Re: Fiance's Daughter's children removed by CPS in Indiana

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Your post is nearly impossible to follow, and I can't find
anywhere in your post where you tell us whether or not the
children were taken into custody, altho that appears to be
the case. If they were taken into custody, as appears to be
the case, you seem greatly confused as to what the mother's
rights are in this.

1. The mother's parental rights are suspended while the
children are in CPS custody.
2. Biomom doesn't get to tell CPS who will and will not have
contact with the children once CPS takes the children into
custody. Biomom does not call the shots during this
interval.
3. Grandma has no obligation to talk to her own daughter
first before she calls CPS. No one does. Ever.
4. Child support arrears have absolutely nothing to do with
any of this. Period.
5. Because you are not related to anybody in this or in the
house where you live with your fiance, CPS can, indeed
refuse to place the children with paternal grandpa
(your "fiance").
6. The daughter is entitled to a court-appoitned attorney
ONLY IF she meets income eligibility and/or other
requirements set forth by her state's laws. There is no
absolute right to a court-appointed attorney. Period.
7. If you genuinely want to help your fiance, then, FOCUS on
the relevant facts. If you are a trained paralegal, then
you should know relevant-vs-irrelevant facts. Nearly all of
your post is clearly irrelevant.
8. If you genuinely want to help your finance and/or his
grandchildren, then tell your fiance to advise his adult
daughter to never, ever, ever spank a child with a
flyswatter, plastic or otherwise.
9. Grandma did the right thing by calling CPS.
10. You have no standing in this matter.

On 4/26/08, Lorri wrote:
> My Fiancé’s(of 20 years) daughter is 30 years old, last
> weekend or the beginning of this week she spanked her
> middle son (who is 4years old) with a plastic flimsy
> flyswatter, like most children do when they are being
> spanked he began squirming and moving around trying to not
> get spanked, he POSSIBLY go a couple of marks on him. The
> Maternal grandmother(who neglected her own children when
> the daughter was 8 years old) called CPS on 4/24 and
> reported her own daughter without talking to her daughter
> about the supposed marks first. Thursday the daughter told
> CPS, that under NO circumstances is the Maternal
> grandmother to have any contact with her children, (as 2
> years ago the mother called CPS on her daughter and made
> FALSE ALLEGATIONS against her daughter, the CPS went to
> the daughters home, did an investigation based on the
> maternal grandmothers accusations, found the accusations
> were false and unfounded and IMMEDIATELY closed the case)
> because for WHATEVER REASON the maternal grandmother is
> OBSESSED with the 4 year old grandson and has wanted him
> for herself for years. The daughter stated that she wanted
> the maternal grandfather to care for the children, as he
> is the one that raised his 3 children on his own with NO
> HELP OR SUPPORT from their mother, CPS told my fiancé’s
> daughter that since I reside in the home with her dad and
> dealt with CPS myself in 1988(since turned my life around
> & graduated with an AAS in Paralegal studies) that he was
> INELIGIBLE to have the grandchildren placed with him, her
> older sister also told CPS, that their mother NEGLETED
> THEM, and that she will take the nephews into her home(CPS
> said they have to do a home study & background check on
> her sister & brother in law). Then yesterday 4/25 the CPS
> caseworker, after assuring the daughter on 4/24 that the
> maternal grandmother would HAVE NO CONTACT with the
> children told the daughter on 4/25 that the maternal
> grandmother( I have documented proof of her neglect &
> abuse involvement with CPS regarding her OWN children &
> who NEVER compiled with the court orders regarding her
> children, and who is still $20 - $40, 000.00 in child
> support arrears (the Maternal grandfather has documented
> proof of total compliance & cooperation with everything
> the court asked him to do to get his children back with
> him)) would in all probability be where the children ARE
> PLACED. And this is GOING AGAINST the mothers wishes, and
> her parental rights HAVE NOT been terminated… What are her
> rights, and is the maternal grandfather allowed to have
> the children placed with him even though I reside in the
> home (I have been in the daughters & siblings lives since
> they were 5, 8, 9 years old, and been in the
> grandchildren’s lives since they were born, they are MY
> GRANDBABIES.) I did tell the daughter that she is ENTITLED
> to a COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY…
>
> Thank you,
> Lorri