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 Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:44 am
Because of a situation that happened between my dad and one of my foster siblings, there is a big chance that my dad can go to jail with child abuse charges. He and my mom are at the police station taking a lie detector test, and the foster kids were taken from their house last night when they got home from school.
My dad did nothing wrong. He was wrestling with my foster sis Jessica Lynn, and he had his arm around her chest. Well, she went and kicked upward and she apparently slipped down enough to were my dad's arm went from around her chest to around her neck. They were just playing around, there were plenty of witnesses to confirm this.
Well, Jessica ended up blacking out and when my dad let her go she fell forward and had hit her head on the top step of the stairs. When they were at the ER, my mom told the doc that Jessica had tripped and fell, which is what she thought happened ( she knew they were wrestling around, but she didn't see Jessica fall cause she turned around to do dishes ).
They are now saying that my mom lied, trying to cover up what really happened, and so they took the kids last night and are accusing my father of child abuse, and he could go to jail.
I could be losing my foster siblings and my dad. I don't know what to do. I was even asked if I wanted to go home from work because I couldn't concentrate on the job. That's dangerous because, being a construction flager, if a car came toward me and I didn't notice it I could of been hurt, or someone else could.
I'm really scared guys. I feel so helpless right now. Dad would never hurt any of us intentionally like this, never. What do I do?
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:30 am
that sounds typical that they would threaten to take everyone away
*something similar happened to me*
just remember to tell all the truth
they were playing around and it got a little rough
hopefully they'll see it was just playing around
they might do weekly or monthly check ups with a social worker for a bit
i.e. talk to everyone, make your sis see a social worker
but once they see that everyone really is happy and ok they'll stop
good luck!
::huggles::
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:38 am
Since it was an accident. And like you said, there were plenty of witnesses. I'm sure it will work out fine.
-Hugs-
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:26 am
*hugs* I'm sure everything will be ok, its just a big misunderstanding. The kids will tell what happened, and everything will be alright. Like Poetry said, they'll probably do checkups with the social workers, but I don't think anything horrible will happen. *pets*
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:46 am
*hugs* I'm sure it'll be okay. There were witnesses and it WAS an accident, so it's not like there's anything to cover up.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:23 pm
My folks got back from the station a couple of hours ago, so when toboe woke up we went over to talk to them.
They didn't even make my dad take the lie test, but had him tell his side of the story, which matched pretty close to the one my foster sis told the investegators. They don't think my dad and sis are lying, but think my mom is. they said hers is half different and think that she is trying to cover up what really happened, but like she's told them (who knows how many times now) that she had her back to them and didn't see what really happened, that it was what she thought happened. She never said that it was what happened, and when she spoke to the ER doc she told him something like 'I believe that she tripped while wrestling around with my husband, and she fell and hit her head on the top step, possibly causing her to black out'.
My mother never lied.
So now we have to wait until the investegators talk to one another, and like Hisa said, they are going to want to talk to everyone that was there, as well as koopabrat and myself (to see what we think of our father, and ask if he was ever abusive to us I'm sure).
We won't get to see the foster kiddos until something is decided. They have been with us for over a year now, I see them as my sisters and brothers.
They have become part of my family, and damn it if I'm going to let them take them from us lying down!
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:40 pm
I think its ridiculous that its been a year, and after one accident they are making such a big fuss out of it. Seriously. I understand if its a repeated thing, but if an accident like this happens... the system is screwed up. I know they want to protect the kids from harm, but it's been a YEAR since they've lived with your family, no repeated accidents, this is really dumb.
I want to adopt kids when I get married, but s**t like this makes me wonder if its worth the hassle. ((I think it is though... I want to adopt a little family of like 2 or 3... if I can't have a baby. Kids that have lost their family need a good home, and its obvious that your family is a good home.))
*hugs you* Everything will be ok. This drama will pass soon once they realize it was a mistake.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:01 pm
-hugs Saturn- I really do hope everything is fine. It should be fine. I've had CPS coming knocking on our door. A teacher had called them on us because my brother kept falling asleep in class and didn't want to take a bath ( rolleyes ). We told the service guy our story, and insisted that we were well fed and had all our available resources and everything, which, of course, we were. He never came back, though.
Though, I'm rather unsure how it works when they suspect abuse. In our case they suspected neglect, and that sort of thing is easily proved/disproved. In a possible abuse case, it's basically he said/she said.
But as everyone said, as long as everyone is truthful, and as long as your mother can convince that she isn't hiding anything, then all will be fine. They may linger a bit and check up on your family occasionally, but that's to be expected. I'm sure everything will turn out fine.
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