On November4,2015 a Dhs investigator showed up at my home in Fayetteville Arkansas along with two police officers. I was told to give my grand daughter to the investigator. I had never spoken to this lady and she had never been in my home. My 17 year old daughter (the babies mother) was out of town for the weekend. I was very upset and crying asking why? I asked what I could send with the baby to make it easier on her. She would not even look at me or answer any questions. My daughter then called and spoke with the investigator and told her she would be home in 3 hours. They then left with the child. My daughter returned back to the Fayetteville area but not to my home after she was told it was not safe. Once again the investigator had never step foot in my home. My daughter was a teenager in her senior year with plans made to join the Us Navey after graduation. Our home is a new home built in 2013 four bedroom house very clean in a golf community. My husband retired from the us army after 26 years and almost being killed by a land mind in Iraq. We are good American people. I am lisenced foster care in two states and was on the last of 8 children I have raised. 4 foster 4 of mine. My daughter and I called repeatedly to Dhs to see when the hearing would be so that we could resolve this and my daughter could come home and grad daughter could reunit with her mother and us. Finally we where told on the 16th of November would be court. we all showed up for court then where handed subpoenas when we arrived.
Needless to say we where blown away to find out there had been a hearing done 72 hours after baby had been removed in which no one was informed. At the hearing we where then told that the reason for removal was a statement had been called stating child abuse and neglect in my husband and I. My daughter was abandonment. (She went to her cousins for the weekend.) we then hired our attorney a new court date was ordered after my daughter 4 hours befor her 18th birthday was taken into foster care and being stated that she would get benifits to pay for college if she did and that baby would be placed with her.. She left foster are 5 days later after Dhs did nothing and told her there was no placement for her and baby together. She did return home.
Altwo weeks later she was told that theY had an apartment of her own had been found for her and the baby. She would have job training parenting classes job placement everything if she went. I thought it would be great for her. She was picked up by Dhs and taken to a foster home almost in another state not to an apartment. next hearing we had legal council. We learned by mail that We where found guilty of child abuse and neglect by Dhs. Our attorney questioned my daughter and another adult child of mine about punishment. Both denied any had ever taken place. Statements from 5 more where submitted. Investigator then was questions about the charges and denied she put any on us. Mrs Jamie Peyton was then presented the paper work with charges against us. She was caught lying on the stand. She personally signed them. Neglect was inviromental neglect by a woman who never step foot in my house. Dhs removed the investigator from her position yet baby did not return home. Dhs and judge agreeing that they wanted to see my daughter be able to support herself and care for her child by herself first. . At this point my daughter had missed so much school graduation would not happen on time. Visitation was once a week. Needless to say Dhs has never done anything to reunit our family or help my daughter. She has since started stripping to provide income high enough for rent and child care. Dhs disagreed with that!!
She is now a drop out on Iv drugs and has a man that is 34 selling her. My grand daughter is in foster care with a family pushing for adoption. My family was ordered urine drug tests. I failed mine. After the doctor reviewed the results the fail was from my medications I take for lupus. Medical reports sheer submitted to Dhs but they refuse to acknowledge them and still fail every test I have taken. I am now off all meds on the hope I might get to see my granddaughter. I struggle in pain now every day. I pray I don't get sick. I am only 47 years old. I rarely see my daughter now. Normally a day befor court see shows up and most of the time I don't recognize her at all. She even has a new name. I took her to rehab recently, Jon ( her pimp) found her the next day and she left with him. We won't see a judge again now until September.
We no longer have visits with my grand daughter and Dhs wants foster family to adopt. At the last hearing on May 11th my daughter was ordered to stay at home until she could get into rehab then to get in ged classes and get a job. She left 3 hours after court crying her way out the door stating why didn't they order in the beginning me to stay at home and go to school where I had a roof over my head, a happy family with all the support I ever needed to be a good mother and a good future with my baby? I pray every night I don't end up with a dead child. My husband has made the statement, "26 years in the military and 2war zonews. Atleast I knew in a war who my enemy was. Here at home it's the very same people that I almost gave my life for there freedom to destroy my family, life and reputation. " all of this because of one phone call made and an over zealous investigator trying to make a name for herself. Our attorney has resigned and Dhs will not work with any of her clients to the point she almost turned in her lisense to practice law. No attorney in town will take our case.
Stacey
Texas,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, May 17, 2016
because there is no way to win it! This child was taken out of YOUR custody because YOUR precious daughter is not fit to be a parenttttt - what is she doing at 17 y/o with a child she dropped off at your house to go party??? I am guarantee she was partying. YOU admitted she is "on Iv drugs and has a man that is 34 selling her" so what is the reason you did not call the POLICE??? STOP playing the victim!! The only VICTIM in this mess is the child who needs a stable home environment.