Need advice regarding open DCF case.

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I’m not really sure how to word this or even where to start off but around mid February, my husband was committed to a psychiatric facility. Let me make it clear my children were NOT present for any of this as they had been spending the weekend with my mother. It began as voluntary but it became a baker act after he self admitted(we never really got clarity on that). That morning we were “fighting” I say that lightly because it was moreso one sided as I was non-reactive and he called the police and they left within 30 minutes because nothing had happened. In the call he stated I was abusing drugs/alcohol (not true) because his (seemingly) mental breakdown had lasted all weekend and I told him I was gonna take a sleeping pill because I had barely gotten any sleep the night before. The next morning DCF was on my doorstep. They interviewed my mother at her house and saw the kids that afternoon. They told me it was because of the call to police the day before, told my mother it was an anonymous tip. It’s been a rotating door of case workers, none of which seem to be in communication because I’ve had to explain this over and over again to several different people and they’ve all said they just came on the case so they have no idea what’s all going on. Their words, not mine. 3 1/2 weeks later I finally met the case manager. Prior to that it had been a game of telephone, with no one relaying information to me or answering calls/texts. When I met with her the kids were to stay with my mom and my husband and I couldn’t be around them without my sister or mother supervising. The caseworker said I could give her a call/text and she’d get back to me and she’d set up an appointment with my husband so we could handle our own stuff accordingly (she basically scolded me for asking about what he’d have to do because no one had been in contact with him other than the investigator for that initial interview) which never ended up happening so he began calling and just finally got a hold of her this morning. The interview with the case manager was now 3 weeks ago. She informed me I’d have to take some sort of classes/therapy/etc. she just didn’t know what yet and some organization DCF worked with had reached out to me and asked I fill out paperwork, which I did immediately, 2 weeks before I met her for our first appointment. it has been impossible to get her on the phone as she doesn’t answer voicemails, texts, anything. I asked to add another adult to supervise to lighten the burden on my mom+sister and she still hasn’t gotten back to me about that. She’s now spinning the story that my husband + I aren’t showing any initiative in our programs, even though I’ve called her multiple times about this exact thing and she hasn’t given me any information as she stated it was based on referral and she would “let us know”. I’ve tried to be understanding but I’ve done everything that was asked as soon as it was asked and I’ve cancelled appointments to make sure I was here if she were to randomly drop by like she said she would. We want to find a lawyer and file a lawsuit ASAP because this is ridiculous and painful enough as it is. Believe me I understand they’re just doing their job but we just want our kids back in our care and to spin the story after what we’re already going through is just digging the knife in.

Posted Mar 12, 2025, 8:05 PM UTC

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