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Children and Youth Services
Harrisburg, PA: (Feb-07-08) Patricia Shope brought a lawsuit against the department of Children and Youth Services (CYS) in Lancaster County, after her baby Breyonna, was taken by the agency and fell ill. Medical records showed that Breyonna visited the doctor for ear aches about a dozen times. The suit claimed that despite the proof, CYS kept the baby for nearly two months from her family. The suit was filed after the family got her back, claiming that the baby had been to the doctor too many times in the course of a year.
A settlement had been reached by the parties, in which the Children and Youth Services agreed to pay Shope $125,000, resolving the lawsuit. Agency spokespersons stated that the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing, but an effort to avoid costly litigation. Following the deal, the state board that oversees these agencies put new regulations in place to keep situations like this from happening again. [WHP TV NEWS: INFANT NEGLECT]
Published on Feb-9-08
A settlement had been reached by the parties, in which the Children and Youth Services agreed to pay Shope $125,000, resolving the lawsuit. Agency spokespersons stated that the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing, but an effort to avoid costly litigation. Following the deal, the state board that oversees these agencies put new regulations in place to keep situations like this from happening again. [
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If you're all needing to also call them, just look on (suecps website @ powerhouse law student pro-se page)then call in, i sure did. doing better than i thought now, without a lawyer, so I will keep the law student powerhouse network on my team, through it all. Definitely not letting CYS get away with it.
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primary custody with zero evidence. Her report came back unfounded and she didn't show at the hearing, but the judge ruled in his favor and basically used the temporary order as a template and now I only see her 3 weekends a month if that, because my ex is constantly refusing to let me see her. He keeps violating the current PFA order, kept her from me this entire Halloween weekend. She cries and cries, kicks and screams when it's time to go back. I can't take it anymore. He is constantly abusing me and my daughter, he doesn't take her to counseling that her pediatrician suggested, she is overdue to the dentist by almost two years, he spanks her so hard he leaves a bruise in the shape of his hand, he says she comes home from my house looking like a hooker, he just attacked me outside my house 3 weeks ago right in front of my daughter. This woman allowed a monster to take control and now my daughter is suffering and in danger. She calls me crying all the time, and now my ex put me on block and she can't even call me anymore. This is insane, that woman was out to get me before she even came to my house because of the lies my ex was feeding her and she completely destroyed my daughters life. She needs to be held accountable.
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CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON THIS WOMAN??she has torn apart our family and caused such harm to my daughters mental and physical life, and her baby in foster care, this was the happiest child i have ever seen,she has now no emotion,no verbalizaton,,and remains with what i can guess an overwhelmed foster family.who us going to be the real ones that get charged with neglect..
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