The reason they refuse to see it... and admit that the social experiment was a huge failure, is that it's a cash cow for the states. If the federal funding were to stop, the whole system would come crashing down, and that's exactly what needs to happen. It's beyond the point of "reform." They...
Boy, does all THAT sound familiar. When we finally got the discovery from the attorney who withdrew from our case in November, it was the same pile of crap. Pages upon pages of nothing...multiple copies of forms that weren't even filled in, let alone signed...just blank forms. Multiple copies of...
Oh, and Justice....in reply to your last message....
We did contact the governor of TN. The previous governor insisted it was "not his problem" and then the commissioner of DCS told him it wasn't even a DCS matter...so we got ignored.
Then a couple of weeks ago, after the new Governor took...
You are correct, but you may as well have said "ALL" states have horrific records with regard to child services, because that is the case, as we have found out doing months of research on this.
Here is something you may find interesting, also. When we went to court on this matter in Feb...
Actually, they have been held accountable...
There was a recent class action suit against DCS and the state of TN (we found the court order on their own web site) and the state LOST, and was placed under a 54 month moratorium for "complete compliance" with the laws and procedures they must...
Here's an interesting update...
Today we received a "court order" that was sent from the DCS legal dept. (since when can a DCS attorney issue their own order of the court? Any other orders have come from the clerk of court's office.)
This "order" matches the docket numbers on the petition I...
Already aware of that...
We are already aware that a "safety agreement" is not a legal, or binding document. In our case, it was a simple photocopied piece of papter. One page, and there were NO reasons listed for the removal of the children. The only thing it said was that visitation would be...
That's exactly what WE have been saying...
If you can't remove the parent from the child (by pressing criminal charges) then it stands to reason that you should not be able to remove the child from the parent.
To me, that seems like such a simple and basic idea. It hit me a couple of weeks...
*APPLAUSE*
Well stated. You take the words right out of my mouth, which is almost frightening. lol
When my husband and I mention to people that we believe CPS should be abolished, not "reformed" they look at us like we've grown two heads. We are trying very hard to appear rational, and have...
I know exactly how you feel!
<<How many Amendments do they have to violate, how many rights and liberties do they have to trample, and how much evidence does there have to be that even though they have unbridled power, they have been failing to protect children?>>
That is a question my...
I agree...this is a constitutional rights issue
Your last comment was very well stated. I agree that we have to stand on the constitution and the law in these issues, because clearly the CPS people have such low standards they have to be accountable for (while as parents we must be "perfect" or...
Boy, can I feel for you on this one
First and foremost, go to this web site: www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/color.htm This is very informative about "color of law" issues where civil rights are concerned.
Also, check out www.cpswatch.com. There is a LOT of information there about how to...
A couple of more points to consider
The biggest part of "the state's" case against me in court when they stripped me of custody of my children, was that I had an "unkempt home" and that I was allowing the paternal grandfather to have even supervised visits with the children.
Several things...
Well, let me explain....
I will try to address as many of your questions as I can here. First of all, I'm guessing that the situation you describe in GA was similar. Someone (in our case a neighbor who we think may have been paid off) called DCS and reported that my children were playing...