Just a mom trying to get her kids back. See, e.g., Farrow v. West, 320 F.3d 1235, 1238 n. 1 (11th Cir. But i am STILL fighting. Make Your Court-Appointed Attorney Work For YOU Cell Phones How Will CPS Caseworkers Use Them Against You? So my son was scared worried We both had no idea where she was taken. Do NOTHING W/O A COURT ORDER!! You are going to lose your rights as a parent. I believe that parents in divorce and child custody battles should have the same policy when in divorce. My name is Sondra S. Sutherland, and I am the attorney who took on this case. 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. I am not sure if I can offer any help but am open to sharing with you what I did to combat their illegal techniques. My nephew has been kidnapped by CPS in LA and we need a lawyer that wins these cases of false allegations. He tested positive for meth and thc. HELP! Who was the lawyer That sat by and did nothing? And they wont give my husband. Justice was serve! Ronald L. Bauer, Dept. There are so many parts to my story. We have been tortured for FIVE YEARS!!! The children were 9 and 6 at the time. Still fighting as they are now trying to turn my babies over to my mother who has already picked up against my permission my oldest. Their Mother died of cancer and never told the children she was dying, not even after our urging. I have a story for you that its out of this world. Website: http://www.mcmillan-law.com. Background: My child was removed from my care because of domestic violence which occurred between my sons father and myself. Ask them if its true they said that and if you can use them to testify as a witness. Section 1983 creates no substantive rights but merely provides remedies for deprivations of rights established elsewhere. 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. Should Peterson wish to pursue claims on behalf of her child, she must obtain counsel. CPS took them and made us jump through hoops and convinced father to seperate from me for the good of the children. 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. I know Robert Powell well..he is a great guy and one hell of an attorney. Theyre Stealing Kids Corrupt Social Workers the Norm Good Social Workers Dont Last, You might think that this is a new breakthrough, but attorneys like McMillan have been doing this for years, and still nothing has changed. it took a long time to pull through all of this. I get a call one day from a CPS worker asking if I could pick my kids up within 15-20 minutes because the mother got arrested and her sister said she couldnt take care of them. Instead, your wife should see an attorney and start a family law custody case, if she wants the children. . I have been complete for an entire year done everything they have asked then bam new worker no longer compliant and or complete. So sorry I didnt see this earlier! Help me please. Now I only get to facetime my baby once a month, Im not allowed to speak i just get to look at him at this point I see that as a little miracle just to see him for those few minutes. We have documented the deep, imbedded corruption in the social services agencies in California. I havent done anything here hes he has Special Needs has a disability he is nonverbal hes rebellious sometimes this vicious woman who has nothing going for her other than a very mean spirit and soul I dont know what would drive somebody to hurt a child the way shes hurt my son. now i need help because i belive that if they had tested him for the disease they would have found they removed my son wrongfully. I need a miracle. Except in exigent circumstances, a court order is required before CPS can legally remove a child from your home without your consent. I will send my phone number as soon as i receive your email! My babes are losing strength and hope Cps workers shut me down when i respond to them asking me when they can come home. Conclusion My daughter was 6 years old when she and i were separated and she was 8 years old when she attempted suicide three times after they had placed her in her abusers care. Hi I would like to know more please email me info .I am in California. Will my child be able to come home at the dispositional hearing? Get photocopies of the regulations that are violated. He did a great job, to be sure, but he wasnt the one taking the depositions, working up the case, bringing in the expert, taking the largest risk. I just wish I can tell parents and give them real advise of what happens when child services come into your life, because its not just what DCFS and the Dependency court says you need to do to get your children back sometimes its more complicated than that especially when they already made their decision they do not want to return your child to you. Then, their bad conduct had to have actually caused the removel of the child or other deprivation of your parental rights. The parents now have joint custody. What is so crazy is that no matter what you do DCFS here in California or atleast in los angeles is one of the most powerful and corruption state organizations. Hosp. The only communication we got from CPS was a letter stating the case was closed and we could contact them for futurehelp. Over 1,800 people from all 50 states have signed the White House petition asking the President to establish a Corruption Commission. My son was 14mnths when taking its now been 5mnths. The second civil rights claim alleged that the policies, practices, or procedures employed by Orange County Social Services and the County of Orange in the removal of Plaintiffs children from her care also violated Ms. Fogarty-Harwicks constitutional rights, under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and to raise and associate with her children free from governmental interference. 1987), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 488 U.S. 1036 (1989) ("[I]t is unnecessary and needlessly redundant to imply a cause of action arising directly under the Constitution where Congress has already provided a statutory remedy of equal effectiveness through which the plaintiff could have vindicated her constitutional rights."). I did nothing to get them taken away. After what I went through and learned about CPS, I could not stop writing about it and fighting against it. I have just appealed the derision to terminate and I am ready for the next set up for failing case plan and do my best to make it thou the way they want no complaints, smile agree and never take your own stand with opinion . stand up against CPS and Juvenile Judges when they infringe upon the rights of both parents and children. Attorney McMillan says ask yourself What am I going to give up in exchange for whatever the government is promising and its usually not worth it. He says that you are going to give up some form of your liberty, you are going to lose your parental rights. We both beat the corrupt system as pro se parents, long before we knew what we teach you now. My children were taken from their father not me it took them 7 days to take my children after my x had me arrested 2 times by lying the police acknowlage that he was lying but STILL took me to jail! more information Accept. Please dont waste it. Now, when I choose to end my life, I will indict a corrupt judicial system and CPS in my suicide note. The attorneys were Shawn A. McMillan and Sondra S. Sutherland. Thomas v. Shipka, 818 F.2d 496, 500 (6th Cir. Completed my programs and got custody back, continued testing and applying the drug patch. We are not blood related but I am the only mother he knows and it was put in a safety plan over a year ago that he was not to be left alone with me but he still continued to live with me after that. I had a court appointed then fired him hired one from Vincente Davis spent 23k and he did NOTHING but hurt me and my case. FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST CPS.. | MoveOn To: President Donald Trump, MARGARET CHRISAWN, Risk Management Program Specialist Department of Financial The Court will enter an Order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion. Help stop a tragedy from happening on that date inside that court room! CPS/DPSS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT (RIVERSIDE, CA) FOR KIDNAPPING OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT CAUSE See Will v. Mich. Dep't of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 71 (1989). No one will.. First name only. THEY ERASED MY SAVED MESSAGE!! Amen! Great advise I will check into an administrative hearing on Monday. SIGN NOTHIMG, SIGN NOTHING, DO NOTHING WITHOUT A COURT ORDER, http://www.facebook.com/bringthestanleykidshome/www.facebook.com/standingwiththestanleys. 1654, a minor child cannot bring suit through a parent acting as next friend if the parent is not represented by an attorney"). Im in North Carolina but going through a nightmare. Due to this we were denied. CPS and therapists can create false memories in children and the children believe that what theyre telling is the truth. 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. I think this was conducted in retaliation, but its upsetting and Ive never been in trouble, nothing in my history, the county doesnt respond to calls, emails, I work as a Sr. HR manager and it felt like if I were to fire someone based on a allegation prior to doing an investigation and gathering facts and evidence to support my decision. I feel itd a set up until the court date? If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. Therefore, the only proper Plaintiff in this action is Peterson. Trish, I have had my share of battles with Cps myself .. 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. Social workers are , and intentionally misinforming the courts and Caseworkers failed to inform the court that the children were emotionally distressed by being separated from their parents, and refused to place them with relatives, whose Kinship Care rights should have been honored the court. Typically cases don't come out of the agency's day-to-day processes or its representative's routine actions. Message me if youre interested [emailprotected]. Many of our courses are available here. Participating in services wasnt an option given. 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. WebThe majority of cases administered by Child Protective Services (CPS) involve neglect. You might be getting the run-around from the caseworker. They cancel set visiting times at last minute,my son has had 4 ear infections since. I got my kids taken away last year for testing positive for meth. They repeatedly perjure themselves before the court and openly brag about their ability to frame their reports to manipulate the courts into doing whatever they wish. When it was proven I was not, I was asked to sign a treatment plan that wanted me to accept responsibility for abuses I didnt commit and seek treatment for disorders I do not have. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 100 (1984). 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. Look for cases that have the Department of Social Services (or whatever they call it there) as a defendant. Thank you sooo much for the advise, you have given me direction that I need desperately. Whatever we are doing is a drop in the bucket.just a cost of doing for business for them.. Please communicate back and give us feedback as to what you have unearthed. My story is like no other and i dont know who to turn for help. Lead trial attorney Shawn A. McMillan states My client Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick, is satisfied by the Jurys recognition of the harm that the defendants caused her. Court order visits I have so much recordings of email text audio of all the lies please help me please my children do not deserve this at 1 2v3 and 11 they are givibg up hope and are deteriorating constantly sick and dirty they were potty trained now they wear diapers they talked and are very advanced in all programs I had them participate in before cos got involved in my famlies life now the social workers says my 1 yr old is developmentally delayed because she refuses to talk to them and only cries my kids are very close to each other very close bonds and relationship they are always together but they have their own time and interest also they intentionally separated them saying they just wanted to always be with one another and that it shows they were not supervised and that in mentally unstable that my kids are to advanced and too smart and independent please help they say Im not taking psychiatric medication but havent been prescribed psychiatric medication they served me with a neglect warrant ssying I have no food shelter or clothing but we stayed in a family shelter Ive filed complaints a gov tort talked to ombudsmen person supervisors division mgs directors and no one is doing anything but telling me to be quiet and just wait these people are breaking the law fabricating reports and false allegations discrimination false imprisonment violating our civil rights commuting pujury conspiracy and so much more you have to help us please please. The County of Los Angeles, while denying the allegations of the complaint, agreed to pay $220,000 to settle the case. Thank You, People like me should not be able to exist in a free society. He says that many times even the social workers (line workers) are in the dark about what is happening. Shehee v. Luttrell, 199 F.3d 295, 300 (6th Cir. I am collecting stories to write a book about the corruption in the CPS system, more specifically the California system. 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." Shawn A. McMillan, Esq. when I questioned the conflict of interest and the false claims I was served a protection order to remove my child. Not only did I try to get help from CPS but I also tried to get help from the police. WebWe are currently investigating and litigating a number of other cases against CPS agencies, involving the abuse and neglect of children under their watch, and this has become a very My case has become so complicated and complex it is like a lifetime movie. I have seen people win this way. I have not been charged with anything and my rights have not been taken away from me. All of these agencies are funded by federal funding schemes. Yes some i am sure do in fact need Cps in their life and I respect that . They all failed her. I have a 7 at the time of removal who is 9 now A sweet ,polite and energetic .. People dont know anything about Dcs and that is how they wreck families daily, my kids were tacken 3 days befor x-mas1997they were 2,3,5. they are 20,21,22. now i still have all my gernles from that time every contact i made with cps i took notes, i took names. I have not seen nor heard from her since then. 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. Do you have money to pay the attorney that is SUEING? Or go to AFRA for Febrary and find a link to story there under AFRA news. Now I am being told that they may not place him with me because I have too much access to my daughter. Plaintiff, therefore, fails to state a claim for relief against CPS. My advice is to live close to your daughters so they can seek you out, and keep asking for visitation. 2. I would like to remind the CPS director of this case in 2000: 4 million settlement in LA for a brain damaged foster child too many CPS drugs ruined this child for life! 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