Create a Law for Reinstatement of Parental Rights after Termination in Every State
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Nov 30th, 2017Boteak C. from Mcpherson, KS signed.
Nov 30th, 2017Someone from Omaha, NE signed.
Nov 30th, 2017Angela S. from Omaha, NE signed.
Nov 30th, 2017cynthia p. from Biddeford, ME writes:
its a sad day when children are taken from loving parents to be sold like cattle to profit the establishment ,often placing children with people who only take them in for money and end up hurting them or worse.Nov 30th, 2017cynthia p. from Biddeford, ME writes:
its a sad day when children are taken from loving parents to be sold like cattle to profit the establishment ,often placing children with people who only take them in for money and end up hurting them or worse.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 30th, 2017Ann B. from Portland, OR writes:
Please take time to study this issue! The overreach and unethical behavior is appalling!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 30th, 2017Someone from Jupiter, FL signed.
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No, CancelNov 30th, 2017Traci M. from Taft, CA signed.
Nov 30th, 2017Christine A. from Sparta, NC signed.
Nov 6th, 2017Denisse B. from Pompano Beach, FL writes:
Yes!! I was under stress and domestic violence and duress when I had my parental rights removed. I lost my two beautiful children to the person who I once thought was my friend. She was allowed to adopt them as being illegal inmagrant. I was put on child support and haven't been able to see my children. I'm always harassed by her and her husband for money but yet I never can't even talk to my children!!! The law needs to change, to put more attention on case by case !! The system needs to change!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 24th, 2017Christina W. from Bradford, AR writes:
Yes, it seems that this has went on too long and I'm proud that some are trying to take a stand. My parental right were stripped from me because I couldnt find a job and place in their 12 month period. Mind you, I was pg 9 months of the 12 they gave me, and was on bed rest for a period of time as well with complications. Not only just that, but my newborn who was only 2 and a half months old, they let me keep while they gave my 2 oldest girls permanently to their aunt because I was "unfit." Ok, so I wasnt unfit for the newborn baby, but was for the oldest 2 who were 2 and 5. How does that make any sense? I asked for an appeal, they gave me a date, I went there the morning I was supposed to be there, and my case worker told.me there was no reason for me to be there because my rights were terminated,so I believed her, not KNOWING anything about the law. They granted the termination of my rights that morning when I left because social worker April Stokes out of Jackson County lied to me and told me I didn't need to he there, that there was nothing else I could do. Needless to day, the girls aunt got her wish. Adoption process fell through because I "wasn't there". It is Soooo sad that DHS are doing what they're doing. It should be illegal to take someones children over a job, place, and class. I could go n on with the lies within that 12 months that were told to me by DHS, but I'll save it for later. But yes, there u have it. We have a crooked, money hungry, dirty*****system. Some people actually want their kids or they would have never been there to fight it (only to fail because DHS is Jackson County do what they want. I do agree taking kids away for child abuse, but it's not ok to take 2 kids and leave the other (newborn) with the mother if she is in their words (unfit). Just can't wrap my head around it. There's a term for it, LEGAL KIDNAPPING!! MY 2 girls are w their Aunt, who btw hasn't let me see or talk to my kids in almost 4 yrs next month... not even on the phone. My son is fixing to be 4 in December and has NEVER met his 2 sisters. We, as parents, need to take a stand and make something more happen in some way. If this is about money, we need to prove it. We need to bring to light PROOF that DHS is legally kidnapping our kids and making money in the process, with every intention to make more, and the JUDGE is granting these termination of parental rights on practically hear say! Smh!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 17th, 2017Someone from Oshkosh, NE signed.
Aug 5th, 2017Diane M. from Allentown, PA signed.
Aug 5th, 2017Diane M. from Jacksonville, FL signed.
Apr 3rd, 2017Someone from Cleveland, OH writes:
It's such a CRIME that these laws haven't changed already! Children have the RIGHT to be raised by their PARENTS instead of NON-PARENTS and PARENTS have a RIGHT to raise their children. ESPECIALLY when their is NO PROOF of them EVER causing any harm to their child and NEVER neglecting their child! It's absurd and OUTRAGEOUS that these courts ESPECIALLY in LAKE COUNTY OHIO JUVENILE COURT can give custody of a child who loves their father and has lost their mother .... to a non-parent/grandparent, who is NEGLECTING and ABUSING the child, when no neglect or abuse EVER happened while in custody of the FATHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Courts can have photos of abuse of a child by a non-parent and testimony of this abuse by other people, yet the court refuses to give custody back to the father who NEVER did anything wrong to the child? GOD HELP THESE CHILDREN! Laws NEED to change .... and then JUDGES need to be held responsible for the removal of a child from their loving parent! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! If more judges were made to pay the price for the wrongful removal of a child and for giving custody to a no-parent, then maybe this nonsense would STOP!!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 26th, 2017Michelle A. from Pinehurst, TX signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Someone from Oakland, CA writes:
I need help!!! A few years ago I was tricked into signing away the rights to my daughter el dorado county took her from me saying I had a drug problem when I passed a blood drug test done by the hospital as the police watched I had nothing in my system but they had already taken my daughter into foster care. All my criminal charges were never even filed on bamecahse there was no evidence and my i laws picked up my daughter from Cps.. my lawyer at the time who was good friends with the Cps attorney did nothing in my defense. I was then made to believe that if I didn't sign her over to my In laws that she would become a ward of the state and be out in foster care while awaiting the states approval if they she could live with them. So instead of running the risk of my daughter going to foster. Are I signed her over. My inlaws told me after all the cps stuff was out of our life's they would give her back it's been over a year and still nothing now they are planning ontaken my daughter and moving out of the state this summer I need help and fast pleaseREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 13th, 2017Jessica S. from Louisville, KY writes:
My daughter father raped me when i got pregnant with her and now the took my right from underneath me. I have never done nothing wrong for my rights to be taken. Im the victim in this. They put me in jail for child support so they could hurry up and adopt her. I wish someone could help me get het back.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 28th, 2017Susan T. from Brooklyn, NY signed.
Feb 14th, 2017Someone from Byhalia, MS writes:
I don't understand does Arkansas not allow the parent a 2nd chance to get the child back. That is just wrong. If the child was not abused or neglected then the child deserves to be with his or her parent or parents.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 14th, 2017Rhonda p. from Salem, WV writes:
I agree it should be adopted I had 5 of mine taken and would love to have them home and would do whatever it takes to have it happen and I believe the ones who took part should be charged and made to suffer like they have made everyone elseREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 13th, 2017Lori P. from philippi, WV signed.
Feb 7th, 2017michelle l. from Fort Worth, TX writes:
My rights were terminated to my 14 and 17 year old daughters The judge and attorney made money to sign away my daughtersREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 7th, 2017michelle l. from Fort Worth, TX writes:
My rights were terminated to my 14 and 17 year old daughters The judge and attorney made money to sign away my daughtersREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 5th, 2017Andrea P. from Gilroy, CA writes:
I do apologize for I'm typing on my phone sorry I agree I just got cheated on every way by the department of santa clara county . I had a family member who was approved from the very beginning and they gave us the . Run around n it gets worst they had the foster mother who was denied the first time my son has a medical condition called g tube . Can someone help me get my parental rights backREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 5th, 2017Andrea P. from Gilroy, CA writes:
I agree I just got cheated on every way by the department of santa clara county . I had a family member who was approved from the very beginning and they gave us the . Run around n it gets worst they had the foster mother who was denied the first time my son has a medical condition called g tube . Can someone help me get my parental rights backREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 5th, 2017Andrea P. from Gilroy, CA writes:
I agree I just cheated on every way by the department of santa clara county . I had a family member who was approved from the very beginning and they gave us the . Run around n it gets worst they had the foster mother who was denied the first time my son has a medical condition called g tube . Can someone help me get my parental rights backREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 1st, 2017Tammy W. from Searcy, AR writes:
I agree completely. My rights to my daughter were terminated due to my case being open too long and a relapse 6 months prior to termination. I sit now over a year clean and about to get my youngest son home. I want my little girl back too.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 19th, 2017Catherine T. from Cabot, AR writes:
Arkansas needs a law regarding reinstatement of parental rights please allow me to help on anyway i canREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 18th, 2017Kerri G. from Rogers, AR writes:
I think if you were done wrong during the process of termination of rights you should be able to get your rights back. I was in jail when my rights were taken. I was also told at the age of 16 I could see them. Now I am being told age 18REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 17th, 2017Brittaney S. from Canton, MI writes:
I lost custody of my children due to "neglect" which is a harsh way of defining my previous situation. I was homeless and lived in a motel. The father of my children abandoned his duties. I contacted CPS for help. Help from fleeing my abusive relationship and for temporary gaurdianship to be given to the courts until i found housing and employment. When my case first started, i was given a professional and experienced case worker. Her name was Karen Crapo. She helped me find a shelter, she helped with employment search, she provided listings of low income housing and section 8 lists. She was a great assest to my case. She was truely dedicated to helping me remove myself from the toxic relationship and helping me reconnect with my children. Well, all of that came to an end immediately. Somehow, my case was given to a new worker. New meaning she was new to my case and this was her first task as a Family case worker. She had no prior experience beyond shadowing a more experienced case worker. She was very unprofessional. She offered absolutely no help. My previous caseworker was used to a mom/dad being emotinally distressed, my new case worker couldnt handle it. Anytime my behavior made her uncomfortable, she'd completely sabotage my case, by implying to the courts that i am not mentally capable of caring for my children. She couldnt understand that the stress of the case was emotionally draining for me, all she could see was that i had an attitude.... Furthermore, the courst decided that myself and the father of my youngest child, should take an IQ/Personality test. I guess it was to see if we were academically inclined and mentally under-developed. Well, I passed the IQ test with a 110%, my sons father got an 83%. Knowing these results, She asked the courts to give him custody of the kid and the judge agreed. How is it possible to give someone who suffers from arrested development mentally, and ethically, custody over a human being? Its because she didnt like my attitude. She worked this case and made judgements based off of her personal distaste for myself, and put my child in the care of a mentally defected human who still lives with his parents, who are also mentally disabled. The irony. Also, in her journey of making my case her guinea pig for her resumè, before she was locked into my case, my 2 children from a previous relationship, were placed into a fantastic foster home with a very loving mother. My son of the 2 children from previous relationship has special needs. The new foster mother was patient with him. She had experience in caring for children with special needs. (They were with a previous family who couldnt meet his needs and resigned their temporary gaurdianship). When my new case worker, who's name is Donae Patrick, removed my son from her home. She stated the he and Melanie, my daughter, needed to be housed together. So instead of her removing Melanie from her home, and placing her with Christians foster parent, who also stated to the courst that she would house Melanie, She removed Christian from the appropriate foster home and placed him with Melanie. Melanie and Christian were placed back into Courts immediately, for the new family couldnt handle Christian and his special needs. They STILL, in 2017 have not managed to find a suitable home for him. Even the women whom worked with Ms. Patrick agreed that her decision to replace Christian instead of Melanie was a huge mistake, and that she should have never removed Christian from that home, because she was not able to find foster parents that were suitable and patient enough for him. Basically, it will be 2 years since my rights were revoked. In the state of Michigan, after 2 years I can re apply for my parental rights back. I wanted to know if I couod possibly sue Donae Patrick and my local court for the unprofessionalism in the case? Can I use the Mental Test as proof of her not making wise decisions in my case? Its many other factors that I would like to discuss but I obviously can not type below. I do not want a "New" counselor. I would like to speak to someone who has experience in this field. I dont want to speak to anyone who is in this field because of the pay rate. I want someone who is in this field because they truely enjoy and understand family. Please contact me immediately. I plan on petitioning for reinstatement of my parental rights in November of 2017.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 16th, 2017Danielle M. from Halltown, MO writes:
I was falsely accused of neglect but they couldn't ever provide proof of it except the hair follicle test results which was clearly false!! They wouldn't let my husband have any contact with the kids even though they had no reasons why he could be a safety concern, they just kept saying there were safety concerns. They lied constantly, to me and in court. Apparently my rights have been terminated but I still haven't received anything about what decision the judge made. My kids have actually been abuses while in custody and beg me to bring them home, not allowed to talk bout the case with the kids cas they don't want them to know the truth!! Cps/dfs are able to legally get away with breaking laws, our rights, destroying families, and fit most definitions of an abuser!! Messed up how the people whose supposed to protect against abuse is the ones that inflict it!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 10th, 2017Felicity B. from Sidney, OH writes:
I want my kids back cps has no right taking my kids because me and my fiancee josh ross have a disability and american indian they harass me lying to me yelling at me threatened me they need to be stopped and forcing us to sign over open adoption and taking away our rights to our kidsREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 30th, 2016lori p. from philippi, WV signed.
Dec 30th, 2016lori p. from philippi, WV signed.
Dec 25th, 2016Kristina B. from Clinton, IA writes:
I think reinstatement for parental rights after termination should be aloud if the parent or guardian has improved there life and should be reunited with there childrenREPORT COMMENTS
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