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Megalina Bloom |
Year of Surrender: 2008
City and State at the time of surrender: Santa Cruz, CA
Age at the time of surrender: |
My child was stolen from me when I was wrongfully arrested at a motel targeted by police. I was registered to stay for 3 days, but was arrested early on the 2nd day. My house was being painted inside and now I wish I had popped up a tent and stayed in the backyard instead. The police had searched a suspected vehicle for stolen tags which was not true it had expired tags and a permit from DMV in the window the cop did not notice. The van was not owned by me and police knew this. The main arresting charges were dropped but cps kept my baby because I had no caretaker when arrested.I was forced into waiving my rights to a trial to challenge the allegations if I wanted to reunify with my child I was forced into "services" which I completed but that didn't matter once the lesbian couple came into the picture. There was available placement with my sister but cps acted as if she had a chance until she complied then they claimed my baby was bonded afte r her 3rd placement. They had no evidence of parental unfitness, no child abuse, or neglect, but in my state they only need to find by clear and convincing evidence that the child is adoptable. I now can not have kids of my own, foster parent, adopt, or work around children because I'm on a registry as a child abuser when I did nothing wrong. The adoption safe families act has put a bounty upon the heads of every child in america. There is financial incentives to steal children and corrupt officials whose paycheck depend on it. I am still fighting I do not want my child raised in a lesbian household, I want her back. I am miserable without her, adoption is fine when a mother wants to give up a child but when children are being stolen for profit this pain is unbearable. I'm told the legal costs are going to be in the thousands and I most likely will fail even though they had no legal right to keep and adopt her without my consent. My child was traumatized caused to be developm entally delayed she was abused in foster care by being restrained she could not walk until 2 years old because of this. I hope I never read of her being killed without my protection. I don't know why this is being allowed its devistating and horrible I can not go in publuc without looking at every kid and missing my own. I have not seen her in a year. I have searched for help and been turned down everywhere I turn.