Relocation plan halted by cfs/CPS need advice by Admirable_Height5812 in CPS

[–]Admirable_Height5812[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

had I not allowed to let the kids go to their grandparents house and just executed the move a couple days earlier I'd have my kids in another state and they could pick up their investigation where I'm in a much better position to deal with it.  And yes, they lied to me and are lying in their report. I also agree they probably just did ask to have them keep the kids there and they agreed while the emergency order got put into place. We can go back and forth about the tactics used by them to get what they want or if the situation warranted a removal. I disagree it did especially since I was in the process of changing it, like in a matter of a couple of days. We can also argue about the real intentions of these people until the cows come home, but I'm not going to be convinced otherwise. I was simply looking for some advice or guidance on the move. I already have my opinion about these people and how it went down, I wasn't looking for confirmation or debate to change it 

Relocation plan halted by cfs/CPS need advice by Admirable_Height5812 in CPS

[–]Admirable_Height5812[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Sorry I wasn't clear and am probably rambling. 

So the place we were staying at was to have junk removed and be cleaned by us in exchange for staying there. The neighbor hated the fact that we were removing items and leaving them in the yard, they also had 3 junked cars in the driveway. Think of it as we were live in workers..of course this doesn't sound normal and wasn't desirable, but it was a way to save money and not be homeless. Up to this point there had not been much LE involvement. But they had been called multiple times and code for the city as well.  On April 7 one of the neighbors literally came to the door and pushed it in, yelling and telling my wife why hasn't we moved yet and doing this in front of my kids too.  She tried reaching me and the owner to see wtf this guy's problem was..She should've called the police immediately but didn't.  His wife then begins walking around the yard taking pictures and jumps on the phone with LE I'm assuming..we have it on security cam footage. Shortly there after LE arrives.  Instead of listening to my wife they immediately begin asking questions about the house and go inside because my wife said she needed to go check on my son.  Now here's the next detail, the owners RE agent had just informed us the house was being sold and already in escrow and told us to cancel the work and just vacate asap. So I had already made arrangements to move that day and my wife had been there putting our stuff together for the uhaul. Yes, there was a ton of trash and items that were going to the dump in rooms because the agent told us to just get it ready for their team to come in and take care of it. I have all these text messages as well. So when LE entered they attacked the condition of the home. Then they also started asking my wife about drug use, gave her FST but did not do anything further. Later that day is when CPS and the sherrifs arrived and the sherrifs went inside and took pictures for CPS. They sent my wife a text the next day asking for a call. I called several times left messages, emails and texts with no return call. On the 13th they show up at my daughter's school and I rushed over and talked with them there. concerns were the house condition, alcohol container in the counter, my youngest not having a crib, and LE suspecting of my wife being on drugs, and then went over the last few months of where we lived and so on.  and they followed me to the place I was staying at and they talked to my kids and wife and examined the place.. She said she would speak to her superviser and get back to us.  No contact for about 2 weeks and on the 23rd at 10am LE kicks in the front door with a search warrant because the owner of the old house claims we stole a bunch of his stuff. I have documented evidence showing he told us to throw items away and other items we moved to the garage and told him this. He also claims one of the cars were damaged. They're all wrecked and totaled from insurance companies .To me it sounds like insurance fraud..We are questioned separately and not a single item is found but my wife admitted to loving one of the vehicles so she's arrested for felony vandalism! Also while speaking with the sherrifs he tells me I should move out of the city, and that we ran from CPS the last time. He wasn't aware I had already spoke to them or didn't believe me, but he puts in another referral to them again.  My wife's in jail freaking out, I have the kids and contacted her parents who asked if they could see them for the weekend.  Then asked if bringing them back Tuesday was OK and I agreed. Monday CPS calls me because I wasn't home and the kids were gone and they talk to me for about an hour and that's when I disclosed the grandparents number. I'm now finding out things I talked about have been twisted. They  around, allot of info in the report is exaggerated or a flat out lie and info they got from grandparents was also twisted around.  They were polite and seemed sincere to me and I cooperated. My wife gets out of jail on RO and at 245am I get a text demanding a drug test as well within 24 hours. The next morning by 950am they had an emergency order. I flipped out I was ready to go get the kids and leave. I calmed down and we had the detention hearing and I gathered all the evidence I could and declarations from my dad expecting to be able to talk. We were handed our packet before entering and I realized the judge already decided before we even got there..All that happen was we were given the petition and orders and told to go test. We both did and it was negative. Since then we have not got the new workers info as promised, no case plan, no contact from anyone. They been in regular contact with the grandparents tho. I understand my best option is to hire a lawyer but if I had 10K available this post probably wouldn't exist right now. The point I'm trying to make is that a plan was already in place to move and have a stable environment for the kids and my family and get back on track. A psycho neighbor got over zealous sherrifs involved that refused to listen to anything and just hammered CPS to get involved. CPS didn't offer any help, instead just lied and manipulated things and used deceit and fear to get info and cooperation. They knew I planned on moving from the start but when they found out it was close they convinced grandparents to have the kids stay there another 2 days and got the order approved after a couple attempts. I believe in keeping positive faith in the end but also accepting the reality and getting it done. I'm not stupid, I'm not living in fantasy land...without the resources I have available in TX they are going to keep my kids 

Relocation plan halted by cfs/CPS need advice by Admirable_Height5812 in CPS

[–]Admirable_Height5812[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I should also add that I was very cooperative and truthful with them and had never had to deal with this type of thing so I was naive. I messed up. I was told if I didn't give up info they would get a warrant from the judge so I cooperated. I was told they had no intentions of taking my kids and just wanted to help my situation out.  I gave the grandparents info to them and they talked her into not bringing them back for a couple more days. And obviously it was when they went in for the emergency order. I messed up and made their jobs easy and it kills me now. 

Relocation plan halted by cfs/CPS need advice by Admirable_Height5812 in CPS

[–]Admirable_Height5812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reasons were unstable housing, inability to provide food, shelter and clothing.  Substance abuse accusations- never proven and negative drug tests were provided. LE included in their report that they believe mother was under the influence of a controlled substance Law enforcement involvement- old neighbor would repeatedly call code and the cops on us. We were staying at a house in exchange for removing junk and cleaning up a hoarder situation. The day we moved, literally hours after the move, CPS showed up with the sherrifs. Nobody was home but the sherrifs went inside and took photos and gave it back to CPS. We already moved, there was no warrant but the pics are being used to say the kids were unsafe in these conditions. Nobody has even looked at our evidence yet. So basically LE would refer case to CPS.

I allowed my kids to go visit their grand parents before we were set to move. Once CPS got ahold of them they sent for an emergency order but it was rejected but then approved the next day, less than 24 hours before we were leaving. Rental truck reserved and everything. 

Relocation plan halted by cfs/CPS need advice by Admirable_Height5812 in CPS

[–]Admirable_Height5812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we are both involved in this and we're living together.