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Face to face with DSS

May 6, 2009

In late August of 2007 my attorney along with the assistant attorney managed to get DSS to agree to a face to face meeting between all of us.  The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the case, our situation, and to determine now to proceed foward.  We were very surprised that DSS agreed.
The Meeting
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A lot of waiting and a little progress.

May 6, 2009

After our DSS appeal was denied, we began 3 months of no progress on either our DSS case or the legal case against me.  There was literally no progress on either for the whole summer.  DSS was stalling waiting on a resolution to the our legal case and my legal case was being held out [...]

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DSS Appeal Denied

March 21, 2009

You’ll recall if you read my story, that in December 2006, our DSS case for “environment injurious” was substantiated by our local Department of Social Services (DSS).  As part of that substantiation, we were informed that we could make an appeal to the decision.  I immediately wrote a letter of appeal and asked that the [...]

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CAC interview tape review

March 16, 2009

The month of March 2007 was busy and crazy.  For those of you that have gone through being falsely accused, you’ll know and understand what a roller coaster ride it is.  One day being filled with hope and progress, with the next consumed by devastating and hope stealing news.
Mugshot posted around the neighborhood
During the first [...]

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Adoption agency tries to pull a fast one

March 15, 2009

At 11:45am on 2/27/2007, my wife received a call from our adoption agent.  She was calling to check on our daughter and to see how things were going.  She informed us that she required a post-placement document in order to close out our adoption case.  My wife told her that she would discuss it with [...]

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Another Meeting with DSS

February 7, 2009

On February 2nd, 2007 we met again with our DSS case worker at our home.  I am still not able to live at the home, but still am able to have 3 hour visits each night with my family.  3 hours goes by very very fast.
Our case worker met with us in the afternoon so [...]

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Meeting our case worker

January 17, 2009

Wednesday, January 17, 2007 my wife received a call from our DSS case worker informing her that our case management worker would be coming out to meet with us on Tuesday, 1/23.   They said I didn’t have to be there, which I didn’t understand why they would say that.  Why would I not want to [...]

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DSS Substantiation

December 22, 2008

On January 9, 2007 I called and left a voicemail message with DSS supervisor managing my DSS case requesting that she call me back and provide me with a status on the case.  I mentioned that my wife had previously left a voicemail on Thursday, 1/4/07 and that neither of us had received a call [...]

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My first day back at work

December 19, 2008

On January 2, 2007, I started back to work.  It had been 2 months.  The longest period of time I’d ever been out of work since starting when I was 15 years old.  Thank the Lord, my application for short term disability was approved and I received all of my back pay.  I immediately sent [...]

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A call from our adoption agent

December 19, 2008

At 9:00am on December 21st 2006, I received a call from our adoption agent.  I had called her earlier in the week and left her a message requesting that she call DSS and let them know that it was not her agency that called them.  When she returned my call, she was pretty upset.
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