Ok so one week into my private school for my son and I need to get all of my documents in order. I guess I should have known better than to excersice my civil rights in a county with a personal grudge.
CPS came to my home last night to investigate reports of my son not being in school from neighbors.
I showed them the documents that they are aloud to see...ie the attendance form...and the lady walked to the sidewalk and called for police backup. She pushed past me and walk through my house and said "okay so you have covered your ass there" her words not mine, and said without even looking around or at the environment "this house is unsafe the children are all being neglected and are in immediate danger" My jaw dropped. The house is cluttered but not dirty. There is food in the fridge and all 4 of my children are well taken care of.
She loaded them into her van and left them there screaming while she and now 8 police officers walked thru the house searching through things. They went to my room and found a couple empty button type baggies in a box full of seeds. The bags came with seeds in them. The seperated them and layed them on the bed and took pictures of them saying "look drug parifinalia" I begged them to test for residue or to bring dogs or anything. They wouldnt listen.
They continued through the house and found a window that the kids broke the day before. Their was a five and a half foot tall hutch pushed in front of it and the glass is on order but is a very large piece so couldnt be fixed immediatly. They said it put the children in danger even though they couldnt get to it.
They wouldnt tell me what I have to do to get them back. They said to go to court Tuesday and the judge will decide.
This makes no sense to me how can they take my children? A broken window they should give you time to fix right? I showed them the receipt where I ordered the glass.
I am completely lost. I have never been away from them. They are just babies they are 1, 2, 3, and 6 years old.
This morning they took the children to a Catholic church and I specifically told them it was against my religion. They sent me pictured of my babies sitting there with the christ on the cross thing in the background I guess to mock me.
They told me they are taking my oldest home schooled son to school monday and that I have no rights to stop them. I tried to tell them this is a temporary placement until the judge declares it unfounded and that they have no right to do this to them. They are violating there and my constitutional rights and rubbing it in my face.
I know obviously I will need to get a lawyer but do I have any right or way to prevent them from taking my children to church and to school?
I tried talking to the worker and she wont tell me anything. Tells me I have no rights and that they are doing what is best for the children like I should have been doing.
I pride myself on my children. I am a very involved mother. My oldest boy has mental illnesses that make public school not an option. He has been diagnosed and is even on medication. My youngest daughter was born at 28 weeks and is considerably behind for her age.
I do tons of growing and canning and try to teach the children to be self reliant and sufficient. I try to be as hand on and natural a parent as possible. I would consider myself a good person and parent and have always been there for my children.
I dont know what to do..or who to talk to..I got to talk to my oldest boy this morning and didn't know I was on speaker phone and told him to tell me is she was mean to him. I had young cousins who were in foster care for a few weeks and were badly abused. Duct tapped to chairs and gagged like. The foster parents were put in jail but the kids were to little to even tell. If a CPS person hadnt made a suprise visit and found them that way nobody would have known.
The lady took the phone from him and told me not to talk about her like that...remembering all i said was tell me if shes mean...and hung up on me and called the social worker and told her I didnt get to be on the phone with them anymore.
Sorry to be so long. Thanks for reading. Anyone have any ideas about what my rights are? can I stop the school and church attendance?
Please help me.
Stephanie
CPS came to my home last night to investigate reports of my son not being in school from neighbors.
I showed them the documents that they are aloud to see...ie the attendance form...and the lady walked to the sidewalk and called for police backup. She pushed past me and walk through my house and said "okay so you have covered your ass there" her words not mine, and said without even looking around or at the environment "this house is unsafe the children are all being neglected and are in immediate danger" My jaw dropped. The house is cluttered but not dirty. There is food in the fridge and all 4 of my children are well taken care of.
She loaded them into her van and left them there screaming while she and now 8 police officers walked thru the house searching through things. They went to my room and found a couple empty button type baggies in a box full of seeds. The bags came with seeds in them. The seperated them and layed them on the bed and took pictures of them saying "look drug parifinalia" I begged them to test for residue or to bring dogs or anything. They wouldnt listen.
They continued through the house and found a window that the kids broke the day before. Their was a five and a half foot tall hutch pushed in front of it and the glass is on order but is a very large piece so couldnt be fixed immediatly. They said it put the children in danger even though they couldnt get to it.
They wouldnt tell me what I have to do to get them back. They said to go to court Tuesday and the judge will decide.
This makes no sense to me how can they take my children? A broken window they should give you time to fix right? I showed them the receipt where I ordered the glass.
I am completely lost. I have never been away from them. They are just babies they are 1, 2, 3, and 6 years old.
This morning they took the children to a Catholic church and I specifically told them it was against my religion. They sent me pictured of my babies sitting there with the christ on the cross thing in the background I guess to mock me.
They told me they are taking my oldest home schooled son to school monday and that I have no rights to stop them. I tried to tell them this is a temporary placement until the judge declares it unfounded and that they have no right to do this to them. They are violating there and my constitutional rights and rubbing it in my face.
I know obviously I will need to get a lawyer but do I have any right or way to prevent them from taking my children to church and to school?
I tried talking to the worker and she wont tell me anything. Tells me I have no rights and that they are doing what is best for the children like I should have been doing.
I pride myself on my children. I am a very involved mother. My oldest boy has mental illnesses that make public school not an option. He has been diagnosed and is even on medication. My youngest daughter was born at 28 weeks and is considerably behind for her age.
I do tons of growing and canning and try to teach the children to be self reliant and sufficient. I try to be as hand on and natural a parent as possible. I would consider myself a good person and parent and have always been there for my children.
I dont know what to do..or who to talk to..I got to talk to my oldest boy this morning and didn't know I was on speaker phone and told him to tell me is she was mean to him. I had young cousins who were in foster care for a few weeks and were badly abused. Duct tapped to chairs and gagged like. The foster parents were put in jail but the kids were to little to even tell. If a CPS person hadnt made a suprise visit and found them that way nobody would have known.
The lady took the phone from him and told me not to talk about her like that...remembering all i said was tell me if shes mean...and hung up on me and called the social worker and told her I didnt get to be on the phone with them anymore.
Sorry to be so long. Thanks for reading. Anyone have any ideas about what my rights are? can I stop the school and church attendance?
Please help me.
Stephanie
I am just sending love and action vibes to make sure you get the things done you need to (the window, decluttering etc.) and hope your children are returned to you swiftly. If you were near me mama I would give you a hand. Please don't be afraid to ask for help, you're going through a lot right now emotionally!
here's to hoping for a positive update soon!
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