The police came to my house with a warrant looking for a roommate who has not lived with us in over a year. When they came the carpet needed shampooing and the house was not the tidiest house, but it was not horribly filthy. We told them the man they were looking for did not live there, but they decided to call a social worker to take away my neice, who is two. Are they allowed to do this even though they came for something else?
Also, when they took her we gave the social worker our uncle's phone #, but she refused to call and would not let any of my uncles or aunts take her, even though all 5 were willing. The SW wanted to put her in foster care for a dirtyhouse.(The baby has no physical or emotional damage, no dirty diaper or rash, no lice, no nothing bad). Is she allowed to place her w/ the county over family for this and especially is she allowed to put her in foster care just like that when plenty of family is willing to take her? Is there anyway she can get in trouble?
2006-08-21 07:03:14 · 6 answers · asked by aljea 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
All my Aunts and Uncles agree this is unjust. She is calling my mom potentially abusive, yet my mom has not so much as even yelled at my neice, EVER. Not to mention this social worker is trying everything to take my neice out of the home again. She went so far as to take pictures of the crumbs on the bottom of the oven and the crumbs on the stove. We think they believe that we are hiding man they were looking for and that is why they are trying to make our lives hell. Which is really not right because it has taken a very negative toll on the emotional well being of my neice. My aunts and uncles are all fairly wealthy with nice homes, but she would not even consider placing her with family, even when all of them went to court wanting to get her, they still would not let them.
2006-08-21 07:37:26 · update #1
In regards to misspipik:
No, they were not looking for cocaine, they were looking for anything petty to take pictures of to say that we had a filthy house. Because they couldn't find anything filthy in our house, they decided to take pictures of crumbs in the oven and on the stove.
Secondly, the guy was charged with stealing money at his job at 7-11. Because we found out what kind of guy he was, long before this event even happened, we kicked him out.
2006-08-21 08:55:25 · update #2
Unfortunately the Department of Children and Family Services has more power than you can imagine!! This is true and this person is not leaving any details out -- even if they did, this is still the way DSFS operates.
There are millions of children stipped from their homes for silly things like this and even more ridiculous. I don't understand how an agency can have this much power -- and the lawyer will be relatively powerless as this is a Governmental Agency with protocols that seem at times to be above the law or even common sense.
2006-08-21 07:36:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something tells me there might be parts of the story that you are leaving out. The police are obligated to deal with situations where a child's life might be endangered. Obviously they felt that and then the Social Worker must have agreed to take the action she did.
2006-08-21 14:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by poppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this situation is really as unfair as you say it is, you need to get a lawyer and take them to court. A Social worker would not and should not remove a child from his or her caretaker without just cause and legitimate proof that the child's wellbeing is at stake. Either there is more to this than you are relaying to us or you need to contact somebody about the injustice being done.
2006-08-21 14:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by Missouri LitWit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a lawyer. What is this, the Housekeeping Police? God help us all. This is completely messed. It sounds to me like they've overstepped their lines completely. Not everyone is from a background that worships shiny floors. Don't we still have the right to be slobs if we want? (Not that I'm call ling you a slob :) My house is often "clean enough to be healthy but dirty enough to be happy", especially when there are kids around - messy little boogers :) Good luck to you.
2006-08-21 14:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by R. F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very interesting circumstances. what is your x/roomate charged with. when you agreed to let them look in your toaster they were looking for "crumbs" of cocaine. did i guess correctly? did you tell them where your x/roommate is?.WHAT ARE YOU, AN IDIOT1111111111111111
2006-08-21 15:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure what your question is but cys can take a child out of an environment they feel is dangerous whether for crimes drugs sanitation etc.
their first concern is the welfare of the child
2006-08-21 14:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by titanbooboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋