Michael, Yep, I can believe it. I work with Family and Childrens' Services (FCS) almost every day. They latch on to the most trivial events sometimes, ignoring the absolute mayem right under their noses in other cases. I think you have to take a "common-sense deprogramming" course to become a caseworker, or so it would seem. -Kyle -----Original Message----- From: Michael Jeffries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:03 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Ouch....! In a message dated 7/11/2002 11:21:11 Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > i really never knew the law aloowed for any interested person to step in > like this. it is almost like the law for children where any interested > person can ask something "in the best intrest of the child." do you guys > find this insulting? > When I had to go to court to get my daughter Susan and to be told that I would have to have FCS come to check up on me to see how capable I am. "Long ago and far away, We had a voice, you know that we had a say, We won't live for yesterday, Ready or not, we're gonna have our way" Twisted Sister Wake Up (the sleeping giant) http://www.deesnider.com/twisted/albums/lyrics/zwake.html Michael Jeffries AIM and Yahoo! ID MJeff25916 ICQ# 53522767