Child Protective Services: Playing Fair With Families?
 

Playing Fair With Families

July 25, 2007

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/...,5188101.story

The Department of Children and Families is expected to do what's best
for children while also being fair to their parents. That can be a
difficult line to walk when the agency is asking a judge to terminate
parental rights. But difficulty doesn't excuse the "intellectual
dishonesty" that Superior Court Judge Francis J. Foley III found in one
recent case.

The judge rebuked the DCF for "deception" in trying to cut a deaf
father's legal ties to his son. Caseworkers had downplayed the father's
attempts to maintain contact with his child despite considerable
obstacles - such as no sign-language interpreter at half of his
appointments. When the father asked for gas money to make the trip from
Massachusetts, one caseworker pettily insisted he first provide a
"Google map" showing the distance between his house and his child's -
although she could get it from her own computer in less than a minute.

Three years ago, Judge Carmen Lopez tore into another state social
worker for outright deception in persuading the courts to remove a child
from her home and put her in foster care. The caseworker had withheld
information that would have cleared the father of suspicion of abuse.

Deception is, of course, unacceptable. Judges depend on DCF's objective
reporting to make excruciating decisions that can sever families.

The agency must do its utmost to treat all members of a family fairly
and make sure judges get thorough, reliable, dispassionate information -
even when the natural temptation may be to pick sides.




CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...