Tag: CPS Involvement
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Keeping Kids With Their Families During The Quarantine
During this very stressful period of life, while Michigan families are locked away in quarantine inside their homes under the “stay home, stay safe” order, the number of calls to CPS have risen significantly. As a result, the number of child abuse and neglect investigations has also increased, and the number of children removed from…
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What do You Want For Christmas? Probably Nothing From CPS, Right?
What does the holiday season mean to you? Do you exchange gifts with loved ones? Maybe you get together with family or snuggle up with your kids to watch a marathon of Christmas movies on Netflix. Perhaps you bake cookies, get together with others who share your faith, or even volunteer in your community. Whatever…
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A Gun-at-School Incident Could Lead to CPS Interventions For One Michigan Family
This story is somewhat hard to believe. Usually, when you hear about a child bringing a gun to school, it’s a story of fear and disillusionment, social angst and rage. But in this case, the child who showed up at school with a gun in their backpack had no idea it was even there! And…
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Having Kids With You When You Break The Law is a Game Changer! (Pt 1)
It’s amazing how a single factor in a situation can alter the outcome of a situation is a major way. For example, if you get pulled over after having a few drinks, you’re likely to end up facing a DUI charge. But if you get pulled over after a few drinks and the officer discovers…
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CPS Issues Raised at U of M Board of Regents Meeting
The duties of the board of regents at a University includes overseeing the financial management of the university, its investments, and its property holdings, as well as appointing the president of the university. So when the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents meets to make decisions for the University’s future, one hopes they take into…
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CPS Being Investigated For Kalamazoo River Intentional Drowning
44-year-old Ineza McClinton drove her car into the Kalamazoo river on purpose. It was a tragic choice, with heartbreaking results. But what made it even worse, was the fact that her 9-year-old twin daughters, Angel and Faith, were in the car with her, unable to escape. Unlike their cousins, who had been dropped off at…
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Mom of Dead Baby Has Prior CPS Record, But no Agency Workers Held Accountable!
Jackson Farrey was born in El Paso. He died that same year, not even a year old, and simply disappeared. His parents, Jenna and Jeffery Farrey, also disappeared around the same time, but they resurfaced later here in Escanaba, Michigan, where they set up home with their son Blake. No one questioned anything, until baby…
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Once Your Kids Are in Foster Care, Getting Them Back Can be Extremely Difficult!
When CPS takes your children away and places them in another home (whether it’s with strangers in a foster home, or with relatives of yours) you immediately become engaged in a battle where time is NOT on your side. And we don’t mean that from a legal standpoint, we mean as a parent. Once your…
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Why is Michigan CPS Trying to Take my Kids Away From me?
We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog talking about what to do when CPS workers show up on your doorstep, or how to handle it when someone accuses you of child abuse. But one of the subjects we haven’t covered in as much detail, is why CPS would want to take your kids…
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New Governor, New DHHS Director, But Can CPS be Fixed?
CPS in Michigan has a loooooong history of screwing up, not meeting goals, and falling short of the mark. And of this sounds like us trash talking an “enemy”, it isn’t – we’re simply stating the facts as CPS themselves have observed. Over the years there seems to have been an endless string of scandals,…