I thought pot was legal..?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:32 pm
Hello!
Just to give you some background on what's going on in my particular case, I live here in Colorado where marijuana was made legal via the 64th amendment.
I smoked it in order to relieve some of the horrible nausea I was experiencing with my pregnancy. I know it was a dumb move, and there's no need to to beat me up about it. I'm aware of it, okay? I thought that because it was legal here, there wouldn't be repercussions. Again, I know it's dumb.
Regardless, I and my little girl tested positive. A worker called me, not really explaining she was from CPS. I thought it was a nurse or something from WIC coming to check up on the baby and I, as what happened with my son (I didn't use during that particular pregnancy). Set up an interview, she came out to my house. After she was in the door and had sat down did she explain that she was indeed from CPS. My husband and I filled out one of those voluntary action plans, and with that came the arrangement of UAs. As "monitors" to this program, we volunteered my inlaws who were not present at the time. The worker jotted down their names without their consent or knowledge. On the action plan, it made us out to seem like we were constantly high and couldn't adequately care for our children and so forth. You know the stories they fill out. No formal case is opened at this time.
Well afterwards, my inlaws were upset that they were put on paperwork, and proceeded to call the social worker and her supervisor. (My in laws had previous run ins with the particular supervisor and made a big stink with them regarding some other grandchildren of theirs, not our babies). We were told to shut our mouths and let them handle it.
I came up with the court ruling of United States v. Dyer which indicates that you can revoke your consent to be searched, namely getting out of the UAs they requested. We sent in that paperwork. Now the supervisor starts getting suspicious, and kinda resentful. She and my father in law have many phone calls, to which I understand they get repeatedly nastier. The supervisor then states that she's going to request an official case be made open, with follicle tests and things of that nature. I don't know what all was said. But, we fill out 'color of law' paperwork and return it to them, basically a cease and desist order.
We are then told to flee the state. Repeatedly. So, I pack up my kids and we leave for a little while on "vacation". While I was away, apparently we had been issued summons and missed the date. My in laws don't really do.. a damn thing from there. They are of the mindset of if they ignore it, it'll go away.
I'm now inclined to think otherwise. I don't think running away permanently from the problem is the best way to get this resolved. So, what I have going for me so far is this:
TL;DR The initial action plan was made with fraudulent terms. Amendment 64 made marijuana legal for adults 21 and up. The CPS worker's website indicates they need to refer to state laws when it comes to cases. There are no indicators of abuse or neglect in my children.
What I don't have going for me: a lawyer. I can't afford one.
I need advice on how to proceed. I'm sick of hiding and acting like a criminal when I am not.
Just to give you some background on what's going on in my particular case, I live here in Colorado where marijuana was made legal via the 64th amendment.
I smoked it in order to relieve some of the horrible nausea I was experiencing with my pregnancy. I know it was a dumb move, and there's no need to to beat me up about it. I'm aware of it, okay? I thought that because it was legal here, there wouldn't be repercussions. Again, I know it's dumb.
Regardless, I and my little girl tested positive. A worker called me, not really explaining she was from CPS. I thought it was a nurse or something from WIC coming to check up on the baby and I, as what happened with my son (I didn't use during that particular pregnancy). Set up an interview, she came out to my house. After she was in the door and had sat down did she explain that she was indeed from CPS. My husband and I filled out one of those voluntary action plans, and with that came the arrangement of UAs. As "monitors" to this program, we volunteered my inlaws who were not present at the time. The worker jotted down their names without their consent or knowledge. On the action plan, it made us out to seem like we were constantly high and couldn't adequately care for our children and so forth. You know the stories they fill out. No formal case is opened at this time.
Well afterwards, my inlaws were upset that they were put on paperwork, and proceeded to call the social worker and her supervisor. (My in laws had previous run ins with the particular supervisor and made a big stink with them regarding some other grandchildren of theirs, not our babies). We were told to shut our mouths and let them handle it.
I came up with the court ruling of United States v. Dyer which indicates that you can revoke your consent to be searched, namely getting out of the UAs they requested. We sent in that paperwork. Now the supervisor starts getting suspicious, and kinda resentful. She and my father in law have many phone calls, to which I understand they get repeatedly nastier. The supervisor then states that she's going to request an official case be made open, with follicle tests and things of that nature. I don't know what all was said. But, we fill out 'color of law' paperwork and return it to them, basically a cease and desist order.
We are then told to flee the state. Repeatedly. So, I pack up my kids and we leave for a little while on "vacation". While I was away, apparently we had been issued summons and missed the date. My in laws don't really do.. a damn thing from there. They are of the mindset of if they ignore it, it'll go away.
I'm now inclined to think otherwise. I don't think running away permanently from the problem is the best way to get this resolved. So, what I have going for me so far is this:
TL;DR The initial action plan was made with fraudulent terms. Amendment 64 made marijuana legal for adults 21 and up. The CPS worker's website indicates they need to refer to state laws when it comes to cases. There are no indicators of abuse or neglect in my children.
What I don't have going for me: a lawyer. I can't afford one.
I need advice on how to proceed. I'm sick of hiding and acting like a criminal when I am not.