My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Texas
I'm 19, and my husband is 21, we have 2 great kids together Jaden, 18 months and Daniel, 7 months. My husband is mentally ill (schizophrenic, with brain seizures) but he seeks regular treatment through lifepath (mental health outpaitent clinic) he goes to the doctor every month and thearpy every week. His doctor and thereapist say that he is mentally competent. But his parents want custody of the kids that they are not allowed to see. We dont allow them to see our kids because they are not good people, when i met my husband again (known since 5th grade) he was on 33 pills a day and sadaited. they believe that because he is mentally ill he doesnt deserve to be married or have kids. they kept him locked up in mental hospitals for 6 years until he was 18 and had rights. but back to the current, they called cps saying that he was a schizophrenic with seizures and that he was the primary care taker for our kids. they said he had been in many hospitals and was not mentally stable. so of course cps came and took the kids until we can prove that he is stable. this was on March 31. last week we finally got to see our kids and didnt really even reallize it was them. they were not smilling ive never seen that. Jaden, 18 months is back to a bottle, which he hasnt taken since he was 7 months. Daniel, 7 months, was also back to a bottle, wont eat baby food, except formula, wont sit up or roll over. they now think that he maybe autisic because he doesnt move alot. Jaden was hungry but we werent allowed to feed him more than a few crackers. Later found out that he had not eaten since 9 am and we left at 3 pm. He had a diaper rash but they had no cream for it. they were coughing but couldnt tell us if they were get meds for it. it was horrible. we have the innital hearing on friday, but they wont let us see them until after the hearing. what are our rights? and what is the best way to let the judge know what cps is doing to our kids without a power struggle? my babies are hurting and regressing how can i help them? i dont know anything anymore, the court doesnt want a psych eval. they dont want any tests done just to take the kids, without proving he is or is not stable. any information would be great. thanks
sorry its so long
Anita
mckinney tx