A Valley familys lives were turned upside down right before Thanksgiving. At the center of the chaos is a child booster seat and the agency once known as Child Protective Services. On Nov. 22, a five-month-old boy was checked in to a hospital with a skull fracture. The Department of Child Services alleges the boy was abused while the family -- who wished to remain anonymous -- says he was simply a victim of a booster seat accident. According to the family, the case worker, Tiffany Hughes, did not access the childs full medical records, contact the babys pediatrician or check with other close family members to see if there was history of child abuse before deciding to remove the familys four children from the home. The three older children were turned over to their biological father who has a documented history of domestic violence, though close family and friends willingly volunteered to care for the children. Included among that group were relatives who work in law enforcement. The injured baby, meanwhile, was released to the care of the paternal grandparents -- a recently retired Phoenix police officer and his wife, who stand by the young parents maintaining this was an accident. The babys father was also temporarily prohibited from making contact with a daughter from a previous relationship, who was placed in the care of her mother. We werent lying about what happened, the mother said. The case worker said the baby had a Y-shaped fracture on his skull, but that was a lie. We have a copy of the X-ray. She also wrote down nonfactual information on the report -- things I did not say. In 2007, one million Bumbo seats were recalled to provide warnings against use on raised surfaces, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. ktar/22/1789697/Valley-family-claims-DCS-wrongly-removed-children-after-booster-seat-accident
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:43:00 +0000
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