Would you call CPS for this?

[Anonymous]

My ex-husband and his girlfriend got in a bad fight where both were injured. My daughter says that the fight was her dad's girlfriend's fault, and that her dad was just defending himself. (He was bleeding, his girlfriend was bruised from where he pushed her down.) Her dad called the police, and our daughter and their son were witnesses and gave statements. The police officer arrested my ex-husband and took him to jail, leaving my daughter with his girlfriend, who she's just told the police attacked her dad. The police report doesn't say anything about having talked to the minor children, or even mention that children were present. So no one has reported it to CPS.

What would you do?

Just to make it clear: the police officer improperly filled out the paperwork, so CPS wasn't contacted. There is a box he would have needed to check saying that minor children were present. I did go to the police station, and talked to two police officers, and one was a supervisor, and I just got the run around that my daughter might not have known what she was talking about, and how did I even know my daughter was there and how she would never have been left with his girlfriend, and I would have been contacted if she'd been there when her dad was arrested. I went to the state's attorney's office, and I cannot get a restraining order against his girlfriend. I had an emergency hearing for temp sole custody, and my motion was denied.

[fullxbusymom]

Call CPS for what exactly?

[Christy644]

File a restraining order on the girlfriend. Get emergency custody until das boots the bitch out.

Why CPS? This isn't a cps issue.

[Moe1521]

The police should've called you, for one thing. Secondly, I think I would call CPS, file a formal complaint. That's just me. Kids don't need to be around that IMO.



Eta- contact whoever you should if Ex hubby has custody, so you could get temporary custody until all issues are resolved. Also talk to someone about the stuff that was left out of the police report.

[Anonymous]

I would be livid that they left children in the custody of a stranger, as opposed to calling you (the other parent)

[LucyHarper]

By law if theres a domestic violence charge in the house, a report is made to CPS. Either they called but just didn't put it in the police report or they didn't do their jobs properly, in which case I would call CPS myself. As for the police, I would be speaking to their supervisors and telling them about what went on and how they left kids with the person who should have also been arrested.

[Anonymous - Original Poster]

Domestic violence in front of children.

Quoting fullxbusymom: Call CPS for what exactly?

[DanaG70]

 The police were already called, if they felt that CPS needed to be called for the safety of the children, they would have already done it.

[Tiff_R_92]

Of course YOUR daughter is going to say it was the girlfriends fault. She's not gonna throw her dad under the bus. She probably doesn't like the gf, so she said it was her fault.

[CatFishMom]

I dont know much about CPS but if they are supposed to be notified about things like that, then absolutely. The police are being negligent in leaving out those details and that should be addressed as well.

[LovelyMommy24]

Can't you just bring her to your house? How old is your child? If this was CPS worthy the police would have made the proper phone calls.