Why does CPS do these horrible things?

Hey Logan,

I feel for your friend! I've been a foster/adoptive father for close to 10 years and a cop for over 20 and I've wondered the same thing! They have too much power without the wisdom to wield it justly OR effectively.

We've had in our home over the years children from good loving homes that should never have been taken and then we've also had them with us for a few months and they never should have been returned! I think a lot of it depends on which case worker just happens to be assigned the case. Personality and levels of ignorance vary. I have known and do currently know a FEW GOOD case workers with D.F.C.S. (Georgia's Dept of Family and Children Svcs is the equivalent of your Child Protective Svcs)

Fortunately, our current Governor in Ga (and his wife) are actively involved in foster/adoption and have a huge heart for this matter. I've been able (and blessed) to have his aid in a matter involving one of my daughters.

Ultimately, you can't depend on CPS, Judges, Lawyers, Law Enforcement, or Government to always do the right thing. I mean that with all due respect to those higher powers (Rom 13) but I personally have had good experience in enlisting the aid of a Higher Power through prayer. He can change minds and get things done.

This crazy stuff seems to be happening all the time--while monsters out there are left to torture and kill the real victims.

I have noticed that every time one of those absolutely horrible stories of a child tortured to death hits the media, CPS goes crazy and grabs a whole bunch of kids away from innocent parents. It has happened to me, so I know exactly how it feels. I know the stigma and fear and all that goes with it.

I think that better staffing--both in quantity and in quality--would make a difference. Social Workers make a lot of mistakes in assessments when they are rushed and pushed.

Your friend needs to do everything he can to get a good attorney; don't ever face CPS alone if you can help it. But also, take heart. My charge was a mistake, and the CPS worker involved chose to get it dropped. There are some honest people in the system.

It does always seem a mystery as to why some Child Protection Agencies seem to pick on one family and seem to ignore more serious cases. There is no valid answer to this that would even sound rational.

As frustrating as it is, we need to discover what is CPS' source of information? How did they determine they needed to be looked at in the first place? Do your friends have a particular "enemy" that has something to gain from giving their family grief and the spotlight? (i.e. just meaness and the knowing they are making their lives miserable?)

They may want to contact a child family attorney via legal aide and determine if they have a valid case against CPS and have it deemed harassment and unfounded allegations in which if there is a valid case, they could receive a monetary compensation for pain and suffering along with the disruption of their family.

Good luck and much prayers.

It happened here in Australia,I dont know if they are called CPS here same sh!t,this family had been reported many a time and had older children removed, but there was a 10yr old still living wth the B*stards.An ambulance was called the little girl was locked in a room full off her own waste,and garbage no room for the ambo,s to get in,I think police were called but the little was dead and she only weighed 9 kilo she was 10 yrs old.The parents said she couldn,t eat blah blah blah.B*stards.

I am so sorry I can't even begin to tell you. But the same some what happen to me. The only thing that may be some comfort to you was as hard as it is for me to say it was for the best. Totally unrelated as to why they took my kids stuff came out that was going on with my kids that I was totally unaware of. And had they not taken them it would still be going on today. There is a reason we just may not know it at the time.

Good luck

I've been in your friends shoes and cannot even begin to tell you how screwed up this stuff is. We had to go to D&A Counseling, Parenting classes, AA, random UAs, supervised visits and were supposed to get them back after completion. During the whole mess we got to sit in court and listen to the worker lie about how they were making regular visits, saying one girl didn't want to visit until we turned on the AC, they lied about my gf's UA results which were sent to the lab and came back as an Asthma Inhaler tainted false-positive. Finally after about 4 different workers one made the mistake of saying that we would never see our kids again. After I came untorqued on him he couldn't find the exit fast enough. He ran to the courthouse and right in front of my attorney began spilling his BS to the CSEU attorney. My atty. came out laughing about the whole thing. Tell your friend to use those recordings to jot down time, person and nature of phone calls on a calendar. That is useful in court. Regardless of the legalities of the recordings they can be transferred to paper then this rule no longer applies!!!!

Absolutely! A few years back, a 12 yr. old neighbor girl said she was having sex with an adult male neighbor. She said she would talk to CPS in my home only. I called em, but they went to her school, so she clammed up. CPS stopped investigation until she and an 8mo. old boy the man was watching contracted gonnorhea.

I think they have a difficult job and get burnout. It seems like they ignore abused children and snatch from innocent parents. This is because these are the only cases we hear about and likely they get exaggerated if the story makes it to the media. The vast majority are just doing their jobs to the best of their ability.

Matt is exactly right. Ever notice how CPS crawls back into their hole when you hire a good attorney? If you can't afford one, CPS will do their very best to take your children and ruin your life. That is their job, they do it for job security, and the majority of them are on a power trip.

well that's one side of the story, but CPS must have a story too. i can't answer that question without knowing what's really goin' on.

i have no idea what's up with your friends, BUT i will agree with you on one thing. i think a lot of people report others to CPS because they are mad at the parents for something not related to the kids. that ought to be criminal!