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At the End of October 2018, I took my son to the local ER cause he was puking what appeared to be blood. They transferred him to Randell children’s hospital in Portland, OR. After two days they told me they wanted to have a meeting with me about my son’s care. As I walked into the room there were several people sitting around a table. They proceeded to say that they had a pick up an order for my son to be taken into state care. They never showed me a pick-up order and bullied me saying I had a mental disorder and I was a danger to my child’s health and well-being. They said that a doctor by the name of Thomas J Valvano of CARES northwest was the person who looked through my son’s medical records and determined I had a factious disorder by proxy. I was escorted out of the hospital by an officer.

DCYF of Washington state Jessica Zinger threatened me over the phone and stated that “if I didn’t admit to what I did and got the help that I wouldn’t be able to see my kids”

I told them how can I admit to something that I didn’t do. It would be lying. I got a new caseworker Janeane Ladigus and she proceeded to keep me from seeing my kids for a month and I had to get a court order to see my kids. On the first visit after a month, I saw two of my three kids. They stated that my youngest was in the ER at the time of the visit for a rash. Found out later that he was in fact not in the ER at the time of the visit and was discharged well before the time of the visit.

My baby started to show up to visits with bruises and I reported to the caseworker Janeane Ladigus and she stated not to worry about it cause he was moved to a different foster home.

He continued to show up with bruises, deep scratches, and a black eye nothing was done about this. So I went back to court to get my kids with family placement and it was approved and my son’s bruises had gone away and no more appeared. I had to keep taking DCYF back to court for visitation cause they absolutely refused to give me any more time or go to sporting events my kids were involved in as well as school events.

For the past two years and two months, I have not had fact-finding in Washington. They kept pushing it out “for a good reason”. Eventually, they stopped scheduling fact findings and there still isn’t one scheduled. If they had enough to take my kids from me then why not prove it in fact-finding instead of not ever having one.

I met my boyfriend shortly after the DCYF case started in 2018. I went out to Indiana to visit him in 2019 then found out I was pregnant with his child. I made the decision to move to Indiana in order to protect my unborn baby from Washington DCYF. One day I was home with my boyfriend’s older daughter and I took her to the park with some friends. A week later DCS of Clay County Indiana was knocking on my door. We set up a meeting with Michelle Puckett who was the intake caseworker. Someone called DCS cause I was at the park with my boyfriend’s older daughter, she then proceeded to say that there was an outtake case from Washington state. I was open and honest about it and she said I wouldn’t expect anything to come of this. We didn’t hear from them again.

July 16, 2020. Baby girl was born. Healthy and happy we went home. July 20, 2020, they came in and tore our new family apart.

They Took my newborn out of her loving healthy home based on hearsay from Washington states DCYF.

At the detention hearing a couple of days later they forced me to stop nursing and breastfeeding my newborn. said they wanted to test the breastmilk cause there was ipecac in the home. There was not nor will there ever be ipecac in my house.

They still can’t show me actual proof that there was ipecac in either of the houses I’ve lived in.

I’ve had two mental evaluations that show I do not have factious disorder by proxy and they want me to have another. I’ve had one per their referral and they just pushed it aside cause it’s not what they want it to say. I had another per me and it agrees with the one I had per them.

After five months of suffering for our new family. We’ve missed all her firsts. First holidays, first smile, first tooth, first milestones, and they’re STILL hasn’t been a fact-finding. DCS in Clay County Indiana keeps pushing it out. Still, to this day there isn’t one scheduled in either Washington state or Indiana. If they had enough to take my newborn why would they keep pushing out fact findings?

They also NEVER wanted to look at anything I have that goes directly against what this doctor is saying. I have video and photographic evidence as well as Negative mental evaluations they ignored. We’ve recently found out this said doctor that diagnosed me with the factious disorder by proxy can’t make a mental disorder diagnosis as he’s just a general pediatrician who doesn’t have a license in mental health in adults.

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We arrived at the hospital in the middle of a snowstorm; the biggest one this winter. Mom and I love our children so much and seeing her hurting and in pain is so difficult. Her breasts are constantly making milk for the baby, and the hospital won’t even allow us to bring the baby any breast milk. We’re being stripped of our rights as parents, the director refused to give me his name and refused to give me any paperwork, and had me escorted out and kicked off the hospital property, I was never threatening or aggressive but I was emotional and crying because of what had happened. They literally ripped my heart from my chest.

They were aggressive towards us like we are criminals.

The DCF worker is a former caseworker from a past case with mom’s 2 other children (she had signed her rights away through an Open Adoption and has a great relationship with the adopted parents. The case was closed on Dec 6th, 2020. My son was born on Dec 17th, 2020. Despite the case being already closed for 11 days, mom’s old worker Christine Niven had begun calling, texting, and harassing her for information and doing everything she could to use fear tactics to get more information. Including using her 2 other children and her visits as leverage as an intimidation tactic EVERY TIME. We have most things recorded, including every conversation we have had with them along with videos from the day they took our son. We don’t even live within the same area as the office she operates from, if she had had a DCF worker, it would be out of the office of the city we reside in. But that’s not the case. She has called the mother of my child “easy” because she has kids who have different fathers. She has laughed at successful people in my family saying things like “ yeah well most successful people are drug addicts so yours probably are” on recorded videos through zoom meetings. She has lied and targeted us whenever we speak up and question anything she has to say or bring to us.

She has never once given us answers to ANY questions.

The reports against her seem to go absolutely nowhere. We just want our baby, I have another daughter and I was granted rights and visits and partial custody of her, they won’t even speak to us about why we can’t see our child or even call to check on his well being. It’s just not fair.

We are not bad parents. We planned for this child. We both work and have our own place, a 4 bedroom apartment for our children. We now stay up all night every night almost in tears over this and our days are filled with a sense of no purpose other than to work on whatever we can to get him home. My baby deserves to feel his mother’s warmth and look into our eyes and know his parents. Not held up because a DCF worker holds a grudge and goes against policy to steal our child.

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We had no idea that The University of New Mexico Hospital had reported a Subdural Hematoma found during the MRI required for the surgery to The Children Youth and Families Department and BCSO. Holly was placed on a 48-hour hold and we didn’t get her back until my partner’s aunt stepped in to care for Holly. We signed a safety plan where it said my mother in law, brother in law, and stepson were not allowed around Holly.

We were asked to move to a suitable residence after my husband’s landlord/aunt refused to fix plumbing. We moved and found a nice apartment. I believe the case was closed in January 2013.

I asked for a different Service Coordinator because the one I had was on vacation a lot and difficult to keep in contact with. Apparently, it was illegal for me to ask for a different Service Coordinator and I was reported for making such a request.

As the years passed we got reported for almost everything related to Holly’s care.

I was reported for helping a nurse take Holly’s temperature at the doctor’s office. I was for cited sexual abuse and Missing And Exploited Children was called to come to check on Holly. Holly has Autism and was non-verbal at the time. I was reported for giving Holly a drink of water and her choking on water. I was reported for not showing up for an appointment that was in our home. Someone who was supposed to be taking care of Holly through Respite Care reported us because she had to feed Holly and didn’t want to look for food.

What kind of caregiver gets a job but doesn’t like watching children and is on her phone the whole time?

Yes, we left Holly’s caregiver with her but if she didn’t want to watch Holly she could have said, take your baby with you, and not accepted the job. I had suggested to my husband that we take both our children Esmeralda and Holly with us but he didn’t want to wake them. Holly ran away to the park in 2015 and we were again reported for that even though my husband found Holly and brought her home safe. We were reported by Etheline Jose, SLP, and her report is false because she wasn’t with us at our home on Esmeralda’s 2nd Birthday as she claimed.

On April 18, 2016, we went to an FCM (Family-Centered Meeting) at CYFD on San Mateo Blvd in Albuquerque, NM. I tried warning my husband that it was best to leave the state instead of meeting with him but he insisted that they were there to help. I told him how I was a foster child and how they don’t help Families but he refused to listen to me. Jamie Blount a Senior Investigator with CYFD and his Supervisor Tracy Hollingworth both used tactics to cause us to appear unstable to remove our kids. Jamie Blount filed an Affidavit of False Allegations on me and my husband. Holly was pulled from me like I was a predator. She was crying and hitting herself. They used the fact that Holly played and got dirty at school to say that she wasn not properly cared for in our home.

The case has been open for 1,692 days as of today. My mother in law died trying to make us believe she would agree to a Guardianship. I lost years of memories by having to remove my Facebook and Twitter Accounts because of a Restraining Order CYFD filed where they lied about me. I found the Title IVE lies that are holding back the Guardianship. We recently got Educational Decisionmaker Rights but no Visitation to participate in our childrens education. I exposed CYFD to get my girls placed with my mother in law on June 13, 2019. I have a Change.org Petition still up and have sent alot of my evidence to the Department of Justice and Civil Rights Division and US Department of Education.

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CHILDREN’S COURT DIVISION
COUNTY OF BERNALILLO
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
NO: JQ-2016-0076
STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ex rel
CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT
IN THE MATTER OF HOLLY GRIEGO,AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO,
CHILDREN,AND CONCERNING RESPONDENTS,
MONICA GRIEGO AND MARK GRIEGO

MOTION TO DISMISS TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
I. Based upon the allegations, in this case, All allegations have been remedied by the parents, MONICA GRIEGO AND MARK GRIEGO.
Parents have completed the following courses:

1. MANDT Certificates Monica & Mark Griego Completed on 4/22/2017
2. Positive Behavior Support Strategies on 05/28/2017
3. CPR & First Aid on 6/22/2017
4. Circle Of Security Parenting Completed on 4/23/2018
5. Mark Griego Completed The “Services at Home Caregiving” Training through Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice on 4/26/2017
6. Mark Griego Completed 3 Parenting Classes at Dragonfly Counseling Associates and has completed 17 months of ABA Training
7. Monica & Mark Griego Completed the Autism Spectrum Disorder Potty Training Online Course on 5/22/2017
8. Monica & Mark Griego completed the Autism 101 Online Course from Autism Society on 4/26/2018
9. Monica & Mark Griego attended the Families First Out and About: Preparing for Community Routines TRIAD Class on 12/02/2017 at UNM CDD.
10. Monica & Mark Griego attended the Successful Sleep Strategies Class at UNM CDD
11. Monica Griego completed Domestic Violence/Anger Management & Parenting Classes on 8/5/2018 through Dragonfly Counseling Associates. She found the agency on her own. It was not referred by The Department. Elizabeth Ewins, LPCC wrote a letter to verify this.
12. Monica Griego has been working with Independent Living Resource Center Since May 2017, she was removed from ABA Training in June 2017. Sue Haugen wrote a letter to verify that The Department never referred to Monica & Mark Griego to their agency. Mark Griego will be filling out an intake form on 2/11/2019 with Kate Bennett.
13. Monica Griego completed 1 credit hour of Continuing Education on the topic of Activities of Daily Living on 12/17/2018

The caseworker Amanda Veracka is no longer working with our family on the treatment plan and has not since May 11, 2018, when we stopped receiving updates from the foster parents after they threatened by email to move the children which actually never happened. Upon return from leave, the caseworker never attempted to meet with either parent, whether together or separate, and has repeatedly accused us of missing meetings. The caseworker was finally removed from the case due to her conduct with our family.

We respectfully petition this court to respect the rights of parents to parent their own children per Troxel v. Granville. The Court should act to terminate parental rights only in cases where a “reasonable person” would agree that circumstances are sufficiently dire. The burden of proof is clearly on the State to show “clear and convincing evidence” of such extreme danger. Thus far, the state has not provided such evidence. We the parents of Holly and Esmerelda assert that no compelling circumstances exist and such accusations and charges are highly exaggerated or completely false.

1. First extreme accusation is: Jamie Blount mentioned in his Affidavit “all of the walls had been scribbled on” That is untrue. Holly’s bedroom had scribblings on them and they were painted upon us moving from the apartment.

2. Second extreme accusation is: Jamie Blount mentioned in his Affidavit “Mrs. Griego was discussing that multiple family members that sexually abused her” That is untrue. Jamie Blount never listened to anything I said. I had stated that my Uncle Alfred E. Gutierrez sexually abused me as a child and attempted it again when I was 14,. This caused me to leave my mother’s home. When we got one again after being homeless I moved into my Paternal Grandmother’s home to finish high school.

3. Third extreme allegation is: Jamie Blount stated in his Affidavit “Mrs. Griego didn’t know the name of Holly’s Caregiver” That is untrue. I had her first and last name which is Clara Castro on my phone and called her, she was in the process of getting licensed through The Bair Foundation and requested Holly be placed under Treatment Foster Care and The Department refused to place Holly with her, and didn’t check on her background. I have frequently communicated with Clara from 2016 until the present. She has never heard from The Department regarding Holly.

4. Fourth extreme allegation is: Jamie Blount stated in his Affidavit “Mr. & Mrs. Griego were unable to locate a safety monitor for the children” That is untrue. We gave The Department the information. They refused to use it accurately and honestly to find a safety monitor.

5. Fifth extreme allegation is: Jamie Blount stated in his Affidavit “Mrs. Griego refuses to work with service providers” That is untrue. the Service Provider at Agave was working with me at the time my children were removed.

6. Sixth extreme allegation is: Jamie Blount stated in his Affidavit “Mrs. Griego is obsessed with the uncle that shook Holly.” That is untrue. Concerned for the children DAVID A GRIEGO continues to be around. He has a relationship with JEANNIE REQUA and her relatives have children. Correction: Dr. King accused Monica Griego of Shaking Holly as an Infant in her Neuropsychological Evaluation. He failed to listen to Monica Griego mention that David Griego admitted to shaking Holly after the BCSO Investigation ended, and the case was closed. Dr. King did not appear in court for the ADA Motion and expected Counsel Nita C. Day to use the Neuropsych Evaluation which had a lot of typos and opinions, not facts.

Dr. Alexander also didn’t appear at this court hearing and also expected his evaluation to be used. The Department didn’t uphold either recommendation and therefore without those recommendations, the children should have been returned. The doctors have CYFD Contracted Not Independent Practicing Doctors which makes their Evaluations written based upon Allegations that The Department received with most being falsely exaggerated or made up. Amanda Veracka spoke with Dr. Alexander and asked him to write a specific list of recommendations for Monica Griego, although Amanda Veracka will lie under oath and claim she doesn’t recall this, Monica certainly recalls it because Amanda went into Dr. Alexander’s office while Monica waited outside. Amanda took Monica to the appointment in a state vehicle and Amanda smoked outside before getting back in the state vehicle with Monica to take her back to The Department’s Lamberton Office.

7. MARK GRIEGO is correct in stating that “WE PARENTS” only put the girls in their room for naps and at bedtime. We never locked them in their room as any kind of punishment, and frequently checked on the children. The doorknob now in the children’s bedroom is a closet door that cannot be locked from the inside or outside of the door.

8. MARK GRIEGO is correct in stating that ESMERALDA GRIEGO never placed a cockroach in her mouth. The cockroach issue was overexaggerated by Jamie Blount.

9. MONICA GRIEGO responded as she did because she was asleep when The Department showed up. The mother worked the night shift at The Cheesecake Factory.

10. The children. HOLLY GRIEGO AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO were not kept within confines such as limited to a particular location confined as stated in Ex-Parte Custody Order. This family requested assistance many times from The Department each time a report was made with their requests going unheard by The Department as it has been in the past two years.

11. MONICA GRIEGO AND HOLLY GRIEGO have been the targets in this case. Holly and Monica’s disabilities have been used against them.
The parents seek Immediate Dismissal of this case and the Children be Immediately returned to their Parents.

II. Holly completed Early Intervention Services with YDI , Inspirations, PB and J Family Services, and Liferoots. Liferoots Team upon exiting services with Holly attended a UNM CDD Appointment with MONICA GRIEGO AND MARK GRIEGO.

Holly attended Early Intervention Services from 12/26/2011 until 12/09/2013 that Holly entered an Autism Specific Preschool at Mark Twain Elementary School. Esmeralda began attending La Madrugada Early Intervention Program, along with Liferoots beginning 2 months of age, and completed the PB and J Family Services Program before and while in Foster Care with her parents, MONICA GRIEGO AND MARK GRIEGO present.

ESMERALDA GRIEGO was receiving Early Intervention Services with PB and J Family Services and Liferoots upon removal from the home. The Parents, MONICA GRIEGO AND MARK GRIEGO both enrolled their children in these services and sought them without referrals from The Department before The Department removed the children from their care.

The parents, the mother especially have advocated tirelessly and persistently for HOLLY GRIEGO AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO, their disabilities, needed services and to date, the family has been continuously denied services by The Department, despite all efforts mother has made.

To date, no reasonable Efforts have been made by The Department to Reunify the children HOLLY GRIEGO AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO with their parents despite many requests and behaviors of the children wanting to return home. The Children’s requests are being ignored by The Department. Holly shows wanting to return home by her behaviors that The Department fails to pick up on her cues of communication. Esmeralda has said on the Friday visit before Thanksgiving 2018 “Mama, I want to go to your house and have turkey” I’m not going to Donna’s house, I’m going to your house” I told Esmeralda, “I wish with all my heart you could come to my house, Instead let’s sing a song” Esmeralda’s requests get more frequent. She insists on coming home. The Parenting Coach should be reporting this to the courts. I am aware that The Parenting Coach has participated in lying with the Social Worker Amanda Veracka to support Amanda’s false allegations about the behaviors of the mother. Despite all the mother has been through with The Department damaging her, she has continued to respect them as human beings.

A. The mother MONICA GRIEGO realized the dangers to her children, She attempted many times to communicate to The Department in person that she needed ABA Services for HOLLY GRIEGO. ESMERALDA GRIEGO had not been evaluated yet for Autism. The Department gave the children these services only after they were in foster care and never gave them to the parents so that they could adequately parent their children, to avoid a need for foster care. The Department gave the Mother MONICA GRIEGO 11 Months of ABA Therapy Sessions while the children are in custody, and has reintegrated the Father MARK GRIEGO into ABA Therapy for the children in August 2018, In that same month removing some of his therapy time with Esmeralda and transferring her sessions to daycare and the foster home due to the report he made to his attorney Susan Burgess Farrell about Esmeralda being locked in a state vehicle in August 2018 when the caseworker Amanda Veracka was on leave, forcing other employees at The Department to take responsibility of HOLLY GRIEGO AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO’S ABA Therapy Sessions including transporting the children to and from the sessions when APN Staff could not do it.

The Mother MONICA GRIEGO remains unable to attend the ABA Therapy despite all her attempts and the ABA agreement was not being upheld by The Department or AST RBT Christine Montoya who had the parents present, but not allowed to engage in two weeks of sessions in the month of June due to the Mother reporting Holly’s bruises and scratches on her leg to Harry Montoya Constituent Affairs Liaison which did nothing to address any issues regarding the children, and instead, the parents get punished. The Department had Christine Montoya test the parent’s anger issues as The Department does several times with other client’s cases. No therapist should participate in unethical activities which means being held accountable for the social worker’s cellphone after the social worker has clocked out of work and went home. Christine also participated in Parental Alienation of the children by repeatedly telling the parents in the sessions, “Do not coddle Esmeralda” This therapist has no children of her own therefore has no sympathy for the Psychological Damage the parents have faced by The Department.

B. At the FCM Meeting on April 18, 2016, the parents were under extreme fear when Tracy Hollingworth decided to create a dramatic situation out of the rod iron on HOLLY GRIEGO AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO’s bedroom windows many times interrupting Whitney Andrews, Holly’s preschool teacher who understood the dangers children with an Autism disability face if a home is without locks, door alarms, or window locks including possible drowning or elopement. This teacher was not defending the parents but was defending her student, the student’s disability, safety, and knowledge of the disability because she worked closely with Holly. The teacher realized the trauma of Foster Care would affect Holly for the rest of her life and promoting ways of intervention and assistance, not removal. HOLLY GRIEGO has been affected severely and has been the target of this case continuing due to her being a Shaken Baby Syndrome Survivor.

C. It is necessary for the safety and well being of the children that they return to their parents, and the Return to Custody Paperwork began Immediately.

D. The Parents, specifically, Monica Griego has reported to the Office of the Inspector General of Social Security Administration the Fraud that has happened in this case in regards to the children, HOLLY GRIEGO AND ESMERALDA GRIEGO due to Social Security stating that the payment of $187.00 and $1,668.13 was sent because they believed the children were home and it was a CYFD mix-up that was never explained, the only explanation is fraud due to foster caregiver wanting more money for caring for disabled children.

E. Foster Caregiver reported on AST (Autism Spectrum Therapies) Clinical Review Form that Holly was kept in a pack and play at all times while at home, and Esmeralda was kept in a crib at all times. These are both FALSE ALLEGATIONS. Also reported that Holly and Esmeralda were made to watch Frozen repeatedly for most of their life. ANOTHER FALSE ALLEGATION. The Foster caregiver does not understand Autism and was not trained for handling behaviors that Autistic children have or what triggers them and accused someone of sexually abusing Holly. ANOTHER FALSE ALLEGATION. The Foster caregiver reported that Holly was very dirty and had bedbugs. Another FALSE ALLEGATION. The apartment had bedbugs on the beds, We contacted The City of Albuquerque to tell us how to get rid of the bedbug issue, they came to our apartment with masks and protective gear on and investigated the apartment and we followed their instructions and have NO BEDBUGS since May 17, 2017. Holly was removed from school on April 18, 2016, and always played at school and came home messy, Holly likes to play in sand and dirt. Bedbugs are in motels, and almost all over Albuquerque due to people placing their furniture on the streets.

F. Recommendations from Behavioral Health Works mentioned that: Direct services are recommended to take place either in the home or a clinic-based environment. We feel that the foster caregiver and her family did not like that ABA for Holly and Esmeralda would be mostly in the home as many ABA Agencies will recommend it, due to the children learning first in the home setting. AST (Autism Spectrum Therapies) also recommended ABA Therapy in the home setting for Holly and Esmeralda on their assessments done for both girls. This is another reason for Reunification. ABA Therapy Services can re-start in the Griego Family Apartment upon the return of the children and we have enough evidence to strongly prove that Foster Care is not the place for Holly and Esmeralda due to the statements the Foster Caregiver made in two of her emails.

G. Here is what the foster mom stated in an email in November 2017:
“As you can see both girls are doing well. They are busy with school and ABA. Not much time for them to play and be ‘normal’. ABA has been good for the girls. Unfortunately, the other kids in our home have been neglected because of ABA. My daughter does enjoy gymnastics twice a week because you (Amanda) are awesome and amazing to have the ABA services in your office. But she (my daughter) and my 6-year-old twins are unable to do after-school activities – chess club, drama club, etc. I am trying to be patient. My kids are great about it. BUT it is a lot! I know ‘all I have to do is be at home all those hours…seems great! It’s the stress of making sure I pick up everyone after school in time to be home for ABA. It’s the stress of having to pay for aftercare for my daughter on Wednesdays…I am committed to continuing ABA until the girls either go home or a TPR happens. I am not complaining…this is a lot of tho’. The other kids here are just as important and have needs too.” This was the second complaint from the foster caregiver.

The first complaint was sent to Previous GAL Steve Mazer who did nothing about the Foster caregiver complaining. In the last hearing where he was present he seemed to realize that we are good parents who made mistakes, but then did a 360 degree turn and was in favor again with The Department despite him being aware of Holly being restrained at CYFD even when Holly didn’t display self-injurious behaviors, I also notified John Duran, my first counsel of Christine squeezing Holly’s jaw to force her to speak and that was the second time I became very concerned that this Registered Behavior Technician doesn’t have the qualifications to work with my daughter if she can do that to her in session using books to cover the observation glass citing that Holly got distracted, which wasn’t always true. I brought this up with Amanda Veracka and she never seemed to care as it wasn’t her child having their jaw squeezed.

I,  Monica M. Griego am writing this letter to request a Formal Investigation for Criminal Activity by the following state agency being State of New Mexico, Children Youth and Families Department. 

The state worker’s name involved in said criminal activity is Victoria Sena, Alysandra Newbill.

 That individuals supervisor through said agency of State of New Mexico, Children Youth and Families Department, located at the address of:4501 Indian School Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 In the State of New Mexico.
In the County of Bernalillo, the supervisor’s name being, Megan Gonzales. 
The laws and criminal activity involved are of the following starting with Misappropriation of state funds of the state of New Mexico, Children Youth and Families Department. 

Funds being misappropriated by this worker are fund applied to court cost in the following court case/cases being JQ-2016-0076, held at the following court Second District Children’s Court, at the address of 5100 2nd Street NW, in the state of New Mexico. 

I, the parent of Holly M.Griego and Esmeralda R.Griego, have been accused of neglect and Inadequate Shelter. 
There haven’t been any final rulings on said allegations so by proceeding with said case this is misappropriation of state and county resources being the local justice system and courts. 

This is a violation of civil rights in the area of Malicious prosecution occurring in the court of Bernalillo County with the case being JQ-2016-0076. 
The following is the name of the judge or judges involved in the case, Judge Marie C.Ward. 
The attorneys involved in the case are Mary Anne D’Arcangelis, and Susan Burgess Farrell for the defendant being the parents of Holly M.Griego and Esmeralda R.Griego and the parent’s name is Monica M.Griego and Mark A.Griego. 
The attorneys for the plaintiffs being Dennis M.Drucker, and the plaintiffs in the case are the State of New Mexico, Children Youth and Families Department.
 The criminal activity is Misappropriation of state funds by state workers accused, Misappropriation of state resources being the courts, Civil right violation by caseworkers resulting in Malicious prosecution, False pretense in a court case, Misappropriation of Federal funds obtained for children involved in said allegations, intent to defraud the federal government by illegal placement of a child in state custody and other civil right violation of denial of due process in a court case involving said state workers. 
Respectfully, 
Monica M. Griego

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I was asked repeatedly why I never did a background check on anyone I left my kids with.  One abuser was a retired teacher.  Another took care of his mom on disability. 

Neither had any legal trouble until these instances.  The third, whom I gave investigators all the information I had in order for them to locate him, has not, at this time, ever faced charges.  The other two were sentenced by Alford Pleas in April 2013 and November 2013, respectively.  In July 2015, it was brought up that my daughter, now aged 17, wanted mine and her father  rights to her terminated.

This was a shock to me as she had told me that nothing that happened was my fault.  In July 2015, during a court hearing, CC testified that I had not known about the abuse.  However, I was told that if I voluntarily relinquished my rights to CC, it would help me to get my son JC, now aged 8, home.  My case became stagnant for 5 months. 

New Attorney

In Sept. 2015, I was appointed a new attorney with no notification. This attorney happened to share an office with the guardian ad litem.  In Dec. 2015, I was approached by my attorney,  who stated that the state was now attempting to terminate my rights to my son JC. 

No CPS Visit

During this entire time, Oct 2014 to Dec. 2015, not one person from CPS nor the guardian ad litem ever visited my home to see if the issues that caused the removal of my children had been remedied. No one other than the persons from the company contracted to supervise my visitation, Home Base, ever saw me interact with my children. 

All Positive Reports

All reports from visitation were positive.  In Dec. 2015, faced with losing my rights to my son, I entered into a Disposition 5 agreement, understanding from what my attorney said, that I would be guaranteed visits, phone calls, access to my son JC’s school and medical records, etc.  However, once the guardianship of my children and grandson were granted to Andrew and Michele Ballard, I was only allowed one visit every 3 months and no phone contact unless my son initiated.  I continued with this schedule , took another parenting class on my own, continued with therapy for about 4 months.  I also filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights, part of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington DC in March 2016, stating that CPS discriminated against me due to my mental illness diagnosis.  That is the only thing CPS  kept bringing up in my case.

No Substance Abuse Issues  

I have not and have never had substance abuse issues.  I filed paperwork in April 2016 to have the guardianship reversed and to regain custody of my son, JC.  At that time, I was appointed another court appointed attorney since the previous one, as well as the guardian ad litem,  had been questioned during the investigation by the Office of Civil Rights.  The guardian ad litem was never replaced.  Hearings kept getting scheduled and then delayed, due to numerous reasons such as a new judge, the state saying they were not being given information, etc.  

My Last Visit

My last visit was Jan. 13, 2019.  At which time  my son wrote me a letter stating that he wanted to come home to me.  I finally got a hearing in March 2019, where I was told that I needed “more therapy”, which I have been doing since April 4, 2019 on a weekly basis.  In April, 2019, as I contacted the guardians to set up the next visit, I was informed that the visits had been suspended indefinitely, with no reason given.  I have not seen my son  or heard his voice since.  I am still told that it is up to him to ask to call.  He has told me in the past that he has asked and was told not now or later and the time never came for him to call. 

Therapist Blocks Mail

I am allowed mail correspondence with my son, but all mail I send him has to go to his therapist , Sharon McMillen first, before my son gets it.  This process began in December 2019.  JC was placed with this therapist in Sept. 2015, even though he had been providing getting services through Wellsprings Morgantown office. He was transitioned without any warning.  I was not informed of this change. 

Therapist Undermines Mother

This therapist has allowed others to sit in on his sessions, including CC after I relinquished rights to her and she was an adult.  At one session, CC stated in front of JC, that they would have been better off if I were dead. 

No CPS Home Walkthrough

To this date, I have had no visits in my home from any worker from Child Protective Services, nor the guardian ad litem, Joe Moses. 

As of this date, my son now aged 13, turning 14 in February,  has been away from me for over 6 years.  He was 7 at the time of removal. 

Guardians Still Maintain Custody

CC is now an adult, with another child of her own.  However, the guardians still maintain custody of her son, now aged 7.  Currently,  and through the entirety of his placement with the ⅕Ballard’s,  JC shares a room with 4 other boys, current ages 19 to 7. 

Child Removed from Public School

He has been removed from public school and is being homeschooled by the guardian.  

Diagnosed ADHD

JC is diagnosed ADHD and has no place for him to designate a cool off spot as the guardians home is 3 bedroom, 2 bath one level home with an average of 10 people residing. 

All of the information contained in this statement is verifiable through emails, court documents and other reports.

UNSUBSTANTIATED ABUSE

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JUSTICE FOR JAMES UPDATE:

“Scott Sheen knowingly represented a pedophile in FAMILY COURT, Julie Pirtle knowingly advocated for a PEDOPHILE to receive full custody, JUDGE JOHN G DALTON knowingly gave FULL CUSTODY to a PEDOPHILE, JUDGE RENAE CRUZ knowingly FORCED me into a 50/50 agreement with a PEDOPHILE. THIS IS SICK!!!! They all knew the ONLY REASON THOMAS JERRY BIEL WASNT CHARGED AND PUT ON A SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY was due to a 3 year statute.”

UPDATE

Finally today we have some clarity and answers. The Father of my daughter is a sick deranged pedophile, all the content on this hard drive was his. The material greatly concerned the prosecutor assigned to the case, 5 of the images, no longer 3 were considered child pornography. The ONLY REASON my ex was not charged with child pornography is due to the fact that there is a 3 year statute in IL regarding photographs, this extends to the attorney general. This pornography was all confirmed to be my exes. All the little girls who’s privates were exposed or were in just their underwear were APPARENT PREPUBESCENT

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You’d think that question was meant for kids to answer growing up. Maybe, you’re like me and figured some ditzy young model might fake the answer to that question when she wins her miss America crown or what I call the best actress award. Change the world is the president’s job. I’m all set with that, not to brag but I’m amazing at forgetting what I’m doing while I’m doing it. But my main concern is how to change the system. Department of children and family to be honest. I know it’s probably out of my reach. I get that. But you don’t know the half of what I’ve been going through for the last two years… Take a moment and read it to me. Either you will understand And point me in a direction where I can get somewhere or you can delete this message and move on in your not so fucked up life. Either way, I’m doing what I have to cause there is no other option for me.

Public Eye

My life has been nothing short of the public eye and trauma. At 14 my sister died at of drug overdose she was 13. She headlined in 2000. Shauna. Until I was an adult I have been put in front of TV cameras telling my sister’s story from ABC, MTV’s true life, CBS 48 hours, and Cosmo girl magazine. My little sister was 10 months younger than me and she was absolutely my best friend. I found her dead of a drug overdose when I was 14 and she was 13. Early adult, I realized my life is anything but normal. never coping with my loss, the guilt led to a drug problem. That drug problem following me and haunting me even till today. Although I’m in recovery. And a survivor, my story only begins here.

September 11th, 2018 DCF came to my home with allegations that there was a possibility of violence in the home, I’m a single mother dealing with mental health issues from my past and a survivor of domestic violence. My son is my inspiration and a second chance. He’s all I had. He was wrongfully taken. And he was in foster care being abused.

Now he’s with prospective adoptive parents. The child psychologist from his school somehow managed to get a standing in my case and guardianship of Draven. I’m grateful that he’s out of foster care and with good people. But Draven is supposed to be with his family, his birth mother.

I am fully capable of parenting my child and it is my right to perform. My son is a character and has a shine so bright, he is my joy and my entire reason to be here today.

He’s the coolest, funniest so much more than anyone I have ever known and he is just amazing. He was my last chance to be a mother and I promised him I’d never stop fighting for him.

My son was ripped from my arms. I was treated like I was the aggressor. they terminated my rights. He’s been abused in homes. Moved around. Bullied. He’s only 6. He was 5 when he was taken.

Group home ages start at 6, yet Draven was placed in one at the age of 5 by Directions For Living.

My son is amazing he shines like no other child. His nickname is Draven-Luscious and he calls me mommy-luscious. He is a people person and this is destroying our bond.

I was in a relationship that was unhealthy, a toxic relationship and I did what I thought was best for my son. If I had a feeling that any argument was going to take place I’d send Draven to the neighbors and friend, James Johnson. if an argument started I’d walk away. For the most part, Draven was not home when arguments took place. But when he did come home, he would of course hear what happened to eavesdrop as some kids do. That relationship was very hard for me.

I deeply loved a man I tried to get help for and the state or county only wanted to put someone in jail. What happened to mental health and our health and human services with DCF??? I was a victim and yet my son was taken. I was treated like I was the aggressor. I ended the relationship with a man I loved deeply because he needed mental health treatment for anger and paranoia.

The possibility was none anymore at the time that DCF stepped in to question allegations. I have been separated from the perpetrator for 7 months. I trespassed him, as they demanded, I went to the domestic violence center, I agree to their services if they were once a week for everything I’ve already gone through not only just my life but just because of the breakup and leaving him altogether.

But after day 5 of them constantly coming into my home every day referring me to different services I denied them, I informed them that I would still cooperate but they needed to give me some kind of space. every day for 5 days with a lot.

I said I felt they were invading my privacy. And at that point, they showed up the very next day and took my son Draven. Draven was not even asked to be with my mother, his grandmother, who is a Hillsborough County school teacher, and holds a weapons permit, she’s a justice of the peace and a notary.

Also residing in the home is my grandmother, a Hillsborough County School teacher holding a master’s degree, also a notary and ordained minister. CPI overlooking this, he was placed in foster care where he is being abused.

From the time driving was taken I have done nothing but pour myself into legal research, learning how to write motions learning how to get my son out of this system.

I have taken parenting classes, unrequested in my own time, done everything they have asked me to do, and more. I moved 20 minutes across town, alone and away from my family to reassure I would stay away if it was me.

I was in full compliance, yet, they railroaded me. My family is more than willing to take my son if DCF or CPI, the courts are feeling that I’m not able, or fit for Draven.

I just don’t understand how a system can treat someone that is a victim like they are the perpetrator and yet here my son is the one paying the price for all of this.

I wrote to the state I have written to the Attorney General. I have filed motions that are all going unheard.

I filled trespassing orders on the perpetrator, I have done everything in compliance that these people have asked me to do and my son was lacking medical attention, visitation with me, his family, he was moved to a different County due to my family being School teachers of Hillsborough County, he has had five different incidences that he’d been hurt in these foster homes.

Even suffering from a broken wrist under there care and hospitalized twice. It was weeks before I saw him and when I did, the way my son looked devastated me.

The department of children and family services canceled 17 visits to me. they moved for expedited termination of parental rights based on my past which was over 10 years ago.

I am not that woman I was 10 years ago and I didn’t fight back then, but you have to understand that I made that little boy a promise, that I would not stop fighting.

I have recorded phone calls. My own caseworker was in question of the procedure to my son’s situation.

My grandmother was terminated from her job, twice. which was Draven’s school for conflict of interest. How is it that the courts have allowed me to be denied visits and my son not placed with his family and siblings.

My mother adopted my other 3 children and yet it was okay then for her to get those children but not Draven??? I don’t understand.

This can’t be lawful.

As a mother please understand that I am at my last hope and I’m fighting not only for my life because this amazing child is my life but for a better system.

Where do I go from here? If I can’t save my own son, then maybe my sister’s story can live on through my son and save another child from abuse.

I promised my son I would fight for him and now as a mother fighting to protect her bond and be her son’s voice.

Draven-Licious he’s the most amazing kid you could ever have

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I am currently in a battle with 2 different County Child Protection Services’.. They took my babies under false allegations and accusations!! On my birthday this year January 7th, my daughter’s caseworker told me that my daughter would not be returning home due to a feeling that she had. I went and took a hair follicle that SAME DAY, with results coming back NEGATIVE!! 2 and 1/2 YEARS SOBER PRIOR!! She did not let me have contact with my daughter for over a week after that!! She went to my daughter’s school and kept questioning her. My daughter had her head down not wanting to answer!!

On February 13th she CROSSED COUNTY LINES to ILLEGALLY take my son without a warrant!! She denied my sons rights to go with a family member that was PRESENT when she was there. She called the district attorney, and they told her that if she would be able to get warrants on my son’s father and I then nobody would be available to him, so that would give her reason to take our son. So that’s exactly what she did, which would be FALSE ARREST!! She had made up so many lies, she has gone on the stand UNDER OATH and STILL LIED!! She has violated my family & my rights IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS!!

There is so much more than i am even able to type on here that has gone on, and which continues going on…They kept both children from us both for 4 MONTHS with no contact besides for FaceTime. She denied me to see my daughter for her birthday and I have NEVER missed my baby’s birthdays! She got her hopes up just to get let down!! The hardest thing ever for me is answering to my baby girl when she asks me when she and her brother get to come home; and what is even more difficult..is the fact that we didn’t get to be there for our son when he started walking, for his very first words, and for his first tooth…my heart breaks every day thinking about this,..we will NEVER in our lives get those moments back with him…and that will forever tear me apart no matter what… it is just not right or fair. I am just now learning my rights, I have lost sleep studying all of this corruption! At this point I’m DESPERATE. With everything illegal and unlawful they have done, I believe that their next step would be to TRY and terminate our rights. OUR babies do not deserve that AT ALL!! We don’t either!
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