Boy Taken Off Life Support After Father's Day Beating

Thank goodness you at least had a sensitive child services worker that stayed with the kids until you got there instead of placing them in emergency foster care. How much more traumatic that would have been for them.


She was an excellent lady! She even had her two little ones there and fed my kids MacDonalds that night. I did send her a huge Thank You Card when I got back home. She is an awesome lady!! I told her she must have the hardest job in the world to do what she does. I have high respect for her.


I truly feel for the kid that was placed in a horrendous situation and sorry for making such a long post about what happened. I just do not understand why people fight so hard to get visitation when they truly do not want the kids around. Or is unable to care for them properly.





This incident just made me really think how lucky I was, to be able to get my kids out of a bad situation.
 
I agree...I had to take a short child abuse/neglect workshop for my summer teaching job today and the speaker said that anyone who is aware of a child being abused but doesnt report nor do anything about it is just as guilty.


And as being teachers. We have to report any suspicious abuse. By law! If we do not. We can be just as guilty as the abusers.
 
She was an excellent lady! She even had her two little ones there and fed my kids MacDonalds that night. I did send her a huge Thank You Card when I got back home. She is an awesome lady!! I told her she must have the hardest job in the world to do what she does. I have high respect for her.


I truly feel for the kid that was placed in a horrendous situation and sorry for making such a long post about what happened. I just do not understand why people fight so hard to get visitation when they truly do not want the kids around. Or is unable to care for them properly.





This incident just made me really think how lucky I was, to be able to get my kids out of a bad situation.

I'm no lawyer (hell, I'm not even a parent), but I would say that it's often the lawyers involved who encourage the fight. After all, the lawyer gets paid, right? If there is a full on custody battle between the parents, then that certainly is more $$ in the pockets of the lawyers involved.

It's sad. I believe in the best interest of the child and it's not always in that child's best interest to have contact with a parent if that parent is lacking in skills to care for the child or has mental disorders/drug abuse issues.
 
I'm no lawyer (hell, I'm not even a parent), but I would say that it's often the lawyers involved who encourage the fight. After all, the lawyer gets paid, right? If there is a full on custody battle between the parents, then that certainly is more $$ in the pockets of the lawyers involved.

It's sad. I believe in the best interest of the child and it's not always in that child's best interest to have contact with a parent if that parent is lacking in skills to care for the child or has mental disorders/drug abuse issues.


I agree..


But what is in it for the Judge to make a decision.

I do understand that Judges try to be fair. The Judge is the one that initially makes the decision.
 
I agree..


But what is in it for the Judge to make a decision.

I do understand that Judges try to be fair. The Judge is the one that initially makes the decision.

Most judges believe in keeping the family together as much as they can.
 
Most judges believe in keeping the family together as much as they can.

They shouldn't be kept together at all costs. As far as I'm concerned if anyone's safety is in danger with any family member, they do not get to stay together. There's something screwed up with that mentality.
 
They shouldn't be kept together at all costs. As far as I'm concerned if anyone's safety is in danger with any family member, they do not get to stay together. There's something screwed up with that mentality.


Agreed.. It is ok for the judge wanting to keep the family together with visitations. But it should have been supervised!

The safety of the children should be the prime interest. Not keeping the family together.
 
This just pissed me off about some Judges... I have been in a situation with my ex in the past.

I begged the judge to not allow my children to have unsupervised visitation with my ex. I wanted some kind of supervised visitation. Due to our divorce was based on him physically abusing me. (the judge knew that)

The judge granted my ex visitations. I cried and cried, and told my attorney. The judge just views me as a bitter ex wife, and I told my attorney that the judge will regret his decision.

I followed the court order.. and allowed my ex to have visitation.(two weeks for vacation, out of state) Two days later... I get a call. My child calling me... telling me that the cops are there. (due to D.V. with his current girlfriend) So I told my child, I will call the cops back to find out what is going on.. At first the officer would not tell me anything. Then Told the officer.. I have custody of those kids!! They are just on visitation by court order. That is when he took action.

That is when the cops said, they did a welfare check due to a complaint, and the Social services will be called. I gave them all my info.

It was not even 5 minutes before I got another call. The County Sheriffs dept calling me back, telling me that Social services is picking up my kids. Due to the incident and the situation of where my kids were staying. The cops was trying to shame me for allowing my kids to go there. I got pissed off and told the cop he needs to tell the judge that granted the visitation. NOT ME! Then a few minutes later the Social Services calls me and tells me they are removing my kids from his home due to the D.V. and deplorable conditions of the home. I was like WTF! I was shaking and crying so hard. I could only think. My babies!! What are they going through! I never though I could be so sick on a trip.. That was the longest 8 hour trip, I ever had in my life!



Anyhoo. My current hubby drove me 8 hours to pick my kids up from the soical services. The supervisor was awesome. She stayed in the office til 3 am ... I cried and cried even more! when I saw them on the floor, sleeping on day care mats, in the office of Dept of children s and families.


I received the reports. and my attorney sent them to the judge. My ex lost visitations. If he wants to see the kids he has to come to the county we live in and have supervised visitation. Should have seen the look on the judges face and ex hubby's attorney's face.

My Ex since has not attempt to contact the kids. I as well had made no effort to contact him.

Sad.

Babyblue,

We should have rules about posting like this that there be a sign *Note: Kleenex may be required* because I was crying over this one. I'm a grown male and cried over the abuse of someone else's kids. Hugs to the kids and tell them Snickers says hi!
 
Babyblue, I missed your post about your experience...wow! What a nightmare for u! :hug:
 
So sad!! I feel sorry for that little boy. He suffered greatly. He's just 7 years old. :(
 
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