You want an easy way to make me angry? Threaten my kids. You want an easy way to make me really angry? Assume that every parent is a bad parent and then threaten my kids because you can’t be bothered to figure out which type of parent I am. This story from “Great” Britain makes me furious.
A couple forced to give up three children for adoption despite a judge ruling they may have been wrongly accused of abuse yesterday vowed to take their legal fight to Europe.
Mark and Nicky Webster said they will never give up the battle to win back their daughter and two sons after the Appeal Court ruled this week that it was ‘too late’ for the family to be reunited.
The couple’s nightmare started in October 2003 when Mrs Webster took their second son to hospital with a swollen leg. He was found to have a number of small fractures which doctors said could be caused only by physical abuse. The following year they were permanently removed and put up for adoption after a one-day court hearing.
Medical experts later concluded that the injuries were not caused by violent twisting and shaking, but were symptoms of rare case of scurvy. Mr Webster, 35, and his 27-year-old wife fled to Ireland in 2006 to stop their fourth child, Brandon, being taken into care at birth.
The Appeal Court ruled on Wednesday that even though the Websters ‘may well’ have been victims of a miscarriage of justice the adoption order on their eldest three children could not be revoked because the youngsters are now settled with their adoptive parents.
The couple have not seen the children, now aged nine, seven and five, since they were put up for adoption four years ago.
You want a model of unjust government? It’s right there. Right there in one story. Screw up the investigation, take the kids, then refuse to let the parents have their kids.
I’m not honestly not sure how I would react in their situation. Let’s just say: “not well”. Stories like these are why I hate the very idea of Child Protective Services and other similar government agencies. There is no justification for this behavior.
My heart — and prayers — go out to Mr. and Mrs. Webster.
I would take my children by force, governments be damned. If the government is admitting the mistake, how in the seven hells can they deny the parents the right to reclaim their children?
Through the principle of “the good of the children”. What with the kids having spent 4 years with their adoptive parents, they’ve had 4 years to forget their real parents. Thus, it might be pretty traumatic to move them from the adoptive parents to the real parents.
Thus, they’ll leave the kids exactly where they are and pat themselves on the back for doing a good thing.
This is VERY common in the United States and has became an industry of sorts here. Everytime a child is adopted into a foster family, the social worker actually recieves a bonus from the agency. Also, if there is a family with 1 child that is literally being abused, that child is less likely to be put into foster care. However if it is a large family of say 4 children, they will put them into foster care in a heartbeat, as it brings more funding into that county. Therefore the motivation for destroying families in the United States is heavily based on incentives of money, both from the state for the local agency, and for the social worker involved. I lost my 4 kids, and never ever once abused or neglected. Someone had a grudge against me, made a false complaint to the DHS, and bam before I knew it my life and the lives of my children had been ruined. I spend my days now in confusion and misery. Everytime we get a bit closer to reunification the agency will come up with a reason to make it take longer and postpone it, thus life has became a pointless living hell of a nightmare. Thanks to DHS and CPS. They now accuse me of mental illness, which is perhaps becoming true at this point. But I was once a happy mother of 4. Any mental issues which I suffer are a direct result of what DHS has done to destroy the life of my family.
This happend to me about 11 years ago. my husband at the time picked up our 1 month old daughter and her arm broke. upon exam at hospital they found new and healing fractures of the ribs. they took her and my oldest daughter. we found out that there was a bone disorder in my husbands family called osteogenesis imperfecta. my baby had signs of it ( frontal boss of the head & and all the fractures they noted were the same kind found with this disorder) they REFUSED to test her for it. The social worker stated to us she was going to recommend reunification… then went back on that and took our parental rights…when my son was born a couple years later we were living in nevada and the workers in california called authorities in nevada and told them to take my son.. he was only 2 weeks old…automatically took our rights from him as well.. we appealed and WON…the judge stated in court that the “threat” (being my husband) was out of the home ( because he was in prison for child abuse now) so my circumstances have changed and I could take care of my son BUT.. because he has been in my mothers care for so long with his siblings it would be more detrimental to take him from her home and give him back to me so they took our parental rights again… NOW MY OLDEST IS BEING ABUSED BY MY MOTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND… what kind of justice is this?
I was in a abusive marriage. my children removed after my one month old was taken to clinic with a broken arm.he had been left with his father. upon my return my infant was at home later taken to clinic. quickly removed. after following case plan children were sennt off to be adopted.We had another child, also removed from hospital. i found the courage to leave and disclose the abuse. my x was used to keep my child from being returned. My x, now on drugs has yet found another way to continue to tear me apart. foster parent has attorney and Im losing my son. I was told I should have disclosed earlier. My documented photos of psycial abuse, rape,and other child who came forward of sexual abuse have been in vain. im told to get over it and move on. social services takes, claims to help, and hands over wanted children to people whom tear Mothers who have fought for a second chance.it must be stopped. I am a strong believer in God, not man.My faith is in the Lord not the “justice” system we are all lead to believe is fair.