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my 8 yr old daughter was living w/ her father, about a
month or so ago he got into some criminal trouble,
thank god i had my daughter for my reg. wkend when it
happened. my ex thought it be better if my daughter
went to stay with his brother & wife. because of
finacial reasons i agreed and they were going to take
temp. guardianship, then while in their care my
daughter exhibited signs of possible sexual abuse or
had seen sexual acts, they had been having her see a
counsler or phycologist and told them what had
happened. The counsler in turn must of thought it was
something they should report to cps and they in turn
visited my child in school and went to their home. CPS
requested them to take her to be evaluated...long story
short, my daughter is now with me (which is what should
of been done in the beginning)and now CPS has come to
my home and requested the same thing...which i have no
problem complying to. My issue is, is that i have a
drug history that goes back to 2000 i completed a
treatment program and have not had any drug related
problems with the law since. I have 2 boys, both under
the age of 2. CPS is telling me that they received a
hotline tip about the incident with my daughter and
that there is illegal drug activity done by myself and
my sons's father who i live with. They want us to let
them do hair samples when we take my daughter to get
evaluated...i feel im not the one who did wrong, i dont
feel i need to prove anything to anyone. Can they make
me do this or do i have the right to refuse. And do i
have to let them evaluate my daughter or do i have the
right to take her somewhere of my choice & not the
States? (we live in nebraska)
From the LawyerCentral forum archive. Originally posted 16 September 2011 on a legal forum that has closed. Names and contact details were removed. See the original (Internet Archive).
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