Some Good News....finally
Today was a weird day. We got the weirdest good news from CPS.
Back in September, I filed an appeal with the CPS Office stating that we did not agree with their findings and that we wanted a further review and investigation of our case. Well....We finally heard back from them.
I didn't really believe that they would review the case or that anything would come of the appeal but it made Weldon and I feel better. We were able to do something to try and defend ourselves. CPS and the laws don't really give you a whole lot of opportunities to defend yourself so you take any little thing they give you and hope for the best but never really believing anything will change.
We got a call from the Administrative Review Board (ARB) and they are partially changing the findings in our case. After further review, the ARB determined that they did not have enough evidence to charge that Weldon and/or I physically abused or deliberately injured Sebastian. They are removing our names as the perpetrators of the abuse.
The Administrator who called today told us that they didn't have enough evidence to say that we abused Sebastian but that they also didn't have enough evidence to say that we didn't do it. They also have a signed affidavit from 2 of the doctors at Children's Hospital stating that Sebastian's injuries could not have been caused by an accident. Because of this affidavit, Sebastian will still have a CPS record stating that he was the victim of abuse by an unknown perpetrator. The only way this gets removed is if the Doctors who accused us of Child Abuse recant their original findings. We all know that's not going to happen so we take the good with the bad.
Weldon and I are in essence being cleared of abuse charges but the record will still indicate that Sebastian was abused and as a result suffered severe head trauma.
We should be getting our letter in the mail sometime next week detailing this change in our case.
I don't know yet if this will change anything with our current circumstances. I guess we wait to see if they are going to lift the restrictions placed on us and if I still have to go to Protective Parenting classes. I've got 4 classes left, so I might still finish out the classes just because I think the women in this class could use a different point of view. I don't know. I've learned that it's never good to hope for something with CPS. You just take it one day at a time with them otherwise you spend a lot of time crying and getting your heart broken and trampled on over and over again.
This is some good news that was really needed. I'll post again next week after we meet with our CPS caseworker.
Have a good weekend everyone! We're going to say a prayer of thanks and keep on trucking down the path of healing and restoration. It's good to know that faith is still working to bring about good things.
Back in September, I filed an appeal with the CPS Office stating that we did not agree with their findings and that we wanted a further review and investigation of our case. Well....We finally heard back from them.
I didn't really believe that they would review the case or that anything would come of the appeal but it made Weldon and I feel better. We were able to do something to try and defend ourselves. CPS and the laws don't really give you a whole lot of opportunities to defend yourself so you take any little thing they give you and hope for the best but never really believing anything will change.
We got a call from the Administrative Review Board (ARB) and they are partially changing the findings in our case. After further review, the ARB determined that they did not have enough evidence to charge that Weldon and/or I physically abused or deliberately injured Sebastian. They are removing our names as the perpetrators of the abuse.
The Administrator who called today told us that they didn't have enough evidence to say that we abused Sebastian but that they also didn't have enough evidence to say that we didn't do it. They also have a signed affidavit from 2 of the doctors at Children's Hospital stating that Sebastian's injuries could not have been caused by an accident. Because of this affidavit, Sebastian will still have a CPS record stating that he was the victim of abuse by an unknown perpetrator. The only way this gets removed is if the Doctors who accused us of Child Abuse recant their original findings. We all know that's not going to happen so we take the good with the bad.
Weldon and I are in essence being cleared of abuse charges but the record will still indicate that Sebastian was abused and as a result suffered severe head trauma.
We should be getting our letter in the mail sometime next week detailing this change in our case.
I don't know yet if this will change anything with our current circumstances. I guess we wait to see if they are going to lift the restrictions placed on us and if I still have to go to Protective Parenting classes. I've got 4 classes left, so I might still finish out the classes just because I think the women in this class could use a different point of view. I don't know. I've learned that it's never good to hope for something with CPS. You just take it one day at a time with them otherwise you spend a lot of time crying and getting your heart broken and trampled on over and over again.
This is some good news that was really needed. I'll post again next week after we meet with our CPS caseworker.
Have a good weekend everyone! We're going to say a prayer of thanks and keep on trucking down the path of healing and restoration. It's good to know that faith is still working to bring about good things.
posted by Weldon & Martinique at 10:06 PM
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