CPS Refuses to Let Our Family Get Custody of My Nieces, What Can I Do
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: California.
My sister had a cps case but recently past away and since shes passed cps rerfuses to help our family get custody of my niece. Instead they made up lies about myself as well as other family members of our family. so i went to the director and thanks to him i was able to clear my name from their crazy accusations but they still went on and continued to lie in court. after my sister passed the comissioner stopped letting us into the court and everything i filed in court was denied and i was never given a reason why or on what grounds. cps is trying to adopt her out and iam having a hard time finding a atttorney that will work with me.
Theres alot more to it like the worker that she had was a intern and because i expressed concern over it thats when things began . my sister did everything asked of her and still they wrote bad reports about her they were so unfair with her they told her several times that she would not get the girls back and if she wanted things to go smoothly that she should get me her sister out of her life and its because i defended her alot and asked alot of questions and they didnt like it. my sister had 6 months clean and she fell in such a bad depression that she started drinking again already convinced by cps that she wasnt getting the girls back and she became very ill and passed away. I partially blame them for my sisters death.
My niece does not want to stay with her foster parents and just a few days ago i saw her at the store and the foster parents would not let her come say hi to me she looked scared and all i said was that it was ok and that id see her soon and that i loved her and she responded with ok and i love you too tia (means aunt). they were intimidating her and its just not ok please does any one have any advise or suggestion? please i need all the help i can get>
Re: CPS Refuses to Let Our Family Get Custody of My Nieces, What Can I Do
Re: CPS Refuses to Let Our Family Get Custody of My Nieces, What Can I Do
You have apparently already been to court on this matter, have had at least one hearing on the issue, and have not been able to convince the court that the present plan for the children is inappropriate. You are way past the point that you can get helpful suggestions on an Internet forum. You and your family need to find and work with a lawyer who is experienced with protective proceedings and placement decisions.
Re: CPS Refuses to Let Our Family Get Custody of My Nieces, What Can I Do
The only courts proceedings Ive been to are my sisters. After she passed our family was no longer allowed in the court rooms and even the parents can advocates said they had never seen this be done. family memebers are allowed in the court room and the commissioner didnt allow us to go in without giving us an explaination. I would be able to convince the court that my niece should be with our family if they would allow us in there. the cps worker wrote in the report that i had kidnapped my niece from her foster home which never happened it was lack of communication between workers and i was blamed so i went to the director and we set up a meeting between our family the worker and her supervisor and the director and i was able to prove that the worker lied so my name was cleared and they allowed me to get visits with my nieces again but even so the worker still went ahead and put in my sisters report that i had kidnapped them just so they could rule me out as being someone who could care for them so i went back to the director and he said he would get to the bottom of it and i have yet to hear from him everytime someone in our family applied to get custody of the girls we were told all different storys and they prolonged everything not even mentioning to the court that we were all trying to gain custody of them.
Ive spoken with attorneys and so far ive gotten that it might be too late. How can it be too late when this whole time our family has been trying to get custody of the girls. It makes no sense that even as i proved that they had lied about me supposedly kidnapping my niece that these workers have not been fired yet for gods sake their not even qualified to be workers they are interns. I guess i just dont get it Im a single mother of three my oldest has recently moved out ive had my own place for over 10 yrs i was cleared when they did my backround check my niece has lived with me almost her whole life. I apologize if i sound a lil rude Im stilling grieving for my sister who was my mother and best friend too and i made her a promise i would get the baby back and thats what i intent to do weather i have to stand outside of a court and protest and expose them for the kid nappers that they are . thanks for your advise