Mothers in Exile. This is an articulate group
of mothers who lost their children through
force, coercion and lies. The case of Cathy Henderson,
occurred in Ontario.
An Ontario mother struggles with Children's Aid
for five years, then loses four children. She
sidesteps the law against naming parents by
giving only her maiden name, Lisa Spring Sweet.
A Gerogia mother loses her child. This story is typical of
parents who lose their child in a hospital. At a certain point,
a stranger appears asking new kinds of questions, and all
doctors previously supportive suddenly become cold and
unresponsive.
Rev Ron Smith's son Richmond was taken from him at an early age,
reducing dad to a payer of child support. His son was
prescribed Ritalin. A side-effect of Ritalin is cancer, which
killed Richmond at age 20. Rev Smith has endeavored to unite
victims of divorce and child protection cases.
This page gives facts related to child apprehensions. The main
story is by lawyer Janet M Frederick detailing two years of
experiences trying to save families from Michigan child
protectors. Walter Schneider has assembled a huge volume of
data on family destruction and divorce on other pages of this
website.
A Hamilton Ontario father's 13-year-old daughter, while under
care of CAS, gives birth to a baby girl. That girl becomes the
pretext for total family destruction.
American Coalition for Fathers and Children.
This advocacy site, dealing with divorce and
separation, as well as child protection,
respects high standards of
scholarship.
Dr Stephen Baskerville is the most scholarly
author writing on the subject of family law.
The list of abuses on his home page includes
many of the child protection problems found by
Dufferin VOCA.
This site is by John Dunn, born in 1970, who grew up as a ward
of the Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto. He is not
allowed to see the records of his own childhood.
David Witzel does not have a website but his story was
summarized in the legislature by Andrea Horwath. He is suing
Hamilton Children's Aid for abuse during his
childhood.
A web-only radio program dealing with the
experiences of adoptees. The second link is to
a gem extracted by John Dunn - a social worker
herself adopted is forbidden to look at her own
case file.
A social worker tests a boy for circumcision, by
hand. The first link is his voice (mp3), the
second points to a collection of documents
regarding his case.
According to information posted on the internet by himself, and
not otherwise verified, Jesse McVicar, born 1978, was a crown
ward in Alberta from age 9. His son born in September 2000 in
turn became a crown ward in Ontario in July 2004, without
objection from the boy's mother. The judge faulted Jesse for
being confrontational with the agency taking his son; Jesse
knew from experience that foster and adoptive parents are less
angelic than in their portrayal by the lawyers and judge. He
could not pay $1400 for an appeal, but published the facts of
his case on the internet. CAS responded with an ad in the
Ottawa Sun: "ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of Jessie McVicar
please contact Sarah Newell at 596-2912". On Dec 9, 2004
police, citing the mental health act as authority for
warrantless arrest, charged him with criminal harassment and
mischief. He was released Dec 20 subject to a condition not to
use the internet. Jesse is dyslexic, but skilled with
computers. According to Jesse's friend, he was medicated in
foster care, and now is hypersensitive to drugs, to the extent
that his speech is impaired by sub-clinical drug doses
administered by his physician. This website is in contention
for the title of most disorganized site on the internet.
A list of breaches of the peace committed by people under the
influence of psychotropic drugs (including the very hazardous
drug withdrawal). It includes a source for each incident.
Assembled by Sara Bostock, whose daughter committed suicide in
2002 after two weeks on Paxil.
This site posted by the Cook County Public Guardian (Chicago
Illinois) contains numerous accounts of child abuse at the hands
of the foster care system. Unlike most of our references, it is
by a public officer.
This URL formerly pointed to an anonymous site, Operation Fight
Back, now defunct. It was redirected to point the the bizzi
site of Jesse McVicar, but now points to the Dufferin VOCA News
site, though the domain name is not under our control.
This is a collection of articles assembled as a hobby, and
unlinked from the commercial site acting as host. Most are
unrelated to family law, but under CHILDREN'S AID, note the
Aylmer and Mielke cases.
Rev Dorian Baxter was the first person to successfully sue
Children's Aid. His organization is the National Association
for Public and Private Accountability. Rev Baxter speaks
Swahili, and appears on stage as Elvis Priestley.
Canada Court Watch. This organization deals with the entire
family destruction industry in Canada, including Children's Aid.
The site is the work of Dorian Baxter, and anonymous
staff.
American Family Rights Association. Big-tent opposition to
child-protectors, operated by Leonard Henderson. This is now
the most active opposition site.
Senator Anne Cools is the highest ranking
political leader to take a stand against the
family court system. Her website does not do
justice to her position on the matter.
Litigation:
Litigation is futile as a means of taming the
beast, but it sometimes gives some insight into
the operation of the child protection
system.
Lawyer's memo about child killed by child
protectors. While this memo presents only one
side, the claim was ultimately settled for most
of the amount of the county's insurance
coverage.
Massachusetts lawyer, attorney for Nev and Tom
Moore. Click the tabs under DSS outrage. The
laws he cites apply only to Massachusetts, but
the tricks are the same everywhere.
A Michigan family sues child protectors. The
first six pages of the document are not a
family's accusations, but a judge's findings,
about the method of invading a home.
Protecting Our Families. Most Canadian CAS
sites disappear in less than a year. This,
hosted by Yahoo, has a chance to last longer.
In case the website disappears, here is the family story.
Rob Ferguson and Kalena Mallon are controversial
CAS opponents in Brantford Ontario. The link is
to his business site, with little about family
rights.
Family Aid, faith-based opposition centering on the Aylmer case,
by Ryan Kidd. Mr Kidd is very well informed about Children's
Aid, and is a good source of help for any Ontario families
affected.
I have been a victim of Jewish Family and Child Services
injustices. I was charged with assaulting my youngest son in
May, 2003 and subsequently had my two youngest children
removed from my care, without trial. It took me three years,
much heartache, money and wasted time to even begin to
overcome the tyranny that this supposedly helpful agency has
inflicted upon my family and self and to clear my good name.
I had to hire both a criminal lawyer and family law lawyers as
well as a private investigator. I eventually ended up
defending myself in court. You may be asking, "why the
private investigator?" Well, I was not even present when my
son, who was 80 percentile deaf at the time of his injury,
fell and banged his ear. The private investigator was hired
in order to interview the five witnesses. At the time of this
intrusion into my life, I was a successful landlord, artist
and entrepreneur. I had been blessed with five beautiful
children as well. The ripple effects of what Jewish Family
and Child service did to my family was devastating. I was
forced to jump through many hoops of imposed meetings,
courses, court appearances, mental health assessments not to
mention supervised visitations with my children. I had to
take parenting courses (i am a mother of 5) and anger
management courses, (who wouldn't be angry in such a
situation?). My elderly parents suffered, my three older
children suffered, my business suffered. I lost everything
material in order to fight these tyrants - my real estate, my
business, my marriage and almost my sanity. My youngest
children, then aged 6 1/2 and 5, were traumatized and still
suffer from flashbacks.
Family Headquarters. This site deals with child
protection as a source of sadness, and without
the tone of harsh animosity of most critics.
Under the tab "Book of Many Sorrows", play the
musical selections to get the mood, then read
the four chapters "Another Fellow Victim". It
is an incomplete non-fiction work by an
anonymous author.
The Norris link is to our account of the case.
The casinternment site was established by two
children taken from their mother and forced into
foster care. The site was taken over by their
mother and expanded. The site is now gone,
ended by court order. The next two links are to
mirror sites in Russia and France. We have a local copy,
showing what was created by the children. The
mother spent time in jail for keeping this on
the internet. The final link is to a new site
started by Cathy in March 2007.
Matthew Reid, three years old, was murdered in
his Welland Ontario foster home by another
foster child, possibly mentally handicapped, on
December 15, 2005. An unknown person has
assembled material relating to his
death.
What would you do? The website is attributed to Alana Lubenkov,
Christine Rutherford, Francis Daigle, Jennifer Ford, Linda
Cullen, Lori Gauthier, Michelle Glover, Roy Sullivan.
Linda Youngson has spent years researching child protection in
Nova Scotia. Among her conclusions are:
Many rights are extinguished unless claimed at the first
hearing, three days after snatching the child. Since most
families cannot find a lawyer in that time, their rights are
lost. As for finding a lawyer, she says: "To date, we have
not found any Nova Scotian family lawyer we would recommend
to anyone".
Lawyers never represent children in child protection cases,
though they are permitted, sometimes required, by law.
Social workers prevent parents and children from discussing
their case at visitation, so neither can learn that the
child's wishes were never presented in court.
When a family proposes placing children with relatives,
those relatives are subjected to psychiatric evaluations
that are biased and unprofessional. The professional
society is ineffective in handling complaints.
After CAS has destroyed a family, the courts can compel the
victims to pay for their own destruction.
There are hundreds of sites opposing child
protection in the United States. Here are a few
of the best alphabetically. For the most
complete list, refer to AFRA.
In this mom vs dad case, an Arizona mother keeps
a detailed visitation diary showing her son's
abuse in foster care, confiscation of her gifts
to her son and reversal of toilet
training.
A mother who refused to let her son be drugged
suffered an experience from the X-files,
including watching her son abused in an
institution, flight to a foreign country and a
term in prison.
Citizens for Change, based in Kansas. Under
Shock and Awe, it formerly included three
television programs by KOAM-TV. In Kansas at
least, TV has figured out what a sham
child-protection really is.
Address by foster parent and author Mary
Callahan detailing failures of the child
protection system. Her address applies to the
state of Maine, but the same failures are
widespread elsewhere.
Evelyn, daughter of 17-year-old Stephanie Bennett, was removed
from her family through after mom signed away the baby under
apparent coercion. Link to a news story. This case was
also the topic of the Adoption
ShowA for April 15, 2007.
This Oregon based site has a large number of experiences with
child protectors in both text and audio form, as well as some
links to other sites including scholarly references.
Chinese parents Jack and Casey He gave temporary
custody of their daughter Anna Mae to the Baker
family in Memphis Tennessee. When they asked
for the return of the girl, the Bakers refused
and after five years the Hes lost all parental
rights.
Wally and Debbie Hines had a son afflicted with
brittle bone disease (Osteogenesis imperfecta or
OI), and had to flee to protect him from CPS.
This site gives their rather restrained
suggestions on how to deal with the child
protectors.
A high-functioning mom had her ten-year-old son
stolen on false accusations, she was served at a
false address and could not read her file until
months after her child was taken by default.
She has assembled many other instances of abuse
by CPS.
After a divorced husband complains about a mother's care of
their child, CPS takes the girl. The guardian ad litem places a
lien on the mother's house, her lack of housing becomes a reason
to lose her child, who is adopted by strangers. When the mother
asks for documents relating to her case, CPS claims they have
been shredded.
Nate Tseglin suffers from Asperger's Syndrome (genius
disorder). At home he learned to speak English and Russian, and
read Spanish and Hebrew. He was doing well until age 15, when
psychiatrists started treating him with psychotropic drugs. He
has gone downhill since. On January 12, 2007 four sheriffs
forcibly removed Nate from his parents' home at the request of
CPS. Since then he has been been forbidden to speak Russian and
has been forcibly treated with Depakote, Haldol, Ativan,
Cogentin, Abilify, Keppra, Celexa, and Benadryl. These have
induced convulsions and a grand mal seizure. Hospital staff
cannot understand why he exhibits bizarre and paranoid behavior
toward them.
British MP John Hemming has organized a group of parents falsely
jailed for harming their own children.
Bogus Opposition:
In the litigation-prone United States, groups
acting in the name of children sue
child-protectors for relief enhancing state
power at the expense of families. Courts favor
amicable settlement to the extent that these
suits can have more legal force than
legislation. This kind of bogus opposition may
come to Canada.
Children's Rights Inc, New York, Marcia Lowry is
the prime mover. This organization has sued
many child protection systems, exposing their
abject failure to care for their wards. The
relief sought is more money for foster
care.
Kentucky Youth Advocates. This organization
suggests one way to prevent child abuse is
"Advocate for increased funding for family
services". But it issued a report titled The
Other Kentucky Lottery (2006) that touched
off a scandal in Kentucky.
Parental Defense, established by the state of
Utah in response to child protection scandals.
Staffed by lawyers from the social services
system, it contains some information helpful for
legal defense.
