My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: IL
My sister has never been the best mother of my 3 nieces/nephew. About 2 years ago DCFS got involved along with a group called Kids Hope United and have since aggresively removed the children from our entire family. The kids have been in foster care for about a year and a half. WITH STRANGERS.They even ordered my brother in law to get a divorce from my sister or they threatened to take his rights. Bottom line they have completely seperated my sister from her husband, the children from the and us, and the children from eachother. Recently both parents' rights have been terminated, meanwhile my mother and I have stepped in to hopefully get the children. My question is can the state adopt the children out if we are in the picture? They are making it very hard for us to even get into the "sealed" files. Do we have rights to see/talk to them? No one from these organizations will even answer our calls. Can they really just take them out of my family? Can they really tell my sis and her husband they have to get a divorce? I can't believe this.![]()

