Harrison stated that it is not uncommon for some of her clients to spend night in shelter with other family members or AWOL for a weekend before untimely returning to the foster home. Ms. Harrison explained that when questioned, some of her clients provide conflicting stories as to their whereabouts during a particular timeframe. Ms. Harrison reiterated that no information was provided which identifies Ms. Gustard as a culprit with this matter and the foster children want to remain in Ms. Gustard’s care. Ms. Harrison conveyed that based on the children’s age, it is imperative that they remain in a foster home where they feel connected to the adult who is charged with providing them with supervision. FAMILY COURT LEGAL SERVICES (FCLS): Family Court Legal Services, Kristin York, is the attorney assigned to this case and she was notified of Ms. Gustard’s Review and the replacement of Dymnasty and Diamond on August 5th, 2015 via email.…
First of all, the Department of Children and Families can only do so much to fix the system as there are laws and restrictions for their actions. They, being a governmentally funded organization, must follow the rules and do not have much say on changing them. In Florida, these certain set of restrictions are called The Florida Statutes Chapter 39. These statutes are created and maintained by The Florida Senate annually, after a legislative lesson. According to the Florida Senate's web page, the Florida Statutes are "[a] permanent collection of state laws organized by area... updated annually by laws that create, amend, transfer, or repeal statutory material" (The Florida Senate).…
Anthony struggles with peer interaction at school and community. Anthony had a school suspension before SAFY placement. The referring agency will schedule and supervise all face to face visits with the maternal grandmother. Anthony is allowed to have supervised phone calls with the maternal grandmother.…
Victor I been thinking about what happen in court and still don't understand this conclusion. I think we should been postpone the hearing due to the Attorney ad Litem just send her report to you that morning , was not prepare for her conclusion. According to her they already knew 3 o 4 weeks ago which way she was going to rule in favor off . With that said , I hear that my daughter husband stayed also 3 weeks ago that Mrs Moody was friends with Meredith and that was going to be in their favor and was a big change for them to win the case .…
The social worker looked at how the parents had a constant cycle of drug abuse and how it wouldn’t be beneficial that the child be returned to their custody. The social worker went about expressing on how Casey showed no preference on her parents but instead saw them as part-time caregivers. She also noticed that Casey began to call her foster mom “ma-ma.” The social worker testified that it would be to Casey’s best interest to stay where she was at because they were able to offer her medical, emotional support, encouragement, love but Casey had great foster parents. The court denied both petitions stating that the parents had a very extensive drug history.…
While I understand emotions often trump intellect in a post-divorce universe, but seriously Cookie, what does Kalup’s current age have anything to do with him requiring less support? He is sixteen, not eighteen and graduated from high school… currently scheduled for June of 2020. Additionally, please stop making Kalup out to be a charity, because raising him is not a game of narcissism and rewards for monetary support. Enough with the illogical reasoning’s on how you’ve paid enough, and behaving as if treated with some injustice for financially supporting our son. It’s exhausting, and frankly, nonsense.…
Ms. Jabez gets the baby appointments from the foster mother so that she can attend. Also, Ms. Jabez follow-up with visitation and have weekly scheduled visit supervised by a supervisor. Ms Jabez appears to diligently work on a plan for reunification of her baby because of the married father is punitive per DNA test. The father of her baby and wife is interested in the child as a placement source. Ms. Jabez will demonstrate that she is able to support her three children and that her drug condition is temperate and she will complete the…
She once again ended was taken by child protective services and her foster parents were charged and revoked from taking care of more…
Once you determine a visitation schedule with your former spouse, you will present this schedule to a judge and they will approve it or deny it depending on if it is in the child’s best interest. If approved, the visitation agreement becomes an official court order that must be followed. For instance, you may try to create a schedule that has a 50/50 split in custody, with you switching off between custody every other day. While this seems fair on paper, a judge may decide that it does not provide enough consistency with the child and can disrupt the child’s school schedule by switching residences during the week.…
During the telephone interview on May 12, 2016, Vickie was questioned about the status of the adoption assistance, it was notated in the General Running Record Comments (also known as "CLRC" notes) that Vicki indicated that "…they have not applied for adoption assistance yet" as shown in Exhibit C. With the information given at the application interview, the SNAP benefits were authorized with Tristan and Neveah who were included in the assistance group; as shown on AG (Assistance Group) Composition Change Screen (AEACC) as shown on Exhibit E. On July 21, 2016, FSSA received Medicaid Change Transmittals for both Nevaeh and Tristan (Exhibit G). It was noted on both documents that adoption assistance was being received for both children since March 04, 2016. The amount of assistance that was given as indicated by the Transmittals was $20.00 per child per day. This information was not consistent with the information that was given on the application interview that was given on May 12, 2016.…
O’Neil acknowledged during the children’s initial placement in her home, there were instances when she took the children to Ms. Molina’s residence to spend the night while she went out of town to complete requirements to obtain a professional license. Ms. O’Neil conveyed that during those instances, Ms. Molina was still a foster parent for Leake and Watts and the agency was aware that the children were sending nights in her residence. Ms. O’Neil articulated that the agency did not have any issue with the children spending nights with Ms. Molina. Ms. O’Neil expressed that since Ms. Molina is providing foster care services for another agency, she brought the children to her home to spend the day, but they returned home that same…
I agree with you, Kurniawan's passion for gaming has helped several children who are need of medical and physical care. I understand that for a child to be exposed to more screen will have its sides effects, however, Kurniawn's use of techonology for good purpose is an interesting discovery and example of how digital gaming can be curcial to our…
A Catch 22 Shortly after moving, the Department of Social Services was telling me the only way I could continue to get cash assistance was if I go to a program called strive from 8am until 5pm or go back to work. This meant placing my children in daycare. Strive was this program that you go to where so called professionals teach you how to be job ready, but also talk to you like you aren’t shit. I decided that I would just seek full-time employment. I didn’t want to place my children in child care though.…
Keshawna is currently in the legal custody of her maternal great aunt, Lavern Davis. She has mostly lived with Ms. Davis since 2005, when Ms. Davis received full custody of Keshawna through the Chesapeake Juvenile Domestic Relations Court. Ms. Davis stated Keshawna’s mother was very young and unable to take care of all of her children. Ms. Davis reported she wanted to help her sister out, so she took custody of Keshawna. Ms. Davis resides at 1211 Baltic Street, Suffolk, Virginia.…
Father who fights for custody is rare, therefore many judges feel the father should be awarded custody for loving his children, or they assume that something is wrong with the mother. The mother and her children are being systemically impoverished, psychologically and legally harassed, and physically battered by the very father who is fighting for custody (Chesler, Phyllis1990). Society believe that some children are better off with their fathers. When non-custodial fathers are highly involved with their children’s learning, the children are more likely to get A's at all grade levels (NCES 2007-040). How many women do you know that pay child support?…