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  • 04-06-2015, 09:00 PM
    vsuter1
    Reporting Neglect by a Mentally Ill Custodial Parent
    My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Indiana. I have been divorced for 5 years and I just recently found out my exwife has been getting disability for bipolar. That explains alot. I am worried about the children's well being. The living arrangements and conditions are horrifing. My oldest daughter has moved her girlfriend in. My ex allowed my 15 year old son to move his 17 year old girlfriend in which in my opinion is a bad decision. My 4 small children ranging from 10 to 5 have No beds they sleep on the floor in the living room. My ex has her bed in the dinning room. All because the older children need their privacy with their own rooms for their girlfriends. The house is dirty and the small children are neglected. My ex sleeps all the time, she doesn't feed them good food, they miss school to much. They don't ever go outside to play and none of them can even ride a bike. I try to come see them but she will not allow it. I can't stand back and see my kids living like this any longer. I've only seen them 4 times in the last 5 years. I give them gifts and she throws them away. She has kept her mental condition a secret from the court. She has had cps called on her many times and has failed to tell them about her untreated bipolar condition. She goes and has her nails done and tans all the time but can't have good food for them to eat. I'm afraid for their safety as well because she mentally abusive. My kids are being raised to believe that the way they live is normal. The way they are treated is unspeakable. Everything that comes out of her mouth is full of hate. I am not allowed to see my kids because she lied to the court and said I was a drug addict. I don't even drink.
    Do I call cps and explain to them in detail what is really going on in her house? Should the small children witness homosexualality, teenaged living as adults and mental illness this soon? I want them to have the chance for a normal life. She tells them I don't love them and don't want to see them. I try every week but she says No. Please I need help.
  • 04-06-2015, 09:11 PM
    geek
    Re: Bipolar and Neglect
    Which are you? The girlfriend or the father?

    http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185100
  • 04-06-2015, 09:13 PM
    Mercy&Grace
    Re: Bipolar and Neglect
    Have you seen with your own two eyes the conditions you're referring to ? You can call CPS, but if they have been out there on other complaints and found nothing there is no reason they would now. They would go by the conditions in the home and possbley talk to the schools the children attend. The courts don't take children away from parents just because they have been diagnoised with a mental illness.
  • 04-06-2015, 09:43 PM
    vsuter1
    Re: Bipolar and Neglect
    Father just posting on my girlfriends account.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I have witnessed it. She is not going to the doctor to have it under control. Her moods are unpredictable. I don't want to take them from her I just want to show them life can be better.
  • 04-06-2015, 09:49 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Bipolar and Neglect
    You either want custody or you do not. If you do, you can petition for modification of custody based on your allegations about mom. If you do not, what do you expect will happen to the children if you involve protective services?
  • 04-06-2015, 09:53 PM
    Mercy&Grace
    Re: Bipolar and Neglect
    She may not be raising the children in a manner that you approve of, but since CPS finds nothing she isn't endangering the children.You could go to court and try and get custody ? But, it seems that you're more upset because your wife didn't inform you she was receivng disability that you are the consitions you say your children are living in. Conditions like the ones you're talking about don't happen over night, so they must have been exisiting for a while. Yet, now that you've found out your wife is receiving disability for a mental impairment, you want to do something. Do you pay child support ?
  • 04-06-2015, 09:56 PM
    vsuter1
    Re: Reporting Neglect by a Mentally Ill Custodial Parent
    I'm afraid because of the accusations to the court that they won't grant a modification. I don't have the money to hire an attorney and the legal aide I've experienced don't do as good as a paid attorney.
  • 04-06-2015, 10:00 PM
    Mercy&Grace
    Re: Reporting Neglect by a Mentally Ill Custodial Parent
    Is you wife getting SSDI or SSI for disability ? For SSDI she would have to had a work history to qualify for SSDI.
  • 04-06-2015, 10:01 PM
    vsuter1
    Re: Reporting Neglect by a Mentally Ill Custodial Parent
    Of course I pay support. I think I should have been informed she had a mental illness. I don't get to talk to my kids very often. I found out about most of the problems by reading posts on Facebook written by my daughter. It seems the only way I find about anything is 2nd hand.
  • 04-06-2015, 10:06 PM
    Mercy&Grace
    Re: Reporting Neglect by a Mentally Ill Custodial Parent
    She has no obligation to inform you of her health, you are no longer married. You changed your story and now you're saying you found out about these supposed problems on facebook instead of seeing them with your own two eyes. Which is it ? If you see your children you know what the conditions are like that they are living in. If you don't see them and aren't and haven't been in their home then you have no way of knowing for sure. You can't believe everything you read on facebook or everything others say, not even your children.
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