I am the Mother of three children, and one step son. He is almost five going on 16. There are so many issues I am not sure where to begin. First, the Mother of him, lost custody because she cant provide roof over his head and she neglected his medical needs. I am constantly having the Childrens Divisn called on me for some thing or another. So far seven reports. One, I lost my own children over for 30 days untill court, which I got back for lack of evidence and failure to comply with their own guied lines. (bascialy, they over steped their boundries, and it caused a lot of heart ache for my children) When they took the children, my step-son was on visitation with his Mother, so guess what, she got to keep him untill the investgation was complete. So this week end the Monster Jam came into town (which is my step-sons favorite thing in the world) so we had arranged to take both older boys to stay at the nicest hotel down town and go swimming and see Monster Jam. Friday we went to pick my step son up, we had my older son with us, droped the twins off at the sitter. Since it was my SS Mothers weekend, we had already planed with her to pick him up and keep him over night, but she could have him an extra day, so she would have the same time with him. We called, she would not answer....We called again, she said "we are at the hospital, he has a definate hand print on his arm and it from your wife" my husband says "we are on our way there to find out whats going on, see you in a little while" she says " go ahead and bring her the police are waiting for her any way, to take her to jail" Long story short, she was not at the hospital when we arrived, no police were there....we did get a call from an investigater, wo said it was nothing to worry about, but would need to see us and all the children. Basicaly our weekend was ruined! We, got the child back Sunday, on the normal time, and he has two or three( cant tell realy)small bruises on the fore arm, one is the size of a pencil eraser, and the ohters are smaller. but they are two inches apart and seven inches apart. My SS says I grabed him and made him sit in a chair. This was with is DAD gone, ust me and the kids, and right after my son got off the bus frm school. I work nights and am not home to get him off the bus, but Dad is. And I DID NOT TOUCH THIS CHILD. When I left Friday to go to work, he was upset I almost forgot to give him a "smootch" (a kiss) I left at 2:30 pm, my son gets off the bus at 3:30PM. That night, at 6pm his mom came to get him, she was not at the hospital untill after 2pm on Saturady. Now this child acts scared of me, but told his Dad "I dont know why I lied, I just did"! So, now I have this saftey plan from the state, they said I could lose my children due to the number of reports against me, even though none of the were substanceated. My husband and I are fighting, I want to leave with my children so I can not be blamed for this crap any more, he does not want me to leave, this child is acting weird, one min he is all ok, and the next he like terrifyied of me. I cant live like his. He lies....and there is never any thing done about it. Its not his fault, but his Mothers, and I cant get any one to listen to me. I WILL NOT LOSE MY KIDS AGAIN FOR THIS CHILD, but then I start to feel guilty, cause I dont want to be around him.He told his Dad lat night " I want her and M (me) the twins, and N(my older son ) to leave, so it can be just them" I am so stressed, I found an appartment for me and my kids next to work, so I wont even have to drive, right now I live over an hour away. I found the schools, which are good, I found a sitter.....My husband says it wrong for me to leave at a time like this.....but I am th only one being blamed over and over again. His Mom, said he could go to the MOnster Jam, as long as "she" dont go ( meaning me). WTF. I am at my ropes end. I just found this site today, I need some serious help.