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Cps called on me and now im being harrassed: Help me please
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 564132" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p><p></p><p>OK, I've dealt with CPS a lot. First... You don't <em>have</em> to answer a lot of questions, but things will go a lot better if you do - and honestly. Messy houses aren't an issue. Even roaches aren't that bad - IF you have cleaned otherwise. Yeah, they're gross, and tend to like filth, but - I had a spotless apartment that had roaches due to the building next door - not even MY building - and I lived upstairs. Anyway... ADHD is not a huge deal. Neither is PTSD unless they can prove he has hurt someone because of it...</p><p></p><p>As for medications and psychiatrists... If your husband is in the military, doesn't he have Tricare? Or whatever they are calling it these days? Being as you are a dependent, you should be covered too - AND - they will help you with legal issues too. Usually free or darn near. And if your husband has been deployed, he should get care at the VA hospital. Regardless - if not. Take your medications if you have any prescribed. Keep them out of reach of the kids - means NOT in the bathroom medicine cabinet, trust me. And if you can't afford the psychiatrist, call the county health department and ask for help. In fact - call CPS and tell them you are trying to comply but you need help because you can't afford it. That will go in the file. Any questions they ask - ANSWER. Don't try to hid anything. And the neighbors, etc. can stuff it - unless they are good friends, you don't care about them, and if they ARE, they know the truth anyway. The schools deal with this stuff all the time, for even dumber reasons (we had an "anonymous" call that we forced a suicidal teenager to keep 3 loaded firearms in her room... We didn't even OWN 3 firearms and the only one we HAD was unloaded and locked in OUR locked bedroom).</p><p></p><p>You do NOT care what other people think. It is NONE of their BUSINESS. And... When they see that you are cooperating and CPS closes the file and stops... They'll find someone else to look at.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, this isn't harassment... CPS is doing their job. And when teachers or cops report "possible" abuse... It's more involved than anonymous or civilian reports...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 564132, member: 6705"] :hugs: OK, I've dealt with CPS a lot. First... You don't [I]have[/I] to answer a lot of questions, but things will go a lot better if you do - and honestly. Messy houses aren't an issue. Even roaches aren't that bad - IF you have cleaned otherwise. Yeah, they're gross, and tend to like filth, but - I had a spotless apartment that had roaches due to the building next door - not even MY building - and I lived upstairs. Anyway... ADHD is not a huge deal. Neither is PTSD unless they can prove he has hurt someone because of it... As for medications and psychiatrists... If your husband is in the military, doesn't he have Tricare? Or whatever they are calling it these days? Being as you are a dependent, you should be covered too - AND - they will help you with legal issues too. Usually free or darn near. And if your husband has been deployed, he should get care at the VA hospital. Regardless - if not. Take your medications if you have any prescribed. Keep them out of reach of the kids - means NOT in the bathroom medicine cabinet, trust me. And if you can't afford the psychiatrist, call the county health department and ask for help. In fact - call CPS and tell them you are trying to comply but you need help because you can't afford it. That will go in the file. Any questions they ask - ANSWER. Don't try to hid anything. And the neighbors, etc. can stuff it - unless they are good friends, you don't care about them, and if they ARE, they know the truth anyway. The schools deal with this stuff all the time, for even dumber reasons (we had an "anonymous" call that we forced a suicidal teenager to keep 3 loaded firearms in her room... We didn't even OWN 3 firearms and the only one we HAD was unloaded and locked in OUR locked bedroom). You do NOT care what other people think. It is NONE of their BUSINESS. And... When they see that you are cooperating and CPS closes the file and stops... They'll find someone else to look at. Unfortunately, this isn't harassment... CPS is doing their job. And when teachers or cops report "possible" abuse... It's more involved than anonymous or civilian reports... [/QUOTE]
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