Wow!! I am still shocked over this? I just don't understand what the heck is going on, how come the children haven't been taken away for that foster family??? You poor thing...

When the Bio's ran away with my 2 mth old GS I know how it feels to be so worried for his safety...

I'm still praying for you and your family...

You and your daugher s/go to house to visit and observe condition. If you find wounds, etc, leave and call the police to report child abuse. If the police arrive and see, they will have to remove children. You need to let them know you are gm and are willing to take child in. Don't get into a battle w/sw or foster mom or aide. Just let police see the black eyes and they will know. It is intolerable that the lawyer, judge and children and family services are so lax in their concern for children. Be ready to go in front of judge and request temporary custody as the gm. It is time we stand up for our (and our gc) rights. Don't let them intimidate you. It sounds like they have a scam going and are pushing you out of way. If I lived near, I w/go to court and stand by you. Is there anyone out there who lives in AZ who will stand with nutsandbots? Perhaps if we start showing up in numbers,they will pay attention.

I was told by cps not to go over to the foster home or call them after they took my weekly visits away in April due to telling my gd I might not make my visit cause I have court. My daughter is not to know where the foster home is located. Im so scared, my daughter does'nt have a visit for nine days, we will not know how the baby is. His older sister seems to be fine, you can tell she mothers him a lot and for six she is very mature, more so now then when I had her. To many incidence in such a short period of time. Why is this not being seen in court?

nutsandbolts, try not to get too scared yet, although I know it's hard. We're raising three grandkids, and the middle one is the one who has more bruises, cuts, scratches, you name it! She loves the woods, and yesterday had a branch smack her in the eye -- and that's on top of the black and blue mark on her forehead from God-knows-what. She'll come in with poison ivy, splinters, etc. The other two are fine.

And worse, I can't stop her from exploring because she loves it SO much! (I was the same way as a kid -- always had a boo-boo, bruise, black eye. It's a wonder my parents aren't still in jail LOL).

I'm not trying to minimize it, just giving another explanation so that you can avoid a stroke in the meantime. Of course something could be going on, and you know your GS better than we do. And you do need to try to find out if it's serious and jeopardizing your GK's health.

I'm thinking about calling the news and seeing if they would like to do a special interest on this subject...Maybe the Judge and CPS will get their heads out of their butts!

Have you tried to discuss this situation with your local politician? I know I always forget that they're there to make a big stink if they think it will make them look good. A mayor, county official, Congressperson, etc. -- they're always willing to listen, at the very least. And many times they can get to the bottom of a problem by cutting through the red tape.

It's why we elect them -- time to call in your markers! :-)

I have a call into the SS Liaison from the governors office. Guess what I did?! I called the Judges office. Come to find out the case file has a note on it saying the previous judge needs to hear the case. The women I spoke to said, she will get that up to that Judge today and to give his office a call on Thursday. I also called GRG rep here in AZ, she sent me to Family Care center which I have a call in there waiting for call back. I was told by my attorney to wait on the channel five news story until after we hear from the Judge. If the judge gives us what we want then no waves.
Oh, I found the CW new phone number..It took an hour of just placing numbers into the main number as an extension to come up with someone to answer the phone. Anyways, the CW is saying my GS has a very small scratch on his nose. Where does bruise /scratch meet? I told her I have a picture sent by my daughter. CW then told me she wasn't going to talk about this with me she will contact my daughter. I asked CW for her supervisors number, which I was given the main number, and told her I want the real number, at that time I was informed The supervisor is only the acting supervisor for the next two weeks and will be promoted to APM as of next week. WHO CARES, she is still the supervisor at this time, and everyone has someone they are accountable above them.

Do I feel betterNO, not till those kids are in my home or their mothers!

This is totally unbelievable.I would be calling the police and the media. Some of these so called "child protective" agencies are only about protecting their income, jobs and butts. They all have way too much latitude given to them because of what they are "supposed to be doing".

My friend who is an anti CPS attorney recently told me about a case where she had to defend a foster parent because a toddler in the FP care fell and got a small bruise as most toddler will do once in a while. The child was immediately removed.

This doesn't sound like what is happening in you GK's case, not at all.This is appalling and shocking and makes me want to scream and cry.
This child is being abused and they(fosters and agency workers) are allowing him to be seen by his family and the public w/o any shame because they can get away with it.