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Re: foster parent custody

From: Sandra P
Date: 17 Aug 2003
Time: 10:40:15
Remote Name: 172.150.131.218

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My daughter got involved four years ago with an Ex felon who had servered 18 months for high aggravated Assault. A child was born to them out of wedlock. She is now three years old. After numerous incidents of domestic abuse my daughter left this man. Last year she married a christian man. They were tranferred out of state by his company. The Ex felon sued for custody. The a judge who found my daughter fit and proper to raise her child and signed an order of protection to her last year, after “John” severely beat my daughter and was accused of criminal domestic assault. He pled guilty to a reduced charge of assault and battery. How could the same judge ignore “john’s past and turn my grand-daughter over to the Ex felons god-parents! The god parents son was an accomplice in several of the crimes that the father of my grand daughter committed.

What is wrong with the legal system in Charleston to remove a perfectly normal, well adjusted, child from the home of her mother to place her in foster care? I was present in the courtroom and asked my daughter’s attorney to grant me kinship care. The attorney stated “No Relatives can be considered” The judge made his decision based on fabricated tales of neglect and abuse from the Ex Felon and his Ex con associates. There was no background check no questions asked, of or about the foster caregiver who was designated by the Ex Felon.

Is domestic abuse taken so lightly that a judge can take the word of a repeat “crimes of violence offender? He did not take seriously the photo’s of what this man did to my daughter.The Judge did not even consider the numerous falsified reports by the felon to DSS. Each one dismissed by DSS for no substanciated evidence,in TWO states. The felons. and the foster care family’s son’s rap sheets were not considered. Seven reports of violence against my daughter by the Ex Felon were not considerd. All he saw was the disgusting fabricated accusations made by the Ex felon and his cohorts. The foster family is confusing my grand daughter by telling her they are Grandma AND Grandpa. I have not been permitted but one visitation in 3 months because as the foster care wife tells me “ “It would confuse Melanie too much, perhaps in a couple months” This woman is NO blood relation to my grand daughter. What right has a foster family to use this title when she is simply a temporary care giver? Are there no laws or guidelines that a caregiver must follow concerning titles that are proper or improper to use when caring for a child? The foster caregiver forbids my daughter to bring any treats or foods that Melly likes into her home. She forbids any telephone calls by my daughter to Melly. She has an obivious disdain and hostile behavior towards my daughter had several verbal altercations in front of Melly. Since being in the foster home Melanie has regressed and become a timid and cautious child. She has reverted to bed wetting and has been put in diapers. She was toilet trained at 22 months and had been wearing big girl panties for nearly a year before she was removed from my daughter. My daughter’s attorney procratinates in removing Melly from this home. Her attorney did nothing to defended my daughter. All decisions fell to the Ex felon and his attorney. What happened to TheBest Interest of The Child? The Best Interest is to be with her mother. If the judge disagrees with that I am the next best interest to consider. The trauma done to melly could have been prevented if the attorney and the Judge had allowed me to request Kinship care. It would have been prevented if The court system would consider the source of accusations before punishing the mother and child. My daughter did no wrong Melanie did no wrong. The Judicial System is totally oblivious to Justice.

Sandra Penington

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