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Please help with social workers mishandling a case?
My nephew has had no stability most of his life. He is now 15. He has been moved around since he was little, and after being taken away from his mother 4 years ago he was put into an abusive home for 4 years.
Because of this he has some behavioral and mental issues.
He is NOW with my mother, his grandmother, who is wonderful and loves him and is doing everything she can to take care of him. He is a brilliant kid who has just had a bad lot in life. What he needs now is to stay with my mom, his brother, and his cousins who are all living with my mom.
HOWEVER, having been place with my mom only a few months ago, the social workers are still in his life. Every time he "acts up" or like today, had some issues at school involving "bizarre behavior" (like refusing to answer to his first name, but middle name only), they threaten to take him away from my mom. With the incident today, the social worker says she is taking him and putting him with strangers.
HIS FAMILY is at home, my mother has NO criminal record, NO drug use, and doesn't even drink alcohol. If he is taken away at this critical part in his life he will be lost forever. It is the WORST thing they can do, and my mom has NEVER done anything wrong!! PLEASE is there ANYTHING I or we can do?
This is the same social worker that placed him in the abusive home for 4 years and won't believe that any abuse took place, he isn't safe with her. PLEASE help.
Please. I want my nephew to have a chance at life and that is with my mom.
SERIOUS ANSWERS BASED ON REAL KNOWLEDGE ONLY PLEASE. I am not looking for suggestions from someone who knows little to nothing about social workers procedure. I want someone with more information than I have, and I've grown up with social workers because my older sisters suck and screw over their kids with neglect, not abuse, but still bad (but my mom is awesome).
2 Answers
- Anonymous4 years ago
First of all, I understand your frustration, but you aren't going to get the help you need on YA. Social services is handled at state and local levels in the US, so even if people knew your state, it still wouldn't help.
All I can give you is general advice that always applies. The biggest is you (sadly) are a bystander here. Has your mom ever gotten legal advice? If not, this was a big mistake. The goal here is for her to become his permanent legal guardian, for his mom to give up her parental rights and for your mom to adopt him. Once this happens, he's no longer involved with the state unless new and serious problems crop up.
Either way, your mom needs legal help immediately. A good attorney can file an emergency petition with the court to prevent this from happening. It will cost money, but that doesn't change the fact that your mom has to do this. Otherwise, if you have the rest of the facts straight, I agree with you it sounds like the judge will simply do what the social worker recommends. But that's because nobody is contesting it through legal means or the courts.
