Recent content by safeangels

i appreciate that advice, armyjudge. i guess i try to go into any serious matter - legal, medical, etc. with as much knowledge as i can glean prior. so i guess trying to build my knowledge base, but i appreciate your response.

prosperina thank you so much. i am an educated woman, yet it seems to be incredibly difficult to find answers to my questions...as in, you referenced my state. i looked up the "rules," but they still seem vague? a step-parent adoption would occur. he is "thinking" on it. i am so...

p.s. he also, by his own admission, locked the boys in their room for 2 hours to look at porn. he admitted he could hear them getting into everything (right next door) but wouldn't stop. when he "finished," he punished them for getting into their closets. DFS didn't seem to think this...

thank you, bluemann. i contacted the police and DFS after the fact. they weren't very helpful, so i was advised to go for supervised visitation, which he agreed to provided i didn't "out" him and his garbage. i have felt so desperate, clinging to anything to keep my kids safe. in the state...

whew. going to try to make a long story short. my sons were adopted at 7.5 months, 8.5 months, and at birth (3 sons). they are now 4, 4, and almost 20 months. my ex-husband never showed much interest in them, and shortly before my youngest son was adopted, the abuse against me started. i...