Saturday, May 21, 2011
Legalized Kidnapping
The Social Services Agencies in the United States under the auspices of the state and federal governments are engaged in legalized kidnapping of children. The child protective agencies receive $8000 or more for each child they place into adoption and bonuses for exceeding their adoption numbers year to year! What message does ASFA send to these agencies? It tells them to target the healthy, happy, cute, young children who have not actually been abused and place them into adoption but to return those children who have emotional problems due to actual abuse or are disabled or are too old to be adoptable to their abusive biological families! All this at taxpayer expenses of course!
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Hello Niveen, I have just read your story in the New Yorker. It is a tragic injustice for you and your son. Your son will come back when he is beyond the control of the State and his new parents, who will probably also eventually be deeply hurt by this experience due to the secrets and lies that often accompany adoption. When he finds you, please show him how how hard you fought to stop him from being taken away.
ReplyDeleteEventually, probably in 20 or 30 years, the State of California will be held to account for the barbarity of this policy, just as recent generations have condemned the adoption practices of the 60s. In Australia, where I am, we had a notorious history of forced adoption of Aboriginal children (google 'stolen generation'; similar practices applied to young un-married women who fell pregnant).
Have you been able to read the case-workers notes and all records held by the County Social Services agency regarding your son? These may be available under FOI laws? Also, if you can contact other mothers that went through this experience and if they can access their case files then you may find evidence of bureaucratic practices that could lead to a judicial review. Just an idea ..
You, your parents and your son have been robbed of a precious relationship.
I, too, am moved by the article in the New Yorker. I am beyond outraged.
DeleteThank you so much for your support! I am blessed at least that Rachel Aviv of the New Yorker contacted me about my story. And please rest assured that I will never give up getting my son A.I. back. I still have both lawsuits pending in the Ninth Circuit. If anything changes I will post right here. Thank you again I was not expecting to get any comments or readers of this bllog so I never checked back here. Please Excuse the late reply.
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DeleteMs. Ismail, I found found your story on New Yorker while searching for low cost representation for an associate of mine who's nephew was taken by CPS. The irony is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI was a juror on you Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping trial.
You need to know that your jurors looked for every means possible to come up with a "Entrapment" verdict. You were so solidly steadfast in you commitment to"Plan A" that we couldn't. You only had one plan to begin with despite your P.I.'s suggestion of "Plan B" and the police officer's persistence "I'm only about the money" In my opinion, both of those individuals are a disgrace to their professions. I hope you were victorious in you suite against those that tried unjustly to bring charges against you. "Plan A" was not fully detailed in the NY story. That's OK.
Can you help me in finding affordable representation for my friend's family who'd like to obtain custody of their family member rather than leave him in foster care? CPS does not communicate details with blood relatives but holds closed door hearings in which thay are excluded.
Thank you and bless you - RZ, Fullerton, Ca.
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DeleteI got this info from Shawn McMillan:
Delete"Lauren Johnson is pretty good. Also, there is a guy down here named Paul Swiller. "
I had Arthur LaCilento if you like to speak to him too. Unfortunately he couldn't help in part because the system is rigged against natural parents and their family members.
Also check Shawn McMillian's Facebook page:
Families Agaibst Governmet Abuse.
There is a lot of good stuff there and lists of attorneys that he and others maintain on there, but it's a closed group. if you send me an email or message Shawn on FB, he or I can sent you an invite to join.
By the way, thanks for your support and being a juror on my case. I'd love to know which one you are 😊
I stumbled upon your story and reached here while looking up. I am shocked and saddened by what happened. I sincerely hope that you will be re-united with your son someday. My thoughts and prayers are with you. You should know that there are many that feel this way about you, I found so while trying to read and research more about what happened.
ReplyDeleteI just read your story in the New Yorker and I am devastated and outraged for you. I am so terribly sorry. There are no words that can properly convey the abuse of justice that your son and you have suffered. I know I am a stranger but as a fellow human being I am sending you love.
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