I am so miffed and somewhat confused...in 2001 I was falsely accused of child abuse. It was a boyfriend's daughter who was 3 at the time and was "interrogated" by the daycare for 3 hours! There were never any criminal charges filed against me, and the jv case was ultimately dismissed when the 3rd state witness impeached the states evidence.

So here I am in late 2005 thinking that everything is all fine and dandy because the Circuit Court Judge dismissed the case in 2002 and openly admonished the CW and the DA for even bringing the case. (they were attempting to remove only my 3 children from my custody based on the allegations, DHS had already forced me to move out of our shared home in order for the child to be returned to her Father)

Long story short, my best friend recently had some serious drama. His ex-wife was arrested for manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance and 4 charges of endangerment/neglect. So one Tuesday afternoon he becomes a single, full-time Father of four, ages 7, 5, 2 and 9 months. I am recovering from an accident and he asked me to watch the children while he is at work while he tries to hire a nanny, no simple task.

The DHS-CPS cw wants to know who is watching the children so he gives her my name. She calls me, literally 8 weeks after I have been watching the children and says that I am not allowed to be in the care and control of the children while there is an "open" case because I have a "founded allegation of abuse" from 2001. I explain to her that the case was dismissed and she promptly tells me that the court case is "separate" from their files, and the disposition of the court has no bearing on the status of the file. I said you filed in court and the judge ruled against you so your file should reflect that of the adjudicator. She had the gall to tell me that she didn't give a damn what the judge said, I am a child abuser and she is "very disturbed" that my friend hadn't told her about my "history".

So I say, why in the world would you take an issue to a court to adjuicate if it you don't recognize the findings of the court? She goes into that I had 30 days from the inception of the "founded allegation" to dispute it and ask for a formal hearing within DHS itself and that since I have not proven to DHS that I am not a "child abuser" to their satisfaction then the file label will stand indefinately. So I went to court and the case was dismissed and I have to prove my innocence to who, a panel of morons who abduct children from their homes for the "greater good"? The greater good of whom exactly?

Has anyone heard of this bs before? And how do I fight it? I have talked to the cw to no avail, her supervisor is worse...like talking to a brick wall. I called the Governors Advocacy/ombudsmans office and she spewed the same nefarious BS as the others. Do they brainwash these fools?

I have been blacklisted! And I am innocent! I was going to call the judge and tell him what they all said... his rulings mean literally nothing to them; but some crackpot drove an SUV into the courthouse and set it on fire this weekend so I can't...they're closed FFS!

Any suggestions?