r/CPS

I was taken once by CPS, for being in poverty. Yet I know plently of rich people neglecting and abusing their children and they get away scot free.

Cps drug screen

Cps showed up at my door stating that they had an anonymous call stating I was abusing drugs on a daily basis and neglecting my child. I have in the past (more than 10 years ago) had a case with cps for substance abuse. I have been living my best life since I got clean and sober. But the trauma of everything from that horrible time has come back to me. I do not trust CPS I know how much they lie to fit their narrative and I know that it is essentially just a business ( a legal way to kidnap children) They are requesting that I and my 9 year old come into their office and give a drug screen. They will not accept one performed at my local doctor's office. I do not want to have to subject my child to a test that will open up old wounds and establish a fear in him. I have apprehensions against giving them a drug screen myself not because I have something to hide but I fear false positives based on the fact that i daily take wellbutrin, effexor, and sudafed for my horrible allergies. Any advice?

My friend is telling me to tell my guidance counselor but I keep finding so many sources contradicting each other. Like one source says they are notified at some point that it was the school and others say they aren't.

If it helps I live in California and the person I would be reporting to is a high school counselor.

I use the phrase "interested party" because I don't know what else to say.

My brother and his girlfriend are expecting a baby soon. Due to various circumstances on both their sides, I'm very worried this baby is going to end up being taken into care. Is there a way for me to be "on call" in case this happens so she could stay with family? They're in Washington, I am not.

I went to student counseling services to get therapy about so ongoing personal issues. They had me fill out a questionnaire and I marked the box for abuse. During the screening session, the therapist asked me about the abuse and I told them that my dad abused my mom and that my 9 year old sister was living with them. But I also said that she was never the target of abuse and that my dad had never hit any of us. I also mentioned that the abuse was ongoing. It should’ve been obvious that they would have to make a report, but in the emotional state I was in, I didn’t think about it. I thought it would be okay since I’m not living with my parents and I’m an adult and my little sister isn’t in any actual danger. But since she is still a witness and a minor, they had to report to CPS. So my therapist (she’s an intern) contacted her supervisor and they questioned me a bit more before they could make the report. I’m freaking out and I don’t know what to do. My mom is freaking out even more. I didn’t mean to cause a report. I’m scared that my sister will get taken away. My little sister isn’t in any actual harm. I don’t think it’s good for things in my family to change so drastically because it will be bad for my sister and scare her. I’m scared of what my mom will do out of fear and what my dad will do if he finds out I was the cause of the report. The mandated report was anonymous, but I feel like eventually they’ll find out it was me. My little sister is happy right now and my family isn’t always bad. And I think my family was starting to get better. I’m worried I’ve made things worse for them. I’m mostly concerned about my sister. Will law enforcement get contacted? Will my dad go to jail? And selfishly…I’m worried because I’m in college and I still rely on my family for financial support, as does my older sister. I’m worried about what will happen to our goals and dreams for the future. I’m worried that my relationship with my family will become even more broken than it already is. Despite the abuse I still had a decent relationship with my parents and I still felt love from them and I had them care about me. Now I have no idea what I’ve done and what to do….

Can someone please answer my questions. Maybe lend some advice as to what to do or what will most likely happen?

I had to cut my parents out of my life. They were abusive towards me in multiple ways since childhood. I dated, got married, and as soon as I did, they started mentally abusing my husband for having multiple disabilities, health problems, and they had a problem with him getting assistance from the state and being found disabled by the state. I got pregnant and had a son. After he was born we cut ties with my parents. Over the phone my mom told us that she doesn't care about the law and she will not stop until my son is home with them. We called the police and they advised us to get a protective order so we did. Then about a month later, CPS calls and says they are on their way to our house. They said they got a report and they are 40 minutes away and told us we have no choice but to let her in our home. I offered to talk about it either over the phone or meet somewhere and she said no, she's coming into our home to see our child. Under duress we let her in. I asked what the accusations were and she stated that he had a flat spot on his head, he just lays around all day, is malnourished, doesn't go to doctor appointments, and is underweight. He was born vaginally, he was late, and came out with a flat spot due to being a big baby. I was struggling to produce breast milk and we had to transition him to formula which made him constipated. We called the doctor and they told us to give him prune juice. We did and it helped. He eventually was doing well taking formula and he gained weight beyond normal and the doctor said they prefer a chunky baby. The CPS worker told us she saw his medical records and confirmed that what we said was true and that he has been going to his routine doctor visits. She said that it doesn't matter though and we have no choice but to let her in because a report was made. We told CPS that this is ridiculous because his head shape was a birth defect and my husband has digestive issues as part of his disabilities. She told us that she would close out the case and she left. It's been months and we have heard nothing or gotten anything in the mail saying it was closed. We recently went to our son's 9 month appointment. Every appointment he has, we ask what goals do we need to meet by the next appointment. We were told by the 9 month appointment that he needs to be sitting up on his own, crawling, and feeding him baby food along with formula. All of that has been done well before this appointment. We recently had his 9 month appointment and when we first go in the nurse comes in and has us strip him down to his diaper and then naked and she measured him and weighed him. Our son hates being cold or messed with so as soon as we stripped him down he started screaming nonstop until he was red. After he was weighed, the nurse told us he needed to stay just in his diaper so my husband wrapped him in a blanket and held him. A new doctor comes in, introduces herself, and our son went into stranger danger mode. He was placed on the cold table and was screaming and trying to curl up into a ball. The doctor examined him and asked if he has been trying to stand up on his own. We told her that he has been crawling and sitting up on his own and that was what we were told at his last appointment would be the milestone for this appointment. We also told her that we thought he didn't need to be walking until he was a year old. She tried to get him to try standing up by holding him and getting him to put weight on his legs. He wouldnt and kept scrunching up his legs and crying so she said that he's not behind but she wants to make sure he doesn't end up being behind. She suggested that we have a social worker come into our home and give him physical therapy so that he will be able to walk. Again our son doesn't like strangers or being cold so he didn't want to do it for her because he was scared. She also said she was concerned about his hip. She was rotating his legs to checking for motion and flexibility and was like oh he's good. We told her we didnt want anyone coming into our home because of what happened with CPS. She then said are you willing to take him somewhere then. We said sure and she said she would write a prescription for physical therapy but they might not even take him because he is too young or not behind yet. She repeated herself and said she wants to make sure he doesn't end up being behind. Another thing is when she was checking his ears and examining him she was shaking the entire time like she was nervous or something which we thought was very odd. She was even struggling to be steady when she was checking his eyes and ears. We are worried that there is still an active case against us because we haven't been notified about it being closed and it seems like they have an agenda. This whole past doctor visit was really weird. We are below the poverty line and we need help getting legal representation. Our son is well loved and cared for. Please help us.

For starters, he was more excited about the pregnancy than I was. I went to 3 appointments at PP and every time he convinced me not to go thru w termination and that he wanted this.
- during this pregnancy I have dealt with him being on benders (k&thc) ; claiming all the time that me and baby mean more to him than the drugs.

He works on cars so our small 1br appt has multiple hybrid batteries he is apparently refurbishing, countless containers of nuts and bolts and small msc items he throws around and does not clean up when he throws his fit of not finding what he needs.

On top of that he has ripped me out of bed twice in the past month by flipping the mattress, and the other day by the collar of my shirt bc I “misspoke” or apparently owed him an apology for something I said. Mind you , I’ve been carrying his child for 6 1/2 months. I’m big and uncomfortable.

Once I get defensive and stick up for myself, I get physically thrown on the ground with his hands holding me down by my face or my shoulders.

I’m starting to think I should have just terminated the baby.. should I just leave and try to do this alone ?

A false report was made by someone who I believe is a woman who hates me and has threatened to call CPS on me in the past. They called and said a report was made last week that my 5 year old has drugs in his system. I was absolutely appalled. I don’t do drugs and I don’t even drink. I work and take care of my son. CPS is coming out next week and even though I know it is false I am so upset. I have a older child and have never had a CPS case. What should I expect during the visit? What happens if this girl keeps calling? She doesn’t even have custody of her kids and has a history of drugs so for her to do this all over a man I don’t even deal with anymore is crazy. It’s taking everything in me not to confront her. My son is special needs and I take very good care of him including getting him to all his therapies. Nobody has ever accused me of anything and I even have a respite worker who comes on the weekends to help with him. Everyone is shocked at these allegations. So anyone can just call and say something and they come in and invade your privacy and judge you off what a random person said. I even asked was it a mandated reporter and she so no a person but she can’t say who.