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  1. #1
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    Default How to Get Information About a Neglectful Parent

    My question involves guardianship in the State of: New York

    I have guardianship of my infant nephew the court allowed the mother to reside in my home as long as she follows what is set forth in the restraining order which is drug rehabilitation and mandatory counseling. She is not allowed to be left unsupervised with child neither is the father for an addiction problem. The mother has been going to rehab as ordered, but I am unsure if she is really clean. It seems because of her right to privacy I can not get this info from the courts or the CPS caseworker. I have had problems with catching her in numerous lies over the years. I have children and I will not allow a drug user to live in my house and be near my children or her own child She claims to have had an abortion about 5 weeks ago and today told me she was going for an abortion tomorrow. This is 2 pregnancies in 5 weeks. It makes no sense to me. My questions are: How do I find out if she has failed any of the drug tests she is given at the rehab facility and/or in court? And since she has an open CPS case do any of these abortions get reported to them from the clinics? I find it disheartening that CPS is supposed to protect children, but seem to favor the rights of the parents who have been charged with neglect over the minor. If she is using drugs again and I am unaware of it I will be viewed as the unfit person, but they are not helping me to discover the truth.

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    Default Re: How to Get Information About a Neglectful Parent

    This is 2 pregnancies in 5 weeks. It makes no sense to me.
    You can become pregnant in as few as two weeks after an abortion. Take the poor woman to Planned Parenthood and get her some birth control counseling and birth control. She needs to be put on Depo, from the sounds of it.

    How do I find out if she has failed any of the drug tests she is given at the rehab facility and/or in court?
    You don't have a right to that information.

    And since she has an open CPS case do any of these abortions get reported to them from the clinics?
    Absolutely not. You don't lose your right to privacy and bodily autonomy because you're being investigated by CPS.

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    Default Re: How to Get Information About a Neglectful Parent

    I'm not even seeing the relevance of having the abortions - they are legal.

    Does it show irresponsibility? Sure. But that it and of itself isn't going to prove much.

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    Default Re: How to Get Information About a Neglectful Parent

    You are not required to let her live with you.

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