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please pm me if you have had unfair treatment because I have and Ide like to some advice for my current situation as I feel like I have no rights and they know this and they are trying to build a case against me but they have no grounds but its still terrifying say the least!

Feel free to pm me don’t know if it matters or not but I’m male went through it and could mby help

My history with CFS is very strange. I have a grandchild who has one parent as an addict, one with acute alcoholism. While the addict is in and out of jail, the other has custody. The alcoholic does not give the child a stable loving home. There is homelessness, drunken abusive behaviour...  
 
As a grandparent, I do not want to alienate the alcoholic parent. I have voiced my concerns to CFS repeatedly. They feel that unless they see it personally they don't see a problem. I know of at least 5 people who have voiced concerns, nothing. Last year the parent went on a tear that involved driving drunk with the child. CFS was called, the emergency worker did not feel there was sufficient ground to make an emergency visit. After 3 yearsCFS has yet to make a home assessment because the parent either does not open the door or ignores appointments.  
 
CFS feels that because I am concerned that the child has a safe place to call therefore is not in danger... so sad. When that child gets older, and exhibits some of its parental behaviour, will they then get concerned???

all CFS agencies operate the same.

I thought that CFS does not have involvement with families unless there are obvious proven issues.

comeonsummer said "I thought that CFS does not have involvement with families unless there are obvious proven issues. "

I had someone tell CFS some lies about me years ago when I was a single parent (male) and they were on my case for 2 1/2 years. Everything I was "accused" of was false and eventually proven to be. The worker that was assigned to me actually apologized but told me that "every complaint has to be investigated". It turned out that there was one person who thought my (coke-head/crackhead) ex should have been granted custody and she reported one bullshit story after another. It did not help that she was related to me though marriage and had run a temporary foster home for CFS.  
 
They finally realized the truth although it took far too long in my opinion.....

was a very emotionally distressed one that was very unescasary and power tripping non sense that cost me my happiness. If you want the full story you can PM me.

comeonsummer said "I thought that CFS does not have involvement with families unless there are obvious proven issues. "

that there's a huge difference between "obvious" & " proven". Proven can't happen without investigating: it's an unfortunate fact that the person doing the investigation is expected to somehow know who is & isn't being truthful. They'll always err on the side of caution & that may take "too long" for the person who's done nothing wrong.