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Originally Posted by Schrup
I called Child Protective Services on my ex-wife about ten years ago. I had just got temp custody of my then 12 year old daughter, but there was still a 2 year old & two 3 year olds that lived with her & her husband. They had overdosed on heroin & cocaine, & she had laid on the bathroom floor for 12 hours while the kids were unattended.
I went to the fire station of the paramedics that had responded & was surprised when they gave me an unedited copy of the incident report. The report contained the drug overdose info, that there was drug paraphernalia present, & that the house was in near squaller conditions.
When I showed this report to the CPS agent, her only concern was how I had got this report & getting the fire station nailed for giving it to me.
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that story sounds like the first 2 kids we had. mom was passed out in a hotel with a baby and 3 year old.
your last statement sounds familiar. my wife found out through another FP friend that DSS told her the reason they dumped us was because my wife finds out information she should not know, kinda ironic huh? i think they leaked that to the other FP because they know that my wife and her are good friends. the foster community is very small, plus they have meetings and classes together so what else do they expect teh parents to talk about.
when DSS took the kid of the mother that was with us, DSS would not tell us where the kid was. shortly after, there was a FP dinner, the FP that had the kid was there and told us she had him. then a few months back, the FP and the kid came to my wifes store for a scrapbook class. i dont think my wife did any digging to find out that info, DSS kinds laid it in her lap.
now my wife is saying she does not want to be a FP anymore even if we got our license back becasue she does not want to deal with DSS anymore. i think it is just her way to get over this.
well, i just got off the phone with the wife. she went down to DSS and had a talk with the head triggy. BTW, she was also at the initial meeting/trial. my wife reminded her of a conversation they had when we were going to get courtney back were my wife asked do you think it is a good idea to give her to us since we are friends with the FP;s the kid was taken from.
in the end, the DSS lady asked her if she was still going to foster. my wife told her not right now. so we are not sure where we stand. but the good thing is that this is helping her to get over this and she already feels a lot better since she got some things off her chest, thank goodness none of it was her cup size
i told her we should get our license back so at least we can stop on our terms and perhaps when our daughter is gone, we will do it again.
what i dont understand is that when the mother gets the kid back, the FP's she was taken from will be babysitting her when the mother goes to work, so why make such a big deal out of all this?
thanks, some of the replies have been encouraging.