Nashua, NH DCYF Nightmare!-From the Beginning-The Illegal Removal of Austin and Isabella

I am a Grandmother who has never had to deal with DCYF/CPS in my life. That is until my daughter started hanging around with a not so favorable crowd. Then the false reports started being called in to DCYF against her and her husband. Every one was proven false.I had never even met a DCYF worker until this time. My daughter wouldn't stay away from these so called friends. She wanted attention. She had been in a bad car accident at age fourteen and had to be cut out of the car. She walks with a limp and was made fun of at school, so she hung around with the only people who didn't make fun of her. They were trash! If she refused to do something illegal, she was reported by one of her so-called friends to DCYF. Good friends do you think?
At age twenty my younger daughter got pregnant by her fiancee. She was extremely sick the whole pregnancy. She vomited morning, noon and night. She was alway's weak and hardly ever ate. We spent many days and nights at the hospital where she was hooked up to IV's and given shots to stop the vomiting. The hospital staff and Doctors claimed they didn't know what was wrong.
She went into labor almost four week's early. It was a very hard labor. She was very weak and was given an epidural, pitocin, fentynal and put on a morphine IV. Her labor lasted nineteen hours.
The next morning her beautiful baby girl was born at SNHMC, perfectly healthy. I helped deliver her.
The baby was all checked out and we were told the baby would be going home with her mother. We were told the baby was fine and a paper was signed off by three nurses and the hospital social worker which said the baby had a clean bill of health.
The night before the baby was to be discharged the hospital social worker told my daughter the baby was withdrawing and had the baby placed in NICU and put on morphine. DCYF was called the next day and two workers showed up at the hospital.
Seven day's after the baby was born, the toxicology reports came back, which is what DCYF was waiting for. They showed morphine in the baby, which is what happens when a mother is given morphine in labor.If the baby was withdrawing,it was because of the morphine IV her mother was given for nineteen hours.
My daughter was treated like dirt by the hospital staff. They watched her every move and reported back to DCYF every movement made by our entire family. The Neonatologist tried to get the staff to stop harrassing my daughter. He knew she was sickly and on medication. They didn't care. They kept it up.
My daughter decided she wanted the baby transferred to St. Joes hospital. She was threatened and told if she tried to transfer the baby, she would be arrested.
The Nashua PD delivered court paper's for a Preliminary Hearing. The baby was still in the hospital. She had been transferred to Pediatrics, where my daughter staid with her the entire time and took care of her every need.She wasn't sleeping, she was bonding with her baby, praying they wouldn't take her.
DCYF brought Foster strangers to the hospital, before the hearing. My daughter was told to hand the baby over to them and leave. She flipped out, with good reason. The fosters were in their mid-fourties and had just recently moved to N.H. from Chelmsford, Mass. They never had any kids or foster kids, yet DCYF was handing over a premature baby to them and not following foster care regulations of the residency requirement's in NH. Foster's are required to be living in the same home with the same household member's for two years before a child is to be placed with them.
The day of the hearing, outside of the court room, I told the DCYF Lawyer Kate McClure. and the Assessment worker Melissa Deane I wanted custody of my granddaughter if she was going to be taken. That's another horrible part of this story. My older daughter and her two children were staying with us temporarily. Her husband had left them with nothing. One of my daughter's so-called friends had called in a false report against her husband, claiming he was molesting the kids. My daughter had refused to bring her trash so-called friend shoplifting, so she called in the false report. When the DCYF worker had called and told my daughter, we immediately took both kids to the hospital and had them checked. There was no evidence of either child being molested. This was on September 14th. We took the paperwork to the DCYF worker and she said the case was closed. It was unfounded.
The Preliminary hearing for my granddaughter was on 9/26/05. When I spoke up and said I wanted custody, the DCYF Lawyer's response was, "Wer're not letting you take that baby with sexual molestation going on in your house." I responded with, "There is no sexual molestation going on my house. That was a false report." She said,"It will be proven in court." I said, "No it won't because it never happened." The lying bitch went into court and told Judge Leary it did happen and it happened in my house! My daughter told them it didn't happen, but of course the Judge went on the hearsay of the lying Lawyer. No evidence, nothing. My granddaughter was about to be stolen because of a false report! The liar that called in the report was never prosecuted. She gave an anonymous name but admitted to everyone she was the one who called it in.
Therefore, my family was slandered and never allowed custody or any visitation of my granddaughter. The granddaughter I rocked every day and sang to for over a month. The granddaughter stolen by DCYF on my birthday, a day I'll never forget. The first word's out of the foster's mouth's at the time of placement was, "When will we be finacially supplemented?" Great place to put a child.
My granddaughter was taken from her mother as she was accused of using illegal drugs the day before the baby's birth. First and foremost,she was at DCYF's cohort hospital all day, the day before the baby was born.
In the state of NH a mother can not be charged with abuse and neglect for prenatal substance abuse. When DCYF couldn't charge her with prenatal substance abuse, they instead charged her with anticipated "Neglect in the Future." Just another way to get around their illegel practices. The Judge fell for it.
My daughter was still very sick after the birth of her baby. Her new Doctor wanted the medical records from her pregnancy and the baby's birth. We tried to get the records from the time the baby was born. The Nashua Health Center kept telling us they couldn't find them, so did the hospital. Six months after the baby was stolen, they finally appeared. We also found out the court and DCYF didn't even have the prenatal record's.Judge Leary never ordered them. My daughter's court appointed puppet of the court refused to let her see the records he had and refused to make copies. He said it was too expensive and the state didn't pay him enough. He refused to file a motion to present the new evidence. Evidence that proved my daughter's innocence.So I did. The Judge wrote back, I couldn't present the new evidence, but my daughter could. She brought all the record's into court and the Judge refused to look at them. He said it was too bad if her daughter was taken illegally, it was too late. She didn't file an appeal. Her puppet refused to file the appeal and all motions requested of him. My daughter was denied firing him three times by the Judge. He said, "He's doing a fine job." Her response,"Yes, for DCYF he is." She even told the Judge she would represent herself, that she could do a better job. He still refused. This puppet never even subpoenaed any witnesses even though he was given a list. I and my family were never even allowed in the courtroom, even though state law allows us in. My daughter sat there at every hearing being ganged up on by everyone there, with no support, not even from her so-called lawyer. The Lawyer who refused to fight for her stating, "The court is my boss."
After finally getting her record's in February, we found out why my daughter was so sick her whole pregnancy. She had Hyperemesis-Gravidarum, was anemic, hyper thyroid, hepatitis and the baby was placenta-previa, which is why she was given morphine in labor. The baby should have been born by C-section, but they instead let her suffer for nineteen hours, more than likely hoping she wouldn't survive. This was also considered a high-risk pregnancy. She was told of none of these complications and was treated for nothing. She was also swelled up like a balloon, but they denied Toxemia and her blood glucose was high throughout the pregnancy. The new Doctor rushed her into the hospital when he found out her Cortisol level was 2.5. By the time she arrived, in the middle of the night, it was .1. An Mri was done and she was diagnosed with Sheehan Syndrome, caused by bad prenatal medical care, seen mostly in third world countries and very rare in the U.S. She was told she couldn't have any more children and was put on steroids and thyroid medication. Her pituitary gland had been damaged during the birth of her daughter.
Needless to say,she never got her daughter back. I have in my possession all paperwork which includes CPSW Kris Geno's the call logs. Outside of the courtroom, Kris was overheard talking to the foster stranger's. She said,"Don't worry, there's no guarantee C______'s going anywhere." Does that sound like a caseworker working for the parent? Not in this century. She was working for the foster's.
Kris also told my daughter not to tell anyone her daughter is half Dominican. Could it be because white children are worth more to them? Sick!
Her rights were terminated by the very bias Judge Cloutier in Probate court who wrote the opposite of all testimony and proof in his decision. The Assessment worker Melissa Deane even admitted she had no idea my daughter was sick while pregnant or that she was given morphine in labor. As long as DCYF got what they wanted, why follow the law?
My granddaughter has since been adopted and I have filed motions, appeals and briefs and been denied every time. A fictitious mans rights were terminated to my granddaughter. Her father was never notified. He has since challenged the adoption and filed for a paternity test. He's been denied twice. The Probate Court Judge Patten stated in his decision that my daughter neversigned an affidavit stating the name of the father, yet the affidavit was in an appeal objection by the Attorney Generals office, month's earlier. Evem though the Judge knew the wrong fathers rights were terminated, he proceeded with the adoption of my granddaughter illegally.
Getting back to my older daughter. She was living in her own apartment with her two kid's and had friends over one night. One of them went psycho and ran outside. The Police were called. My daughter left the house with her daughter and another friend. They went to the hospital, SNHMC to check on the other friend. My daughter walked in, in front of her daughter. Because she didn't hold her hand as they walked down three stairs, the hospital staff pointed her out to the Police that were there. She was arrested for beligerent behavior and accused of being intoxicated. I was called to pick up her and the kids. When I got there, they wouldn't let me take her and her son wasn't there. The Police and I found him at home asleep in his room. He was almost six. The friend that was left watching him, left him there by himself. I took both kids home. That night my daughter was rushed to the hospital, by the Police. They couldn't wake her. Lab tests were done that night, which proved she had no alcohol in her system. But her lab report's were also missing until six months after the kids were taken. Same hospital. The one that works with DCYF.
A few day's later I went to the courthouse to get the paperwork from the custody hearing of my two grandchildren. I was told to wait for Darren Tucker, the DCYF Lawyer. She met me and told me to wait. She came back with paper's signed by a Judge on that date, that had been written four days before. The paper said my grandchildren could have no contact with my younger daughter, even though the first Judge said it was fine as long as she didn't babysit because she had an open DCYF case.I asked the Lawyer,"What does the Judge have to say about this?" Her reply,"The Judge has no say. It's all up to me."
I left the court and called my daughter. I then went to the school and picked up my grandson. I was afraid they were coming to take the kids. I was right. DCYF and four Police officer's pulled up as I pulled into the driveway. They told my husband they had a warrant, but never showed it. He let them in. I was pissed. If I had gotten there before them, they wouldn't have gotten in.I refuse to go down without a fight. My younger daughter was with me. She videotaped the nightmare. My deathly sick daughter offered to leave, not knowing where she would go. They refused. They took my granddaughter and then chased after my grandson who was flipping out. They were videotaped as the Police dragged my grandson out the door and down the street as the neihbors watched in horror. My poor grandson was kicking and screaming the whole time. When my daughter was finally allowed to see her kids, her son had on new sneaker's. The ones he left with were brand new. The foster told my daughter his sneaker's were cut into the back of his ankles and were covered in blood after being dragged. We were given no time to find a place for my sick daughter to stay and it WAS NOT court-ordered to take the kids, but like Darren the DCYF Lawyer said,"The Judge has no say." Why have Judges? Makes no sense to me!
Six months later my older daughter's lab results showed up which showed no alcohol. Her Lawyer would do nothing. After all, she used to work for DCYF. The criminal charges had been dropped, which had been upgraded to endangering the welfare of the children, seeing as there was no alcohol in her system. DCYF call logs show Anna the homewrecker and CASA were afraid the children would be returned. If her Lawyer had of worked for her, they should have been, but never were. Judge Lefrancois denied the motion of her Lawyer to dismiss the case.
After losing her kids, she and her husband got back together and moved into a new apartment. At first her caseworker, Anna the homewrecker was working with her. She said she had just come from California and that she couldn't believe the horrible way Nashua DCYF treated parent's. Then she met my daughter's husband. She then did nothing to help my daughter. She told her and her husband that she had to move out of the apartment or they would never see their kids again. A week later, her husband received a phone call from the caseworker. She told him she knew my daughter was still there and admitted following my daughter and I for the past week. She knew I picked her up every morning and told her husband everywhere we went from there. Isn't stalking illegal? I always thought it was, but since when does DCYF have to follow the law?
My daughter then moved out and received no help from Anna. She was too interested in my son-in-law. My daughters husband told her Anna was visiting him. Sometimes with the kid's, sometimes without. He said Anna got phone calls from her husband while she was with him, accusing her of cheating on him. We then found out, she got divorced and became pregnant. She still visits my son in law.
Anna went out on medical leave and my daughter had no caseworker for more than four months. The Supervisor Tracey Gubbins laughed at her when she called upset, wanting to see her kids. For more than four months, she had no visits, nothing.
She finally got another caseworker, just in time for her rights to be terminated. I spoke to her about custody of my grandson. My daughter's husband got custody of their daughter after I told him to file for a Bill F hearing. He refused custody of his step son, claiming he couldn't afford to feed him. The new caseworker spoke to the orphanage where the kids had been placed after my grandson tried to hang himself at the foster home because he wanted his grandfather and was then admitted to a psychiatric hospital by the first caseworker and put on psychiatric medication for his violent behavior which he never had until he was stolen. The foster home where he and his sister were being starved and lost three clothes sizes, yet DCYF did nothing about.
The new caseworker advocated for us to take my grandson. In Probate court, all oppposing parties testified our grandson want's to be with us. My grandson's father's rights were supposedly terminated also, only DCYF picked a fictitious man in his case also. The caseworker stated,"So what. No big deal."
A home study was started in June of 2008 by the new caseworker and wasn't finished until April of 2009 by a different caseworker, as the first one got her college degree and left DCYF.
The new caseworker, Brenda advocated for us for placement and was accused by Administrator Lorraine Bartlett of being bias. She figured she was going to place my grandson with us. The home study was supposedly completed and signed off by Tracey Gubbins, the Nashua Supervisor. It was never finished. There was one visit to my home and that was it. I was told by Maggie Bishop, the head person in Concord, that I chose my daughter over my grandson, so I would never get my grandson. I told her my daughter was dying and needed medical attention. Her reply,"Why isn't she dead?" She told me we should have let her die. I responded with, "And what if it were your child?" Her response was, "I would have let her die." What a heartless, crude, sorry excuse of a human being.
These are the people who supposedly work for families and look out for the best interest's of children. Next joke! They look out for their almighty federal funding and nothing else. There is NO family preservation in Nashua, only fraud and abuse toward families.
I will never give up this fight for either of my grandchildren. The truth will be told and DCYF will be brought to it's knees!