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Fri 21 Oct, 2011 06:32 pm
I have three nephews that might be taken away from my brother by child services. Apparently they think the parents abused the youngest one who is 4 months old. It all started when my sister takes my nephew to his doctor appointment. The doctor says he has breathing problems and his ribs were fractured (were, healed now thank God) so they take him to the hospital to find out what's wrong and thinks he might have Osteoporosis. They could not find a reason why his ribs were fractured and start to think it's not a medical reason and called child services on the parents.
I know for a fact that my brother did not hurt or abuse the baby in any way, nor the mom. He took care of me since I was a baby and we all live in the same house. I'm not saying the other two nephews (Age 5 and Age 2) have hurt him, I dont want to accuse that the two nephews did it because they're little and young, and what kind of person would I be to blame someone who is still young? They dont know what's going on,and accidents happen, we always watch the little one just in case, we teach the older 2 that their little brother is still a baby. Even the 2 year old understands he's a baby and always wants to kiss him on the cheek, he loves his little brother, we all do. The older 2 play with each other and while someone is holding the little one sometimes they get too close to him and are unaware that they might hurt their little brother. I know for a fact that my older brother who is also like a second father to me (old enough to actually be my father) did not hurt the baby. He's loving and takes care of all of them regardless the state he is in(mentally, physically). How can I convince child services at court that it wasn't abuse so we can keep the babies? I don't want to lose any of my nephews we love them so much. Please someone help me. We all don't want to lose the babies for something we didnt do. Everybody in my family can't stress about this any longer, especially when my mom is sick. I'm just an eighteen year old (youngest) trying to keep my family in place.
@nelsonm5033,
Well, if you have all these facts that you know, that's what you tell the judge.
If you tell him you know something "for a fact" he'll want to know what those facts are.
So what are the facts, or is that just your way of saying you don't believe something?
@chai2,
I don't have any hard facts it was my way of saying that he would never do something like that. Sorry for the confusion.
I see my brother with the baby all the time, he never dropped him or hurt him in any way. We were all surprised of what happened to the baby. I just dont know how to convince the judge that we never abused the baby.
@chai2,
Child services wanted to take the babies on the spot.
Were asking the Pediatrician to join in court and she has agreed, i dont know what else i can do to make a stronger point
@nelsonm5033,
has anyone contacted an attorney?
@Rockhead,
My brother plans to do so tomorrow.
Of course the hospital is going to be concerned about a baby with broken ribs but if nobody has done anything wrong (read: intentional) then nobody has anything to worry about.
CPS wants to keep families together.
@boomerang,
I forgot to mention that since the baby is only 4 months old, they can't tell when his ribs were fractured and it's healed now. And we're thinking it was during birth because if it was recent I dont think it would've have been healed.
I hope so because the CPS worker wanted to take the babies on the spot and tried to make my brother signed the paperwork that he neglected/abuse the baby. And this was in the hospital, my brother didnt plan on going today since his wife was there and I the CPS worker didnt inform anybody that she was coming, not even the doctors
I don't want to lose my nephews.
The injury to the child happened when the father had custody. It is his reponsibility to provide a safe home for the children.
Just WHO injured the baby is not the point.
You just briefly mention the mother. What is her take on the issue? How is their marriage?
Your brother can get the children back. He just has to show there is a safe environment. People from the court came to the house. An evaluation was made. Your brother needs to find out what their reports said to make them place the children in another home.
PS - I personally feel the abusive parent should leave the home, not the kids. The wife could have asked for this, if your brother is determined to be the problem. I have a feeling there's more to this situation than you know.
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