Help Fight CPS

fantasy layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotCommentsI am a 33 year old mother of three beautiful children two girls and one boy ages 14,9, and 3. I have not had my children in 14 months, and the reason for that is because CPS took my children away february 20th 2007 because I was a victim of domestic violence. My husband was arrested two day prior for beating on me in front of the children and was still in jail when CPS and six cops showed up at my door around 6:30 pm on Feb 20th and took my children out of my custody. It was truly the worst day of my life. I was standing there still beat up with two black eye and two busted lips and bruising to my forehead and they came into my home and treated me like I was a criminal and took the only thing that ever has mattered most to me my children. Now I know what your thinking why didn't I leave him well I did. I left in the middle of the night our five bedroom three and a half bath home in temecula about a year before this happened. The kids and I moved into a one bedroom apartment in Escondido with nothing but a restraining order and our safety of being away from him. However those restraining orders are not worth the paper they are written on or maybe its the judges that sign them. I know my Judge, Judge Earl J Moss III didn't seem to want to honor his and he signed it for 5 years for me and the children. The first time my ex-husband Dustin Huff Sr broke the restraining order Judge Earl J Moss III JUST warred him not to do it again, and then gave him unsupervised visitation to our 2 year old son. I was too meet him at a local McDonalds twice a week once on Tuesdays for a four hour visit and once on Thursdays for a overnight visit. My ex-husband had not even given an address to where he was going to be with our child and this terrified the hell out of me. When the Judge made these order I broke down in court crying so bad that the bailiff had to escort me to the bathroom, when he did he even seemed shocked at the judges orders and told me in order to stay safe make the local police meet you at that McDonalds each time I have to meet him there. That was a great idea however it didn't keep my son safe and that was a big controlling factor my ex had on me. The whole restraining order Idea is useless to me now with that said how do victims of domestic violence stay safe with a system that doesn't help them stay safe. I know most women don't leave but when they do they really need the support of the courts to keep them safe. I should have known that a state that lets OJ Off from murder doesn't really care about the victim's or the children. The DA's office here in North county San Diego has never prosecuted my ex-husband for domestic violence however he has been arrested numerous times, they just come back with there isn't enough evidence to prosecute. The last time he beat on me the cops took so Meany pics of my face and neck I thought they had more pics then my mom did in our family album of me growing up. But never the less the Vista courts and DA'S office said there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute. I often wounder what else did they need pics of my dead body but even then they probably wouldn't do anything. The thing that has really killed me in all of this is the punishment on me from CPS they say there was domestic violence while the DA'S office Say's there wasn't. I have had to go to CPS ordered drug and alcohol testing witch I passed counseling for six months witch has done a thing for me and parenting classes that are the hardest thing to sit through given the fact I don't have my kids at home to parent. I also have domestic violence for the victim classes that cps makes me go to 1hr a week every week, I have learned anything in this class but have met a lot of other women in the position they were beaten by there husbands and there children taken away by cps. Almost all these women are great moms who love there children very much the question of there parenting should not be at hand it was the fact like my self they unfortunately picked a dangerous man to be with and have kids with and the system here in California does nothing to help them protect themself's all shelters are allways full if your actually lucky enough to have your husband get drunk and violent during a time of opening in one of these great shelter then by all means take advange of it cause I can tell you that you are one of the lucky one most of the time you have two give your number and waite for them to call you with an opening. This is not practical for a women with kids and never knowing when he is going to explode. Saftey routs and planes for domestic violence victims has got 2 change these women can not plan an escape with out money and shelter for there babies, but CPS THINKS THEY CAN THATS NOT RIGHT" WE NEED HELP".