Comments on: What Happens If DSS Takes Your Children?

By: betty alsbury

betty alsbury — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:01:35 +0000

hello I just read ur message did the courts order what they call a gardenem of light (I know thats not how you spell it but its a lwyer for the kids it has nothing toi do with DSS ) But asked dss who the lawyer is and let them know they are way better than DSS and the judge will listen to what they say and they go visit the child and all. And she will asked the baby if and who loives there. Hope this helps I have been thru it with my forst 3 grandkids and got custody when they were taken. I dont care much for DSS. So be careful what you say to them they have a way of turning everything you say around. And find out when they go to court thru family courts. Do like I did go in the court room asked the judge if you can speak. He will listen.I hope this helps! Godd Luck !

By: Alley

Alley — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:20:47 +0000

I have read through the posts and here is a link that some of you will find helpful…… http://www.fosteringconnections.org/…..best advice is to find a good atty and establish a family/community support system.

By: Brianna

Brianna — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:16:48 +0000

Hi, my sisters 1st child was taken by DSS in march of 2008 because she and the baby tested positive for methamphetamine when she gave birth. She eventually got treatment and got him back in Aug. of 2009. She was living with her on again off again boyfriend of 10 years when she got him back from DSS. He is not the biological father of her son but he is her sons dad. He has been there for them from the day she found out she was pregnant and while she struggled with her addiction until she got treatment he was there for their baby. DSS allowed him visitation without her and discussed the case in detail with him. She and her boyfriend was giving joint custody. DSS spoke with the biological father and he agreed to this and has not been involved in anyway. When she got him back it was agreed between both custodial parents and DSS that she would never use again and was told if she did the boyfriend/daddy would have to take necessary action for the protection of the child and inform DSS of any knowledge of any drug use and he would automatically become the primary care giver of the child . The case was closed with DSS in Nov. of 2009 approx. 3mths later. She gradually became an alcoholic and moved from the home approx. 2 years later. He then went to DSS and informed them of the situation and told them that she basically replaced drugs with alcohol and wanted to know his rights to the child in fear that he could be taken from him. They told him that he had nothing to worry about, that he would not be taken from him. He also informed them that my sister just found out she was pregnant again and it too was not his baby. My sister admitted herself into an inpatient rehabilitation center in Aug. of 2011 for alcohol use. She also admitted to relapsing with methamphetamine prior to her knowledge of her pregnancy and informed them that she has not used drugs or alcohol once she was aware of the pregnancy. She was discharged from the center about a month later because she was not complying with her required daily scheduled treatment plan and got into an argument with one of the staff members. Within weeks of her leaving the center, at the beginning of Sept. 2011 she was arrested on a warrant for her arrest. She was incarcerated for 2mths and during that time she reconciled with her boyfriend/sons daddy. She received probation and was released in Nov. 2011. She moved back home with her son and boyfriend when she was released from jail. She continued to see her Dr. throughout the rest of her pregnancy. She was induced on Jan. 3, 2012 by her Dr. Sometime between her being admitted into the hospital and her giving birth she made them aware of her alcohol and drug use prior to her knowledge of her pregnancy. She was then told by staff members of the hospital that they have to inform DSS of their knowledge. DSS then took her baby into custody because of her “History with them and history of drug use” and felt the baby was at risk of harm. DSS had to wait for 2 policeman to come to the hospital before they could take him. Once they arrived they began asking me questions then asked the DSS ladies to step into the hall and asked me who was standing in the hall to go in the room with my sister for a moment and I did. The officers came back into the room and asked my sister if she had a relative the baby could stay with until Tues. because DSS did not have all the proper paperwork to take the baby and would not be able to get it until the following Tues. Sadly there we had no relative that would get the baby. The officer then asked my sister to let DSS take the baby so it would be easier for him and less papers for him to fill out. They still have her baby.

By: betty alsbury

betty alsbury — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:12:01 +0000

hello my grandkids were taken from my daughter-in-law this week. Well her ex-husband and his father and stepmother has contiues called dss on going for 3 yrs. now on false terms. The stepmother and grandfather only relly want the little boy but the father of the kids don’t want either but will cause trouble when his dad pays his child support for him.Whenever his child support get behind DSS gets called and stepfather pays. We have tried to make Dss see this but they don’t listen. The worker tried to get me to talk my daughter-in-law to give up her rights to them I told her no. My youngest grandson is 5 yrs. old and hes my sons. Dss walked into her house told her your husbands at the school getting your kids and we said he could keep them. We feel they are being targetted and the bot says your huband now beat him and picked him up by his throat. Mind you no marks were founded on this child and he has lied because they give him what he wants to lie. When she told the worker what you are doing is aagist the law the worker stated if your going to go at this then I will place your 2 kids in custody of us and still let them go with thier dad and I will have to take your youngest one to.So she knew this was a threat so she stopped and now that she asked about seeing her other 2 and asking when and since shes lied once we taped our conversation the day we went to ask about seeing kids. Well my 5 yr. old has been so upset that we had to take him to dr.and reasured him they won’t pick him up. They showed up tonight and took him and my husband was there and asked could we keep him because we already have 3 of my sons kids and the policeman said no.Now instead of placing him with family they stuck him in foster care. They took him out screaming and now I know hes scared to death. What can we do she has lied on the papers and we know how they can turn things around so what and how ? Thanks for your help

By: Steven poston

Steven poston — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:53:37 +0000

Well on Nov 1st dss came out to our home. Checked our home out and said we need to get drug test next day. They also said we need to move. And they pay a deposit it was 2 days b4our stamps came in. Now we had fought ringworms and lice that my kids cought from our neighbors that we paid my mom to take them in late Sept. On Nov 3rd we took them to thier doctor. We waited 4 more than 2hrs so we walked out. The next day I called Don Ryan and he said he would call that Dr cuz the had to be seen so therefore the Dr knew they were investagatĺs and the pulled my oldest daughter out run saying our kids were dirty but I gt

By: kristina

kristina — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:25:36 +0000

also a house inspection was done at my home i passed and both of the grandparents had something wrong with there house, and i have a clean background not even a traffic ticket so how is it in the best interst of the child to leave her in foster care with no one she knows she is only a year in a half, please i really want to see her come home it hurts me every day i dont get to see her why cant the courts see!

By: kristina

kristina — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:20:03 +0000

Hey, my name is kristina my neice was taking into dss about 3 months ago and has been placed with a foster family. They had an emeragy hearin for the well being of her but one of her grandmothers lied to us about the time of the court hearing, and she decided to place her in dss! Now i am trying to get her and so are both of the grandparents now in which one of them placed her in dss and the other has to may medical problems and is the parents of the father of my neice and he still lives in the house with them and is on drugs but i have no way to prove it, they are just making this hard on the baby when i have two kids one 3 and one 8 i have no health problems and have a really close relationship with her but one of the grandparents has an attorney i dont know what to do i just what her home before christmas with someone she loves and not around drugs. so please what should i do

By: kelley

kelley — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:04:42 +0000

I have question and concerns about how dss decieve parents who is naive and believe everyword from the social worker, my concern is my grandchildrens. my daughter had a relateship with a police officer who involve with drug and alcohol and the police office is 47 years old and my daughter is 21 years old . my daughter has been on ssi since she was 15 years old. i feel that she has been manipulated all the way around. the police office got her pregant and the baby was born in august of 2011. on monday 17th, my husband brought my daughter and her 2 children home and the police office came out of his house and started running his mouth, my grandchildren stay inside the van , my daughter went into the house where the police office off duty and his oldest son are in the house when my daughter walk into the house and the police officer grab my daughter by her face and lifted her up in the air and throw her down on the follow while his son was presant. and now my daughter is getting shafted and my grandchildren were not in the house while this was happening. what should i do and what kind of advise will you and me can give to my daughter to clear this mess, and i want to get my grandchildren into my home, dss said no because my husband has a driven record. hope I will be hearing from you soon . i need some legal advise please, i want to bring my grandchildren home to me. thank you kelley

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:55:13 +0000

Yes i have just recently read MY BABIES comments and i have the same similuar problem as her cause i was a victim to of dss removing my children from my house for no apperant reason i have not did anything wrong to deserve this at all my childerns where place in foster care cause my aunt got tired of them being in her house i came to find out that the case worker that is over the case didnt care about my childern at all i ask her to wait so that i can speak to my aunt to see if she will let them stay with her well all along while i was talking to my aunt she went to the judge and he signed the papers to put them in fostercare and my aunt said that she would keep them however she went to the court house and told them that she dont want them at her house anymore is there any possible way that i can get some legal advice cause i truly believe that i have been mistreated my the oconee dss or is there anyway i can get another case worker to represent me and my childerns cause i really feel that the case worker was tring to take my kids from me allong

By: Maleah

Maleah — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:19:07 +0000

Hello, my children were taken into DSS custody on April 29th. We were then ordered to attend drug classes and my husband, Fatherhood classes and get a steady job. We were told that if all of this was completed, we would get our children back. We have done all of this and after DSS requested more drug tests, they came back negative. DSS doesn’t have us going to court until Feb. of NEXT YEAR!! We do not know what to do next! We have done over and beyond the expectations they have for us and we are not getting any of the promises they told us. We can not afford an attorney and need help! What can we do??