tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10281891.post2373867341183566811..comments2023-12-05T04:51:37.261-08:00Comments on Trial Ad (and other) Notes: Judge Orders DSHS to Fix Foster SystemMary Whisnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06780343632178750011noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10281891.post-24859894385047240862008-08-12T15:29:00.000-07:002008-08-12T15:29:00.000-07:00Here is a comment from the father of a child in fo...Here is a comment from the father of a child in foster care. I have edited it to remove identifying details. -- Mary<BR/><BR/>Regarding the WA State foster care system. My non-verbal autistic<BR/>son, C.N. has endured founded physical abuse in two separate<BR/>foster homes. Not one foster parent who abused my son has ever been charged with criminal child abuse. <BR/><BR/>As example, C. was removed from a home in [SW Washington]. A month later during four days of "Dependency hearings" not a word was mentioned as for C.'s removal. DSHS and the attorney generals concealed C.'s abuse (along with four other disabled children) his failure to thrive, his pneumonia while in foster care, his ulcer and stomach infection, etc. Instead the state made me out to be a monster and bad parent. <BR/><BR/>Nice job Christine Gregoire, who was right when she said she "fixed" large judgments against the state. <BR/><BR/>My son is now placed in [Eastern Washington], even though I live in Seattle. Likewise my son's current foster mother and her "boyfriend" have made me out to be a monster for which visitation has been denied for over two years. <BR/><BR/>Strange in that the several times I was allowed to visit C., he<BR/>was brought to the visit with hand prints all over his little body<BR/>and apparent injuries: Chipped front tooth, missing front tooth and now i'm informed two missing front teeth. There are several CPS<BR/>reports which DSHS has refused to provide myself or my public<BR/>defender as they're "inconclusive". On a regular basis, so called "sworn affidavits" are allowed by the King County Superior court, and my loss of due process rights are then never appealed. It's a no win situation, as the public defender simply allows this injustice. C. is now 13 years old and needs an attorney to represent his interests. I swear the above is true and correct, M.Mary Whisnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780343632178750011noreply@blogger.com