What is the name of your state? NJ
The incident is between NY and NJ. DYFS, which is the NJ child protection agency was seeking to take custody of my newborn. He was born August 21st, 2005. He aspirated meconium into his lungs during labor and as a result almost died at delivery. He was kept alive on a respirator and have been recovering in the hospital for 5 weeks now. He also tested positive for toxicology due to his mother using a substance while pregnant.
DYFS, from NJ assigned a nurse to evaluate his condition so they can determine the best care for my son. The nurse from NJ called the hospital in NY where he was born and is being cared for. The nurse spoke to a social worker and case worker about my sons condition. Based on these phone conversations, she determined my son is medically fragile and needs special care. She recommended the state take custody and place him in a Special Home Service Provider foster home. The state offered this recommendation to the judge, who agreed. But the judge ordered the state to investigate to possibility of him being placed with me and his maternal grandmother.
The state is reluctant to place him with us due to their nurses recommendations. I since took a infant CPR class and passed. I have also spoken to and attained a letter from several nurses and the doctor at his hospital in NY which state that he is clearly not medically fragile and should be considered a normal child. They say he is medically cleared to come home and stated the best place for him would be at home with minimal contact with strangers, due to his respiratory condition. DYFS ignored their recommendations and prefered to rely on their own nurse for medical advice.
I wonder if what the DYFS nurse did was legal? Could she discuss my sons medical condition over the phone? Could she discuss his condition with people other than his primary physician or nurses? Could she make a sound diagnosis and medical recomendation for my son based on her limited information? Can she do this without ever visiting with him, examing him or his records? Without physically verifing who she spoke to? Something seems terribly wrong about this. As a result, DYFS is doing everything they can to deny me my rights to my child. They are holding on to her recommendations and saying that my home is not the best place for him because he needs special care which we can not provide. His mother no longer lives with me and has agreed to give me custody, until she takes care of her own problems. But now I have to fight the state for custody. I feel violated.
Any suggestions?
Loving father
MK
The incident is between NY and NJ. DYFS, which is the NJ child protection agency was seeking to take custody of my newborn. He was born August 21st, 2005. He aspirated meconium into his lungs during labor and as a result almost died at delivery. He was kept alive on a respirator and have been recovering in the hospital for 5 weeks now. He also tested positive for toxicology due to his mother using a substance while pregnant.
DYFS, from NJ assigned a nurse to evaluate his condition so they can determine the best care for my son. The nurse from NJ called the hospital in NY where he was born and is being cared for. The nurse spoke to a social worker and case worker about my sons condition. Based on these phone conversations, she determined my son is medically fragile and needs special care. She recommended the state take custody and place him in a Special Home Service Provider foster home. The state offered this recommendation to the judge, who agreed. But the judge ordered the state to investigate to possibility of him being placed with me and his maternal grandmother.
The state is reluctant to place him with us due to their nurses recommendations. I since took a infant CPR class and passed. I have also spoken to and attained a letter from several nurses and the doctor at his hospital in NY which state that he is clearly not medically fragile and should be considered a normal child. They say he is medically cleared to come home and stated the best place for him would be at home with minimal contact with strangers, due to his respiratory condition. DYFS ignored their recommendations and prefered to rely on their own nurse for medical advice.
I wonder if what the DYFS nurse did was legal? Could she discuss my sons medical condition over the phone? Could she discuss his condition with people other than his primary physician or nurses? Could she make a sound diagnosis and medical recomendation for my son based on her limited information? Can she do this without ever visiting with him, examing him or his records? Without physically verifing who she spoke to? Something seems terribly wrong about this. As a result, DYFS is doing everything they can to deny me my rights to my child. They are holding on to her recommendations and saying that my home is not the best place for him because he needs special care which we can not provide. His mother no longer lives with me and has agreed to give me custody, until she takes care of her own problems. But now I have to fight the state for custody. I feel violated.
Any suggestions?
Loving father
MK
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