My neice is a single mother and has had her 2 children taken away for neglect. They are now with my sister who is a foster grandmother. My neice was also pregnant when she lost these 2. She has gave birth to this one 2 months early and is with this child a lot. She also told me she gets to take this one home with her. How can she be allowed to take this new baby home without first getting her other 2 back? This is in Illinois...Thank you.
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I don't know the answer but I think your question should be;
"How can she be allowed to keep this new baby considering sh's already had two children taken away by social services.?"
I'm guessing that due process requires each case to be judged on its merits and a finding of neglect is required for them to take this baby away. If she's cleaned up her act, so to speak, custody of this child may not be an issue while she must prove she's a fit mother to get the other two children back.
Hello, I am sorry to hear about a case like this cause every state is different.I live in NY State and the laws are almost the same as Illinois.I say that cause NY.Have had many cases like this.The mother losses her kids for neglect or some others reason but she then have another kid.HOW do the courts let this happen?If you have neglected one time before you will do the same thing again.She havn't even had time to help her self and to try to get her others kids back.That's means that she is still being neglectful.There is no way that she should have been able to have another baby in her care.She should have to go to parneting classes and meeting with the other kids to express to them why she did what she had to do.At this time the court should have placed all the kids together till this matter is resolved.If this new born is not under any one else care then she should hae (CPS) at her door every other day to see how she is taking care of this new born.Well i hope that she want to get her other kids back.Maybe she don't want the other kids back.
This mother must be showing some degree of stability and progress in getting her older children returned to her. If she was not progressing in the DCFS service requirements for her older children's case then this child would also have been removed. What was the problem for the children being removed in the first place anyway? Since the new baby was born premature , my guess is she had a drug problem. Maybe she can't carry babies and her other children were premies too...maybe she is currently living in rehab and is monitered around the clock ...maybe she is living in a shelter for battered women ....if she is here then she is considered to be at a lower safety risk due to staff observing her on every shift ...it is easy to jump the gun and pull out opinions but there maybe more to the story ...plus I am sure that this mother is very aware that her newborn child will be closly watched by DCFS. She knows that if she messes up or fails to cooperate with DCFS in Illinois then this child could be taken from her also.
The kids were taken away because of bad choices by my niece. Like, caring more for boyfriends than what's best for the kids. No drugs involved at all. Yes she is doing what DCFS has asked of her, finally. But, she only sees her two girls once a week for an hour. You would think she would want to see them more. The caseworker said all she had to do was ask to see them more and more than likely she would be allowed to. My problem is, if you are neglectful to two of your children, why are you allowed to have another child and basically start all over. The caseworker said that because there is not a case against the new baby their hands are tied. Bull....as long as the other two are in someone else's care because of neglect, no other child should be allowed to live with her until she proves herself to DCFS. And, one hour a week is not proving you can take care of a 2 and 4 year old ans now a newborn. Don't get me wrong, I really want my niece to raise her own kids. But, I want them to be taken care of right and not neglected.
Dinky, I don't think you understand the system, which the caseworker explained very well in her comment to you;
"The caseworker said that because there is not a case against the new baby their hands are tied."
There was a case against your neice based on her actions regarding the older children and that case has been decided. In order for futher action to be taken, there must be due process, which includes an investigation leading to a finding. If the system didn't work this way, once someone has been found guilty of a particular offense, they would be guilty forever.
Also, what organization within the Department of Social Services is responsible for monitoring the sex lives of women to know when they become pregnant so planning can begin to remove the newborn child?
Here's my prediction, your neice will have the baby and some well intentioned relative will place a call to DSS to report child neglect, an investigation will occur, there will be a finding of fault and the baby will be placed in foster care. What's your problem Dink?
I am just asking, how if there is an ongoing case of neglect on two of her children should she be allowed to bring home another, without first completing everything she is required by law to do?
And, what do you mean what is my problem!!! My problem is that I want my nieces and nephew to be taken care of properly!!
Your problem is that your question has been answered but you refuse to accept the answer. I don't question your motives or concerns for this baby, but the system doessn't work the way you think it should, and you can't seem to get around that. Let me repeat my earlier best answer to your concern;
"your neice will have the baby and you will place a call to DSS to report child neglect, an investigation will occur, there will be a finding of fault and the baby will be placed in foster care.
That's the system at work and it's the best you can do with it.
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