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Dear Sir:
I am not sure to send this e-mail when I have finshed it. I’m praying it makes it’s way into the right hands..I desperately need some intervention. My story is long and I apologize if I don’t tell it well but it truely comes from my heart…
In June of 2004 my husband and I took in my cousins children. 2 beautiful girls that immediatly stole our hearts. We agreed to this only because we were told the parents were giving them up for adoption. They said we had to wait for them to get out of jail to sign the papers..We trusted them. A months later the mother was released from county jail and we had to return the girls. In November of the same year and the mother called us again and asked if we could keep the children for 6 months while she went back to jail. No one else wanted them. They were 1 & 2 yrs old. Of course, we took them back gratefully. The mother ended up doing 13 months in prison on drug charges…The father did too.
My husband and I called every agency including DCFS to try to keep custody of the children and was told we were to far down the blood line to have any say in the children and that it was DCFS’s policy to clean the parents up, not to remove the children. Once again, we had to turn the children over and the mother refused to let us see them for 7 months.
In September of 2006, I get another call from the mother asking if I’ll take them and put them in school because she had no one to take care of them. Of course, I went and got them. I had them for another for another 11months.
In August of 2007, the grandfather was released from prison and reunited with the grandmother, who was also recently released from prison, decided they wanted the children back where they lived so once again, we had to return the children. 3 months later my husband and I gave up our jobs and apartment and moved to the city the girls lived in so we could at least see them. That month, the mother went back to jail, the father was released from prison and the children lived at their grandparents and we weren’t allowed to see them.
In August of 2008, my husband and I had to move where there was work and begged the mother when she got out of jail to let the kids come w/ us and we would help her find a place and get off the dope. The following month, the mother was busted smoking crack and the children were placed with the grandparents thru Luthern Services.We have not seen them since!!! We have been approved for visitation over a year ago but denied the visits because their Grandparents doesn’t want us to have anything to do with them so DCFS abided by their wishes. I can’t understand why the children were placed with them in the first place. They both have extensive histories of prison, violence and drug abuse just like the parents.
I recently called Luthern Services and was informed that the grandparents want to adopt which means we will never get to see the children we have loved and raised all these years. Don’t we have any rights? I have called agency after agency for the last 5 years trying to adopt these kids. I have followed all the rules and depended on the system not to fail us or the children but once again it has done just that!!! Can we contest the adoption and file ourselves? This is so unfair to us and the children. If you can get them away from the grandparents and convince them you wont tell, they will tell you the want to live with us. Each time we have had to turn them over they had to be pried out of our arms. Isn’t there anyone out the who can help us? All of us!!! Imagine loving and raising 2 children as your own all this time then be denied of seeing them ever again. This is just wrong on so many levels!!! Even if we cannot contest the adoption, is there anyway we can legally get some type of visitation? We are desperate. Everyday without them is a living hell!!! It’s like part of us is lost. Please help us or at least point us in the right direction for help. We have about 6 months before the adoption and we don’t know what else to do!!!

Thank You,
I have been doing internet searches for weeks but can’t seem to get anywhere. Just more phone #s of people who “can’t help” us. I was hoping to come across someone here that might have the right answers, not to cry “boo hoo” !!!
I forgot to add than I live in Central Illinois and I have called several attorneys and the few that will concider want huge retainers and all the others don’t want to fight DCFS. I have been calling state agencies for the last 5 years trying to get these children removed from that environment.

There is this girl named britney in my town she’s 17 years old and has a 1 year old son. britney and her family have a bad reputation Basically they are well known for causing problems. britney’s mother is a alcoholic who doesn’t have a problem watching her grandson while under the influence. britney’s father committed suicide when she was young sadly although who could blame him, after all that family is trouble. her two brothers are in and out of jail… anyway recently Child Protective Services took her son in their custody because she was snorting prescription pills, smoking crack, and possibly shooting heroin, her son tested positive for drugs.. and because the family is unstable the boy will probably go to a adoption agencie since britney doesn’t know who fathered her son. will she get into trouble for having drugs in her son’s system?
will the mother be sent to juvenile intill she’s 21?
The mother neglects her child by not watching him properly. she takes him out without dressing him warmly Not putting a jacket on him, or hat and gloves. she takes her son out for a walk 2:00 in the morning and later then that strolling him arould when she has no business being out in the first place. she starts fights with people and becomes very violent in front of her son, (she’ll fight another person with her son there)
Because we live in a small town basically everyone is in everybody else’s business therefore rumors are spreading about her alot. of course Child Protective Services did take her child but people are talking about why they took him from her. she deserved it she shouldn’t have children when she can’t even take care of herseif, britney will probably grow up and be just like her mother a alcoholic with four more misfits as children just like her siblings.

There is this girl named britney in my town she’s 17 years old and has a 1 year old son. britney and her family have a bad reputation Basically they are well known for causing problems. britney’s mother is a alcoholic who doesn’t have a problem watching her grandson while under the influence. britney’s father committed suicide when she was young sadly although who could blame him, after all that family is trouble. her two brothers are in and out of jail… anyway recently Child Protective Services took her son in their custody because she was snorting prescription pills, smoking crack, and possibly shooting heroin, her son tested positive for drugs.. and because the family is unstable the boy will probably go to a adoption agencie since britney doesn’t know who fathered her son. will she get into trouble for having drugs in her son’s system?
will the mother be sent to juvenile intill she’s 21?
The mother neglects her child by not watching him properly. she takes him out without dressing him warmly Not putting a jacket on him, or hat and gloves. she takes her son out for a walk 2:00 in the morning and later then that strolling him arould when she has no business being out in the first place. she starts fights with people and becomes very violent in front of her son, (she’ll fight another person with her son there)
Because we live in a small town basically everyone is in everybody else’s business therefore rumors are spreading about her alot. of course Child Protective Services did take her child but people are talking about why they took him from her. she deserved it she shouldn’t have children when she can’t even take care of herseif, britney will probably grow up and be just like her mother a alcoholic with four more misfits as children just like her siblings.

My 17-year-old gay friend is living with his mom who just got out of jail. She is a drug addict who smokes crack daily and is financially supported by her own mother.

Anyways, the 17-year-old’s blood test was positive for cocaine and marijuana.

This is the 3rd time CPS was called to his house.

Will he go to jail or be put in foster home for testing positive to cocaine?

He turns 18 in 10 months.

What legal advice do you have?

It has been reported that my daughter-in-law is breastfeeding her baby while on Meth the CPS has done nothing. She has tested positive for Meth. What are they waiting for my grandson to die?.

When it comes to alcohol treatment programs, it is a fact that the success rates would be quite less if the family was not involved to the extent that they are. Mostly, the family is related to the core of any treatment program, right from the time when the addict is to be convinced that he or she needs treatment, to the decision about whether to have strawberry punch or some other for the homecoming party. The family also forms an integral part of the entire patient-treatment chain of events, right from maintenance medication to having a constant monitor on the patient’s condition.

Some people favor to treat their alcohol dependence in an outpatient alcoholism treatment program. These people do not want the cost and inconvenience of being away from home for two or more weeks. Some people want to keep working, and so need an alcoholism treatment program that will fit around their schedule.

An outpatient alcoholism treatment program that offers help during evening meetings is Alcoholics unidentified. This is used by a great number of alcoholics to aid them in quitting their addictive behaviors. It is even court ordered for people who are found responsible of DUI or other alcohol-related crimes.

This alcoholism treatment program is calculated as a peer counseling system. People who have already been sober for a period of time generally conduct the meetings. Everyone gets a chance to share stories about their drinking problems and successes. The meetings can last for many hours. You will not be expected to commit to meetings unless they are court-ordered. However, the members will expect you to participate when you are there.

Outpatient alcoholism treatment program set up in a hospital will usually keep you tied up during a good part of the day. If it is court-mandated, your contribution will be monitored personally. You might also be screened for alcohol at random times. Even if it is not set up through the courts, you will be in a very structured environment.

The outpatient alcoholism treatment program in a hospital will include many different facets. There will be psychotherapy, or group counseling at the very least. There will be alcoholism education. This will help you to understand what is happening to you. You may also be given medications to assist you in abstaining from using alcohol.

A private outpatient alcoholism treatment program can be very expensive. However, it can offer some perks that the other kinds of plans do not. It will often start out with a detoxification period of a few days to a week. This may be done at their facility or sometimes in a hotel suite. Medications will be administered to help with withdrawal.

These treatment programs are held by the de-addiction center and are normally held at the end of the de-addiction progress. The program is open for the families of all the patients. Some counseling centers offer accommodation and other services. These programs are helpful in deciding the future of the patient. The programs give different tips and suggestions about how to ensure that the de-addicted individual does not get any withdrawal symptoms and does not go back to their alcoholic ways.