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Hello, my name is James ****, and I live in Brownwood, TX... In 2004, an order was placed for my children by my maternal aunt,(Barbara Weidabusch) whom quite simply and blatantly wanted my children for herself... My three daughters were abducted by CPS on Sept.5, 2005, and given to my Aunt... Their names and ages at the time were Megan 8, Courtney 6, and Emily 10 months... This was based on a false allegation that I had caused a bruise on my six year old daughters forehead Not only did I not cause the bruise, but an investigation by a non corrupt CPS would have revealed that I worked out of town, and did not even have access to my daughter for 5 days prior to the injury. I was told by Esmeralda Rodriguez, my case worker, that the department's  permanency plan was family reunification, and by Shane Britain, the County Attorney, that I would have my children back within thirty days... This was a lie and tactic to keep me from obtaining an attorney.

I later learned that the "service plan" that I successfully completed, which consisted of personal counseling, couple counseling, family counseling, psychological evaluation, drug evaluation, home evaluations, batterer intervention program, anger management program, and parenting classes, was a smoke screen,designed to make it look like they were somehow helping me to become suitable to raise my children, when in actuality, they were using their team of paid professionals to build a case against me Also during this first year in CPS custody they maximized their federal funding by deeming my children special needs children" by diagnosing them with ADHD and feeding them psychiatric drugs, this way they were able to obtain more federal money... These psychiatric drugs along with the emotional abuse of being ripped away from her parents, and my Aunt and Uncle forcing my kids to call them Mom and Dad, led to Courtney, being admitted into a psychiatric hospital with thoughts of suicide CPS is protected by immunity from being held accountable, much less from having integrity and therefore are free to do anything and everything to make more money... (Who protects the children, not if, but when CPS becomes the abuser ?)

This case ended with a "mediated settlement agreement" That took CPS out of the picture, gave my Aunt "PMC," and gave me a graduated visitation schedule. I agreed on this settlement with the intentions of pursuing to regain full custody with CPS out of the picture... During this time My children were physically abused by my aunt's husband, David Weidabusch,  and they themselves were investigated by CPS with findings of "no signs of abuse or neglect." But, I have documented photos, a Mills County Sheriff's report and statement from my daughter, that says she was physically held down on a bed and was beaten black and blue, with a belt, while she lay kicking and screaming and with no clothing to protect her. All for leaving a car door open...

Also during this time, my Aunt, Barbara Weidabusch, took me to court and tried to have my parental rights terminated on her own, but was laughed out of Judge Griffen's court.... So, she saught refuge in her old allies, up and gave my kids back to CPS... This began the second CPS case, and landed my children in a group home in McGregor, TX., where they are 5 times more likely to be physically, sexually abused or murdered... Over 1000 children are murdered or die from serious neglect in the guardianship of CPS every year... This also required me to begin a new service plan, and gave CPS a second chance to terminate my parental rights, which was then their permanency plan ... How could I have failed as a parent during this time, when the access I had to my children was limited to supervised visitations? Also during this time, my visitations were set up to occur in a town almost two hours away, in Lampasas, TX. However I have documented the violation of these "court orders" by CPS, because the kids were only being brought to the court ordered visits, about 50% of he time, with no regard to letting me know they would not be there...

Also, during one of these times I spent in the waiting room, another parent shared a seemingly believable story that she knew someone who was able to pay CPS and got their children back... When I inquired about weather this was possible with my case worker, Lynn Glover, she turned around and filed "Felony Bribery" charges on me, which of course was not what happened at all... Those charges are still pending... So now with approximately two months before my "final hearing", the CPS judge, Robert Holfman, tells me I have to get another attorney because the one I had was representing myself and my kids mother... I still don't understand this ruling... However my new attorney who was not familiar with the case was no match for the "State of Texas", whom Id like to point out, now had three years to prepare their case. On September 11, 2008, Against my children's and my will, and by using unlawful tactics, they obtained a verdict terminating my parental rights. The department promptly scheduled what they proudly call a "final visitation."

I have not been allowed to see my children sense November of last year... My case has been in appeal for a year...We have filed our appeal brief and are now waiting for the state to file their answer. However the state continues to manipulate the courts by dragging their feet, and was even granted a continuance... The basis for our argument is that the court allowed the state to retry and bring forth evidence from the first case even though we had come to a mediated settlement agreement, and the fact that mistreating my children was impossible, when they were not even in my care... As you can see, there are many injustices in my case But this is not an isolated incident, in fact, it is a world wide political and criminal phenomenon. Please google Senator Nancy Schafer, and listen to what she has to say about the corrupt bussiness of child protection in the United States Of America... Thank you, and God bless...