Hold on to your hats yall PART 3

Part 1 gave an overall view of what is going on CPS and my kids, and Part 2 went more into it and some of the fuckery DHS has pulled. THIS PART may cause me to throw my phone, because this point I'm about to raise hell. Also, I made a post a long while back about wanting my ex's wife to adopt my oldest son, so go check that out as well.

Okay, so last post we left off with our worker essentially ghosting us before we lost phone service. The bullshit hasn't stopped yet. It gets worse. WAY worse.

On July 20th, we had court again. We not only learned that our children were BACK in my brother's home, but that DHS based their petition on OUR luck of communication and involvement. In the last post, I explained what led to that communication lapse. Remember me mentioning how my brother REQUESTED that my kids be placed elsewhere due to the stress it was putting on my daughter and then my kids were removed from my cousin's?? There's more to that, and it boils down to racism. Let me elaborate.

Now, if you look at the situation at first glance, both relatives are perfectly capable of caring for my children and have their best interest at heart. They have stable incomes, working vehicles, clean homes, and both are amazing parents to their own kids. However looking into their criminal backgrounds, you see a VERY clear difference.

In 1999, my brother was arrested for drug trafficking. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a few years in prison. Being a convicted felon, he can't own a gun under his own name. While getting a passport may be possible, obtaining a visa to go to certain countries isn't.

In 2015, my cousin's son (14 at the time) started arguing with her and was punching walls 🙄 He proceeded to call and lie to the police, saying she hit him with a baseball bat. She was arrested while the claim was investigated. She got out of jail, and her son tried to use the same lie. At this point, the judge saw what was really happening, reduced her charge to disturbing the peace, and found her NOT GUILTY of the other claim and dismissed it. She is free to own a weapon and travel the world regardless of location. Yes, she has documentation showing proof of this that the foster system requested from her so my children could be placed with her again.

The only OTHER difference is, my cousin is black and my brother is white. My cousin's crime is far less severe than my brother's. In Feb (a week after my kids were moved) she was granted legal guardianship of her friend's 2 kids that she'd been raising since birth (the mom was/is on drugs), yet my WORKER says SHE is unfit to take care of my kids. He was the one who told her worker to close out her case (even though she had the documents THEY wanted) and that he didn't feel like bringing my kids back to her place.

We now have a court date next month, and you can bet that everything I just outlined here and in Part 2 will be brought up to the judge. My lawyer and my husband's lawyer have this information already and are 100% on our side because of DHS and their blatant negligence and refusal to follow direct orders from the judge HERSELF. Part 4 will follow next month unless something major happens before.

EDIT - I almost forget to mention that my cousin was adamant about my kids being able to return home. She has given my lawyer every bit of documentation she has on everything that's happened on her end, and is in the process of finding a private lawyer as well. As a former foster child herself, she knows what DHS is about and she ain't playing games.