Stressed and distraught what do we do?

MommaKat1990 · February 2012

My husband and I both are completely heartbroken and honestly we need help coping with this. Our daughter Morghan was born on the very last day of August. But that's when the trouble started. The doctor came in about 8 hours after she was born and told me that when she slept her heart rate would plummet significantly. So of course I was hysterical and so was her daddy. The next morning they kept her an hour longer than they was supposed to and then they decided to air lift her to the city. I was hysterical but little did I know that the trouble was only getting started for us. They got her up there and checked her out and pronounced that everything was just fine and that she was a bouncing baby girl perfectly healthy and that she was just fine to go home. And so she did but the very night that she came home the CPS was knocking on our door. Apparently someone (they told us that a concerned family member and the spouse of that family member) had called and turned us in. The allegations against us immediately made us think that it was my husband's brother and his wife. And it turned out to be true!!!! The unfortunate thing about it is they have our sweet baby girl and they refuse to give her back unless one of two options are met. Either A) we get an attorney and fight for her which is probably going to have to happen or

they have mentioned that if I leave my husband permanently then they will drop everything against us and will give Morghan back to him but only if he can prove that I'm out of his life for good. What on Earth are we supposed to do??????

meliss008 · February 2012

what are the allegations? There has to be some reason CPS has custody of your daughter. I work at the DCF in MA and it takes a lot to have a child removed from the home- If I were you, I would work with yourCPS social worker and do whatever you have to do to get your daughter back. Forget about Morgan's father right now, let him fight this on his own.

chelseymat · February 2012

Um I work in foster care and there is no way they took your kid because of one report from "a concerned family member" what did they say your husband did?let me guess, your child had breathing problems because she was born substance exposed right? Is he being charged with something. Also, they didn't tell you to leave your husband. Trust me. You will be assigned a parent aid to work with both you and your husband. I suggest you dot your i's and cross your t's and do what your case manager and parent aid suggest

Mrs. Mo · February 2012

I agree with both of the pps. They don't just take a child b/c of an allegation. They need to have just cause after an investigation. I know this from personal experiance. We had an @sshole neighbor growing up that accused my mom of abusing us. The first step was for the CPS person to come over and talk to each of us. Once they realized that it was a false allegation, everything was dropped. They didn't even attempt to take us from my parents before investigating. There has to be something more to the story...