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  1. #1
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    Default Mom Abusing Kids

    Their Mother is bipolar and she screams at them and hits them. But over the years. She has a social worker. She is on welfare and has 3 other kids. Three live with her and are underage. She has a 17 16 and 11 year old. She screams and doesn't take her meds. She does bad things to them like holding them down telling the other kids to beat one. But we are afriad to tell because she will hurt them. We want to get them out of the house but 2 of the kids won't speak. and the other one always gets told shes crazy. We can tape her being sound tape her being mean to them and calling them whores and crazy bitches tell ing them there nuts. But I don't know will that get them out of the house.

    I don't want the mother to have custody of them while we are in court. The fathers are not in the picture. I am related to the two of them. I want to help them but they love their mother. But she puts them up against a washing machine threatens and doesn't take her meds. She calls hers them fat and horrible names. The kids are messed up because of their mother and I don't want the court to believe the mother over us. She tells the kids they will get burn in foster care if they tell. So none of them talk only to us about it. I need help. They are confused not messed up but they think their mother controls everything and they have no chance. Two of the kids want to get out but one doesn't

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    Default Re: Mom Abusing Kids

    For the love of Mike, CALL CPS!

    That's your ONLY option, and you need to do it now.

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    Fortunately for the children, whether they WANT out or not, if their mother is physically abusing them, and evidence and testimony of those involved either as victims or witnesses support this, their removal won't be up to them. Do have a realistic view of this situation however, and realize that although some of her non-physical treatment of the children may well be very destructive, parents ARE allowed to be verbally mean, abusive, name calling, even threatening to some degree - both within the law AND within the tolerance of CPS. In short, parents ARE allowed to be bad parents. What CPS is looking for is physical violence against a child that qualifies as abusive. Slaps and hitting might or might not, depending on the level and the location. Yes, even for the older children. Holding one down and encouraging the others to beat them...yeah, that'll qualify as abusive.

    Be aware too that if a report of abuse seems likely right off the bat, the children might be removed IMMEDIATELY and placed in foster care until more permanent arrangements can be made. Sometimes children get placed with family, sometimes they don't. If you already have a pending guardianship case, it improves your odds, but isn't a guarantee. So as not to get ahead of yourself emotionally, you need to look at this the way CPS is going to look at it: an abuse case, and a guardianship case. Family members who file an abuse report are under the assumption that they will be the obvious choice of where to put the kids if abuse is substantiated; but this is NOT always the case, at least not right off the bat. This is in no way meant to disuade you, only to make you aware that a quick finding of abuse is maybe only a 50/50 quick outcome of the kids going immediately into your care.

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    Default Re: Mom Abusing Kids

    OP is underage, that would seem to lower her odds of getting the children into her care.

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    Default Re: Mom Abusing Kids

    Quote Quoting FlyinHawk®
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    OP is underage, that would seem to lower her odds of getting the children into her care.
    See http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67288 (underage)

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    Default Re: Mom Abusing Kids

    Yep, if you're under guardianship yourself, you won't qualify to be a guardian to someone else, abuse case or not.

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