Michelle M Frost
A8 Mansfield Village Mansfield, Pa
16933
(570) 337- 8903
I, Michelle M Frost,
am the mother of three children, Christopher Dale Frost, Aidan Roy Michael
Frost, and Thomas Felix Eugene Shedden.
This declaration is
being written in support of a motion to return children to mother.
Fact 1: On March 12, 2012 without my knowledge and without
proper 24 hour notice as per §
3490.17. I wasn’t contacted within the time frame of this law. No
Family Service Plan was gone over with me in a timely manner or any other of
the regulations in laws that agencies and Caseworkers must abide by. My children’s rights in Foster care have also
been breached by Case worker Cyndy Burrows, and supervisor Jenny Farrer.
Fact 2: When my children were removed, there was not a warrant issued
for their release from my care.
Fact 3: The right
of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.
Fact 4: No power of suspending laws shall be exercised unless by the
Legislature or by its authority. Tioga
County Human Services has broken and been the cause of abuse on my children, as
well as isolating them from loved ones.
Fact 5: My children have expressed many times they want Mommy. On March 21, 2013 my son Aidan had a meltdown
in school because he wanted to go home with me.
The teachers and staff at Pre K Counts saw and heard the conversation. Cyndy Burrows also witnessed Aidan hugging my
arm as we were walking to the Registration for Kindergarten.
Fact 6: Had I not initially set up an appointment
with Aidan’s GAL, told her of my concerns.
He would still be in his Father’s custody where abuse was happening by
his Father, while being supervised by Tioga County CYS. Aidan has disclosed that he had a “bad” touch
by his biological father. A placement
Tioga CYS placed him in (Found on Page 3 underneath 9/12/12 of the family
plan).
Fact 7: Christopher’s
acting out is in defiance to the system that has him placed. He wants to come home. He is angry at me because Tioga County CYS has
blamed me for not continuing with the Act 80 Day visits that were set up to
help me get used to having my children again. The CYS is the reason for stopping
visits, yet in a child’s mind, Chris understands his mom cannot fix the
situation this system has placed him in.
The reason for this is because I pinky swore to my son that we would
play his video game together (Top of Page 3 of Family Plan). Tioga County CYS
is documenting we keep secrets. Their involvement has confused my children and
put a huge stress on them.
Fact 8: I have been working with Tyler Binelli on relationship issues
which constituted the removal of my children. I am working diligently on
resolving those issues, with Tyler. My
therapist and I are happy with the progress we have made.
Fact 9: I have also been looking attentively for
another job which would constitute me being home with the children at night and
in the mornings to get them off to school.
I have been offered a position at the Liberty Exxon in a couple of months. I would work from 3 am to 11 am or 8 a.m. to
3p.m. the person that I would have watched my children while I am gone would be
Kathryn King. She is the daughter of my
son Christopher’s Cub Scout leader.
Fact 10: Aidan’s behaviors in the sexual nature was
never displayed at home, these said behaviors has started since being placed in
foster care and with his father.
Fact 11: All of my children’s anger and aggression issues
have stemmed from being in foster care.
Not from being at home with me. My children show classic signs of
wanting to be home. CYS is blaming children’s acting out behavior on my visits
with them. My children also display
classic signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which was not present prior to
CYS taking custody. It is paramount that
my children return to my care.
Fact 12: Tioga County CYS caseworker Amanda Edner told my mother to tell my
children that they would only be gone for three days. In which case they would be given back to my
parents Duane and Lena Frost in Kinship Care, like that of Eric and Anne McNeal have now. This happened on March 12, 2012 when the
children were removed. CYS lied to my
parents and to my children, as well as the records that they document without
true understanding of the situations.
Fact 13: CYS has in the family plan unrealistic goals and
inconsistencies. Such as
1.) I have met all the original goals of the Family Service Plan, yet
no attempt to return the children home has been honored by CYS. This plan is like a contract, in which I did
not breach, but CYS has broken. CYS has
indicated that I knew about abuses placed on my child (Chris) by Thomas’s
father, yet this is a lie. We made aware
to the CYS when we had found out about this.
CYS lied and placed me as the perpetrator in this situation. I have got my own place and have focused
closely at attempting to be involved in my children as much as CYS has allowed
me. There is no legit threat to my
children to be returned home that meets any standards of abuse or neglect, yet
there has been recorded and documented abuse by system placements.
2.) Working on Parenting skills and discipline. How am I to work on these issues if children
are not returned home? Anyone who has
ever seen me with my children, know I am an appropriate and caring mother. My children were all happy and healthy prior
to CYS taking custody.
3.) I have been continuing with my counseling, my therapist and I
agree that once a month is feasible for me.
My therapist believes that once a month is a regular basis for our
sessions. CYS however has been harassing
my therapist to make our sessions more frequent, and even as far as trying to conduct
what we work on.
4.) CYS has recorded Christopher is fearful of home, yet Christopher
is not fearful of me or my home. He
demonstrated this on May 19, 2013, when he ran away from his Kinship Care
Foster home. He was told he was not
wanted by Anne McNeal.
5.) I cannot ensure that Christopher turns in his folder in a timely
basis to school, since I do not have custody or overnight visits (Family
Service Plan Page 20, 6th indication).
6.) I have contacted Haven to attend an abuse work groups. I left them information to contact me once
the meetings were set up. I was never contacted back as to when they
would start (Family Service Plan Page 21 in Comments). I have learned and have not dated men who
would put me or my children in danger.
My goal is in putting my children back together with me and meeting
their needs to heal from what they have been through.
7.) I do have supports that I can use.
Such as Kathryn King, my sister Teresa Frost-Seeley, my brother in law Patrick Seeley, my Aunt
Mary, my cousin Melissa Polonia, my cousin’s Jennifer and Kevin
Thomas(Gluszczak), Aidan’s Aunt Bobbie Sue Schweit. I also have my friends
Candace Jones, and my friend Amy Sue Hurst.
That was just a few that I can name I have a lot of people I can name,
that would and have been there for me (Family Service Plan Top of Page 3).
8.) I have been participating in STEPS, according to the FSP there is
no date as to when this service was started.
It was closed when my children were removed from my care on March 12,
2012(FSP, page 19 4th, and 9th indications).
No contact week of May 20, after calling and leaving messages with
worker Cheryl Davis. I have been meeting
with Cheryl since April of 2012. STEPS,
was not reopened in any Family Service Plan since the removal of children from
parental care on March 12, 2012.
9.) ICM/TLFR was also closed on March 12, 2012 but was never reopened
according to the FSP (FSP, page 19 Fourth, and 10th indications). Since pointing these out to ICM/TLFR no
contact with me has happened. I have
been meeting with ICM/TLFR since May of 2012.
The
affects of CYS having custody of my children has affected their emotional,
physical, and medical needs being neglected.
Christopher:
1. Blames mother for the
involvement of CYS, and situation of placements that have isolated him from
mother and loved ones.
2. Raised with his cousin’s, CYS has not permitted contact, even
though Chris specified to his caseworker that he wants to see his cousins. The
caseworker promised Chris to visit his cousins. All visitors have to be pre
approved, and the caseworker has yet to arrange visits with his cousins.
3. CYS has not kept promises in which he will be returned home.
4. As a result Chris has blamed trusted mother with situations caused
by CYS. One of the foster homes he has been placed, he was not treated well and isolated while
everyone else ate dinner. They took his belongings and when he searched for
them they accused him of stealing from them.
5. My child no longer shows empathy towards others as a result of
placement with CYS.
6. When told by me that he had to start behaving for our visits on
April 24, 2013. Chris subsequently
behaved.
7. It has been testified in court that my child is a people
pleaser. Therefore my child is easily
manipulated by other children and CYS workers.
8. Since being in my cousins’ care he was allowed to play with
sticks, he subsequently cut his face while playing with the sticks. I never
allowed my children to play with sticks because they can be dangerous, and fear
of them getting hurt; thank goodness it was not his eye.
9. Ran away from Foster home on May 19, 2013. Was found walking in the middle of the road barefoot
or a coat. When asked where he was going
to Mommy’s was his reply, because Mommy wants us, and loves us. Chris was under the assumption that he would be
seeing me later that week. It was not
explained to Chris that he would not be sing me for 30 days as per the court
order.
Aidan:
1. CYS placed my child with
his father, who had no interest in his life until they removed my children from
my care. I had to go to the GAL to demand she checked on my son, my parents
also got their lawyer involved because of the concern of physical abuse we had
in his father’s care. As a result of
this placement and the GAL’s reports my child was removed from his care. I persisted and begged CYS workers to find
out why he was arriving to my visits with several abuse marks all over his
face. As a result of his placement with
father.
2. Allegedly inappropriately touched by father.
3. Physical standards of father’s home, child’s clothing and shoes
had been urinated on.
4. Physically abused and grabbed by father, a placement CYS arranged
and was to be supervising. Facial
injuries at every visit with me.
5. Aidan’s behaviors changed and he withdrew into self; this is a
classic sign of physical and emotional abuse.
6. CYS did not meet medical, physical, or emotional needs for Aidan.
7. With foster parents Aidan was not properly supervised for a child
of his age at a football game. I did not
have custody and I followed him when he was out of eye sight of foster parents,
and returned him back to foster parents.
My involvement, as little as I have been allowed, has proven more
appropriate than CYS custody.
8. He has development delays since in CYS care. The only development
delay he had at home was his speech because of his ears, tonsils, and adenoids.
I arranged BLAST to help with speech
delays and I took him to an ENT Dr. to have him checked. The ENT decided that he needed surgery to fix
the issues.
9. When Cyndy Burrows
contacted me on April 30th she told me Aidan had a bad tooth and the
earliest they could get him in was May 1st at 3:00 the time of our
visit (3:15 PM). She asked me what I think. I told her to get him to the Dr.
and asked if I should cancel my visit to go with him. She replied that was up
to me, he may just be late to the visit. I warned the caseworker that Aidan is
very sensitive to anesthesia because at an ER visit in my care he ended up
being unconscious for 5 hours when he was only supposed to be unconscious for
45 minutes.
Thomas:
1. CYS is stressing the bond and connection with all family
members. In the original family service
plan the caseworker was responsible to keep the bond between parent and child.
2. Thomas’s development and growth was normal until placement with
CYS, as told by Dr.’s and WIC offices.
3. It was found by WIC that Thomas is iron deficient since
placement. His iron level was in the
range that the WIC office wants it to be while in my custody. Neglect has occurred while being in CYS
custody.
4. Thomas’s health has also deteriorated since being in custody of
CYS. He has been constantly sick under their supervision; I am very concerned
about this.
5. In CYS custody I found out there was inadequate supervision. I was told the foster parents they would
leave my child unattended in his room.
6. To quote my son “I want my Mom”.
7. My parents were contacted by CVS in Mansfield because Thomas had a
prescription waiting for him to be picked up.
Anne McNeal did not pick up the medicine until after my father was
called and he left a message on their answering machine.
I am requesting a court order for the return of
my children immediately.
Executed October 24, 2013 Wellsboro, PA
I declare under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to my knowledge.
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