I think we should all put a HUGE sign on our rooftops saying MY CHILD/CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED AND I WAS RAPED BY CPS.. See how much attention we get THEN.. Im sure the News Medias would see it, and everyone flying high in their planes.. Im sure it would get some attention! We need to keep shoving the corruption in the face of those who are corrupt and/or those who dont do enough about the corruption. First, the Court notes that the complaint lists as Plaintiffs Peterson and Jay'Cara Strader. His children are grown now so he has much less to worry about. Plaintiff alleges that the worker "claimed that a hotline call was reported that I was mentally ill and that she was too and I was accused of medical abuse because she wasn't taking her medications for mental illness." I would love to collaborate and take in anyones stories and also share mine. Then, I sued them and won! This matter is before the Court on preliminary review of the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. They also lied and said my son tested positive when he was born with no medical records to prove that because it is a bold face lie my son was born healthy just as my daughter they took both of them gave my mom care ..and now because she allowed there grandfather and my first sons biological father to visit spring break with Jim and my daughter to go visit her grandparents my father and his wife which my mo..notified the social worker she said it was OK. Please connect with me. Maliciously fabricating false reports Cps wrongfully removed my 4 children 6 months ago and has separated them 1 has been kidnapped and 2 I have not been able to see for over 3 months the county social worker refuses to give me my court orders visitations and now I have over 35 hours of missed visits my kids havent seen either ive completed the possible case plan 2 timew already have doc and everything the worker lies in her reports and tell me if she can help it she will make sure i never see or get my kids and that they will be adopted please help for many I turn in my certificates of completion she lies to the judge she wont give me my referrals for court orders she wont give me buss passes services so ies she sub blows ne s passes for help I spend over 1500 Every week traveling for visits and I work 5 jobs please please tell every day its something now am more lies and add on because the last accusations is wasnt strong enough to keep my kids.. Do NOTHING W/O A COURT ORDER!! Did Vincent Davis get your first one back at least. Long story short they claim they given her morphine come to find out two nurses and her doctor got a hold of the medical records showing she didnt receive any morphine and its just showing she spent time in the nicu she didnt withdraw and no morphine was Ever given..In the court detention paper and addendum they claim she did and that we both tested positive no where do they present evidence and we were never tested and it was impossible because I wasnt doing any drugs when I had her. So my son was scared worried We both had no idea where she was taken. Why do we let CPS take our tax money and do harm to our kids and destroy our feeling in front of our kids? No last names. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. For an emailed notificationof new articles,enter your email address here: Copyright 2023 Linda Jo Martin, site owner, By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Loy v. Sexton, 132 F. App'x 624, 626 (6th Cir. Please communicate back and give us feedback as to what you have unearthed. You story is very much like mine and 100s to 1000s of women just like us. Please Help, we paid $40k on the case- it destroyed the family, and the holidays that where taken from us will never be replaced-Im in michiganwho can we contact to look at our case to see if we can obtain a settlement? If it wasnt for the Commssioner trapping us by court ordering us to stay in CA and my daughter to remain in his care W/O no prior involvment in my daughters life she would have never been sexually assualted. Have you received any feedback on any attorneys or different avenues for help. We knew lots of family got hard time because of CPS investigation and some kids removed from good parents, should we let CPS continues to harm to our kids and our family? Read everything you can and learn what to tell them. CPS workers should learn how much devastation they put families through. CX103). And im still pulling.. Maybe not enough. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Not one agency did their job to protect my child. The Problems of CPS Injustice Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last forty-four years since CAPTA was made a law in 1973, leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods. A year later now they have taken almost all of our visitations leaving us with only an hour a month. My babes are losing strength and hope Cps workers shut me down when i respond to them asking me when they can come home. My son isnt doing so well without me and Im trying to stay strong. Remember Romans 8:28 and Genesis 50:20 when Joseph told his brothers, You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. Perhaps the reason your trauma is still with you is because God wants you to use that hurt to propel you into a different kind of service perhaps working with other traumatized former-CPS victims. Since some of their decisions are based on the mighty dollar, more lawsuits might motivate them to change! Just a thought Contact the atty in Orange County who recently obtained a record settlement 4 the *Beauty Queen Mom* whose rights were terminated by CPS. My 7 yr. old daughter was taken (detained)from school by SACRAMENTO CPS because of a bruise on her eye.The police report has her quoted saying she hit herself in the eye with a stick. He has a violent history of convictions in the very county protecting him. What are names of the groups in California that is pursuing CPS. Good luck with that. Its so unfair that Im at risk of loosing my kids when I did everything I was asked to get them back and now because of two false positives at risk of loosing them. The state could not even give an exact amount when McMillan inquired, thats how bad it is. Services and its CPS Workers; Punitive Damages to Follow. They have given me full legal physicals custody of my 3 older but they want to keep my babies ages 4 and 8. They wrote The shredding of families on this page. Loved them, take care of them and enjoy life with them to the fullest.. Their is a God Up their. Every case is different and I cant tell you whats best in your case. My name is Sondra S. Sutherland, and I am the attorney who took on this case. Need custom constitutional or statutory research, we do it. court. Plaintiff, therefore, fails to state a claim for relief against CPS. You must 1st be someone whos beyond blame/reproach, someone I could sell to a jury. Even though its not Court ordered but they felt because my mom had let them visit she was not in the best interest anymore. The mother, Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick, who lives in Seal Beach, claimed that CPS workers took her two young daughters in February 2000, and intentionally misinformed the court. WebMost typically, the CPS/DCFS social worker wants to keep you from knowing exactly what you have been accused of sort of keeping themselves on a general fishing expedition but it is required by state and federal law to tell you the exact details of the accusations at first contact with you. Though unconstitutional and an unforgivable offense, complaints of child abuse and neglect may at times be acted upon by CPS in a manner that may be termed unjust to the parents. WebLastly, when a CPS case closes, it doesnt imply that the authority wont revisit it in the future. I am currently facing term of rights they just term my services. I have been complete for an entire year done everything they have asked then bam new worker no longer compliant and or complete. shall be signed by the [unrepresented] party."). He warns parents to not trust social workers, police, or anyone really in the government claiming to be protecting children. . Ive seen the babies once in the past 14 months. Like many others I have been unable to get anyone to listen to the fact that I have done NOTHING wrong yet have been targeted by the court and have been doomed to lose my children for apparently the rest of their childhood. Claire, this isnt the best page to post an attorney request on. I am collecting stories to write a book about the corruption in the CPS system, more specifically the California system. Eventually they were placed together and visitation which was supervised began. Hello, I began to fear for all the kids and community as they ignored he attempted suicide last year after a snapchat post where 3 kids admitted to jumping and assaulting my child. My rights were terminated and my daughter was adopted by my mom and son was adopted by the FOSTER MOM! Thanks God that Someone God Paid for what they have done to them. of Buffalo, Inc., 906 F.2d 59, 61 (2d Cir. 1654, a minor child cannot bring suit through a parent acting as next friend if the parent is not represented by an attorney"). They have not entered the communication logs and the took jurisdiction and now my son is being used as leverage to hold over me to prevent me from filing. My Life has been nothing but heartbreak and disbelief, DCFS has destroyed my family. Please get back to me . However, in a civil rights action, "parents cannot appear pro se on behalf of their minor children because a, Full title:KAREN PETERSON PLAINTIFF v. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES et al. They made up horrible lies just because I was ready to go home rest had been completed every thing I asked before I had tried to walk out and request they discharge us . And yes my parental rights were terminated. We are organizing a class action lawsuit against the County of Riverside, the State of California, and all parties involved in unlawfully detaining and holding our children against our will, and without cause. I have been going through the same thing for 3 years. The Court will enter an Order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion. I have been fighting CPS since 2013. Hosp. No one is helping. We even said my fianc would move out. THEIR PHONES WERE TAKEN AWAY.PRIOR TO THAT THE FOSTER CAREGIVER, PROVIDED NO HEAT, DID NOT COMB THEIR HAIR, PERMITTED THEM TO WALK TO SCHOOL ALTHOUGH, THEY OWNED SIX CARS COMPLIMENTS OF FOSTER CHILDREN, PULLED ON MY BABYS ARM TO DO THINGS HER WAY, THE FEMALE, MADE THEM ATTEND A CHURCH, WHERE THE CHILDREN DIDNT UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, DCFS COULD NOT REACH THEM, BUT THAT WAS O.K. I just dont know who can help or who is willing to help. McMillan says We should all be out of business with the first big win. But they are not. Be wary! On March 23, 2007, the Orange County Social Services Agency and two of its Social Workers, Marcie Vreeken and Helen Dwojak were found liable for violating the parental rights of Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick, as guaranteed under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. and a mom so disrupt at the fact that I wanted to better my life and with my therapist recommendation no contact put into affect, here I am today. That's why }, { hello my children were taken by dhr and two placed in Jefferson county and one is still in Blount county but when cps came to }, California: 1.4 Million Settlement for Mom Accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Washington: Three foster children sued CPS and won 7.3 million dollars, Connecticut: Flex Funds Can Keep Children At Home, Michigan: Dearborn Mother Sues Over 9-Year-Olds Death in Foster Care, California: Foster Parent Pleads Guilty To Child Molestation, http://www.ExposeCorruptCourts.blogspot.com, http://www.LawEnforcmentCorruption.blogspot.com, http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2009/03/los-angeles-county-settles-civil-rights-case-arising-from-alleged, Terms of Use, Compensation Disclosure, Privacy Policy, Request to Have Something Removed From the Site. Lenas case almost got thrown out because they were up against the 5-year statute. It would cause panic. Children seized w/o warrant. And now I am about to lose my son forever. I found out from him more on my case than anyone else! Everyone who has been affected by this Nazi-like corrupt greed-driven system needs to coalesce as a huge force and storm Washington until they shut down the slush-fund that enables this evil!!! But called a family team meeting took them from mom and said they should stay Were they are at . However, Strader did not sign the complaint. The question of whether and where you can actually sue CPS, however, depends on what they do. Suing CPS in Federal Court If CPS deprives you of your civil rights, you may be able to sue the caseworker or the agency itself in federal court. Lawyers call this a section 1983 " or, unsurprisingly, a civil rights " claim. Someone please help me, they want to give my sister legal guardianship in Montana and my son and I didnt even know that this was going on and we dont approve. I finished my case plan orders a year ago and in a month I will be having to sign away my rights. Michael Riley deposition is available online here. WITHOUT ANYONE SPEAKING TO ME, THE COPS NOT SOCIAL WORKERS TOOK MY CHILDREN, HAVE LIED ON ME, INCLUDING THE POLICE AND MY OWN COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY. Be prepared. See, e.g., Farrow v. West, 320 F.3d 1235, 1238 n. 1 (11th Cir. See, e.g., Shepherd v. Wellman, 313 F.3d 963, 970 (6th Cir. See Will v. Mich. Ms. Fogarty-Hardwick alleged that social workers Marcie Vreeken, Elaine Wilkins, and Helen Dwojak caused Ms. Fogarty-Hardwicks children to be removed from her custody without cause, and continued to detain them without cause, violating Ms. Fogarty-Harwicks Constitutional right to familial association. This case was brought by Plaintiff against Defendants to recover damages arising from Defendants alleged violations of Ms. Fogartys constitutional rights to raise and associate with her children, free from governmental interference. A courthouse in Alabama 4. Now I am broke savings completely spent and almost ready to disappear with my babies at the first chance I get. The new CPS worker seems normal however this first one told numerous lies about me My attorney is just sitting there not explaining things why would she grant my husband Im not even divorced from yet custody when she saw and video him beating up my son whats wrong with these people Im not saying theyre all bad but for god sakes weve got to do something about this please theyre too many people out there in pain theyve got to stop hurting people please help. The verdict follows the filing of a civil suit for civil rights violations by Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick, a mother of two minor children, against the Orange County Department of Social Services and three of its social workers. My kids were taken away from me for 10 long months but it took me almost 2 years to get my case closed. Plaintiff's claim against JCPS also fails. You can change personal information like names. Ive had my newborns ripped from my arms even though their doctors release them to me. Upon review, this Court must dismiss a case at any time if it determines that an action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 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