[nineballgirl]

Well thanks to this site, more than likely, Tammy Cushing has been strong armed by CPS to back off from fighting for her children. How typical. The lady gets the pleasure of not only dying from cancer, but she get's to do it knowing that her children were unconstitionally removed from her home so that some case worker could have job security and the dept. could stay out of the spotlight for their unlawful and unethical tactics.

I know I'll sleep better tonight. How about you?

[mr_mom_us]

CPS and thier illegal tactics are alive and well as I have just found out. An "anonymous" call was all it took, the Ivestigator interrogated 3 of my children, 2 of whom are Mentally Retarded. When asked how dare he ask an obviously handicapped child (Downs Syndrome), he replied he didn't know they were handicapped. This interogation was conducted without my permission, how could I agree, I wasn't home. He then threatened me later (upon his return) with court orders etc unless he was allowed into the house. His line of questioning to my daughter was Insensitive at best, sexually harassing in my eyes. I am now left waiting in fear that this Investigator will use the illegally gained information to have my children removed from the only home they have ever known. There will be a fight no matter what transpires. I only wish I had known my Rights, before this transpired, rather than a week after. I will post any further developments in hope of helping someone / anyone before this happens to them.

[mr_mom_us]

Round 2, so far I am holding my own, but who knows how long this may last. The second "visit" occurred yesterday, I sense a change in tactics, and my instincts tell me "set up". The "Investigator" has now refocused on my son in Hospital rather than my daughter or the other 2 sons here at home. His approach was to "keep the family together" or so he says. He wanted me to check my son out of the Hospital and my response was NO! under no circumstances would I check him out and bring him home, he was and is a Physical Threat to the others. He then offered "his help" to which I responded, find him a facility that will address his schizophrenia, hallucinations, compulsive/defiant disorder, plus the abuse he suffered as a toddler before I adopted him, then and only then would I secure his release and drive him directly to said facility. I told him that tomorrow (being today, Tuesday) would work, as would Thursday. He assured me that he would drive directly to his office, locate a facility and phone within 30 minutes.....4 hours passed, no call, so I booked in customers for the day. For any who may be under the impression that these visits do not affect your children, Please listen, my 2 MR sons are not sleeping properly, the youngest saw this Investigator driving up yesterday.......immediately ran into the house and double locked the front door all the while screaming for me to help him, there was a "bad man" coming to the house. The other son (Downs Syndrome) is once again hiding in the bedroom, he stopped hiding as soon as I committed the son in hospital. I am not taking any more chances or giving him the benefit of the doubt, I bought a tape recorder and EVERY conversation will be taped. Round #3 will surely arrive before I expect.

[wolflady22743]

Good work. Make sure you tape every conversation with anyone concerned with your situation. This is called CYA. These people are never and I mean never to be trusted. They are good at trying to assure you they are there to help. They are there to help destroy your familiy and that is all they are there for.

This insanity has to end and I firmly believe it will because the word is getting out across the country and there is very good headway being made in some of the states to bring change. Michigan is one of them but we are keeping the fire to feet of the legislators.
Nanc

[mr_mom_us]

I am sure there are those who may think people such as myself are perhaps paranoid, or at least cynical, well after waiting 3 days for a phone call that was to arrive within 30 minutes......you be the judge. This is the CPS Investigator who's second visit was to preserve the family at any cost and would do "anything" to help. Call me cynical then, he is little more than a treacherous man with his own hidden agendas, one of which is a political career. The only help to be gained is his career. I can only repeat, what others have said.....Please Be careful when you are dealing with CPS, you & your children are at risk. I have witnessed only a sampling of their tactics and it is disgraceful. I will fight back with any and all legal means at my disposal. This "gentleman" will no longer have the opportunity to put me on the defensive. I will keep you informed of the next "visit" and as so many know, there is always one more visit!

[mr_mom_us]

This "Investigator" was most assuredly setting me up......I received a call from the Hospital to come and pick up my child, that the "investigator" had assured them I was ready and willing to secure his release and bring him home. The Counselor / Therapist was "stunned" (her words), that I was doing a complete 180 degree turn around. I am 100% positive this CPS official will be paying yet another visit as she is referring this to the Dr. who is treating my son and from there he will be writing discharge orders, which in turn means they phone me to pick him up and bring him home, when I refuse, the call goes into CPS as Child Abandonment. This man has completely ignored the testing results from a psychologist, a psychiatrist warning of the danger posed by this child to the other children in my home, now he is ignoring the reports and testing done at the Hospital. Where do these people get the audacity to play with the lives of Children and parents. ALL in the name of trying to "make a case". Again, I echo the warning, that many others have given....... DO NOT TRUST any of these so called concern & caring CPS Officials. Every time this man has offered help, it has turned out to be a LIE.

[jazzyj]

I have a CPS case that was opened after my 5yr old step daughter was injured playing in the yard. We were investigated and were told everything is fine don't worry we will be closing the case this is mandetory even a friend of ours that is a Police officer was investigated when hi son broke his leg....Well low and behold months later a CPS worker starts showing up at my door because my fiance and I had a loud argument...I figured no big deal no laws were broken we never harmed one another except maybe with some nasty words butt we made up and have been seeing a counselor to deal with are family stresses for awhile now...Besides my step daughter breaking her leg we have a beatiful new baby boy whitch while wonderful is stressfull we have also lost my step childrens father do to suicide and on top off all that I was diagnosed with Reumetiod Arthritis and Fibromylgia...Well after some weeks of this CPS worker showing up 2 three times a week it started disturbing and scaring my children and upsetting my fiance terribly...I finaly said enough after she came knocking on my door at 9pm on a sunday...well here we go we get halled into court with accusations of a fight between us and my record from 20 years ago...It was thrown out...Thought I was done...Not.. CPS worker appealed and got us back in to court and brought my boys School counselor in to testify about what my boys told her while in counseling...I ubjected the referee asked if we would like counsel and adjourned until the following Tuesday one week but we asked for more time so she asked them if there was any reasone for her not to adjourn the said no then I brought up the fact of spring brake and it would be 3 or four weeks until after holiday they said no problem no emergency and it was adjourned for almost 6 weeks...At that hearing are lawyers told them we were not agreeing we were contesting it was then adjourned again for 2 more weeks..Surprise!!!!! after getting home I recieved a phone call from the CPS worker that said we had to be back in court that afternoon... Geuss what they took all five of my children on a false accusation that while in court in the morning the CPS worker and the prosicuting attorney wittnessed my fiance strike her 11yr old daughter during this hearing my fiance had no lawyer present and never waived her right to counsel....My childrens attorney was asked by my fiance to go ask her daughter what happened she only 10 feet away..His comment was no he did not have to the accusation came from an official of the court and might or might not be true he doesnt care..Mind you I havent been charged with anything we left the referee chambers and were told we could talk to our children and say good bye...an office got in my face and told me I had to leave the building or be arrested and another office grabbed my fiances right arm bending it backward while grabbing her chin and forcing her head back my nine month old baby and my 5yr old step daughter almost hit the floor because they were in there moms lap..This was also witnessed by my ex and 11 yr old son from her...My 15yr old daughter 11yr old son where here for almost every CPS visit and never been spoken too niether has my EX whitch all live to blocks from me and stayed with me this weekend like most...On top off all that we are suppose to have weekly supervised visits every week so far only one visit has happened with my 2 step daughters and my baby and then one with my step sons...while at that visit i was informed that I wont be seeing my baby for atleast 2 more weeks and my sons have not seen each other at all and it will be over a month when and if they do..If anyone can help my email is CCASERV@yahoo.com
Tell me if u think this sounds like justice...

[mr_mom_us]

The battle is on once again. I was served with papers to appear before Judge......coincidence or "dirty tricks", served on a Wednesday evening, and have to appear on the following Monday at 9:00 AM. That allows a whole 2 days to find a competent lawyer and for that lawyer to prepare for the case. These papers were prepared in April but some how took until last night to arrive. Don't think for a minute CPS is not sly, crafty and able to dance on the thin edge of what is legal and what isn't. They just happened to list a "previous" allegation.....with Administrative closure, but misreported it as "sexual abuse" against my 2 youngest, when in fact it was the brother of the child who is now the center of this whole mess. He to suffered from mental illness and was a physical threat to the other children. He had not been adopted and I returned him to the State in order to protect the other children. Of course they failed to mention him at all, and we all know that even the allegation of sexual abuse casts a long and dark shadow upon the accused. CPS is able to manipulate the Courts and legal system at will. A parent who tries to do the right thing is still guilty if they (CPS) decide you are. I'm surprised they have not levied fees against me for the weight I have lost from the worry and concerns they have caused me. They say this is a Great Country, and I believed, at least until this happened. A person gives up a Career and a comfortable way of life in order to give children that no one wanted, a better life and the opportunity to be part of a family, and CPS rewards you with possible financial ruin, loss of all the children you adopted and loved, and as an added Bonus, BRANDS you a child abuser, because you sought help. May God Have MERCY on our Souls!

[mr_mom_us]

Hopefully this may help someone now or in the future, who has similar dealings with CPS. The moment CPS starts an investigation, arm yourself with a tape recorder, and then immediately start looking for a competent lawyer, Board Certified in Family Law, and be prepared to spend thousands of dollars to defend yourself. Hopefully you will have some sort of a diary that can remind you of any Dr.s, therapists, or any other Professional that may have been in your child's life. If they bring any charges against you, believe me they will dig into your life and ferret out anything that vaguely resembles being a bad person. Then when you see the papers, suddenly there are all kinds of things recommended, anger management, sexual abuse treatment, drug and alcohol treatment, everything imagineable.....these were all listed on my papers.......even though there was No Criminal History, not even a parking ticket, No Drug or alcohol problems, no sexual abuse, no parenting problems. From a former CPS worker and my lawyer, I am told they use a blanket approach, list everything imagineable, and let you fight your out, I'd prefer to call it the manure approach.......they throw a bucket of manure on you and see if any sticks. I will keep posting until this ordeal ends, and if I help one parent fight and win then it is worth it.

[mr_mom_us]

Many days have passed, and I await the next round of psychological warfare. My children are finally beginning to relax at home, I am trying my best to shield them from all of this unpleasantness, but they can sense the tension. One thing for sure, I have used the "lull" to further prepare, not waiting to be blindsided by another attack. I have been assured by an "insider" there will be more coming. The physical toll is noticeable, almost 3 jean sizes in about a month, the emotional toll is immense, I'm sure they count on this to keep you on the defensive and complacent. This brief time has been sufficient though, I am no longer in a panic mode, able to think and react in a more sensible and logical way. I truly thought I would go crazy, thinking they were going to show up at any moment to seize my children. Luckily my Business has improved and by keeping busy I don't dwell on the problems as much. I probably owe a few an apology for sounding like a lunatic, others who have faced the possibility of losing their children will understand. No matter what happens, I am going to fight them, and when this is over, I shall take the time to try and sort out all the facts, what worked and didn't work, things I learned from research and lawyers. I am safe guarding all taped conversations etc and will try to contact State Representatives and any politician that will listen. America can not allow this to continue, our voices and those of our children need to be heard. Any changes can only begin when we, who have fallen victim, speak out. There should be no shortage of stories when there are 1.4 million familes a year faced with this same ordeal. God Bless