TRAVERSE CITY — Irene Stuart is dedicated to her work. She once left half-way through a haircut to meet a mother and young child who showed up at her office unannounced.
“She could not bear the thought of them sitting and waiting, and that’s just one story that she’s kind of become famous for,” said Dawn McLaughlin, DHS director in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.
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THIS LOVELY CREATURE ATTEMPTED TO STEAL MY NEWBORN DAUGHTER IN 1999, RETROACTIVELY CHARGING ME WITH THE BINSFELD ACT.
SHE ENLISTED THE AID OF SOMEONE WITH JUDGE JOHN FORESMAN'S RUBBER STAMP TO ASSIST HER IN THE KIDNAPPING OUR TWO YOUNG SONS.
OUR SIX YEAR OLD WAS RETURNED, BUT OUR 9 YEAR OLD SON WAS HELD IN AN ANTRIM COUNTY FOSTER HOME - WITHOUT A COURT HEARING - FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
WE NEVER ONCE SAW THE JUDGE IN OUR ORDEAL THAT LASTED MORE THAN A YEAR. THE COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY WORKED FOR THE COURT, NOT HIS CLIENT.
NORTHWEST MICHIGAN CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER ASSISTED HER IN HER CRIMES, BEFORE THEY LOST THEIR FOSTER CARE LICENSE FOR ALLOWING A PEDOPHILE TO REPEATEDLY RAPE A YOUNG BOY LEFT IN HIS CARE.
OUR SON WAS ALSO DRUGGED WITH CONCERTA AND WELLBUTRIN THAT HE DID NOT NEED AND ALSO AGAINST OUR WISHES.
THIS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE FOLLOWING BLOG POST.
The Nightmare Called CPS here in Northern Michigan
LINK:http://theprettylieortheuglytruth.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-nightmare-called-cps-here-in.html
AND HERE:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vbQh1II8q9ZkRiNE9FazJ6ZTg/edit
APPARENTLY SHE IS BEING REWARDED FOR HER BEHAVIOR.
MORE IRENE STUART COMPASSION
DECLARATION OF PAULA ALANE BENNETT
Traverse City, Michigan )
)
Grand Traverse County )
A parent’s right to care and companionship of his or her children are
so fundamental, as to be guaranteed protection under the First, Ninth,
and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. In re:
J.S. and C., 324 A 2d 90; supra
1. I, Paula Bennett hereby states that on Sunday, August 16, 2009,
while I sought medical assistance at
the hospital for dehydration Ms. Ria Olson (social worker) of Munson
Medical Center distorted
information, falsely declaring me as manic. I offered to take my
daughter, SaraLyn Frances Bennett
home so she could stay with a neighbor and have appropriate
supervision, denied; Sara had called a
friend’s mother, who had already come to the hospital to take her
home for a sleep over with their family, denied; and the third option
was Fran Olson my emergency contact number at the hospital, a 14 year
friend who has been an established foster mother for many years and
also had an opening, denied.
Parents have a fundamental constitutionally protected interest in
continuity of legal bond with their
children. Matter of Delaney, 617 P 2d 886, Oklahoma (1980).
No case authoritative within this circuit, however, had held that the
state had a comparable obligation to protect children from their own
parents, and we now know that the obligation does not exist in
constitutional law.” K.H. Through Murphy v. Morgan, 914 F.2d 846
(C.A.7 (Ill.), 1990.
2. Irene Stuart of CPS came to the observation room that I had been
locked in for eight hours with no
food, a 32 page men’s magazine, a paramedic bed and plastic chair,
both of which caused great distress
to the pain of my back and foot surgeries (auto accident- other party
lost control of their vehicle 12/3/02) the hospital capitalized upon
several years earlier. I was told I would be in the psyche ward
(Center One) seven to ten days and because of that time frame Sara was
required to enter foster care. When I asked if I could tell Sara I
love her and hug her, Ms. Stuart retorted with “If I let you see her
are you going to hurt her?” in a manner that was clearly provoking
me to attack the CPS worker speaking. Without pausing for breath this
representative said “tell Sara you want her to go into foster
care”. I was allowed to speak to and hug Sara, conferring to her I
absolutely did not want her to be in foster care and for the both of
us to return home.
My child has been wrongfully and unlawfully removed from my physical
custody without
Constitutional DUE PROCESS, or even the pretext of Reasonable Efforts
having been offered AS
MANDATED BY 42 U.S.C. § 671 (a) (15) and 672 (a) (1), which removal
meets the definition of
KIDNAPPING according to18 USC Sec.1203 and are being held- “…in
order to compel a third
person …. to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or
implicit condition for the release of
the person detained, or attempts or conspires to do so…”
READ MORE:http://www.beatcps.justicesite.org/paula-bennett
FALSE ACCUSATIONS BY THE CPS - OUR STORY FROM 1999
| Jeremy Rasmussen | 
12/10/99
|
We are hoping you could take a few minutes and look over what documentation
we do have. We have been lied to, lied about, slandered, libeled and have
had a CPS worked commit perjury, which we can prove, so she could take our
five month old baby and put her in emergency foster care on a Friday
afternoon. As we had no legal representation at that trial, the only right
we had was the right to remain silent. We had to sit there and listen to
her make false accusations, and were unable to say one word in our own
defense. This is all on court audio. Fortunately for us, the referee Ann
Mapes allowed us to keep Samantha in our care until a judge could sort out
this mess the following week.ACCORDING TO CPS, Justin is a ward of the state, although we have not yet
received any documentation from the court stating such. We placed Justin in
a Professional Parenting home because he needs intensive treatment for his
anger problem, which has been documented. Once CPS stepped in, the
Professional Parenting program quit working with us. They were verbally
informed that Justin was a ward of the state by CPS. Now we have very
limited access to him. Justin has informed us that he now takes Ritalin at
school. However not one adult involved, CPS, the foster parents, or foster
care worker have bothered to inform us that they are drugging him for their
convince, and he has been taking this medication for at least a month, that
we know of. Our court appointed attorneys have a close working relationship
with the prosecutor, CPS workers, and Guardian Ad Litem. As you can gather,
we have no where to turn for help. This is destroying us.
Please allow us to explain as briefly as possible, our situation. We have
been together for almost two years, and have a nine-month-old daughter
together. Jeremy has had custody of his son for the past six years, due to
the fact that Justin's mother is unfit. Justin was eight years old when we
met. In addition, I have a six-year-old son, Bobby. Bobby has emotional
problems and has gone through the same program that Justin is currently in.
Bobby was in a Professional Parenting home when Jeremy and I met. We all
moved in together about the same time that Bobby came home. Part of Bobby's
aftercare involved having a family specialist come into the home and work
with us on the reunification process. (This program was voluntary. I could
have removed Bobby at any time.)
As Justin was having a hard time sharing his dad, and was jealous of Bobby's
relationship with his mother, we had a big problem. Enclosed is
documentation from Northern Family Intervention Services. It was observed y
the specialist, Lori Beamer, that Justin had anger problems and Bobby was
usually his target. Things went smooth until services ended in December
1998. Then Justin's behavior steadily worsened. He was suspended from
third grade fighting. He was also stealing yo yo's, and other various
items, from other students. Before school started is September, we informed
the principal and special Ed teacher about all of the changes that both of
our children were experiencing, and that Justin was not handling the new
living arrangement and Wendy's pregnancy well. At this time, we also
started seeking help for Justin. Due to Jeremy's long working hours, Wendy
made several telephone calls to various agencies. Because Wendy had no
parental rights concerning Justin, and there was not a crisis, no help was
available.
In mid April 1998 things came to a head. The principal call to inform us
that Justin and his gang of eight to twelve year old pals, were holding down
and beating Bobby up at the bus stop. This had been going on for months.
Bobby was threatened by Justin that 'if Bobby told, Justin would beat him
up'. We trusted Justin to get Bobby on and off from the kindergarten bus
and he betrayed that trust. At that time Jeremy was called at work, and had
to come home to deal with Justin's attitude. Jeremy went into the bedroom
to try to find out from Justin what was going on, Justin was totally
defiant. Justin would not make eye contact or answer. When spoken to by
Jeremy Justin turned his back and was going to walk away and totally
disregard his dad. Jeremy then grabbed him by the arm. Justin just pulled
away that much more so his dad grabbed his other arm to try to regain
control. At that time, Justin tried to throw himself to the floor, as in a
tantrum. This resulted in Justin's arms being bruised. Jeremy was and is
accepting responsibility the bruising; the situation went out of control.
Jeremy did not beat or even spank Justin; Jeremy however did grab Justin
with intent to regain control of a defiant and angry son. The following day
Jeremy was remorseful to the point that Jeremy called Justin's maternal
grandfather, Rex. They then agreed let Justin stay with them until
placement, in a professional parenting home, could be arranged. Wendy
called the school, child guidance, and CPS. We were under the impression
the entire time that there would be help available if our home situation
came to a crisis. Now we are finding that there is no help until there is a
crisis. Then once it reaches that stage, it's the parent's fault for
waiting so long to get help for the child. So starts our nightmare with
CPS.
Jeremy and I are both recovering alcoholics. He has two years sober, and I
have four. Wendy called CPS again, and told them about the incident of the
night before that, Jeremy and Justin had. Two days later CPS showed up at
school to take pictures of Justin's arms. In their report, they added that
'There APPEARED to be bruising on Justin's face.' Irene then called us to
her office. Wendy went in first. The first question asked was 'What are
you doing with a guy like that?' Wendy and Irene talked about how stressful
it was at home with Justin's behavior problems. Wendy made Irene aware that
she has been diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder, and the constant
turmoil was causing panic attacks. Wendy also told Irene that she had her
parental rights voluntarily terminated, on her two sons, ten years ago in
Antrim County due to alcoholism. Wendy stated at that time, that is part
of the reason in which she tolerated Justin's behavior for so long, hoping
for change. Wendy also emphasized the importance of Justin getting
treatment for his anger problems. Since Bobby had been through the
Professional Parenting program a year prior, with dramatic results, we felt
that it would be a good treatment program for Justin. At this time, and on
two other occasions with other PS workers present, Irene asked Wendy what
she was presently using for birth control. Wendy informed her that she had
her tubes tied when Samantha was born in February. Irene knew that Wendy
could not have any more children.
Next Irene took Jeremy back to her office and proceeded to threaten him with
third degree child abuse charges unless he were to fully comply with her
recommendation of counseling with Mike Nunn. At that time that was the only
stipulation implied. Mike Nunn however has been entirely on our side from
the start. At Jeremy's last counseling session he stated, once again, that
if he didn't think that Justin was getting anything out of this Professional
Parenting home, he would recommend pulling Justin out of treatment and suing
all of the agencies involved. He also greatly stresses not to jump the gun,
due to the fact that, Justin is still in their grasps. Shortly after school
was out, Jeremy got Justin placed in a Professional Parenting home due to
the fact of, Justin being placed on an anti depressant, (wellabutrin) and
needing to be closely monitored for adverse reactions.
Meanwhile Bobby went camping with his foster parents on July 21, for two
days. Irene stopped by on July 22, and asked where Justin and Bobby were.
She also asked if we knew Mike Nunn's telephone number, due to the fact he
was on vacation in Florida. Since Mike could sense that Irene would pull
something while he was gone, he left us his vacation telephone number, which
Irene requested at that time. Irene made a point of shaking Jeremy's hand
several times during the visit. Later that evening Irene called to inform
Wendy that she had gotten some extended respite, with Bobby's Professional
Parenting family, so she catch up on some rest. Irene called on July 26,
stating that 'she had arraigned for Bobby to stay camping until July 29 or
July 30.
Instead of Bobby coming home on July 30, Irene and another PS worker, Troy
Turner came to our door with a petition in hand to terminate Wendy's
parental rights for mental cruelty and neglect. (This petition is enclosed
also) Please note that the petition has all three children's name on it for
termination, although, Wendy has no legal bindings to Justin. Irene dropped
off this petition at 10:30 am. (Irene only presented Wendy with the cover
page of the petition and would not explain the nature of the petition. All
Irene said was for Wendy to be at the courthouse and BRING THE BABY.) At
that time Irene was aware, that Wendy did not have access to a car or a
telephone until Jeremy returned home from work. Irene did not attempt to
contact Jeremy, Justin's mother, or Bobby's father, because she was in too
much of a hurry to place Samantha in an emergency foster home on a Friday
afternoon. Wendy used the neighbor's telephone to contact Jeremy, her mom
and her sister, to inform them of the allegations at hand. Upon Jeremy
being contacted at work by Wendy, Jeremy called Mike Nunn in Florida on the
way home.
This hearing was held at 2:00 p.m. Wendy's Mom and sister were not allowed
in the courtroom yet the potential foster mom, wearing her purple stretch
pants, was allowed in the court room during the proceedings. We felt that
this was intended to intimidate us. Isn't family court supposed to be
closed to the public?
It was here that we were finally showed the allegations. There is not one
mention of Wendy harming or neglecting any of the children, yet Irene was
allowed to proceed with the termination of Wendy's parental rights. We feel
that due to the fact that Wendy had prior termination, Irene used the
Binsfeld Act (see enclosed) illegally, and that she saw Wendy as easy prey
for termination. This petition is full of lies, half truths, and
perversions of what was said. Irene was in such a hurry to get custody of
Samantha, before the weekend, that she stated that Bobby's father is unknown
(not true), and she also didn't know how to contact Justin'' mother (also
not true). Irene was aware that Justin's mother had an open CPS case, in
the same county, yet claims in her petition that she had no way to contact
her. We also feel that she was trying to make Wendy look promiscuous in the
eyes of the court.
There was a referee, not a judge at this hearing. We were asked if we had
anything to say regarding the children. We were not allowed to address the
slanderous allegations brought against us, and were not entitled to legal
representation at that time. Wendy asked if Samantha could go with her
family if she couldn't come home with us. Irene stated that she didn't
think that would be a good idea at that time due to the fact that Irene
hadn't done a background check on them, and wouldn't have time to either.
Irene also stated that she felt that Samantha was in danger because She
didn't know how Wendy would react to being in court, and she wasn't sure of
the nature of the past case in Antrim County (ten years prior). Wendy had
told Irene on several occasions the nature of her case in Antrim County.
Not to mention that if indeed Irene had no knowledge of Wendy's past case,
then how was she aware of the exact statutes in which Wendy's rights were
terminated in her prior case. (Again, see petition)
After the hearing Jeremy and Wendy were then, each appointed a separate
court appointed attorneys. Wendy's attorney wouldn't even look into when
Irene requested Wendy's file from Antrim County. If she had it in her
possession before 2:00 p.m. July 30, 1999, then in fact that would be
another instance of perjury on behalf of CPS worker Irene Stuart. She also
perjured herself when asked what Mike Nunn (who was on vacation in Florida
remember) recommended. As we had only met with Mike a couple of times
before he went on vacation, He had told Irene on the phone that from what he
has saw, he didn't think that termination was necessary. However, if Irene
had new information, he would have to defer to her judgement, as he was not
here. Irene stated under oath that 'Mike Nunn was in full support of her
petition.' There is a big difference between having to defer and in full
support isn't there?
Our court appointed attorneys refuse to look into Irene committing perjury.
Wendy's attorney has stated "Irene's got a problem", "Irene does this type
of stuff all of the time", "Irene needs to be in another line of work", and
"Let's just say that PS is not unaware of what Irene has been up to".
Jeremy's attorney has stated that "Irene has a problem producing
documentation." Which his lawyer has requested to no avail. Our question
is 'Why is this type of abuse of power allowed to continue?'
On August 4, 1999, there was another court hearing in which Irene STORMED
out of the courtroom. We were told to wait in the foyer but could still
hear the yelling going on the courtroom. After Irene made her exit, our
attorneys called us aside separately. Apparently Wendy's attorney told the
prosecutor 'That if Irene wanted to pursue this, He would put her on the
stand and question her voracity.' That's why she stormed out of the
courtroom, she didn't get her way. Well neither did we. Wendy wants her
name cleared! Instead, the petition was held in abeyance for four months.
If we wanted to fight this, our children would have to rot in foster care
while they straighten this mess out. Some choice. Bobby was to be returned
home the following day, regardless of what he said to the guardian Ad Litem,
however Bobby was returned two days later, and only after we agreed that
Jeremy would leave the home for the weekend. This was not the deal made in
court. Then they spied on us! Wendy's attorney called her on Monday and
proceeded to yell at her for Jeremy's car being in the parking lot all
weekend. (Our attorneys agreed to the Aug. 4, decision without conferring
with either client.
Irene left the courthouse, went directly to her office, and called the
Professional Parenting program. Since we had no documentation stating that
custody had been returned, Irene had Justin moved to another professional
parenting home immediately! She also told the Professional Parenting
program not to tell Jeremy or Wendy the whereabouts of Justin. For six
day's we didn't know where Justin was. Isn't that called kidnapping? In
addition, Irene kept Justin's maternal grandparents informed throughout the
proceedings. They even get copies of confidential paperwork and have had no
custodial rights at any time.
Irene was removed from the case and Jack Crandell was appointed the foster
care worker, through CPS, over Justin's case file. However not before Wendy
had two more encounters with Irene. She was at our apartment complex
investigating a complaint made on one of out neighbors, by another neighbor.
Instead of investigating the report that was made, she chose to come over to
harass Wendy and Bobby. She told Wendy's company to leave, and Wendy told
them to stay. Then Wendy pulled out a tape recorder and proceeded to tell
Irene that she was not going to have her words twisted out of context.
Irene then took Bobby in the hall to interrogate him, trying coerce Bobby to
stating that he was afraid of Jeremy. Bobby is afraid of men in general due
to the mistreatment of him by his own father.
On August 28, one of our other neighbors (Heather) witnessed the same
neighbor abusing her son. As Wendy didn't want to see Irene Stuart, Wendy
suggested for Heather to call the State police. Trooper Mihalick came to
our apartment to take Heather's statement. We told him about what PS had
been pulling on us, and that if Irene was assigned the neighbors case, Irene
would harass Wendy instead of doing her job. Trooper Mihalick assured us
that he would tell Irene that he had already gotten our statement.
Sure enough, on September 7, Trooper Mihalick accompanied by Irene Stuart,
went to the neighbors, then came to our house. Irene wanted to warn Wendy
that it is a "serious offense" to file "false" PS reports. Wendy proceeded
to ask Irene "What about PS workers dragging people into court on trumped up
charges?" Irene Told Wendy "She don't even want to go there." And Wendy
argued "YES I DO WANT TO GO THERE!" Irene then stated that 'Wendy had her
day in court.' Wendy then proceeded to tell Irene "No we didn't! Our
lawyers went in and did their flim flam and we were not allowed in the court
room.' Then Irene's tone changed. She stated in front of Trooper Mihalick,
'she knew that Wendy hadn't done any thing wrong but had to go after her
because of the Binsfeld Act.' And because there was "abuse' in the home
where Wendy resides, and her past termination, Irene had no choice but to go
after termination. Suddenly on September 22, Irene dropped the petition
against Bobby and Samantha. That wasn't four months'. (See enclosed
documentation.) It was more like six weeks.
So now, they are after Justin. Irene told Mike Nunn in July that she
wanted to see Justin placed for adoption. Terminating Wendy's rights was
apparently step one in her diabolical plot to place Justin for adoption.
That didn't work, so now Justin has now been allegedly, a ward of the court.
It has now been four months and we have not yet received any documentation
stating that Justin is a ward of the court. According to the documentation
provided by our August 4 hearing, Justin was to remain in professional
parenting. There is nothing stating that PS was to retain custody. Now
Jeremy is only allowed a two-hour visitation Saturday mornings. In
addition, there is to be no visitation between Wendy, Bobby, or Samantha
with Justin. Jeremy's attorney wanted to take this case to trial, however
it would have to go in to appeals in order for Jeremy to regain custody,
(This is due to the fact that Jack Crandell and Jeremy's lawyer have already
gone over this case with the judge during other trials. Moreover, their
minds are already made up as to the out come of the case. Jeremy has been
THREATENED to be charged with third degree child abuse and termination of
his parental rights, if he were to go against the CPS recommendation. How
can the judge do this with out hearing our side? The entire case has been
based on Irene's lies and perjured testimony. All parties involved are
aware of this. She does it all the time after all.
Even after the August 4, hearing Irene stated to Mike Nunn that she could
"yank Wendy's kids whenever she feels like it." Mike Nunn had to contact
the children's attorney the Guardian Ad Litem to get the truth. Mike Nunn
is the one who had helped to locate Justin after the August 4, hearing.
Irene Stuart refused to tell the Professional Parenting program that custody
had been rightfully returned to the parents. As we got no documentation
from that hearing for two weeks, the professional parenting program had to
go by what Irene told them.
Mike Nunn is behind us 110% yet due to his dependency on CPS for work he is
in a tight situation. He is in a position that if he rocks the boat too
much he may loose even more case files from CPS. However once we have
custody of Justin returned, and have the right legal representation, Mike is
more than willing to take the stand for us. He also stated that he would
help us in any way possible. Mike has stated that he has been in contact
with the former Lt. Governor Connie Binsfeld, and has made her aware of our
situation. He also has pointed out to her that the laws in which she
implemented to reunite families sooner is being manipulated by CPS to in
turn break families up. Michigan is adopting children out in 182 days and
we feel that our time is running out. They want to keep Justin for at least
seven more months. And the Justin will be either returned to us or the
maternal grand parents, pending the out come of counseling with Mike Nunn.
However, any thing good that Mike has to say on our behalf is disregarded.
How are we to find an attorney who is willing to take on the State of
Michigan? Even the ACLU won't help us because we have court appointed
attorneys. And our court appointed attorneys all have lunch with CPS, the
judge, and the prosecuting attorney. So you understand the position that we
are in. How can we get justice when the whole courthouse is in on it?
After all, the more foster children in the states custody, the bigger the
federal grant. Right?
This has not only nearly destroyed our family but it has slandered Wendy's
name throughout the Professional Parenting program, which she was in good
standings with prior to PS involvement. Now we can't trust that agency and
are forced to seek professional help for our children elsewhere.
Our children are the biggest victims here, particularly Justin. He is
being chemically restrained at school due to his hyperactivity. And NO
adult involved has mentioned that fact, Justin told Jeremy during one of
their visitations. Justin has been taking Ritalin for over a month now.
How is that none of our business?
This is just a brief summary of the abuse of power, and the cover-up to
protect Irene Stuart. As we have stated, this corruption within the system
goes as high as the judicial level and possibly even higher. Any replies to
this letter would be greatly appreciated. We Need Help!
Thank You for your time;
Jeremy Rasmussen
and
Wendy Beal Arnold
LINK: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.dads-rights.unmoderated/MWSkhdAmrao
MS. STUART'S DEDICATION IS COMMENDABLE.
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