- Signatures: 893
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 9-8-2002
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DYFS routinely labels accidental deaths among children as parental negligence. Please help demand more respect for the grieving parents of children that were victims of fatal accidents.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Have you ever lost a child through a tragic accident? | Why I am signing this. |
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| 895 | 12:00 pm PST, Feb 2 | Anonymous | New Jersey | NO | I have been fighting DYFS for my only child for the past 5 months. She is only 8 months old and they took her from me when she choked on her vomit and went unconscious. While in the hospital for 2 weeks they found many internal injuries from a healed fracture and intercranial damage. All things I never knew was wrong with my daughter. She was diagnois w acid reflux 3 days prior to her choking by the pediatrician. In 4 months of life, I took my daughter to the doctor constantly because she cried as if something was hurting her. The doctor said she had colic but in actually she was crying over a fracture. My daughter had no bruises, scratches, or anything visibly wrong with her. I did what I was supposed to do as a mother but because I am her mother, I am being criminally investigated and DYFS has custody of my first and only child. I missed out on her first Christmas & first words. I am paying thousands of dollars for a lawyer that I feel isnt helping me but just taking my money. Please pray our reunification. | |
| 894 | 1:09 am PST, Jan 22 | Ms. | Jamie casella | New Jersey | No | Dyfs took my kids and forced me to terminate my rights without any reason. They didn't even talk about reunifiaction. Every time they came the allegations were unfounded unsubstuatied. |
| 893 | 10:58 am PST, Jan 19 | Mrs. | Anonymous | New Jersey | no | A family member has had false accusations made against them in the past. It was an "anonymous" tip called into DYFS. A caseworker came to the house and my childs school, a found the "tip" to be false. No further action was needed or taken. It is very upsetting to say the least when you are accused of something that that is totally false. It was done out of jealously or spite. It is even more outragous when there are comments posted online about the false accuations. As I read this persons comments I was blown away that someone would somewhat brag about such a lie. I felt helpless. They need to be held accountable for such lies and accusations. |
| 892 | 11:15 am PST, Dec 9 | Mrs. | Leah B. | New Jersey | NO | almost 12 years ago, newly divorced from my ex husband, dyfs was called, lady came and found every thing to be in perfect order. thank goodness. But now that ex husband is under dyfs scrutniy. his new ex-wife.... the only common denominator in both calls, as far as we can figure is having a field day messing with peoples lives. he is currently in a new relation ship and dyfs showed up at his door the day before the new baby came home. how is is possible for someone to make false accusations against people and never have anything done to them. |
| 891 | 1:24 pm PST, Nov 13 | Ms. | Tammy Duncan | New Jersey | Yes my granddaughters Mom ( My Daughter) | I don't know what else to do, just hoping that there is help out there for our families that are being ripped apart by DYFS I lost my daughter on July 15th 2009. My granddaughter has been in the system 2x's now. The baby;s father made some false statements about my family. My granddaughter was in her fathers custody and he had no where to live and he stayed with us then he had a breakdown during the birth of his new baby (from another woman) My granddaughter was with us during the holidays last year. DYFS came to our home and said that it was ok for my granddaughter to stay here got a follow up after to inspect the home everything was good but since my daughter didn't have custody they removed her from our hearts once again. We had our visits finally and Julz wanted to come home she cried every week. My daughter was clean from drugs for 9 months and DYFS told her to continue her program and she did they dragged this on for months. My daughter had to do Parenting classes. after 6 months of this crap my daughter went to the classed missed one because there was no transportation provided for her and my van broke down. The father came back from Jail that he had to take care of and they were in court. My daughter had taken a adivan for anxiety that she had a script from Jan and on July 13th she was in court and DYFS and the judge ripped her when she was down (depressed) and made her feel useless worst than that actually. My daughter was so distrought she took her life by doing drugs. The court told her they would make sure she never gets my granddaughter back. Question doesn't DYFS stand for Division of youth and Family services. My daughter asked them time and time again for any help that will reunite her with her daughter even inpatient rehab for mother and child programs and she was refused each and every time. Now I have 2 BIG holes in My heart and I cry for them everyday. How can they GET AWAY with this WHAT CAN I DO? |
| 890 | 1:34 pm PST, Nov 10 | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | NO BUT DYFS HAS REMOVED MY CHILDREN | BECAUSE IT IS WRONG WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 889 | 9:34 am PST, Nov 3 | Mrs. | Anonymous | New Jersey | No | I agree, dyfs lies because they can. Unfortunately they are too busy harassing EVERYONE to help the people that really need help. Honestly, who wants to even report anyone to dyfs considering that there is a 90% chance that they will be in a worse situation. |
| 888 | 1:53 pm PDT, Oct 30 | Donna Costa | New Jersey | We have lost our Jayden through the actions of Dyfs. We fight everyday to get him back home. This fight against dyfs has really destroyed our whole family of course Jayden who asks his mommy each time he sees her or talks to her is "Mommy what do they say, can I come home with you now?" This is a tragedy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | I would sign a million of these. My next step is to petition outside of the bergen county court house. My grandson was removed from our home almost 2 years ago due to his mommys drug addiction and anger. My daughter has done everything and above dyfs ordered her to do. She's been clean for over 1 year. Has complied with every program dyfs had ordered her. It seems like now the times and days of the attorneys and dyfs workers are delaying the reunification . She had been ready for six months now to have her son. They also say that he should finish out the school year where he is with my sister. The school year just started last month! This has been such a long dragged out procedure. Bottom line is that dyfs doesn't care about reuniting children with their parents, they could care less. They care about their checks every week, and destroying families along the way. Where are they when a child dies in a closet starved to death, they are on a case thats less of a problem for them. Just take the child and place them and forget about them. Best interest for the child, no never!!!!!!!! | |
| 887 | 9:57 am PDT, Oct 30 | Ms. | Lacey Bundschuh | New Jersey | They took my lil Lexi at 2 days old. And my sons once they were a year and a half each. | |
| 886 | 6:48 am PDT, Oct 29 | Karen McCutcheon | New Jersey | No | Out of concern for all abused children | |
| 885 | 6:23 am PDT, Oct 29 | Arlene Kimmerle | New Jersey | I believe if a child is being abused it should be with parents/people who will care for him. | ||
| 884 | 7:01 pm PDT, Oct 26 | Kristen Blair | New Jersey | No | To help my sister get custody of her Step Son. | |
| 883 | 10:40 am PDT, Oct 26 | Danna Saunders | North Carolina | No | ||
| 882 | 9:20 pm PDT, Oct 25 | Jeffrey nd Stephenie Keith | New Jersey | No, but we will if DYFS doesn't start doing the job. | Child is currently living with the biological mother and when he is sent for our VERY LIMITED visitation he is COVERED in marks. Black eyes, bruises from neck to buttocks, welts, most recently a "fall" gave him bruises and scratches all over his face. His AFRAID to go home to his step father and aunt (who lives with them) The police are more concerned then anyone else besides us! NOTHING has EVER been done! They go to the house and bio mom pulls the "they are just trying to get custody card" | |
| 881 | 6:32 am PDT, Sep 14 | Mrs. | Anonymous | New Jersey | I will never forget my divorce and the words of my ex- after he left me for someone online- he stated he would make my life a living hell. I have had DFYS in my home numerous times- he kept calling and making false allegations- so much they opened a case on my new husband and I. I can't see my 11 year old daughter without supervised visits- it all started when I told her to clean her room- she called her daddy on the cell and bingo DFYS was at my door again- everything was unfounded but they keep the case open with more false allegations.. my new hubby struggling to pay a attorney to fight this screwed up system. So lets get this straight he cheats- I have to fight for child support- he will not pay for her braces- but he can make false allegations and win custody. Keep up the good work New Jersy!!! | |
| 880 | 9:19 pm PDT, Sep 12 | Ms. | Erin Coleman | New Jersey | No,thank God. | I, too, have been a victim of DYFS of NJ. The investigator actually told me "When we say jump, you MUST say how high.". This division is out of control. They know that the common good caring parent does not fully know thier rights and take full advantage of this. I recently had an open case, I never recieved any documents from them and was never informed the caase was closed because I jumped for them. A bogus accusation was placed against me, which is common place for my drug addicted seperated husband. Whenever I threw him out, he called, when he moved out of state and I waited a year to file for child support,guess what?, he called. He uses DYFS to scare me and humiliate my child. When will they realize that he does this to me when he is mad at me? How many times must we ride this not so Merry-go-Round? He is wasting the states time and money and they could careless.These caseworker are young adults who enjoy playing God and Big Brother. I am sick of being abused by both, my soon to be ex and DYFS. When will it end? Will it ever? |
| 879 | 1:16 pm PDT, Sep 12 | Robert Whittington | New Jersey | I've not read all of what others have had to say but what I have read so far is right on. This corrupt agency called DYFS is way out of control and needs to be put in check before there is a very serious tragedy. Unfortunately there will not be a proportionate response to the outcries of the people until some catastrophy does occur. | ||
| 878 | 12:47 pm PDT, Sep 4 | edward J mc laughlin | New Jersey | Dyfs has totally destroyed my family | ||
| 877 | 1:41 pm PDT, Aug 16 | Ms. | Anonymous | New Jersey | I AM CURRENTLY DEALING WITH A DYFS ISSUE. THE RULES CHANGE BY THE DAY. THEY CHANGE AROUND EVERYTHING YOU & EVERYONE ELSE SAYS. THEY LIE AND EXAGGERATE EVERYTHING. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THEN SINCE 2/09 FOR ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE PROVEN FALSE. THEY RECENTLY REMOVED MY 5 CHILDREN FOR EDUCATINAL NEGLECT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. I HAVE A NEW CASE WORKER AND SHE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT WORK AGAINST ME SINCE DAY ONE. SHE FOUND OUT I HAD A WARRANT FOR MISSING A COURT DATE FOR A TRAFFIC FINE AND BROUGHT THE POLICE TO MY HOUSE A WEEK BEFORE I WAS TO APPEAR IN FAMILY COURT FOR MY GUARDIANSHIP HEARING. MY CHILDREN WERE REMOVED @ THAT TIME AND PLACE IN IN 3 DIFFERENT FOSTER HOMES. AT THE NEXT MEETING I WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO COMPLY ANY MORE. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 3 WEEKS. I HAVE ONLY SEEN MY CHILDREN 2 TIMES AND MY 18 MONTH BABY LOOKS @ ME LIKE A STRANGER. I LIVE IN MONROE TWP. WITH MY PARENTS IN AA NICE HOUSE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD. I DO NOT ABUSE THEM AND I DO NOT DO DRUGS OR DRINK. I HAVE COMPLIED WITH DYFS AND STILL COULD NOT SAVE MY CHILDREN THEM. THE NJ DYFS WORKERS WORK TOTALLY AGAINST AND ARE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER THEY PLEASE WHETHER IT IS WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CHILDREN OR NOT. MY SON CALLS ME CRYING EVERYDAY. THEY HAVE BEEN IN 3 DIFFERNT HOMES AND ARE STILL SPLIT UP. REMOVING MY CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOME & FAMILY HAS DONE MORE DAMAGE TO THEM THAN I EVER COULD!!!! WE ALL NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND SUE THE STATE OF N.J. FOR THE TRAUMA THEY HAVE PUT OUR CHILDREN THROUGH. | |
| 876 | 11:15 pm PDT, Jul 24 | Mr. | Anonymous | New Jersey | I have a deep resentment towards DYFS, which does more harm than good, if it does any good at all. In July of 2008, my family had a small dryer fire in our apartment. I had just sold a house I part-owned a few weeks before, and we were still sorting through things at the time. It was cluttered and even, dare I say, messy, but somewhat organized. With the fire, the fire department couldn't afford to be graceful to do their job, so what was clutter before the fire was a disaster afterward. I don't blame the fire department, as they were doing their job. The Board of Health showed up, and we had to find another place to stay for a couple weeks while we cleaned. DYFS also came along, threatening to take our kids away because of the condition of the apartment, accusing us of using drugs when they had no proof. We cleaned out the apartment, and did a damn good job of it. Even the DYFS caseworker (not the two that interrogated and berated us the day of the fire) thought so. And yet, just a couple short months after, we received a letter saying they were "substantiating ongoing environmental neglect" by my wife and me. How they could possibly determine ongoing environmental neglect from a temporary situation is beyond me. My wife and I have appealed the case, as she (a teacher) and I (a liturgical musician and music instructor) both work with kids, and would probably both be out of jobs if that stuck. It seems hypocritical that we proclaim rapists, drug dealers, gangsters, murderers and even foreign terrorists to be innocent until proven guilty. Yet, in dealing with DYFS, you start out guilty, and it's your job to prove yourself innocent. Unlike a violent crime suspect, I saw none of the evidence against me, none of the reports, none of the photos taken. My wife and I, as well as our kids, a year after the fact, are still shaken by this. I still fear a knock at the door from a DYFS working just "checking in" on the family. I'm convinced DYFS should stand for "Destroying Your Family Soon" | |
| 875 | 12:03 am PDT, Jul 24 | Mr. | Rev. D. Scheffey | New Jersey | No. | On July 1st 2009, my wife and I had an argument over finances I attempted to leave, my wife grabbed me, I pushed her off me, and left the premises. The entire time my child was sleeping peacefully in her bed. DYFS was called, Later DYFS showed up, and separated my wife and I on my return. I complied and had no worry as this was obviously blown out of proportion, and should be resolved pretty quick. DURING THIS TIME I was completely cooperative with DYFS as was my wife. They were just about to leave feeling that my child was safe because of our cooperation. At this point our child woke up and asked for her morning milk & Ovaltine, which my wife got for her. One of these workers took my wife aside and started telling her I did not love her, I am no good for her, and other horrible things which my wife did not understand. She had NO CHOICE but to address these issues with me right then and there as she felt I was going to leave her and it panicked her a bit as we have never been apart for more than a few hours. DYFS put these lies into her head without ANY reason, much less any training in marriage or domestic counseling whatsoever. They had NO RIGHT to say the things they did to her. AT NO TIME DID I SAY I WOULD LEAVE HER OR MY CHILD. NEEDLESS to say this put my wife in a state of panic and because they would not let her outside, she did call out to me begging me not to leave her. Then DYFS said they are going to take our child. My wife panicked begging and pleading with DYFS which they seemed to enjoy quite frankly Then the DYFS workers decided to allow my wife to leave the home with our child for the day as a “cool down” period. We both agreed, I thought “Anything to get these people out of here and stop causing a scene,” but because this was 5:30am, it took a few calls to get someone to agree to come down and pick them up. After allowing only 20 minutes for someone to agree to come, get dressed, get in their car, and find their way to our home, DYFS then changed their mind AGAIN and said,” That’s it, we’re taking her.” This totally blew my mind! My child has never been away from us. We’ve never even had a babysitter, and my wife is a stay at home mom. AT NO TIME WAS OUR CHILD EVER IN DANGER DYFS LIED to us. DYFS lied in court, telling the courts we were intoxicated, which we were not. If we were so drunk, why would they be prepared to leave, as stated in court, leaving the child with us? Then changing their mind threatening to take the child, Then changing their mind again allowing her to leave with the child if she was so drunk? They told the courts we were hostile, which was also a lie, as we were compliant until they changed their minds a 3rd time about taking our child and put us both into a frenzied panic. They even lied about a statement given by a friend of mine who was staying with us at the time. They interviewed him, and the DYFS worker asked if he ever saw us drunk before. He stated he has in fact seen us DRINK before. DYFS lied in court by saying he stated he saw us DRUNK before. Big difference. We would never get drunk in front of or around our children. This was another lie. I can have a statement by him to this effect. DYFS stated in testimony that we have had police called out before because of our drinking. This is another lie, and I have statements by a Gloucester city worker, stating that police were called out because of stray cats in our yard, not drinking. Yet ANOTHER lie. I can have a statement by her to this effect. Neither my wife nor myself were even allowed to defend ourselves or even speak in our own behalf of these allegations, and now we’re found guilt of child neglect even before our trial. Even my P.D. was allowed only 5 mins with me before we began. I fired her. I feel there is something VERY, VERY wrong here. I understand DYFS gets good money for stealing children and placing them in homes but this was far from necessary. DYFS has been sued multiple times for lying under oath, changing stories, and neglect. DYFS caused us to panic, as nobody has ever taken a child from me before. I have never been accused by DYFS or any other family services of anything EVER. I have raised my 20 yr old son my own since he was 13, who now works for the NFL, with no problems and he’s an awesome boy. My daughter is also a wonderful child who is well versed in English, Math, and even the computer thanks to the EXCELLENT parenting of my wife and my self. We even had our children assist us with a vegetable garden by stating a family that grows together stays together. My stepson (My wife’s son) is a wonderful boy, and though his father makes 3 times more money than I do, I am paying child support to the father for his kid as my wife is at home with our daughter. My wife is a great mother, who cooks home meals 6 days a week for our kids instead of eating instant foods out of boxes and packets. I work very hard to allow my wife to stay home with our children to teach them better. She shows them how to cook, clean, and do for themselves. She is constantly enrolled in her son’s school programs to assist in field day, school library, etc. These field days are now also in jeopardy because of this decision. We take them on educational trips, my 3 yr old watches only wholesome TV (Barney Sesame Street, etc) My wife and I both were both tested on the 6th of July, the 1st time tested positive for marijuana, and I stated we had in fact took a couple puffs off one marijuana cigarette two weeks before this incident. On July 23rd 2009 I tested negative proving my prior statement. I am now told that it will be three months before my child is returned because of this “dirty urine” on the 6th of July. This is NOT the reason we were even in court. I may not be perfect, but I am HARDLY a child abuser. None of our children have ever been hit anywhere but a slight smack on the hand if the baby touches something she is not allowed to, and a smack on the butt. All other punishment consists of being sent to their room, or privileges being taken away. As stated by my stepson. I am a Minister, a good Father, and even perform many benefits for children who are suffering, which is now also in jeopardy because of this decision. Finally since my child has been in DYFS custody, I have only seen her one hour per week, and have found cuts, and bruises on her body, her hair was cut without permission, and I am VERY worried about her welfare. EVERYONE argues, but I do not feel we were guilty of anything except being angry with each other at the time. I also feel we were not given a fair hearing in this matter. My wife and I have been physically ill due to the loss of our children with no warnings no chance to redeem ourselves, or even a chance to speak on our own behalf. AT NO TIME WAS OUR CHILD IN ANY DANGER AT NO TIME WERE WE UNCOOPERATIVE UNTIL DYFS CHANGED THEIR MIND THE 3RD TIME AFTER DANGLING OUR CHILD IN FRONT OF US LIKE A CARROT OVER AND OVER. Our Congressman Rob Andrews has met us on several occasions, and said we have a beautiful family. I will fight this decision, with everything I have, even if it means taking this to a higher court. I am currently in contact with Children’s rights Inc. who is attempting to assist me in this matter. I want to appeal this decision and have our child to us before further damage is done, and more time and money is wasted frivolously. Rev. D. Scheffey |
| 874 | 2:31 pm PDT, May 28 | Nicole Kiselow | New Jersey | |||
| 873 | 2:09 pm PDT, May 7 | crystal clayton | New Jersey | because i am living a nightmare dealing with dyfs for along time over lies i am a avrage person taking care of my children over allegations that were proven unfounded i no longer have my children, i deal with heart ache and pain everyday because my boys arent wit me at home nomore me nor my children didnt deserve this, i am back and fourth to philly every friday to spend the weekend with them at a relatives house | ||
| 872 | 9:07 am PDT, May 6 | Bianca Kazoun | New Jersey | |||
| 871 | 7:54 pm PDT, May 1 | Amy Hostetter | New Jersey | No. | I watch as my friend and neighbor is harrassed and attacked through DYFS and it makes me SICK. People who make the allegations should be held accountable if the allegations are false!! | |
| 870 | 3:12 am PST, Mar 6 | Anonymous | Colorado | False Reports and the power of the state. | ||
| 869 | 4:52 pm PST, Feb 26 | Mr. | Anonymous | New Jersey | dyfs is trying to remove my child. they are liers when they are in the court room. and this is making problems in my marriage with my wife and me. | dyfs removes children from homes cause of false reports. when i assure you they hit and neglect their own children. |
| 868 | 2:42 pm PST, Feb 19 | Anonymous | New Jersey | No; I lost a child when she reported being abused. | DYFS has taken too many children from good parents and have put them with people who abuse them. | |
| 867 | 1:25 pm PST, Feb 11 | Anonymous | New Jersey | I am signing this because DYFS has recently removed my 2 kids from our home. Why? Because I bailed my husband out of jail and they said I broke a safety plan. They would not let my family take them because they are from Pa. I feel like since the first day she knew she was taking my kids. I cancelled an appointment because I could not get out of school and she said one more time and I'm taking your kids. | ||
| 866 | 1:39 pm PST, Jan 26 | Mr. | Tony Hobbs | North Carolina | No, but the DHS or whatever you call them in NC took my children. and I almost didn't get them back. and I really didn't EVER get them back!!!! | Because the DHS is corrupt! and they need to give the children back to the parents of the people in Tony Alamo Ministry. and they should let the parents that have been locked up, for protecting their children, out of jail too!!! |
| 865 | 1:15 pm PST, Jan 26 | Mrs. | Anonymous | California | no | i am signing this on behalf of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in AR, who's children were taken because of false child abuse accusations, at machine gun point during a swat style raid and held captive by DHS when there was NO abuse found. They have been abused by our government and also in DHS foster care. Please see these links of information. Watch the videos. They have torn these innocent children and parents apart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08prxPPyGqs See videos of their innocence on www.inquisitionupdate.org and www.alamoministries.com Please help us to help those parents and children from the sufferings of DHS> |
| 864 | 6:16 am PST, Jan 25 | Mr. | David Pizzo | New Jersey | No | DYFS took my new born girl right from the hospital from me. For no reason and placed her in the care of the mother whom went to a program for drug addition. The mother regained our child thought this program and relapse. The mother of our daughter blames me for her problems with drugs. This is crazy. I do not condone wrong in life of anyone that is going to do wrong with things in life. I only would like to have my child safe and care for my daughter. To keep her from the mother whom neglect and abused her as well as the care giver. DFYS supports family's that are screwed up and when a child needs to be placed in a safe home DFYS dose the opposite. The courts are at their best. The court's are just like DFYS what ever is said in the courts to the Judge go with it. You have NO rights. DFYS will always be in charge. Until it happens to be a polictions their child taken and place out of home. We all know this will never happen. We will never see any change in the courts and/or the DFYS system. Thanks to our government. As for the question below the political never help any forget about them. I had tried to get help from them to many times. They tell you its in court. |
| 863 | 10:57 am PST, Jan 16 | Lisa-Ann Mc. | Pennsylvania | I sign because though my daughter did not die, she is no longer with me. I had called Lower Township police for help when my husband finally took his beatings to another level and got bullets. Realizing there was a gun, I called for help. . finally. The police took him to Burdette, then ACMC. He was not allowed in Cape May county, or near our child. Due to the abuse I suffered at home, the house was a hellhole when DYFS came in. Subsequently, we were both found guilty of neglect. The caseworker seemed to work with us, both of us. . .until Andrea Yates name came up. She, under PostPartum Psychosis, drowned five children in 2001. Having suffered a tough of PPP, I did what Andrea did not and got a tubal. Coupled with other issues, I can never get pregnant again and can't ever have PPP. The caseworker did not care. They chose to close my case, telling me to either hand my only daughter to foster care or "let her daddy have her. . he's medicated now." I had never been on the opposite end of the system, so I took the lesser of two evils. Now he's unmedicated, and wants me to only see her 2 hrs every other week! I just don't know what to do. The lies just have to stop. | ||
| 862 | 3:31 pm PST, Jan 15 | Mrs. | theresa peace | New Jersey | no | i have 9 family members in cousty of dyfs |
| 860 | 6:11 pm PST, Jan 13 | GodSavedMyFamily Prayer | New Jersey | No | All praises be to God that my children have finally been released from dyfs custody after years of advocating for them. Most of the caseworkers have no business making decisions regarding the most important institution there is, the family. But, they have been empowered to do so. Some caseworkers suffer from extremely low self esteem. They feel empowered when they can make people do things. They don't possess the skills and knowlege to make such important decisions. Judges depend on these workers to feed them accurate information. After all, the judges don't know you, but they see the caseworkers everyday and may not be aware of how crooked a lot of them are. The information that they feed to the judges and the psychologist will be a reflection of "what can they do to make themselves feel in control". So, first face the harsh reality that you must work with people that hate themselves and are very immature. Generally speaking, their immaturity age compares to a 12 year old. Give them lots of repect. Remember, low self esteem is often caused by abuse. Yes, I believe a lot of them have been abused themselves and they are taking it out on their clients. They treat you bad and they also treat your children bad. If you are a loving person, then it's not about your protecting your children. It's all about "power". So, if you want to help "your" children, then help the dyfs caseworker (child) feel secure and valued. I know that this is weird thinking for some of you, but given the hell that God helped me through, I may know a little something. | |
| 859 | 4:56 pm PST, Jan 8 | Ms. | Dayna mortimer | New Jersey | i havent lost my children to dyfs yet but my case worker is doing everything possible. she tells me to do one thing then changes the story. she has told me to throw aways my childs 400 dollar kitchen playset then in front of judge she said she didnt say that. she has yelled at my son. then denies it. she wouldnt allow a x-mas tree cause " safty reasons." she sent a home aide to my home and the woman didnt show up for 2 weeks. and case worker said i was violating the court order.. what was i suppose to do. the aide didnt show up thats her fault not mine. dont know what to do anymore. my home aid yelled at my 4 year old. when i reported her to my case worker, she said if i complained one more time about anything i would have my children removed. i cant take it anymore. | i think some dyfs workers act out of line and lie. |
| 858 | 1:24 pm PST, Nov 25 | Mrs. | Rosanne Hopkins | New Jersey | no | my children have been removed by dyfes. they are not being treated well. its only been 1 month and already child with lice, diaper rash,fevers kids are miserable other children are phsically hurting my children.i hope enough people stand up against dyfes they hurt children. |
| 857 | 12:21 pm PST, Nov 15 | Anonymous | New Jersey | no | I have read the reports of other parents. One thread is constant and not being discussed; if the DYFS worker does not like you (for any number of personal reasons) you are history.They have absolute power in court. I have been fighting for my grandchildren whom I raised and their mother is the one who harmed them. I have 3 time been in court and the judge decided to send my granddaughter to me and 3 times the worker stood up and LIED about different things such as a doctor said bad things about me and each time the judge changed his mind. I called the doctors who said to me Mrs...... I have not sent a report to them and I have nothing negative to say about you. But, the fact that the worker said it in court was enough to stop the judge from following through on his discission. Who suffered, my granddaughter. I have 11 times for 11 months now sent the judge proof that what was said each time was not true. Each time I am on trial and I am the one person who has never been accused of hurting the children. She has made it clear she does not approve of my religion, (don't worry it isn't a cult or off the wall one).I know the power they have is too much for any one person to wield. You are always wrong when they say so. I even wrote to the judge and asked him how long he can allow all these lies to continue in his court. Again he was for me again she stood up and lied again my grand children suffer and I do mean suffer.The abuse in their hands is criminal.My granddaughter has been beaten up, sexually assaulted and had her life threaten so many times that she is not the sweet little girl anymore. To survive she has become a cold, mean, vulgar child who says I love you grandmom but they won't ever let me come home and I have to live with these people. I either join in or get killed. How sad. I did call the Senator who asked for all my records so maybe there is hope but I doubt it.I wish you all well. | |
| 856 | 4:01 am PST, Nov 7 | A K | New Jersey | I think it's a tragic accident to lose your children to abusive drug addicted fathers and their enabling families. If this is the government looking out for "the best interest of the children" then yes it is a tragic accident. | DYFS should not exist the way it does. I hate to touch on the subject, there is just so much grey area with this organization. I do believe there should be an organization to protect children, but just like communism, it only works in theory. We ended up creating something unconstitutional. DYFS is not as cut and dry as you think. It seems these are people that just want to stay employed, and they use every parents fear of losing their child against them. They use gestapo tactics to steal them. I have not seen any saints here, just broken lives, and for what? Because of procedure. Does anyone know the statistics of successful DYFS cases? | |
| 855 | 5:48 pm PST, Nov 6 | Eric Harmel | Ohio | no | because i belive in what it stands for. | |
| 854 | 8:28 am PDT, Oct 10 | Mr. | john stone | New Jersey | no | |
| 853 | 8:04 am PDT, Oct 10 | Ms. | Angela Zane | New Jersey | no | i am signing this because something needs to be done. I have been battling DYFS for a niumber of years now concerning the well being of my children with thier father. This all started back in 2004 when I first kicked my childrens father out of my home. My daughter was about 2 when she first came home with blood in her private area I made a stink called DYFS they aid they would investigat never did. He was still aloud to have vistations. He would have sex in front of our kids with his new girlfriend. I brough that up they overlooked it. So about two to three years ago my daughter statered with some new stuff her dad gave her special kisses touched her and so on. I called again they investigated but nothing ever happened. So my neice who was 6 at the time this took place but remebered he rapped her several times when she was only 6 he was aressetd and charged for what he done to her but two years later my sister decideds to drop the charges and so here we are again my kids have to see him overnight. The judge , and DYFS all know that he has problems or else why would kids make stories up like that and why would it bedifferent each time, why would kids know he has a scar near his private area. He confessed to doing what he done but the confession was thrown out due to some stupid isseus. But the Judge and DDYFS all knew he confessed and still stood behind him having overnight visits. Okay so my daughter comes agan with he done something again to her while he was being supposedly supervised by his wife he molested our daughter again. So basicaly the courts dyfs and the judge gave a pedifile candy and let hgim have all that he wanted at my daughters expense that is why i am signing this because when all is said and done I am sueing the courts dyfs and the state of new jersey I have had enough I always said it would take one of my kids getting hurt and sure enough it did. |
| 852 | 11:53 am PDT, Sep 27 | Mr. | Michael Miller | New Jersey | I lost my precious little angel over 3 months ago because my 79 year old Mother and myself decided to do what was right and expose New Jersey DYFS of their corruption and fraud. My daughter began expressing to me about disturbing things being done to her in her Mothers home. I contacted New Jersey DYFS doing what I thought was the right thing. The DYFS caseworker performed the patented New Jersey DYFS “comprehensive investigation” in 2 hours concluding with it being unfounded. The caseworker never interviewed myself or my Mother and did not come to our home. As any protective Father would do I contacted the commissioner’s office of New Jersey DYFS and New Jersey Human Services. I complained that their investigation which consisted of as they like to phrase it “in the best interest of the child” was far from it as any type of investigation can not reveal the real truth in two hours plus not interviewing all parties involved. Because of this New Jersey DYFS entered into court lies that stripped my baby from us. I recorded my telephone conversations with these criminals which are being used to expose their lies and as the last petitioner said their "Nazi Tactics". | I am signing this petition to encourage others to form a voice that will be heard loud and clear that in New Jersey, DYFS is destroying lives at a record pace. Call the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and tell them about your case. Your child has every right to live with a fit parent free of government interferance. Refer them to this websight to help others. Together our voices will make an immediate impact. |
| 851 | 10:59 am PDT, Sep 24 | Ms. | Theresa Thurston | New Jersey | no but dyfs is always accusing people of something if it is not true. They said i had a baby but it is not true and then they said i killed it but never had one so i know how it feels to get accused when it is not true | because dyfs alleged i had a baby and then killed because some lady on crack said that. even though in court it was not proven i had a baby they still found me guilty and then they lied |
Grieving Parents Fight DYFS (RyAnna's Law)
Through research and personal experience, I have discovered that DYFS "routinely" assesses fatal tragedies; (accidents) as Negligence. These findings are based soley on the tragic incident, without proper investigations being conducted; as well as ignoring or dismissing evidence to the contrary. The loss of a child is indescribeable. The grief a parent lives with on a daily basis is unbelievable. DYFS makes it a routine practice to enforce undue guilt and mental anguish for the parent of a lost child by accusing them of neglect, although other circumstances show different. This should not be allowed to be common practice. The finacial and emotional burden this places on a parent should not be accepted practice. Unfortunately, "true" accidents happen. Parents should not be repeatedly tormented by DYFS; nor put on a child neglect registry if this is the case. We, as parents, need to protect the honor of our lost children. Citing us as neglectful infers that our child was not loved or properly cared for. Please help us attain our goal and demand changes.
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