Know Your Rights Against Division of Family Services and Local Law Enforcement!
I was recently told a story by a young mother that was very disturbing to me, but one that I have heard many times over the years. Little did I know I would soon have my own story to tell! Said mother was safe and secure in her own home when she heard a knock on the door. Her young daughter of 3 or 4 opened the door and in walked a Division of Family Services Investigator and a County Police Officer. The caseworker and officer thoroughly searched this woman’s home; under beds, closets, refrigerator, etc, while the young mother frantically tried to determine what was happening and why.
What was the allegation against this mother? She didn't know - she wasn't told. Who called them? She never found out - because no-one would tell her. What happened? The investigator found a bottle of medicine prescribed to one of the children on the door of the refrigerator that still contained a small amount of medicine in the bottom. This happens all the time, right? The doctor says take this 3 times a day for 5 days, which you do, but there's more left so you stick it back in the fridge and forget about it. Investigators determination and allegation? Medical neglect.
This happened because of an anonymous call to the Child Abuse Hotline. Once Division of Family Services has access to your home and/or child, they WILL determine some source of abuse/neglect or at the very least determine that you need to be “monitored” based on the caseworkers’ OPINION that the potential for abuse or neglect exists.
From this point on, the Division of Family Services (DFS) drafts a “Family Safety Plan” within which they will endeavor to force parents into goals DFS has set that must be met to avoid further actions taken against them and almost always provides that the Division of Family Services may perform home visits anytime they desire.
If you can’t see the problem with the above scenario, then you are making yourself vulnerable to several rights violations and opening the door to what could become your worst nightmare, the results of which could be removal of your children by the state based on “caseworker recommendations”.
No-one can enter your home uninvited without a warrant. The Constitution of the State of Missouri clearly states in Section 15 that “the people shall be secure in their persons, papers, homes and effects, from unreasonable searches and seizures; and no warrant to search any place, or seize any person or thing” [shall be obtained] “without probable cause, supported by written oath or affirmation.” The Constitution of the United States provides more protections to individuals in this regard by adding {vehicle}. The only exception(s) to this law is in cases of extreme emergency and when individuals may suffer loss of life or limb.
Government officials or those acting in an official capacity under the auspices of the government, i.e., judges, attorneys, police officers and caseworkers, do not have the right to violate your (or your child’s) constitutional rights, or to coerce individuals into relinquishing their constitutional rights with threats and scare tactics, and are subject to prosecution for those violations as is the office for which they perform their duties. Remember, ignorance of the law is no excuse!
Please do not make the mistake of believing that this information does not apply to you because you properly support and provide for your children and are a good parent. ANYONE can pick up the phone and make an anonymous call to the Child Abuse Hotline. Once the call is received, DFS must investigate. Federal protocol stipulates that the source of the call must be verified as viable and trustworthy, but there is no indication that a thorough check on the caller is actually performed.
Class action lawsuits are now forming in several states against Division of Family Services and Child Protective Services for various Civil Rights Violations as well as for Kidnapping and Child Trafficking. First person accounts of the abuses suffered at the hands of DFS/CPS/DPSS/HRS can be read at www.thepetitionsite.com/3/class-action-lawsuit-cpsdpssdfshrs-for-kidnapping-babies-to-sell
Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that local law enforcement and court officials who have taken a sworn oath to UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY work with the Division of Family Services and lend weight to their abuses.
You AND YOUR CHILD have the right to be secure in your persons, papers, homes, and vehicles.
You AND YOUR CHILD have the right to remain silent.
You AND YOUR CHILD have the right to have a lawyer present during questioning.
You have the right to demand a SEARCH WARRANT.
You have the right to not be compelled to be a witness against yourself.
You have the right to not be deprived of liberty or property (your children) taken for public use.
You have the right to know the evidence against you and to CONFRONT YOUR ACCUSER.
You are innocent until proven guilty.
You can NOT be found guilty based on hearsay.
You AND YOUR CHILD are protected against any state abridging your privileges or immunities, or depriving you of liberty or property, without DUE PROCESS of law.
Perhaps in a perfect world . . .but not today in our corrupt society.
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