbade anyone from mentioning any other sites that might help. I felt this was too controlling - that the flow of information had to be free so that people could learn more from each other.

Therefore one of my main goals with Fight CPS, at the beginning, was to collect links to information, to encourage others to start sites, and to link to their sites, and promote them. To this day Fight CPS allows all family rights sites to be linked on the site.

The front page of Fight CPS is now a WordPress blog. It started out with no blog at all, on Geocities in 2000. It moved to its own domain name in 2002. In 2004 I put a Blogger.Com blog on the front page of the site. In 2007 I changed it to a WordPress blog for better search engine optimization.

The Fight CPS Message Forum 

...social support and legal information.

Families involved in CPS cases are welcome to participate in the Fight CPS Message Forum where there are other parents and grandparents who have been through the system and who want to help and counsel others.

The Fight CPS Message Forum is staffed by a volunteer site administrator and volunteer moderators. When you register at the forum, there's a short wait until the forum administrator activates your account. The forum is closed to non-registered viewers for the privacy of the participants.

Links to some of the most important articles on FightCPS 

Study Concludes That Kids Are Better Off In Troubled Homes Than In Foster Care
A study by Joseph Doyle Jr. of MIT found that children have better lives when left with troubled families, and not transferred to foster care homes.
Contacting Your State Legislator For Help
To get relief from obnoxious and abusive government agents, try writing a letter to your state legislators.
Make Your Court-Appointed Attorney Work For YOU
Make your court-appointed attorney work for you by writing the person a letter requesting adequate legal representation.
Parents: Do You Remember The Fourth Amendment?
What is the Fourth Amendment? You need to know it BEFORE a CPS caseworker steps into your house.
Filing for a State Administrative Hearing
A state administrative hearing can force a CPS caseworker to change the way a CPS case is handled.
Your Case Notebook - Is It Up To Date?
During a CPS case you should keep a case notebook to record all information about your CPS case.

Site Statistics 

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Fight CPS is the most frequently used family rights website on the web today, and receives hundreds of visits daily, mostly from search engine queries. See Fight CPS Statistics. One of Fight CPS's goals during the last few years was to make family rights information accessible to people through search engines. Once they arrive at Fight CPS, people can make dozens of choices about how to proceed with finding new friends and finding more information on how to work their cases.

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An Inside View 

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Amazon's Product Description: 'Mary Callahan never planned on writing a book about her experiences as a foster parent. She had only one goal as a parent, to help the children in her care. But as she learned their stories, it became painfully clear that the Child Welfare System had no sincere regard for the welfare of children. Callahan realized the only way to truly help the children was to tell their stories.

'Written from the unique perspective of a foster parent, Memoirs of a Baby Stealer chronicles Callahan's experiences with five foster children, shedding light on the inadequacies of the Child Welfare System in this country. As the author explains, "They are taking kids from places that aren't that bad, putting them in places that aren't that good, and completely ignoring the bond that exists between parent and child."'

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    aj2008 aj2008 Nov 24, 2009 @ 10:54 am
    The Childrens and Parenting Group that this lens belonged to has survived all the recent changes on Squidoo and is now a Lensography. This lens is now featured at Children and Parenting HQ.

    And of course this visit gives me the chance to re-Bless this excellent lens.
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    asdowning asdowning Nov 1, 2009 @ 1:41 am
    I had a cps show up at my door one night, she said someone called in a report but they didnt leave their name. She said they reported that my son had not gone to school because he had gone to get a flu shot, and then had to stay home and clean house. Also they reported that his stepfather had verbally and physically abused him. I just cud not believe what I was hearing. I told her the only truth to that was my son did get a flu shot and he did stay home because it was to late to return to school. My son had called his dad after he had just gotten the shot and told him he proably wouldnt be going to school, so he needed to pick him up at home. I asked her what time the call had come in and she said it was around noon. So I thought to myself who know about my son getting a flu shot and staying at home, well the only person was my ex. I told her that we didnt get along and he hated my new husband. So she tukk note of this and said she had to meet w/ my son and talk. Not sur wat to thnk!
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    Oct 18, 2009 @ 11:49 am
    I have a degree in social work, specializing in Child Protection. I was never able to fulfil that role much (I can think of one job I didn't get because my first response to an imaginary scenario was not to call CPS but to see if I could ascertain myself whether that was actually necessary- a BIG no-no for social workers mandated to report.) I don't believe its possible to objectify subjective realities trhough the courts or any other system- the whole system is out of context because everything happens 'after the fact' and its backwards in that parents in the system are guilty until proven innocent. I think I've been on all sides of this coin- having a degree in child protection, having had a step-child accuse her new stepfather of abusing her with no reponse from CPS except 'family court', and I've also had my own parenting called into question when I found God and my family thought I was crazy for that. Boy do I have a lens to write -:) Great topic. 5* fav Love Darcie
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    dec08mess dec08mess Sep 28, 2009 @ 5:54 am
    my baby was placed in p.c in dec.08 i was clean when i had him .i had been clean for quite a while there reason for taking was my past drug and criminal history. how is it possible to take a child when there is no current drug use or danger?
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    busywithout4kids busywithout4kids Sep 27, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
    This is in continuation.... two of my 4 kids are with my sister and brother in law. they went through foster parent training to help out and they have my two sons. It is Amazing how much assistance and support they get. THey are constantly going to new classes to be better parents, They Just got approved for a couple thousand dollars of tutoring for my son at sylvan learning center. But my thought is.. when they were working with me since 2006 where was all that support with me? It is backwards. THey should be giving the parents support and assist us with getting our lives turned around. they keep talking about reunification, but I swear they are back stabbing incompentant idiots that are just destroying families instead of there phone saying. Building strong families. Not in my case. I will not give up without a fight and I agree with the other poster.. i'll take this to supreme court and go to Oprah about it as well!.
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    busywithout4kids busywithout4kids Sep 27, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
    I have been dealing with CPS since 2006. my kids were taken away then and they did there intake and it came back as unfounded alligations. I voluntarily cooperated with them. The closed my case. a few months later my sister called cps on me because my house was out of control. They were taken into custody and I have been fighting to get them back for the last year. I have 4 kids involved. I am a single mother. there dad moved and deserted his kids after we got divorced. I have been doing everything asked of me but it is never good enough. my counselor is outraged at what is going on. He keeps saying I am getting the raw end of the deal and he keeps me having faith I can get them back.

    to be continuted on the next post
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    CCGAL CCGAL Jul 10, 2009 @ 7:48 am
    This lens is probably the most moving of any lens I've read. I cannot read it without weeping.
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    qlcoach qlcoach Jun 21, 2009 @ 9:08 am
    CPS is suppose to save children. Unfortunately it does a lot of harm. I can relate because 40 years ago I was a fostercare and protective services worker. Wow. You brought back some painful memories. Hope you will visit my new lens about emotional healing. Gary Eby, author and therapist.
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    MoosesMommy MoosesMommy Jun 16, 2009 @ 11:30 am
    um hi, I am a 38 y.o single mom to a 4 y.o WONDERFUL little guy, today he is 4!I DESPERATELY need help or at least a point in the right direction to get help. My mother, who couldnt even manage to raise me, has went in a VERY discietful way and basically KIDNAPED my baby after having filed for guardianship of him. She wanted for him to stay "the night" with her and I agreed after TWO days of her pestering me...with the understanding that he was to be home the following day. What I didn't know was that close to a week BEFORE this she had filed. so the next morning when I was expecting my son home I instead answered the door to a sheriff officer who was there to serve me the papers. This was just a couple of days before Christmas, and she has only "allowed" me to see him 3 times since!! I dont know how to go about getting my boy back and every road I have been taking just ends with another dang brick wall. HELP I BEG YOU tammyidontknow@yahoo.com, or feel free to call (209)818-5024.
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    h_renee h_renee May 22, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
    I worked in a childcare facility for almost a year in a class of 3 yr. old. I absolutly loved it and could not wait for my 1 year review to be teacher qualified. I want to be a preschool teacher, its been my dream for along time. well 2 months before my 1 year i showed up at work and was told to leave due to the fact there was an allegation against me for slapping a 2.5 year old girl 2 days before. I of course told them it was not true and I would never do that. I contacted cps and the caseworker could tell me nothing due to the fact I was the alleged perpitrator and she wanted my side of the story. well, I don't have a story because I did nothing wrong. She said I wasn't able to go back until the case was closed. she said they ahd to interview everyone present that day. Ya, they never did, and they never contacted my work place. I have been trying to get back in touch with cps since and have heard nothing. What the "F" kind of system are they running! They ruined my chilcare career!!!
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    Momtothezoo Momtothezoo May 22, 2009 @ 9:42 am
    I so understand your fight, though I have been on the other end of the problem as a foster parent. I have fought for the rights of children to have a voice in the courtroom. I saw for myself about my children my not just meeting their parents, but spending time with them to really get to know them. Some, I saw were really trying but others were obviously snowing the court...those I went after. I was able to help in many cases but I was drained emotionally since I had the children in my home as well. We adopted one such child and raised her to adulthood ourselves. You can find her story (Part I) on my lens: http://www.squidoo.com/Audreys. Keep up the good work!
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    OhMe OhMe May 22, 2009 @ 1:20 am
    Not only is this lens very interesting and emotional but the comments that you have been getting just makes my heart ache. Good luck to you.
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    LairMistress LairMistress May 20, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
    Wow, this is some intense information. I don't know what they're teaching social work students these days; but CPS abuses both birth parents and good foster parents (see a case here in WA state, http://www.fosterjustice.com/Poca/Poca.htm ); rips away children on false accusations, and doesn't do enough for children who are in abusive situations. I know a Muslim family who lost all their children on false accusations of abuse (some of them by a grandparent who disapproved of her daughter's conversion to Islam). CPS seems especially to target families who are socially and economically vulnerable (poor, homeless and unemployed, immigrants, same-sex couples, people of color, religious minorities, etc.), while giving upper-class parents plenty of leeway. They seem to have become, as I wrote elsewhere, an "under-the-table adoption agency for poor kids." There is real child abuse out there, but it's got to be handled better than this...anyway, thanks for writing!
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    aj2008 aj2008 May 20, 2009 @ 4:00 am
    Welcome to the Children and Parenting Group
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    allinfoisfree allinfoisfree May 16, 2009 @ 10:58 am
    I've heard a lot of horror stories. Years ago I had a friend where his mother in-law was the accuser and she ended up taking both of his kids away from him and his wife. His advise, on hindsight, was always have your own lawyer with you from the outset.... 5 *'s!
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    Macs_wife Macs_wife May 5, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
    I am FED up! we took in my troubled sister who only starting having problems for a year or so because she fell into the wrong crowd. We laid rules down for her to follow and it did not sit well with her, having rules was something she was not used to. She thought she was never going to go to be able to go home to her troubled friends and boyfriend. Well she decided to tell her friends she was being abused and has got our whole family in an uproar. Luckily our whole family is backing my husband and everyone knows it was a huge lie she has told to get home. Cps has changed every allegation paper every time we go to court. Something new is added or taken out, or our words are twisted to make her look credible. They are saying my husband has to take these counseling classes before he comes home HOW!! when he is not guilty why should he submit himself to that! My husband is a United States Soldier!! he fights for freedom and this country why has his country turned on him!
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    ChineseKitesforKids ChineseKitesforKids Apr 28, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
    You really are inspiring. This is a brilliant lens. I would love to hear Mom_Muze story listed here in your comments. I live very close to Riverside County. I have a lot of problems with Child Support Services and I think all these counties need someone to answer too! I mean a REAL someone to answer to. There are so many cracks and flaws that are swept under the rug that no one takes the time to examine each case on an individual basis to really get what's in the best interest of the children.

    Brilliant lens! Great original topic, a great way to get people to speak out !! You deserve 10 stars! They would only let me give you 5?
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    EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Apr 11, 2009 @ 3:03 am
    What a moving and excellent lens. My first career was as a lawyer. I was a litigator specializing in helping those abused in children's homes and foster care. I saw many things and heard many accounts which changed the way that I thought about the care system and indeed about life in general. I often felt that there really wasn't much that I could do at this stage as the damage had already been done, but I hope that in some way I made a difference to some. Heartfelt Angel Blessings to you.
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    aj2008 aj2008 Apr 10, 2009 @ 6:10 am
    Linda, this is very moving. I was in foster care for 2 weeks - not because of anything my parents did but because my Mum had to have an operation and there was no one to care for me and my baby brother. It was in the days when Dads could not get paid time off for anything like that and we were too poor for Dad to lose any money. It was a nightmare and I was hit - I was only 5 at the time. So I know first hand the "darker side" of fostering.

    Angel blessings for you and the work you do and for the fact that this is an excellent lens.
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    Frankster Frankster Apr 9, 2009 @ 7:04 am
    Excellent lens about a topic that needs all the exposure it can get. Thank you for putting it together and for all the work you do for wrongly accused parents and their children. 5 stars. Bear hugs, Frankster aka Bearmeister
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    beautifuljoon beautifuljoon Apr 8, 2009 @ 1:17 pm
    With the good comes the bad, it is no suprise that the government is out of control when it comes to "protecting" children. I remember when I was 13 and CPS visited me for the first time. A man took me out of class and sat me in a room alone with him. He informed me that my parents didn't know about it and I could say whatever I wanted to him. He asked me if my dad beat me, my dad is the sweetest guy in the world, so I looked at him funny and told him "No." After asking me some questions he got really upset and started pushing me really hard to say things that weren't true. "Your just confused, " he would say, "Your parents are extremely abusive aren't they? We can give you a good home that you don't have to deal with other brothers and sisters- just tell me they hurt you. COME ON! I know they are abusive!!" The guy was really trying to make me lie. I still don't know why. He didn't get me to though.
    Thank you so much for sharing with us! I enjoy your lenses.
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    Wysiwigs Wysiwigs Mar 24, 2009 @ 5:09 am
    Kudos to you for taking on such a worthy cause! I am sad to say I have seen this happen myself, most recently by a caring parent who dared to spank his misbehaving child outside of a restaurant. It took the poor man an entire year to get his child back, and pretty much ruined his life. I know my daughter had one speed - "wide open" - and always had all manner of scratches, scrapes, and bruises from bike wrecks, trees, etc.. Thankfully, they were never misinterpreted (but I definitely worried about it!) 5* to a wonderful champion for a noble cause :o)
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    dc64 dc64 Mar 15, 2009 @ 10:44 pm
    How sad to read these comments from parents who are desperately crying out for help. I was a foster child, and it was awful. I can't imagine having someone ripping my children from me and placing them in the terribly flawed foster care system. I'm lensrolling this to my Life as a Foster Child lens.
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    raz99336 raz99336 Dec 30, 2008 @ 2:35 am
    I am currently dialing with CPS over faults allegations against my husband and i over drug use. im trying to find out if i can have the person that lied about my husband and i have to take a drug test because this person was thrown out of my home because she was caught with drugs in my house and thrown out because of it and her report was out of revenge for throwning her. Can I have CPS test her too?
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    jackiev jackiev Dec 18, 2008 @ 10:29 am
    Recently, my mother and my husband had argument, where she threatend to have her husband beat my husband up and call CPS on us for no reason. A few days later, they did. They stated that we had a history of domestic violence, our kids aren't supervised, and that we let the house and our kids get filthy. None of these are true. My stepfather did this as an act of vengence because my mother lied and said my husband said f*** him. I have a voice recording of him confessing to calling CPS and to topit off he's manic depressive schizophrenic with complusive cutting disorder. My mother is bi-polar with compulsive cutting disorder. Now CPS came and took my kids away a few days ago and I have court tomorrow. The police said that we should get them back after court, but I am so scared that they may be indefinitately stuck in the system. My aunt, went and filed a complaint against us because we no longer were giving her access to our kids. I don't even know where to start for help.
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    wherearethey2 wherearethey2 Dec 12, 2008 @ 5:53 am
    hi, I may very well be the one person to ever have asked cps for help with my children and have every family/parental right denied! I have been harrassed and jailed for reasons I do not know to this day! I have had restraining orders placed on me to keep me from my children! I have had basically everything that is not legally allowed to happen in these kind of cases done to me! I have watched the court reporter take whole pages of statements out of the final court transcripts! I Have not seen either one of my children since 2005! I have now had a second true finding against me without my atty to recomending an appeal, and when I managed to get one started the judge dismissed it! I was not made aware of that event untill the day after it could be requested again! I have been falsely accused of molesting my children and told to attend special counciling to address it and process it- there I was told that if I did not say I did IT that they would fail me, too much for this box need help
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    eunicedavis32 eunicedavis32 Nov 22, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
    hey im eunice i was in foster care and got pregnant with my daughter at 16 almost 17. im 18 now and my daughter went to foster care at 6mths. they claimed they couldnt find a foster home 4 us, so i let her go stay with my boyfriend and his mom. but when i turned 18 and got out of cps at 18, she all of a sudden went to cps. it was so unfair. my boyfriend was abusing me though, and my foster mom snitched.i have been required to due domestic violence counseling, anger management, therapy, parenting class, get an apt, and a psycholigical eval, also a mhmra assessment. just because i took meds in cps. i was abused in foster care and i dont want them 2 take her and do da same thing. my trial date is set for next week. i have never done anything 2 her. just because i was in cps and gave birth , dey couldnt find a place. so dey tried 2 take her. she hasnt been with me from the hospital.ive been breaking my neck and spendind mad money 2 get her back,they say if i get all my certificates
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    Ener-G Ener-G Nov 2, 2008 @ 9:47 am
    Linda, I'm so moved by this lens and the work you are doing. When my son was young and WOULD not wear a seat belt I used to live in fear that if we ever got in an accident I could lose him for being a "bad parent."
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    sararacheleray sararacheleray Oct 19, 2008 @ 8:58 am
    I have recently been investigated by CPS because our Foster son (a 17yr-old Honduran gang member) was caught smoking weed and decided in order to get the heat off of himself he told our foster care agency that we were smoking weed, my husband was abusing me, that we don't feed him or let him leave the house. This was so outrageous that I wanted to take them to court! My husband and I are probably the most loving and caring and best foster parent's their system even has. Well, they couldn't gather any evidence AT ALL that any of this was going on but the CPS worker was so determined to also take away my beautiful 2yr-old daughter that he threatened to file an abuse and neglect case against me for my choosing not to get my daughter vaccinated and for choosing to treat any and most of my child's health problems (which she has none) with holistic doctors!!! WOW! My lawyer told him if that was all he had to bring it on! and that she couldn't wait to see him in court!
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    LarryBass LarryBass Sep 15, 2008 @ 9:59 am
    What an excellent Lens you've crafted here and SO revealing of the facts LindaJM! What crazy amount of these ugly tragedies are happening daily, all over the place, with these powerful agencies ruining so many people's lives?

    You see Linda, I too, have been spit on and kicked in the private parts by these bastardly organizations that have ultimate power over us and our children and our lives.

    This kind of dirty, rotten, scamming, dasterdly stuff REALLY, Really, Hurts! Makes anyone dislike the way things are being run these days. :-(

    Keep up the powerful work you are doing here sister, it is NOT going un-noticed, by a long shot!

    Your's in justice for a change,

    LarryB
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    bether bether Aug 25, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
    In December of 07 my 2 beautiful children were taken by CPS due to false alligations made by my mother. I have done everything they have asked of me. I have proven them wrong over and over, yet at every new court date they come up with something to keep this whole thing going. When does it end. I am so frustrated. My children are 4(girl) and 11(boy). My parents are filling my boy full of things and using him to make up alot of things. What can I do? My four year old was close to being returned but the judge granted them an extension to gather more info. Every court date is like this. I feel like i'm guilty until proven innocent. I thought it was the other way around in the court of law? HELP!!!!!
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    Julia Baldwin Julia Baldwin Aug 12, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
    i am in need of help they took my 12 year old daughter today i am out of state that they took her in and they took her in minnesota i have to leave my job and use my rent money to go back to minesota just to find out what is going on. they said it is becouse she wasnt inroled in the state of minnesota she is inrolded in an online achademy they said that that doesnt fly and took her. someone plz help me what do i do? julia baldwin soulshineink@msn.com
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    Steph Steph Aug 1, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
    I have never delt with anthing,so troubling in my life. I live for my children they are my life. CPS is the Satans little children they will lose in the end. I can't belive they get away with what they do. Boy's I will fight for you untill the end mommy loves u and we will win.
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    momoftwo79 momoftwo79 Jul 22, 2008 @ 6:11 am
    Please help! They took away my breastfeeding baby girl & my 2 yr old boy because I called 911 since I thought someone broke into my house! We moved stuff from our 3 bedroom house into a furnished 2 bedroom townhouse so it was packed, but I got a moving truck and was in the process of emptying the house out to go into storage. My husband wasn't in the country so when the deadbolt locked when I tried to get back into the house, I feared someone broke into my house when I was in the moving truck in front of my house because there had been some robberies in my neighborhood. I called 911 since my babies were sleeping in the house. I warned the dispatcher that I was moving & the house was a mess, but they said it wouldn't matter. When the police arrived, they didn't find anyone, but they took everything away from me. Things on the floor & our smoke detector not working made my house a hazard, so they condemned it. Then they took my kids since they said I endangered them. momoftwo79@gmail.com
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    Dr. Forbes Dr. Forbes Jul 13, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
    Hi I am a doctor and the reason I am writing is because I do know doctors make misteaks , But I have a story that your not going to believe . I witnessed a child abuser abuse her child at a party three other doctors that were there saw her too. So after I saw that I told the grandparents and the father of the child all of that . We called CPS and in 2 months they closed the case . They didn't say why they just did . Others at that party saw it too . So in court the father testified about that when he tried to get some custody of his child CPS wrote a letter that cleared her but that child soon after had bruises all over her body and at that time that child couldn't even crawl cause she was still a new born . Does anyone know how I can save this child from abuse . The father of that child even has an audio tape that his ex even confesses to child abuse . can anyone please help me and that child from the abuse from her mother .
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    Kathryn A. Crosby/Stowe-stowe_kathryn@yahoo.com Kathryn A. Crosby/Stowe-stowe_kathryn@yahoo.com Jul 1, 2008 @ 8:02 pm
    I am currently fighting for my children. I lost all of my children 11/28/2006 because my son had a fractured rib and my explination was not good enough. CPS than took my new born 7/18/2007. I only got to hold him for 1 hour after he was born. I was not alowed to change his diaper alone because since I was melested and rapped as a child there was a great risk of me doing it to my son. CPS is now terminating my rights. I have done everything they have asked to the T. My counseler advised me to leave my 52 week program because I was getting abused in it. Just on that alone. They want to terminate but still alow me to have weekends unsupervised. The father of my older two beat my daughter with the belt recently and left bruises. I was forced to call and make a police report or cps would take them from me. I had a socail worker come to my home in merced county telling me I am not going to remove your kids. Your have been treated wrong. But still I dont know what to do. Please Help!
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    sherri1960 sherri1960 Jul 1, 2008 @ 8:06 am
    Maybe someone can help me with this one. I went to court yesterday on behalf of my grandaughter whom I have had custody of for 10 years,I ask for a court appointed attorney, I realize they aren't great but at least they are councel for the court systems. I was denied, yet mom and dad were granted attorney's. Neither parent active in this child life for all these years. My son was in prison and mom has lost 2 children to this agency that were adopted out due to abuse and I had custody of this one for abuse also. When my son went to prison I begged CPS to place this child with me but they would not I hired an attorney and got custody of her on my own. At this time my funds are low and they have me jumping through hoops with all kind of counceling and so forth,even if I had a job I could not work I am tied up 3 days a week on the service plan and a 4th day I see my grandaughter for 1 hour. I do not understand how I am not intitled to councel when I can not afford my own.
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    Christina Christina Jun 28, 2008 @ 10:58 am
    Yesterday I was visited by CPS for the first time in my life and I know who called in the false statment in was my husband's ex-wife who has not been in her son's life for about 2 years now. And all of a sudden she want's him back so we go to court next month. The worker was really mean to me right off..He knocked on my door like he was the police or something scared me and the kids to death. My step son who is 4 was crying don't let them take me mommy. He would not even talked to me until I produced the children. Like I was hinding them somewhere. Well he sent me into a panic attack I could not even let him into my house I was so upset. So then he said he was leaving and he would be prosecuting me. I done nothing wrong I was getting ready to have a panic attack and I could not deal with him. So I had my step son's thepist call CPS to tell them to come back but the guy was not in the office and was not coming back the rest of the day. I am so scared now.
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    jeanette jeanette Jun 25, 2008 @ 8:53 am
    my son jaydon age 5 was taken cause false call from a person upset with me now my son is 9 and only get to see him on his birthday and xmas. he is missed so much and loved so much i want to be heard I am willing to go as far as I hafe to even to the STATE CAPITAL OR TV OPRAH ANY TALK SHOWS, They would not even let me fire my court appointed lawyer and hire my own. they would not even let my mom have a chance as foster parent and she went to school for foster parenting.
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    SueEllen SueEllen Jun 24, 2008 @ 5:34 am
    This is not new. I am 30 years old now. When I was 12 I was pulled out of my class in school and sent into foster care. They claimed and made me admit that my father was sexually molesting me. Which was not true. They put me in foster care and proceeded to find evidence against my father. None was ever found and he was never charged. But I was abused while in the foster care home and began to run away from every home they put me in. They placed an order on my father that he can not come within 500 feet of me. Mind you even when they decided that there was no evidence they did not lift this. I was in the foster care system until I reached 18 years old. I did not stay in a home long enough for them to get any paperwork together to place me for adoption. And by that time I was considered a problem child and no one really wanted me in their home anyways. Despite what they said I did see my father but every time they found out they would just pull me back out of his home.
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    sharonlare sharonlare Jun 19, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
    My 17 year old 6'1 son came home sunday night screaming at me he was not going to sty in my house anymore, I told him to go to his room and he was grounded he then started screaming at me when i tried to stop him he pushed me and sprained my thumb left the house when I finally got him to talk with me about a 1/2mile down the road he informs me he has had an accident with my car. Upon arriving home he and his father got into a fight where he recieved a black eye while i in no way condemn this matter my child was removed from the schools the next day brought to the hospital where his girlfriends mother was with him and i was not notified, 3 days past before i was allowed to see my son and this was only do to the fact I called the court and told the judge the CPS worker was keeping me from seeing my son. My son wants to come home and he stated to all parties he is not afraid of his dad as he has never hit him b4 but the girlfriends parents continue to involve themselves in this matterHELP
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    Seth Seth Jun 19, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
    Florida CPS:
    Out of Dade City. They LIE.
    They took my nieces son, asked for a family member to adopt, my wife and I stepped forward and they adopted him out to another unrelated family anyway.
    Start calling the hotlines and dropping the dime on judges and congressmen and mayors and governors. Maybe then something might change.
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    acamk067 acamk067 Jun 12, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
    So many with the same problem. Does our government no care about the people they say they're protecting? We've been fighting a battle with CPS for five years on and off all due to false allegations made by my son's ex wife. As stupid as she is she doesn't realize if the state takes the kids from my son she will not get them either. It's already documented that she is NOT to ever have custody of them, yet CPS takes her calls and continually harrasses my son. Her way of retaliating against him. I can only wonder if there are laws against this form of harrassment and what kind of money would it take to get her to either stop or be jailed for the injustice she does to her own children at the hands of a corrupt system?
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    Angry Angry Jun 11, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
    In my past I always fought against CPS for other young women without help. The table has turn and now I am fighting for my son and myself. One year ago I had pulmenary edema and was admitted to the hospital,I gave birth at 26 weeks to premature boy.I left work on a leave of absence with out pay. During the time in the hospital i fell behind on the rent and was evicted from my home. I called a few homless shelters and was turned away. Then i went to my mother house to stay until i could return to work.While I contined to attend my sons doctors appointments an insurance company representive sent a leter regarding my son insurance. I responded to the letter this woman wanted to set up taxi service to and from the doctors office in which i denied the offer.She then contacted the doctors office with appointments she had made on my behalf in which I didn't know about. When the taxi show up at the house I was not there.This woman contacted the doctors office and then CPS.
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    Melinda Conroy Melinda Conroy Jun 8, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
    I need help. In February, 2008, I was arrested for child abuse. My 16-year old son (6'0 tall) called me a fu%%ing bitch. I slapped his mouth, he then took my shoulders and threw me to the floor. I called the police to have him removed from the house, but they insisted I call a family member to come get him. I called his father.
    His father is $58,000 behind on child support, and at that time only had visitation per my supervision (public place) for 2 hours each week, due to his drinking and drug use- and being caught for lying to the court about what he'd put the kids through. I have three kids by him.
    Shortly after my son was picked up by his father and Aunt ( father has no driving privaleges for many years yet), State police came to my home and arrested me.
    I plead guilty as a plea bargain so the event would stay non-public, and I was put on probation for 6 months.
    In April, I took my children to a hotel (a yearly tradition for them to swim). I had drank vodka before going to the hospital (there was no walk-in clinic in town) to have them checked for lice, as I was told I had it a few days before that.
    The hospital staff said I probably should not drive, so I voluntarily handed my keys over, yet they initiated a call to police. The police did not arrest me, and they even gave us a ride back to the hotel.
    I called my ex-husband and asked if he could help me get a ride back to my house. I realized I would be better off taking public transportation, and told him to forget it.
    Several hours after arriving home, child protective services came to investigate. The next day, they removed my children from my home, and I was arrested a few days later when I arrived for an appointment I had set with the probation officer to explain my contact with the police.
    Child protective services removed the children on a basis that "I was hallucinating about bugs, convincing the children they had them; driving drunk with the kids, and other"
    My ex-husband has been secretly (no taxes, or income to prove) working for his sister for the last two years. She owns two houses on a small farm, one which my ex lives in- all bills paid by her, for compensating his labor.The sister volunteered to be the relative foster parent. Now my children are with him full-time (secretly- cause it isn't ordered that way, just not provable).
    He abused me for many years before I finally ended up in a homeless shelter with the kids. Now he has his support lowered to almost non-existent payments, which he only pays when a show-cause hearing comes up- generall 4 times a year, approx $2000 yearly. He hired (or his sister did) an attorney to say he no longer makes $20 an hour, he is only part-time minimum wage. He has avoided taxes (NEVER has paid!!) and the lawyer recently documented this was due to alcoholism!
    I'm stuck...and scared, and victimized just as I have been for the past 16 years of being a parent to his children which he gladly uses as an outlet for his abusive nature toward me.
    I have a court appointed attorney, and a trial date tomorrow for assuming just cause for the children's removal. The attorney (Stacey Rentfrow) says it doesn't take much for the court to decide to keep them wards of the state...and she thinks they have enough. I really don't know what to do.
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    sherri1960 sherri1960 Jun 6, 2008 @ 10:01 am
    Yes I too am involved with a CPS case on false allegations. I had no idea that this organization was above the law. They lie,you are guilty until proven innocent, not innocent until proven guilty. I am so glad a friend I have, told me about this web-site. Even though you are not a in person organization or can speak to some-one, YOU ARE THERE FOR ALL OF US! Your knowledge is a great tool for all of us. I do understand fully why you could not talk to each and everyone of us. I am so greatful for this site. WE CAN COMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH THIS SITE. TELL OUR STORIES AND SEE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. All of your children have become a victim of the worse of the worst abuse there is Child Protective Service. They protect your child to DEATH in some cases and in others they turn a blind eye. They remove children that are not in danger and leave behind the ones that are. This AGENCY HAS TO BE STOPPED FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN!!!
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    wyojustin wyojustin May 13, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
    I am currently fighting supposedly allegations provided by DFS here in the state of Wyoming that my 6 year old daughter is being emotionally abused because my spouse talks to people in a manner that does not suit some people in my community. People we know just ask how are kids ore doing and she responds with good, but we are still potty training my 6 year old daughter. Not thinking of how embarrasing that may sound to her. We stopped that immediately after we thought maybe that would embarrase our daughter but maybe it woudl help as well because she is now wearing big girl underwear. We have been fighting numerous allegations with DFS for 2 years now and I think they just can't prove enough yet to take her. I need help in knowing what to do. She currently is seeing a licensed and specialist therapist here in town that has helped her significantly since we have had her and also has grown close to. What to do?
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    JENNSAUCE JENNSAUCE May 1, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
    Fighting cps; I live I breath it, i dream of it. It is my wish that cps be done away with. now reality- look at the 6Th amendment of the constitution, if it were revised to include civil case as well? it would end much confusion on false and unproven accusations or allegations. how do you prove innocents if you don't know where to start? are all of our rights really gone? this sadness me so much. I am a mother of three wonderful boys 7 yr, 6 yr, 3yr. All of my children were removed from school and day care April 18, 07.after a long struggle returned home DEC 15, 07. many say oh you're lucky and yes I truly am!! against the recommendations of cps my boys are home my next court date in June,08. I hope to have our case resolved. as a military family my husband is being demoted due to family hardships. he has been on deployment for 6 months, upon returning home he will not be allowed to live in him home, see his children freely, and forced to re due all classes and services he did before the deployment. none of the accusations have been founded. I am considering resending my signatures from ever thing and seeing where it takes us? is this wise if I have the possibility of having the case dismissed of course against the recommendations of cps.
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    bellasmom06inTN bellasmom06inTN Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:02 am
    I just am learning to do this, but Im glad to see you here. Keep up the excellent work :)
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    jesebelle999 jesebelle999 Mar 17, 2008 @ 9:43 pm
    PLEASE HELP ME. someone. i don't see on here advice for fighting a CPS case but they are about to take my month old son from me because of AN HONEST ACCIDENT. please, somebody help me...WHERE is the information on how to proceed with the case?? i am NOT abusing him! he's all i have; my heart, my soul my ENTIRE reason for living! tell me what to do! i have a court appointed attorney and he's NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP. he doesn't even have a defense, at this point! please please please help! jesebelle999@gmail.com
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