CPS/Family Court Corruption... Back to Kentucky
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When I first started writing about CPS corruption and how financial incentives have keep the child trafficking pipeline full, it was about two years ago and one of the first states I focused on was Kentucky, specifically citing an investigative report by a local television station who bravely set out to uncover the corruption... I'm back to report that the only thing that's changed is that the problem is worse now than ever. CPS Kentucky and the family courts have streamlined the process by having judges pre-sign orders of removal.
In 2006 and 2007 investigative reporter John Boel exposed much of the corruption taking place in the “child protection” system in Kentucky. His reports were broadcast in the local media at that time, and included some amazing interviews with former CPS whistleblowers, documenting the depth of the alleged corruption within Kentucky CPS.
The corruption runs so deep in Kentucky that the station had to go to court to obtain permission to air their findings, because the pushback from CPS and the family court was so pervasive. What triggered the report was that: Reporter John Boel states that they were “being swamped with complaints” against CPS in Kentucky. He explains that his report gives an “in-depth look” into Kentucky CPS which exemplifies what they were hearing from so many other families who were coming to them.
The upshot was that the state began retaliating against anyone that participated in interviews with the station. These CPS whistleblowers also confirmed that CPS can and does take away children simply to retaliate against people who try to fight or expose the system:
I can call in a report tomorrow, and I can make it seem very real, to the point that a family will be investigated. And whoever gets it could come up with a substantiation, of let’s say “neglect,” and it might not be true. But it doesn’t matter.
The people who are targeted for removal are those with the least financial means to fight back... in fact "poverty" is the number one reason for removal, although that is never stated in court- it's always "neglect," an ambiguous term that can mean anything- even a couple of dirty dishes in the sink. The motivating force, as I've reported numerous times, is money, both for workers, in terms of bonuses, and the state... all due to the Safe Families Act of 1997 where states get "bounties" for every child they adopt out from the federal government.
Next, Boel interviews another CPS whistleblower, but one who wanted to keep her identity concealed because she was so afraid of retaliation. The former CPS worker explains how CPS is all about statistics, about how many children can be placed into adoption, since State and Federal reimbursement funds are all tied into statistics. She explains that CPS workers are encouraged to put more children into adoption.
She even relates one story of how someone who could not have children “placed an order” for a baby:
Someone could not have a child and wanted a child. So, within the community this certain person saw a family that was in distress, was having a hard time, and relayed to (CPS) workers that they would like those children. And that is exactly what is happening….
This has turned adoption in Kentucky into a very profitable industry... people can even place orders for what kind of child they prefer- blonde with blue eyes being the most popular. Coincidently, they're also the most popular with pedophiles and the most profitable for child traffickers. If the birth parents attempt to fight back the overwhelming force of the state is unleashed against them.
Next, Boel interviews a former CPS supervisor who also conceals her identity because she fears retaliation. This person tells Boel that if an order for a child was delayed or denied, her supervisors would come in and try to overrule local decisions.
This one family was promised a child. And when it happened that the child was going to be reunified with the parents, they called our regional office, and our regional office came down on our county and they harassed the birth parents… because they did not agree with our decision.
I'm afraid that things have only gotten worse since 2006-07... an article by Medical Kidnap from 2016 reports:
MedicalKidnap.com has been reporting alleged corruption within Kentucky’s Cabinet Department of Community Based Services (DCBS) for over a year, but the history of alleged corruption goes back much further. Even though the corruption was investigated and exposed, it appears today in 2016 that Kentucky DCBS and Family Courts still conduct “Business as Usual,” sanctioning adoption over family reunification resulting in what many refer to as “child trafficking,” according to the many stories we continue to receive from parents on a weekly basis.
Kentucky has become a favorite among child traffickers- most likely due to the corruption... so corrupt in fact that the FBI has become involved after a study done by Harvard University. In an article we published last year where we reported that the FBI had begun to investigate corruption in Kentucky after a Harvard study identified Kentucky as “one of the most corrupt states in the country,” one of our readers commented that in Kentucky, “we treat horses here better than we do our mothers, fathers, and children.”
In 2015 Kentucky elected a new governor, Matt Bevin who ran on a pro-family, states rights platform... but he's also an outspoken advocate of adoption- another way of saying he isn't going to do anything to jeopardize Kentucky's adoption cash cow. In fact he appointed the Deputy Commissioner of Kentucky DCBS (CPS) Adria Johnson to the top spot overseeing the commission. This led one concerned KY resident to write:
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. It’s kind of crazy to expect Commissioner Johnson to clean up child protective services when she didn’t do so as deputy commissioner. It’s also kind of crazy to keep a Beshear appointee around in a sensitive position so when a bunch more kids die under the Cabinets care the daggers can be thrown directly in the Governors back. Guess no lessons were learned from the Ernie Fletcher debacle of keeping his enemies around him. Sad day for Kentucky parental and grandparent liberty interests.” – Amy Mischler. Source.
So now it's 2019 and little if anything has changed, except that matters are now worse than ever- as I reported earlier, judges are now rubber-stamping removal orders, which can only be interpreted as an effort to streamline the adoption process.
Kentucky social workers are failing to have courts properly scrutinize and approve the drastic step of taking some children from their homes, relying instead on blank removal orders with pre-signed judges’ signatures, which is illegal according to several attorneys and judges.
They revolve specifically around the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services workers using pre-signed emergency custody court orders to remove children on weekends and after the courthouse has closed for the day.
“The system that is currently set up allows for the social workers to call an on-call judge on the phone and then fill out the order themselves, a blank order with a judge’s signature on it,” attorney Karen Faulkner said in an interview.
“Children are being illegally taken from their home without judges’ proper authority.”
Bevin's pro-family platitudes during the election must only apply to those families with the resources to facilitate the legal kidnapping of "underprivileged" children. The corruption is so prevalent that:
In some cases, attorneys and some judges claim cabinet workers have used blank copies of the pre-signed child removal orders to take kids from their parents, only later filling in the allegations and other items on the order. The judges and attorneys for the parents don’t see the orders until a hearing three days after the child has been removed.
So much for due process and the rule of law. One district judge, Julie Kaelin, has stepped up to stop this abuse calling it a clear "violation of law"...
“Police officers can’t sign their own search warrants; they can’t create their own search warrants,” said attorney Sarah Clay, who is appointed to represent parents in abuse and neglect cases.
“A judge has to approve it. And a judge reads the affidavit and reads the search warrant before they sign it.”
It's becoming more and more obvious every day that we have a two-tiered justice system- one for the "haves" and one for the "have nots." Children in Kentucky are being stolen from loving homes whose only crime is being poor and being "sold" to wealthier families. But it's even worse than that... along the way, the children are put in foster care where they are often abused, both mentally, physically and sexually... the only ones benefiting, of course, are the corrupt politicians, CPS, the corrupt family courts and the wealthy families buying damaged goods from the child trafficking pipeline.
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