CPS

The United States Supreme Court has termed the constellation of parental interests "essential" (Meyers v. Nebraska (1923) 262 U.S. 390, 399), among the "basic civil rights of man" (Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942) 316 U.S. 535, 541), and "[r]ights far more precious ... than property rights." (May v. Anderson (1953) 345 U.S. 528, 533 and Walker v. Superior Court (1988) 47 Cal.3d 112, 134-135).

The right to "conceive and to raise one's children" is a basic, fundamental, and constitutionally-protected right. Stanley v. Illinois (1972) 405 U.S. 645, 658.)

"The interest of a parent in the companionship, care, custody, and management of his [her] children is a compelling one, ranked among the most basic of civil rights..." In re B. G., (1974) 11 Cal.3d 679, 688-689.)

"It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this section disrupt the family unnecessarily or intrude inappropriately into family life, prohibit the use of reasonable methods of parental discipline, or prescribe a particular method of parenting."
-Welfare & Institutions Code Section 300

The James and Denise Wade Travesty

Wade tells Senate panel of his life of 'literal hell'
San Diego Union Tribune, May 26, 1995

Court Exonerates Father of Raping Daughter
San Diego Union Tribune, November 16, 1991

Tragedy, Errors Shatter a Family
San Diego Union Tribune, October 20, 1991

Father's Mistaken Arrest Adds to One Family's Rape Trauma
San Jose Mercury News, March 8, 1992

Child-Abuse Survivor Mesmerizes Audience
Writer's Horrific Youth
Daily Journal, March 1, 2002

Nightmare in the Foster Care System
Commentary
The Orange County Register, October 14, 2001

Parents of 2 seized kids to get $750,000; Escondido case arose from story of satanic threat
the Wallis Case
San Diego Union Tribune, November 2, 2000

Foster Children Sue Over Beatings at County Shelter
MacLaren Children's Center
San Francisco/Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 12, 2001

Beatings Cause Death of Child In Foster Care
the DeAngelo Brooks Case
Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, May 18, 2001

Chicago Jury Awards $3.3 Million to 3 Abused Foster Children
Social Worker neglect
National Law Journal, June 14, 2001

Sexually Exploited Foster Child Wins Settlement
Social Worker Abandons Child
San Francisco/Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 3, 2001

CPS Ignores Mother & Other Parents, with Fatal Consequences
Mother
The Riverside Press-Enterprise, July 22, 2000
&
(other article) Other Parents
The Riverside Press-Enterprise, July 26, 2000

Dog's Killing of (5 Day Old Foster) Baby to Be Probed; Other Foster Children Removed
the Marcellus Tucker Case
The Sacramento Bee, October 25, 1999

Child Service Agencies Destroy Families
Dalrymple
Letter, Daily News of Los Angeles, April 5, 1999

Tot Hurt - Foster Mom Held; Girl, 2, had Skull Fracture
Foster Placement
The Sacramento Bee, February 25, 1998

Mom to Get $800,000 in 1997 Death of Son; State, Mono County Agree to Pay
the Nolan Case
The Sacramento Bee, October 7, 1999

CPS Removes Grandson from Loving Grandmother for Minor Spanking
Child Removed
The Fresno Bee, May 30, 1997
Child Returned
The Fresno Bee, July 25, 1997

6 year old, now living with mother, functions at the level of a 1-1/2-year-old child thanks to CPS Neglect
CPS Neglect
The Fresno Bee, May 26, 1996

CPS Leaves Family in Limbo
The Wood Family
The Riverside Press-Enterprise, March 25, 1996

Parents Say (CPS) Probe is Cause of Real Abuse
the Taylor Case
The Sacramento Bee, December 18, 1994

Please support the Child and Family Protection Act

''I don't think people realize just how tenuous your hold on your children is," said Jim Wade, 37. "They don't have to prove anything. They can take your kids away on just suspicions."