Post: KIDS ADJUDICATED DUE TO ERROR IN DRUG TEST.......

Posted by JO, TWOGOODE4YOU@MSN.COM, on 4/01/02
I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.... CHILD PROTECTIVE WAS CALLED ON ME FOR ALLEGED DRUG USE, I WAS ORDERED TO DROP A "UA" ON 9/28/01. I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED THE RESULTS FROM THAT, WHICH ARE DATED 10/01/01- WHICH IS IMPORTANT BUT I'LL GET TO THAT LATER...THEY SENT MY URINE SAMPLE TO A HOSPITAL FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE DRUGS. THOSE RESULTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE-ABSENT FOR ANY DRUGS WHATSOEVER AND THE DATE FOR THOSE RESULTS WAS 10/08/01-ANOTHER IMPORTANT DATE. ON 10/9/01, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CASE WORKER STATING THAT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SIGN TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF MY KIDS, MY DAUGHTER-TO MY MOM, AND MY SON-TO HIS FATHER. THE CASEWORKER STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED THE RESULTS BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL CONFIRMING THE LEVELS OF DRUGS IN MY SYSTEM THEREFORE BY LAW, I HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT TO COOPERATE WITH THE STATE TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION GO SMOOTHER. ON 10/25/01, MY KIDS WERE ADJUDICATED AND I WAS ORDERED TO DO RANDOM DRUG TESTING, A DRUG EVALUATION, WHICH LATER PROVED THAT I DID NOT NEED ANY TREATMENT WHATSOEVER. I WAS ALSO ORDERED TO GET A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION DUE TO MY OUT-OF-CONTROL BEHAVIOR AND STATE OF MIND WHEN THEY REMOVED MY KIDS FROM MY CARE, AND I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SEE MY CHILDREN WITHOUT SUPERVISION UNTIL 12/10/01, THE NEXT COURT DATE WE HAD. DHS IS STILL INVOLVED IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE AND I HAD TO DROP TWICE A WEEK UNTIL ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND IT ONLY STOPPED BECAUSE THE STATE RAN OUT OF FUNDING!!! I NOW HAVE FULL CUSTODY BACK, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DHS, AND MY NEXT COURT DATE ISN'T UNTIL 7/02. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD BE HERE FOR DAYS IF I TOLD ALL. I HOPE THIS IS ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ANSWER A FEW ???'S I HAVE. 1.) CAN I SUE THE STATE AND/OR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES? 2.) IS DHS REALLY SO POWERFUL THAT THEY CAN DESTROY MY FAMILY AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT? 3.) COULD I POSSIBLY FILE A LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY KIDS ON THE GROUNDS OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER AND SLANDER? AND AMONG OTHER THINGS I'M SURE... ONE IMPORTANT THING-I WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DENIAL OF CRITICAL CARE-FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE MY KIDS, AND PLACED ON THE CENTRAL CHILD ABUSE REGISTRY FOR 10 YEARS!!!! PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT STEPS I CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN...THANK YOU
Posts on this thread, including this one
- KIDS ADJUDICATED DUE TO ERROR IN DRUG TEST....... , 4/01/02, by JO.
- Re: KIDS ADJUDICATED DUE TO ERROR IN DRUG TEST....... , 11/14/02, by lyn.
- Re: KIDS ADJUDICATED DUE TO ERROR IN DRUG TEST....... , 12/13/03, by Sixta.
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