Grandchildren become Corrupted Texas CPS Adoption property before 6 months time.
My grandchildren were taken from their parents and sent to an adoptive family before the judge took away parental rights and decided to ignore grandparents request to take the children before the 6 month time period was over.
I am an RN for Scott & White in Temple, TX. My grandchildren were taken from their parents and sent to an adoptive family in Houston before the judge took away parental rights. CPS and CASA decided to ignore our request to take the children into our home before the 6 month time period was over. My grandchildren were taken on June 6, 2014 from our other house next door due to their parents neglect and inability to keep the utilities on. We were financially not able to help them and I called CPS for help and advice. Their grandfather (my husband who is now disabled)) had a heart attack in 2012 which did so much damage that by 2013 in July, he had to have a heart transplant. He also had respiratory failure with vocal cord stenosis which required a tracheotomy and multiple surgeries. Long extended trips to San Antonio for treatments were needed to resolve. A tracheotomy is an instant source of infections which would most assuredly cause him to reject his new heart and die. These trips for treatment for this problem went on until resolution by November of 2014. From March 2014 to December 1st, 2014, we were not physically, emotionally or financially able to care for these 2 little girls age 5 and 9. On December 15, I called CPS asking if we could visit and give the girls their Christmas gifts. The CPS worker, Leslie said,"Mrs. Loftin, I will see to it that those girls get their Christmas gifts if you bring them by the office in Killeen,TX. What Leslie did not tell me was that CPS and CASA had already sent the girls to a legal risk / adoptive home on 12-1-14. We found this out when the parents went to take Christmas gifts to the girls the week of Christmas on December 21st and the girls were not brought to their visit. My husband and I discussed the possibility of our ability to take the girls since he was doing so well and feeling well. On the next day, December 22, 2014, I called the CPS office and Leslie - of course Leslie was not in and neither was her supervisor. So, I left a voice mail. No call back from neither of them. Finally on the 29th of December, I was able to get in touch with Leslie to ask for a home study and she said that CPS was not going to recommend this. I pleaded and begged with her to reconsider. She said where were you all 6 months ago.. I told her I was taking care of a husband who needed my cares. This pleading fell on deaf ears. She said that CPS was taking away the parental rights and putting the girls up for adoption. I asked her if I needed to get an attorney and her reply was that everyone had an attorney. You do what you have to. You will have to have your children's attorney request a home study from the judge. Judge Van Orden in Bell County upheld CPS position and now my Grandchildren are gone forever. 6 or 7 months is not enough time to allow for a proper solution to placement for these children. I am sure that CPS and state statutes were not followed in this case.
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