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GRANDPARENTS BEFORE CPS
and FAMILY COURT 
Number one: They do not want to place with you because you cause them extra paperwork and bring family baggage into the situation. Foster/adoptive parents do not. Foster adopt have the background checks and homestudies already done and have no personal interest in the parents. Therefore, take charge of your own case and get these things handled. Get a private homestudy done and adoptive paperwork that gets submitted to the court. Make sure you have regular visitation and make that happen via motion to the court as well. Submit the motion to intervene based on interest of adoption.
Number two: Grandparents and parents often fight about why the children were removed in the first place and the tension is high then drag the caseworker into it. If family problems arise, get a mediator and DON'T sign a confidentiality statement for them.
Number three: Grandparents need to know that the priority is adoption and so must either go after adoption or guardianship in the early stages. Both are considered about equal. Guardianship will allow you to give the kids back to the parents more easily when perceived deficits are corrected at a much later date but you NEVER tell the Dept that is your intent because it is always about "a loving and forever home."
Number four: They say we aren't trained and foster/adopts are. The Pride training they provide is not adequate training and certainly wouldn't correct any ill conceived ideas for fostering or adoption. However, I suggest taking a parenting class and getting involved in a grandparent support group. Also take their free foster care training. This will stop their whining about you not being trained. Make sure it is parent training approved by the department.
Number five: Poor credit and job history will be used against you. At the very least, go to a professional credit consultant and show that you have a plan for cleaning up credit. If there is a criminal record and it is old, know that most things cannot be used against you by the state after five years. Know the criteria for this. It is found in their rules as it pertains to the background check. Have a well written affidavit explaining how you are reformed. Get at least three written witness statements that discuss your character. You will need to do that part for the adoption anyway.
Number six: Understand their concern about boundary issues with parents. Some children get killed or hurt because a grandparent can't say no to their wayward adult child. If you have a co-dependency problem with your addicted adult child, then address it through appropriate counseling and support groups. The concern by the department is that grandparents have loyalty issues. They can't decide who they should be loyal to then make poor decisions. The priority is the grandchildren, not the parents. You must get this if you want the kids. NOW, this is where it gets real confusing. While they have concurrent planning going on (two plans for permanency) you MUST show you are supportive of reunification. At the same time, you MUST show you are interested in adoption without interfering in reunification.
Number seven: Have a party at the court house when the adoption papers get signed. This may sound funny, but there is a marked difference in court regarding adoption between fosters and bio relatives. The fosters bring cake and balloons and thank you cards, the bio relatives go in there looking somber and depressed.
Number eight: Know all the legal terms. Know what a motion and stay are and the different types of motions. Get some blank motions for your state because you are going to need them. Document all conversations with caseworkers, courts personnel, CASA etc because you will need this info in court. Don't get lazy about this. Bring a pad and ink pen everywhere you go and jot down things while they are fresh in your mind as close to verbatim as possible.
Number nine: Other issues of concern are health problems, prescription medications that interfere in perception and ability to perform, mental health, and substance abuse.
Number ten: Gun ownership. They discriminate if you are a gun owner. Don't sleep with guns under your pillow or shoot coyotes in your back yard. Don't get drunk and think you are John Wayne. The National Rifle Association is becoming increasingly aware of this discrimination and have an interest in getting involved. Call them if you are discriminated against as a gun owner.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES INTERVENTION
A new article geared for those in the first six months of CPS intervention. People often wonder if they are the only ones going through the awful challenges that face them while having their children removed and trying to get them back. Know that you are not going crazy......some of these issues are standard fare dolled out by an insane system of family destruction. Click here for article
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Things are happening all over the country! Want to listen to broadcasts and public commentary about CPS?
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Can CPS remove your children if your house is messy? Only if it presents a danger to the children. All removals must fall under the criteria of imminent danger. This is required for them to get federal funding so they try and make everything "imminent." Know that if they remove for that reason they are going to grill your children in an attempt to find another reason to use in addition to a messy house. If they remove for a messy house they will not offer services to address life skills or housework then will use it against you in court. Tell your attorney YOU WANT AN IN HOME DEPENDENCY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH LIFE SKILLS SERVICES. If they offer you an in-home dependency then you best have your house SPOTLESS all the while you are under their scrutiny. NEVER have a dirty dish in the sink or food on the floor. Make sure garbage NEVER overflows. Don't allow any objects to fall and remain on the floor that could be a potential hazard. Don't even open the door to these people unless your house is spotless. They will say that you took too long to get to the door, but so what. It is better than twisted and/or contrived EVIDENCE against you.
How can that play itself out? Let's say you just got done feeding the baby in the high chair and there is food on the floor. The CPS worker comes a knockin' and you let them in after you get the child out of the high chair but not before you cleaned the mess. BINGO. Here comes the write up and it will sound like this: The kitchen was filthy with old food all over the floor. The child picked some of the food off the floor and tried to eat it. The continued unsanitary conditions suggest that Ms Piggy lacks commitment to continued in-home care. (NO, I am not exaggerating. Yes, they did this to a relative. Yes, they used it in court.)
We need to make sure that doesn't happen. Although he is fighting against the health care bill pretending to care about the Constitution, he has for years now supported the most corrupt, unconstitutional system ever devised by mankind. His signatures have needlessly torn apart families in every county for years, denied relative placement, and sent children to their deaths. More than 60% of children removed were unsubstantiated but under his leadership, he helped make that legal and encouraged an in-house culture of prosecution, perjury, and political sociopathology. He and his army of ruthless assistants cost the tax payers billions over the years and are depleting Social Security moneys. This creates two sets of victims; one children and their families plus the elimination of retirement for elderly.
As the Department of Social and Health Services target low income families for child removal, his department helps them violate parent's and extended family civil rights by figuring out ways around the Constitution. As bar members, the AG office then presents their collection of hearsay, perjury and circular legal reasoning to another bar member who also supports this system - the judge. Working together as a team, they have put together a comprehensive system of rights violations unlike anything seen before in history shrouded in a cloud of false legitimacy.
We must work together to ensure that the family destroyer Governor Gregoire is not replaced with an equal or worse family adversary, Rob McKenna.
People google with "What are my rights with CPS" and often end up on my website. Here are some of your rights.
1. You have the right to remain silent because anything you say can be used against you in the court of law
2. You have a right to say that you did or did not abuse your child. Hearsay is not fact.
3. You have a right to choose what services you will go to and that includes a psychological evaluation.
4. You have a right to request an extension at the 72 hour shelter care hearing so you can research the law, your rights, and the evidence presented against you.
5. You have the right to tell them you want your children to be immediately returned to you at the 72 hour shelter care hearing and the fact finding hearing if their evidence is weak and it usually is
6. You have the right to substantial visitation in order to remain bonded to the children because bonding is a legal term that can be used against you and you must be able to defend yourself against this legal term used for the prosecution. Once a week for one or two hours is not enough. Ask for more.
7. You have a right to NOT sign their plan and take it to trial
8. You have a right to have your children placed with a close relative or friend. (Note: they will try to find something wrong with them so they can place with strangers)
9. You have a right to go to all doctor's visits and make decisions regarding their care. Same goes with school.
10. You have a right to an attorney but know this....firing them is up to the judge. You can also represent yourself.
11. You have the right to document everything that goes on and I suggest you do. Record if you can but you must tell them.
12. You have the right to question whether their removal reasons are "imminent" enough to merit removal. Demand to know why you aren't being offered in-home dependency
13. You have the right to speak and you will need to stick up for yourself if your attorney is not. Do not be quiet if they are sitting there letting you get screwed.
14. You have the right to negotiate any and all terms.
15. You have the right to more than just a few minutes of your attorney's time
16. You have the right to ask what laws CPS falls under, how to look them up, then do so
17. You have the right to challenge their findings in the ex parte hearing (right before the 72 hour shelter care hearing)
18. You have the right to advocacy to assist you through the process
19. You have the right to look up legal terms and know what it is your lawyer is supposed to be doing like "stay" "motion" and "objection". Know that if you want an appeal, your attorney must be objecting to things and getting them on court record. If they are not, you have the right to request a different attorney. Look up stay right now. Also look up motion for reconsideration
20. You have the right to know what is going on in those "back room meetings" where they are "holding court" without you.
21. You have a right to get a copy of your file.
22. Know that some attorneys will work with the prosecution and against you. I busted one doing this in Bremerton. Make them earn your trust.
23. You have the right to have someone observe you during a visitation that you know and trust to refute CPS allegations.
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Prayer changes things. I have prayed many things in the last few weeks, but one of them is that caseworker hidden sin would be exposed. This is happening. One investigator just got busted for having sex with a 15 yr old in his car, another caseworker for molesting a child, still another for stealing. Keep it coming, Lord. With you, all things are possible. Another thing I have prayed for and won't stop till it happens, is for their information system to be completely erased with no possibility of it getting restored. I am praying for confusion to enter into their midst and for gross error to manifest continuously. If God starts answering my prayers, what can they do about it? They can do nothing. Perhaps the legal system can make unconstitutional laws full of circular reasoning that voids all due process, but God shoots straight, and His power will destroy their works. They can exude all their fraudulent flowery words, but He will expose them for what they are....full of dead men's bones and all things unclean.
SENT TO DENISE REVELS ROBINSON, (DSHS)
A response was provided but I don't believe the figures, not for one second. Why? Because they operate with no integrity. They gave themselves some really high relative placement figures but I do not know how they arrived at the figures they sent me. My guess is, they included informal placements that they can't take credit for to begin with. They did something to get those figures but you cannot convince me that these figures are not manipulated and contrived.
It would be pretty difficult to get me to believe much of anything they tell people. In my own case, although Ms Revels Robinson states that she would address workers who commit acts of perjury, I guess she means giving them a raise and promoting them for fast and efficient prosecution of family without due process.
I was subjected to: Homestudy worker lies, omission of information, refusal to do a correct background check twice by a caseworker, decisions made based on false information, mandated to complete a service then in court said it didn't matter what the outcome of that service was they wouldn't place with me anyways costing me hundreds of dollars needlessly, refusal to put my arguments in the case file, and the list goes on and on. Am I the only one they are doing this to? NO, there is an army of us and it is growing daily.
My grandchildren are now incarcerated by the system and held hostage by two gay men who drink to intoxication, drink frequently, lead what appears to be a pretty wild lifestyle and are or will be dragging my grandchildren to Pride events. These are all things the caseworker, Mandy Huber, told my daughter they didn't do in an attempt to bribe her to sign off her rights. My grandchildren are continuously subjected to an alternate lifestyle when they have always had the ability to live in a loving, forever home with their grandmother instead of subjected to the moves and changes by the department's pathology. These men had absolutely no bonding to the children and it was entirely a social and trendy move without any consideration as to the effect of the family, children and intent of the legislature.
I am preparing lawsuits with the county, state and federal government as we speak and I have quite a few things to say to this year's federal inspection agents. Denise, if you continue to support worker perjury, I will be in the public continuously talking about it and telling my story. The public needs to know that families are losing their children who are being removed without being in imminent danger, parents complying with mandates and not getting their children back, and extended family denied due process.
I am going to be continuously in the faces of legislators this year regarding caseworker perjury, lack of due process for relatives, slander and defamation of character, family destruction trends, reverse discrimination with placements, and a host of other things.
To further prove my point, I want some numbers which I want coming
directly from you. I was unable to get these numbers from the statistics
department. I want to know:
1. How many children were removed in 2009 STARTING January 1st 2009 till
the end of December 2009. The numbers need to include those who took
the system to trial as well as all those who signed off on the plan AND
those who were returned to parents within six months because of lack of
evidence.
2. Out of ALL those removed, including those who took their case to
trial and were returned to parents within six months how many of those
found their way into relative placement.
You may want to argue using numbers including those who were returned to
parents, but I already know the system drags it out as long as possible
even when there is no evidence supporting the removal to at minimum 3
to 7 months.
The FBI check and state background check for relatives only takes 48
hours. A homestudy can be done expediently and children can be placed
with relatives prior, so three to seven month is too long.
I am posting these questions on my website.
Jan Smith
It has to end
In the United States of America our child protection industry is engaging in Medicaid fraud, racketeering and human rights abuses. We have granted the child protection industry unlimited power to remove children from their families on the basis of suspicion alone. There is no system of accountability or oversight in place to deter this. Its mission of protecting children has been undermined by a criminal element. We are allowing criminals to use child protection for their own greed and personal agendas. MORE HERE A CALL TO ACTION BY AFRA
Our illustrious
government apparently feels compelled to encourage a new form of
population control. This is done by refusing grandparents a voice in
dependency court, telling lies about them and protecting those who tell
the lies, destroying their entire lineage, and leaving them for dead.
This makes perfect sense to the current regime who is scrambling to
figure out how to cover the thefts from Social Security. Kill off enough
of the aging population by destroying their family, thereby creating
PTSD and untold stress that will affect their health which means less of
a burden on Social Security and more for them to steal. Reminds me of
the old cartoon, Tumbleweeds, YOU PLUG EM AND I PLANT EM.
MY
VIEWS ON GAY ADOPTION
Most people never find their way into sexual minority communities enough to understand them nor do they ask the right questions. Oftentimes, they skirt around people who are different or have the appearance of openness but never take the time to research and consider the facts. The vast majority just follow the trends and rarely employ critical thinking. What is in the gay community and should we just ignore any and all warning signs to placate forceful activism?
My first experience with
the gay lifestyle was in
Psalms 58 is our
banner. He will deliver the
enemy into our hands. Both blessings and cursings are at our disposal.
These can be used for our safety and comfort as those of faith. Because
we are children of the King, we can bring down strongholds. Pray that
their data disappear and earthquakes destroy their fortress's. Order
travesty into their homes and disease in their midst. These things will
come to pass for it is written therefore it will be so. Although
repentance still offers relief, God's judgment is coming and the wicked
will curse him.
Prayer changes things. Because Fridays seems to be a popular day to remove children, I am officially labeling it Prayer for Families in Crisis day. Everyone on the front lines who have faith in a higher power need to set aside some time on Fridays to pray for families and extended families being torn apart. It is also a good day to fast. Mondays are also good, because that is when they have the 72 hour shelter care hearing most often.
HOW
THEY FUDGE ON RELATIVE STATISTICS
For
those of you who have graduated to dealing with people from other
states, I thought I would give a lesson on statistics. Currently, I am
helping someone bust out Arizona
for false relative placement statistics same as I did here in
Washington. They are really sweating it down there. They are claiming
relative placement rates about the same there as here.
Let's say the department claims that in 2009, they removed 9,500 children.(pay attention, tho, they only do monthly numbers - easier to manipulate) Then
they say that 32% of children are placed with relatives. Here is how
they are fudging:
32% includes ALL PREVIOUS YEARS NOT JUST ONE YEAR. (Understand you need
to make them include the number of removed children where the parents
are taking it to trial rather than sign off on their plan. The reason
for this is they rarely put those children with their statistics and
they never include those in relative placement because those who fight
the system don't get relative placement yet they won't tell you that.
Including them in the figure really changes the percentage points. They
may argue that families who fight them don't stay in the system that
long, but that is not true. They will drag out the case for at least six
months or longer because that is when the federal funds kick in)
So, in that 32% would be those children placed in 2009, 2008, 2007 etc.
who are still in relative care. It is cumulative. Therefore, in order to
get the real statistics, one would have to also use the number of
removed children from 2008 and 2007 (average out of home 24 + months.)
So, lets do the math. 32% of 9500 is 3040. Lets say that all three years
include 9500 per year removed children so the total is 28,500 children.
So, what percentage is 3040 of 28,500? This equals 12%. Now the
percentage point may vary a couple of degrees either way in actual
numbers, but represents more closely the real number. Washington was
claiming around 38-40% and Arizona is claiming 31% and both are
approximately 10%
The four divisions are:
1. Lobbying and Activism in each state
2. Family Preservation Union all states
3. Intensive Life Skills for Parents (housework, finance) all states
4. Extended Family Training (To challenge obstacles to family placement)all states
Hope to see you as a member!
Jan Smith
THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS IN AMERICA
Who is really killing our children?
By Jan Smith
Click link above
to read
For a registry of family preservation websites all over the country go
here: http://nfps.us/ They
are also doing a Federal class action lawsuit and collecting
information.
If
someone called
WHY won't
I have some
solutions to the
above resistance to family placement and am actively working on programs
that
specifically address the concerns in this article.
http://familypreservationfestival2010.yolasite.com/
Join up with
others in
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Court Motion .....click here for download of motion
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Who can submit a motion? YOU Where can I go for cheap assistance with filling out forms? Superior Court for about $35 Do I have to pay for court costs? Not necessarily. You need to submit forms as an indigent.
Watch broken children broken system....a five part series about the
Texas
foster care system
http://news8austin.com/content/special_reports/broken_children_broken_system/
In
So where is this discrimination coming from? Federal funding and federal
public
policy where the state is following suit to get the bucks. Poor people
are a
class that needs protecting from unreasonable government interference
based on
Utopian ideas.
IMPORTANT RAMBLINGS FOR THE BEGINNER............
For those of you who are new to the
GENERAL GUIDELINES: The
courts
are who decide your case. Don't beat your head against the
wall
trying to get
BRINGING
HOME THE WRONG GUY OR GAL - THE GOVERNMENT VIEW
In order to understand the arguments amongst the
elite, I found this article helpful: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/6a.htm.
Not everyone will enjoy this read as much as I, however, the section
regarding parens patriae
is particularly
helpful. Way back in the Puritan era, they decided that the government
should
raise children not the parents and that children should be "on loan"
as long as the parent's skills resulted in positive results and raised a
contributing member of society. There are two problems with this - one,
there
are no more puritans left in government, and two, there are none
righteous, no
not one, especially in state offices. Yet, the government still holds
the view
that they are best suited to raising children who will attend school, be
less
of a societal problem, and produce money to support government
interests. All
of this early education stuff is just about that....training people to
think a
certain way in society and becoming contributing members.
Looking at things from their point of view, are
children in parental care being raised by someone who violates the laws
of the
land requiring incarceration going to accomplish their view of a Utopian
society? Absolutely not - and this is in general what we are fighting
against.
There is a huge move in government against the choice to mate and have a
child
with someone with limited self control and a seeming inability to manage
their
emotions. Intelligence is also playing a part and if they deem there is a
learning disability, those kids get adopted out real quick. It is not
just
about abuse anymore but societal management. No longer should a woman
smile
with a twinkle when she talks about having appetites for the "bad
boy" because now that appetite may very well cost you your child.
Here in Washington, bills were just passed that
gives them the right to require services from ANYONE who may be watching
the
child ie boyfriends, grandparents etc. and
so just
expanded their propaganda base along with increasing jobs for those in
human
services fields. Under these guidelines, the children can't go home
until
What they need to do is instead of sneaking through the back door like they are is just come out with it.
"Yup, folks we are sick of seeing you in our courts with your worn down,
drugged out significant other fighting like a couple of cats and
thinking that
is Ok. You don't attend school functions and the teachers complain your
children are out of control. Your house is a mess and your bank account
withdrawn and you wouldn't know a moral if it jumped up and slapped you
in the
face. You don't know words past one syllable yet you think you know it
all.
It's time to park those Harleys in the garage and step out of the way,
because po' folk, we are taking your kids."
The problem is, they don't
know how to fix the problems now that they have gotten so out of
control.
Drugs, high school drop out rates, 60% of children being born are done
so out
of wedlock, marriages breaking up, crime completely out of control,
dangerous
sexually transmitted diseases spreading, human trafficking, child
abduction and
abuse, rape, and domestic violence all play a part in this charade. So
their
solution is to take people's kids and adopt them out. A kind of cultural
shift
as it were, hoping to see results by increasing the income potential of
children born in DSHS eligible households. But are educated and/or
higher
income persons really that much more genteel
and
better parents?
Parents and extended family seeking advice keep scrolling down.
Eventually, you
will get your question answered or just write me.
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this week. Be sure
and tune in. People from
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Here is the link describing the state liability issues and my commentary afterwards: CLICK HERE
Hundreds of angry people wanting to do a class action lawsuit have contacted me over the last couple of years. I just attended a work session with the Early Learning and Children's Services Committee and the topic of State liability with Child Protective Services. I am going to be uploading the summary of discussion on a separate page with a link. Of interest, the tort payouts have more than tripled in 2008 and 2009 with many of the payouts the result of adoptive and foster care physical and sexual abuse. The highest was over 6 million.
Comments by the
legislature leads me to
believe they may
try to change a 1961 ruling that waived the State's sovereign immunity
and may
attempt to give themselves qualified or total immunity as it pertains to
child
protection. The last two years, DSHS payouts were approximately 26
million with
21-22 million payouts from the Children's Administration. Someone is
suing and
winning. Juries here in
HOWEVER, if you had legal standing as a relative and were not "informal" you have standing currently in a court for a tort suit. More on this later.......
A class action means
(thanks to the
lioness den) that one
person has filed a suit then a class action is requested because others
have
also been damaged. A suggestion is to find
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT DEPENDENCY ACTION? EMAIL washingtonstateextendedfamilies@live.com
TWO NEWLY APPOINTED HEADS SUPPORT FOSTERS OVER RELATIVES AS EVIDENCED BY RECENT LEGISLATION
UPDATE: Senator Roach is feeling highly annoyed that nothing is being done about several cases she is advocating for. (We need to find out what is going on at the top eschelon of DSHS)
Surprisingly,
Robinson is
advocating for fosters to have the same status as extended family when
she
knows how the system is working here against family placement. Maybe
they both
need to go back to
KOMO NEWS 4 Investigation uncovers 121 child deaths in State care: http://www.komonews.com/news/80246122.html?tab=video Legislators are coming on board with changes.....
Common things happening in each county that are not being addressed
1.
False
documentation 2. Children removed who are not in imminent danger 3. A
refusal
to place with relatives while looking for reasons to not place with
relatives
4. Hearsay based removals 5. Judges who will NOT listen to defense and
support
Don't you think you owe it to yourself to join the blog and chat?
UPDATE:
I did get a response regarding the number of relative placements and I
have
determined that the numbers of placed children with extended family are
approximately 20%. This is 18% or more below their advertised rate. It
is,
however, 10% higher than what I had publically
expected. They still have not answered my other questions regarding
their
policy on relative placement and relationship to extended family (
The
following link is a training session for DSHS regarding relative
placement with
an expert. It becomes clear why, with this type of teaching, there would
be
resistance to placing with relatives. Like all
One
individual
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ca/partners/trainingvidClinical.asp
BOYCOTT
THE
Psychology has become
the weapon
of choice for
They have a "court
improvement project" and what one will discover through looking at all
the
materials is their idea of improvement is more effective prosecution
using
psychology. The allowed testimony of these unethical quacks they use
destroys
all manner of due process. http://www.uwcita.org/CITAv1008/trainingmaterials/psychevals.html The
quacks
assist the assistant AGs build their case and present in court. There
is
absolutely no training that encourages the quacks to support the family.
Let's look at the DSM
IV manual
that is the "bible" of psychology. For those interested, you can find
it at the public library in the reference section. It was originally
designed
for billing insurance companies using codes to do so. It has become the
center
of all diagnosis. There is not a human being on this planet that will
not fall
in one or more mental health categories because they have broadened
certain
categories to fit billable hours and need to recommend treatment. This
means
that anyone they want "nailed" can be nailed using psychology.
Last month KOMO NEWS 4 report: http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/70599312.html?tab=video
I
have noticed
trends
in
child protection regarding removal. Certain times of
the year
results in fewer or more removals. At this time, removals are at a
peak.
This means that approximately 200 or more people per month are looking
up info
regarding
Part
one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC7FxvYUKzw
Part
two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_QdgdtmJes
Part
three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZbLSrCUHY
Part
four: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7_ca4SRbQg
Child
Protective
Services and Legal Help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbPhfVhb6C4
Child
Protective
Services and Psychological Evaluations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaA2ohqTNsQ
Family
Court
Crisis - Our children at Risk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD2TowPuYVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiA16b5WjU4
How
to do an
affidavit: http://familyrights.us/bin/FORMS/sworn_affidavit.html
ATTORNEY
GENERALS
Extended
family
have implied and assumed rights through state laws. Those laws may imply
several things, such as placement with family first in a dependency
action.
While in court, AGs may minimize the importance of family, the state
laws
suggest recognition. Many argue that extended family
have
no Constitutional rights and I disagree. As an individual stakeholder in
a
child's life, there is often a tremendous amount of time, money and
belongings
provided by extended family making them heavy investors. In some
cultures in
our country, including and not limited to Caucasian, lineage such as
grandchildren are just as heavily invested in as immediate lineage. If
one
reads the fifth amendment: nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
property,
without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for
public use,
without just compensation this would include lineage and the rights
to
lineage where heavy investments have been made to the benefit of the
whole
family. Parents often depend on extended family for their children's
well being
and secondary parenting.
In
some cases,
grandparents may be more heavily invested in grandchildren than the
parents
themselves providing food, clothing, shelter, college tuition, school
supplies,
child care, etc. and to suggest that the fifth amendment does not apply
in these cases in ludicrous.
I think that grandparents who display proudly a bumper sticker with the words, "I am off spending my grandchildren's inheritance" perhaps shouldn't be provided the same fifth amendment rights as those who feel that investment in lineage is an obligation to current and future generations. But for those of us who have prove-able investments, then careful consideration by legislative bodies, AGs and court judges should be mandated.
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