- Signatures: 1,883
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 8-14-2002
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Sign this petition to stop child protective services(CPS) from taking children away from people who have not abused their children. CPS is spliting up families, even at birth, because according to stigma and stereotypes, that person has the potential of abusing their child.
| Number | Date | Name | State | Country | Why are you signing this? |
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| 1,889 | 11:24 am PST, Nov 18 | Anonymous | Tennessee | United States | July 25, Pat Lee Gilliland III, 22, of Daphne was arrested and charged with simple assault/domestic violence. The arrest was made on Lawson Road. |
| 1,888 | 12:28 pm PST, Nov 17 | Anonymous | Alabama | United States | |
| 1,887 | 10:50 am PST, Nov 16 | BAO CHANG | Massachusetts | United States | YES |
| 1,886 | 2:35 pm PST, Nov 7 | Chuck Keeler | Vermont | United States | |
| 1,885 | 10:23 am PDT, Oct 2 | Anonymous | Connecticut | United States | Department of Childeren took away the kids with out any medical grounds and with their steriotype suspecious believes. They intentionally delaying hte programs/classes to harass us. |
| 1,884 | 8:22 am PDT, Aug 27 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | Because Ive been there dcf wrongly accused me and put my children through hell.. I kept fighting and won all my court cases it took 8 mos but I wasnt giving up. |
| 1,883 | 12:58 am PDT, Aug 21 | jesse neal | California | United States | i am hoping to reconnect with patricia serrato. this is jesse neal i hope you get this message if you are the right patricia serrato my number 925*234*5956 darlin im sorry for not talking to you for awhile i was in a place where i could not contact you. i hope you will call so i can tell you more, tu eres mas bonita para mi |
| 1,882 | 10:25 pm PDT, Aug 18 | Amber Marshall | Connecticut | United States | DCF is ridiculous! I know so many people that really SHOULD have their children taken and yet they still have them, why DCF picks on innocent people I don't know and they are Destroying Children and Families!! |
| 1,881 | 5:01 pm PDT, Aug 18 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | my daughter just lost her kids because DCF said her house was not clean enough and a dog bit her little girl in the face, she was taken to the hospital but DCF says it was her fault the dog dit her, they have nothing better to do then hassle people that are trying and let other children that are really being abused alone. shame on them. my daughter is a good mom. |
| 1,880 | 10:15 am PDT, Aug 7 | Frank Dymarczyk | Connecticut | United States | The DCF has ruined my life, taken away the one I love and has me substantiated for someting I never did. I am innocent but noone but myself and my girlfriend believe this. We have been lied to threatened and embarresed by the DCF of CT. I am trying to get the Governor to help me, no one else will. god bless all of you, good luck |
| 1,879 | 2:41 pm PDT, Jul 25 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | I totally agree. My new husband and i have had this happen to us, due to an ex wife's jealousy. Due to her constant phone calls and not cooperating with DCF they pulled the child from the mother. Where everyone must now have monitored visits. |
| 1,878 | 11:29 am PDT, Jul 20 | david gordon | Florida | United States | Because I've expirienced the injustices of DCF tactics and outright lies. |
| 1,877 | 5:54 pm PDT, Jul 9 | carneisha campbell | Oklahoma | United States | Oklahoma DHS are holding my babies hostage!! Please sign my petition Deloney and Campbell Children |
| 1,876 | 6:49 pm PDT, Jul 8 | karen curtis | Florida | United States | Because DCF took my kids and I dont abuse them. They ripped my family appart |
| 1,875 | 7:02 pm PDT, Jun 29 | elizabeth davidson | Florida | United States | My 4 children were taken by DCF. I feel for every family out there going through this by the baby snatchers. |
| 1,874 | 6:44 pm PDT, Jun 25 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | The thing i am most confused by is how come anyone can call and make a complaint and DCF doesn't even do a proper screening or some other method to determine if these calls are real and truthful or vindictive.(not that i'm proud of it) but i know a woman that would love to hurt me in any way possible,and today she crossed the line...she called them and now there investigating to take my son away from me. I am a business owner of a children's party room/arcade and never recieved a complaint from a customer about their children, but according to DCF they insist that because of some evil-minded caller that i go home and beat-up on and "medically neglect" my son. The thought of that kills me with disgust and makes me loose trust in a flawed-system that is suppose to help children. I guess DCF better put my address and phone number on speed dial, because if it's that easy to get me investigated then i plan on seeing them knock on my door again |
| 1,873 | 2:25 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Carneisha Campbell | Oklahoma | United States | |
| 1,872 | 1:03 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Sheryl Lowe | Alabama | United States | MY TWO BABIES WERE TAKEN FROM ME.DHR TOOK MY KIDS FOR MARJUANA USE AND HAVING AN ADULT PART IN MY HOUSE.WHEN TESTED THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING AND THEY STILL TOOK MY BABIES |
| 1,871 | 5:14 am PDT, Jun 21 | Anonymous | Ohio | United States | Because I see how the DSS and such organizations have used all Government branches to kidnap and destroy families. I say give families the God giving right to bring up their Children and not the governments power over these kidnappers who hide behind the guise of manipulators who use lies and even brain wash the Children they hold captive, so they will look "holy" and innocent to have millions of my and your tax dollars to keep doing their vicious acts. |
| 1,870 | 6:33 pm PDT, Jun 17 | Seth Stern | New Jersey | United States | |
| 1,869 | 6:19 pm PDT, Jun 16 | Felice Eliscu | Wisconsin | United States | "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busy- bodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), British novelist |
| 1,868 | 3:49 pm PDT, Jun 16 | LASHAWN DAVIS | Connecticut | United States | MY SISTER'S LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BY DCF. ON APR, 28TH, DCF CAME IN AND SAID HER 12 YR OLD DAUGHTER HAD MADE ALLEGATIONS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE, THAT INCLUDED BEING HIT WITH A BELT, AND BURNED WITH CIGARETTES. THE CHILDREN 4 IN ALL HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR WHERE SIGNS OF THIS ABUSE WAS FOUND. ON APR 29TH THE NEXT DAY DCF CAME IN AND TOOK THE KIDS, CLAIMING THEY WERE IN IMMINENT PHYSICAL DANGER. ON THE 28TH THEY HAD MY SISTER SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN THINGS THE AGENCY WANTED, BUT OF COURSE WAS NEVER ABLE TO, BEING THAT THEY CAME IN THE NEXT AND TOOK THE KIDS. THE ICING ON THE CAKE IS THAT THEY TOOK THE OLDER 3 KIDS BUT LEFT THE 4 MONTH OLD INFANT, WHO OBVIOUSLY COULD SPEAK FOR HERSELF. THIS IS WHERE I CAME INTO THE PICTURE, I CONTACTED DCF AND INFORMED THAT I WAS WILLING TO TAKE THE KIDS, THEY AT TIME TOLD ME THAT DCF HAD THE KIDS AND THEY WOULD BE PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, RATHER THAN FAMILY, BECAUSE IT WAS PROCEDURE FOR THEM. I HAVE CURRENTLY TRAVELED TO THE STATE FOR EVERY PROCEEDING, AT CURRENT TIME IT HAS BEEN FOUR VISITS. MY SISTER ASKED THAT I BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT OF THE CHILDREN IF SHE COULD GET THEM BACK, SO THE AGENCY SAID THEY WOULD START AN INTERSTATE COMPACT, WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN PROCEDURE FOR THEM. ON JUNE 16TH I CONTACTED THE CONTACT AGENCY THAT DCF HAS TO FILED THE PAPERS WITH AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD NEVER FILED THE PAPERS. THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER LIE THAT THEY HAD TOLD, SO IT DID NOT SURPRISE ME. THERE IS PLENTY TO THIS STORY, BUT JUST ENOUGH TO EXPRESS MY DISGUST WITH DCF. |
| 1,867 | 8:54 pm PDT, Jun 12 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | I am an Aunt who is pushed aside by DCF. The Paternal grandparents who never had a thing to do with neice and nephew are now their guardians. the Maternal granmotehr who raised them from birth can now only have supervised visits...b/c a report of unsubstaintated abuse was made. I am very upset with our court system, and the people within dcf who are intrusted to protect our children. Their task may be difficult but they need to hire people with knowledge, skills and abilities to see the whole picture and not just zone in on untruth. |
| 1,866 | 3:21 pm PDT, Jun 2 | Anita Kofta | Wisconsin | United States | |
| 1,865 | 1:15 pm PDT, May 31 | BiLL Fowlie | Maine | United States | |
| 1,864 | 7:52 pm PDT, May 29 | ELLEN SUE DODD | Alabama | United States | Bcause my stepdaughter's mother has made groundless charges and DHR says something must be going on and they have removed a 12 year old from his mother for no reason. |
| 1,863 | 2:19 pm PDT, May 29 | Anonymous | Connecticut | United States | dcf takes kids from homes unneccessarily |
| 1,862 | 6:15 am PDT, May 29 | roxie schliesman | Wisconsin | United States | |
| 1,861 | 4:11 am PDT, May 29 | Mick g | Australia | ||
| 1,860 | 9:00 am PDT, May 28 | Linda Simon | Massachusetts | United States | Hi, I have a 15 year old daughter who was diagnosed with severe ODD several years ago. She had a tendency to be violent, abusive and disrespectful at home and I have other children's safety to consider. In order to keep my daughter as well as my other children safe, I sent her to live with her uncle. This was partially coohersed by my daughter's attourney when she had a CHINS case open and partially because I wanted the rest of my household to feel safe, and also because my daughter had wanted to live with her uncle since she was very little. Her uncle is abusive toward everyone and calls me names directly to my daughter and buys her better things than I can afford, ignores me when I tell him she's grounded, etc, won't let me see her, etc. Well he got custody of her, and just about two months after, last summer, he was charged with domestic violence and other charges. My daughter woke up to her uncle's girlfriend screaming and the sound of glass breaking around 5AM. My daughter's uncle yelled at my daughter to "get into the F$%%^#ng car" and with her inside he rammed his car into his girlfriends in attempt to total it. He also slashed all 4 tires with a knife. He took off and the police caught him and when they saw my daughter crying and was scared she was removed from his custody by DSS. Since then I have only had 4 visits with my daughter, and during the 6 month assessment it was decided she would be coming home with me which is where she desperately wants to be. But now DSS is turning around and saying that was never said and my daughter is now about to be returned to live with her uncle after a year of bouncing from one foster home to the next. They say it is because "he was the last to have custody of her" and no other reason. They say they automatically must put her there. Why the hell did they remove her in the first place if they were just planning on ignoring what is obviously a better option for her and what she wants and just doing what is more convenient for them? if they are going to return her to an abusive home, why remove her, it just damages her more. What if the abuse happens again?! I asked her DSS worker why this is happening. He said to call him the following monday. But instead I called him on sunday and left a message on his voicemail telling him that I will not contact him until I reach my attourney first. Now all of a sudden he banned me from contact with my daughter! But we sneak conversation through MYSPACE over the weekends. See, myspace is good for somethings! it's just not fair. Because I have no car and the case is in Holyoke, my dad being 74 years old must travel from Springfield to Gardner to pick up me and my other daughters and take us to holyoke for a two hour visit and then bring us back to Gardner again and then he goes back to springfield again! |
| 1,859 | 4:09 pm PDT, May 23 | stephanie dunbar | Connecticut | United States | DCF took my kids 3 days ago, MOB STYLE..Pushed in my door when I clearly said "NO" they cannot come in, get a warrant. They tried to say that i was NEGLECTFUL? HOW IS THAT? DCF just wants the money. They took my kids because they wanted, with no proof of anything!!!!!!! |
| 1,858 | 6:44 pm PDT, May 21 | NICKI CHERRY | Alabama | United States | DHR took my kids because of alleged drug use 2 years ago and even though I have complied with everything they asked of my I still have yet to get my kids back. They gave them to my father who is a alcoholic and his girlfriend just came out of no where from Texas and took my kids. She never had any kids of her own and this is the 3rd time she has done this. She took her brother's son for the first 5 years of his life and also her sister's daughter. |
| 1,857 | 9:39 am PDT, May 14 | Ginger Geronimo | Alabama | United States | |
| 1,856 | 6:39 am PDT, May 8 | Joanna Pease | Connecticut | United States | DCF (CT's version of CPS) has harassed my family for over 2 years now because my son has special needs. They are looking for any reason to stay involved in our lives so they can find a reason to take our children away. |
| 1,855 | 11:07 am PDT, May 6 | KIM MAY | Florida | United States | BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER CHILDREN WERE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE SHE MOVED BACK IN WITH HER BOYFRIEND AFTER BEATING HER UP THEY WOULD NOT GIVE MY GRANDCHILDREN TO ME & MY HUSBAND BECAUSE HE HAD A DOMESTIC CHARGE FROM 15 YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE JUST HE PULL MY TEENAGER OFF ME WHY CAN THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT. THEY SHOULD BE WATCHED BY BIG BROTHER MORE |
| 1,854 | 1:36 pm PDT, Apr 16 | Anonymous | Alabama | United States | BECAUSE DHR HAS PLACED MY SON SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IS GIVING MY FAMILY A HARD TIME GETTING HIM BACK EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBAND NEVER FAILED A DRUG TEST AND I CAN PASS ONE NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THEM IF THEY WOULD EVER GET THEIR CRAP TOGETHER AND TEST ME LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TOO. THE ONLY WAY THEY EVEN FOUND DRUGS IN MY SYSTEM WAS A HAIR TEST BECAUSE IT GOES BACK SO LONG THAT IS UNFAIR BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DONE DRUGS AROUND MY SON AND I NEVER WOULD |
| 1,853 | 11:42 am PDT, Apr 16 | patricia serrato | California | United States | Because, cps wrongfully took my newborn at the hospital where I gave him birth, and accused me of being mentally and emotionally unstable while recovering from a cesearean section and a tube ligation at the same time I was trying to bond with my baby. They are trying to make money off this case. I need to be helped. HELP! |
| 1,852 | 3:10 pm PDT, Apr 14 | steve gulyas | Connecticut | United States | DCF has my son and they just keep adding thing for me to do to get him back. Non stop BS. |
| 1,851 | 9:50 am PDT, Apr 3 | Rebecca Tucker | Alabama | United States | Because I`m fighting DHR in Alabama. And Dont have the money to hire a Lawyer so until i go to court and get one apointed to me i have to take what ever they do. |
Let Innocent People Have Children & Families Without Government Interference
I want Child Protective Services(CPS) to leave stigma and stereotypes alone and to quit saying that a certain type of people will abuse their children, and take children into their custody when no abuse has occurred.
The day that I had my son, CPS took custody of my son because my husband and I have mental illnesses. We are in treatment, but they still think that we have the potential to harm our child. I have joined many clubs online for mothers - because of their mental illness, having a C-Section, being single and weak after giving birth, etc... - who have had children taken away at birth.
It is not fair to assume that these people can't take care of their children. People with mental illnesses have the right to have children and have families. Just because people who have an occasionally messy house, have a disability, go to McDonald’s everyday or have had a troubled past doesn't mean we can't be good parents. Save your money for kids who are being abused, not for ones who have a so-called potential of abusing their children.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
The day that I had my son, CPS took custody of my son because my husband and I have mental illnesses. We are in treatment, but they still think that we have the potential to harm our child. I have joined many clubs online for mothers - because of their mental illness, having a C-Section, being single and weak after giving birth, etc... - who have had children taken away at birth.
It is not fair to assume that these people can't take care of their children. People with mental illnesses have the right to have children and have families. Just because people who have an occasionally messy house, have a disability, go to McDonald’s everyday or have had a troubled past doesn't mean we can't be good parents. Save your money for kids who are being abused, not for ones who have a so-called potential of abusing their children.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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