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my rights....and cps.

Asked 16 September 2011 · needs an answer

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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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