Emily Bateman
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- New York
So I have an open CPS case for my two children. I was charged with neglect on the standings that I could not care for my children while under the influence of marijuana for violating a court order of placement after I wound up in the hospital for accidentally smoking synthetic marijuana (k2) and they had forced a valid family member to leave the property that I was living at at the time (a motel dss had placed me in as I was homeless). This has been ongoing for about 18 months and they have requested that I comply with drug treatment and therapy and parenting classes. I have since this all happened become pregnant in the process and now that I am over my due date and about to have the baby, CPS tells me that they can take the child for fear of the child not being cared for properly and fear of safety issues? I have been clean from marijuana for months now and been mostly complying with court orders as to demands being made by cps. The only thing I havnt done is realy comply with drug treatment programs but still have been testing negative for randoms they have given me and am also on probation for all of this stuff going on and tested negative for them as well and also my obgyn doctors. Can they become involved in my unborn child life? I do have a lawyer and he just keeps telling me to just comply with them and do what they want and not properly representing me through any of this. I'm concerned about the safety of my children in foster care and now concerned about them taking my baby. What can I do?