Alright, this is a semi-personal blog. This didn't happen to me, but its happening to a friend of mine. Her son was last living with his aunt, and I believe is now living with his great-grandmother. They're trying to keep him out of children services hands. This is all happening because someone got upset with my friend and called them, it had nothing to do with how my friend was treating her child.
The claim that was made was that my friend was addicted to drugs. She has passed every drug test given to her. Three of the people closely involved in this child's life failed at least one drug test, including someone who had custody of the child. They still keep pushing this claim.
The next claim that they've made is that she has anger/mental health problems. They had one psychologist/psychiatrist make claims that she would abuse her children because she was abused and that she had anger problems, major personality disorders, etc. He also claimed that she was, basically, unable to be cured. If that were the case, would she be allowed out on the streets? In any case, she went to the county agency to get a second opinion and they said that she was fine and that she did not need any further treatment. (And that place thinks everyone's got problems, they love giving out meds. Trust me, I know haha...)
They haven't done some of the house visits that they were supposed to do, where they come and check the condition of your home and whatnot. Her caseworker seems to have something against her in general. She tries to reach higher up people and just cant get anywhere.
She decided to go see her child at a visitation center because she wanted someone to witness the interaction she had with her son, but it became a nightmare too. She has no more rights in the center than a sex offender would. They never approved her daughter to come to the center, so she can't even see the two of them together. Her visitation is now cut in half because she would have to pay for gas and to go see him if she drove all the way to the other center. Oh, yes, that's right, she has to pay to see her son now.
It's a big mess and it makes me so angry. I'm sure I'd be even more angry if I actually had children. What upsets me the most is I know there are so many children out there who need help, and these people are dicking around with people like my friend. Help those who need it and stay out of everyone elses lives!
