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I have full custordy of 3 of my grand children. They are 13,11 and 4. The 13 year old came to live with me and my husband when he was about a year old, the 11 year old came at around 4 months of age. and the 4 year old we have had from birth. The story is our daughter. she has come and gone in and out of the children's lives. Last year she married a guy. the guy is the father to the 4 year old. right after they got married they took us to court to get the kids back . but we got full custody again for the third time and they where given every other weekend visits from Friday to sunday. in may of this year the 4 year old and the 11 year old came home from a visit with the step dad and real mom and said that they where abused. so we reported it in both bradford courty and now new york state because the mother and stepfather live there. the report has been indicated for sexual abuse by cys and new york state . but still the the abuser is not in jail. we have gotten pfa's on both the stepdad and the mother. but the jugde has given the mother the right to have the children every other weekend from Friday to sunday. the stepdad is to have no contact with the kids.
but in October the mother took the kids to see the stepdad. the judge knows this and he keeps sending the kids back. every time we are in court they tell me and my husband that we have to keep the children safe. but how can we do that if they keep sending them back with no one to watch over them. and that is where we are today. we have court again in december on the 13th. mean while we are running out of money to fight this.
From a worried grandmother.
My name is anonymous and my six year old grandaughter has lived with me since the day I took her home from the hospital.
My daughter went on to have two other children to two different fathers. The man she recently married(not the father of any of her kids) has a child as well who is nine years old.
The man she is married to has a long history of mental illness, convicted of child sexual abuse and many other criminal charges.
March 2016 my daughter's husband decided he wanted to get custody of my grandaughter because he felt he could get money for her from the government. He talked my daughter into going for custody and they did win and got custody until she was unable to transfer my grandaughter into their school. So we went back to court and I got custody back. My daughter continued to have visits and filed again for custody in May, 2016.
On June 20th, 2016 my grandaughter had welts on her back and bottom. She told me that her step dad hit her with a belt and a brush. I took pictures. I had suspected abuse but no real proof until this point. She would often come back from visits saying she was forced to eat her food and she saw guns in the living room and numerous other things.
In August I decided to file for a PFA because Mallory was terrified she would have to go back to her mom's and be abused again. I was awarded the temporary PFA just shortly after we got news they received custody back.
This all took place in Northumberland county. The judge saw the abuse and heard testimony from my own daughter that there was abuse(daughter is afraid of her husband but will tell the truth if he isn't in the court room) and he awarded them custody. I was devastated. I was worried sick that something would happen to my grandaughter.
In August 2016 a friend of mine and volunteer child advocate decided to step up and help. She talked to my grandaughter and she opened up to her. At this same time I had found the mother that has a child to my daughter's husband. That is the nine year old. I contacted her and asked her to speak with my friend the advocate. The advocate went over to speak with the nine year old boy and he opened up to her as well telling of all kinds of abuse.
The mother decided to file for a PFA. She was awarded a temporary one. In the meantime the boys TSS worker called CYS because he opened up to her too and told how his dad would point guns at him. But when CYS came to interview him to make decision whether or not she would get the final PFA the boy shut down and wouldn't talk. So she lost her PFA.
We went back to court for my grandaughter for the final PFA. We lost. One of their witnesses was my grand daughter's real dad who just got out of prison for drugs and other charges. He is now back in prison since that hearing. He lied on the stand for them. This was their "credible" witness. We even had the nine year old boy who plainly stated on the stand that his father was abusing him too. But they had an expensive attorney and they won.
So many people have called CYS for these kids and yet no one did anything. At one point they didn't even come out when they were called. Several agencies had called as well to report for these kids. This was montour county with the nine year old boy.
Abuse noted:
The nine year old said he was thrown across rooms by his dad, beat with belts by his dad and my daughter. He said they would shove food down the kids mouths. He also stated that they were giving his pills to my six year old grandaughter. (his dose could cause her to seizure). My grandaughter also stated that they were forcing her to take his pills. All because they couldn't handle her. The boy was left to sit out in the hot sun without water for hours. Neighbors witnessed this. My other grandaughter who is five years old has had numerous UTI's and so has my grandaughter that lived with me. Lots of neglect and abuse.
Recently they took my grandaughter to an appointment to have her checked out for ADHD. I read the report online on mygeisinger. The doctor said he suspected abuse and had asked the step-dad to let her go and stop being rough with her. He saw abuse but didn't report it. He didn't have "proof".
This man has a long history of abuse and my daughter has stated that she doesn't want the kids and can't handle them but her husband (the abuser) wants them and sees dollar signs. She is terrified of him and does what he says to do.
I'm worried sick that they will hurt or kill one of these kids. It seems no one cares or does their job properly! We have even called up to Harrisburg to report the CYS agencies. My brother is a police officer and said something has to be done about these two counties. They are corrupt and neglectful. I have all the proof of everything stated above and yet no one seems to care about these kids. They all live in a trailer court where drugs are passed around like candy and abuse is happening every day yet no one does anything.
These children are terrified to go there and at one point my grandaughter tried to run away after they got custody back. The boy will scream for hours and fight his mother so he doesn't have to go visit his father. Something needs done before these kids end up in a hospital or worse. I pray everyday for their safety.
This is a story from a woman who's name will stay anonymous because she is going through it still.
This is my story 4 and half yrs ago I met a man I thought would change my life for the better just out of jail for nothing bad that I knew of about a month into being together we found out we was pregnant after having a 10 yr old I wasn't sure how to feel then he gets picked up on a warrant so for 101 days I was alone we had our son n things started to go downwards after 3 months of our son being born found out we were pregnant again that Feb my mom passed way Aug of that yr my daughter was kiddnapped by her real father got her back the next a day a week later water broke wit 2nd son at only 20 weeks along spent a week n a day waiting on him which father came to see me twice or came n slept at hospital I was out of sight out of mind out youngest was born at 21 weeks almost 3 months premature n wit issues only weighted 2lbs 6oz was in nicu 5 an half weeks came home rite before Halloween n ended up going bk to the hospital for another week which I was the one once again to stay wit him there I would not leave him when he came home he was on a heart monitor as he has a whole in his heart sees heart Dr once a yr as he got a lil older he had to have physical therapy to help him walk n roll over I ended up wit postpartum depression that is now border line bipolar n all the issues wit my youngest son father cheated n has 2 other kids both younger then my youngest son well he has been charged wit child neglect for being on pain meds n letting a girl fall down the steps n this past March he threw my youngest against a wall n knocked him out reported it to cys an they have yet to do anything about it the one girl he cheated wit n has a daughter wit was 17 when he got her pregnant the courts here say my kids need him I am in such fear for them that it's going to take him really hurting one I fear for them to see wut I am talking about he does not care about them for the last 4 months he has done nothing for my kids hasn't spoken to them or anything now this is only way that he can hurt me is taking my kids n making them see him the courts r not fair to the mother's who do everything for the kids n fathers do nothing.
