A Second Chance for 2 Tx boys
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Meet Zachariah and DJ from Burleson Texas.......
Zachariah is 8 and he loves to clean and play games on his Grandma and Papa's phones. Dj is 9 and loves to play with his Papa's racecars.....They both are very sweet and loving little boys.
Last year Zachariah and DJ faced one of the hardest trials of their lives after being placed into Tx fostercare by a Cleburne judge..... their biological mother tried her best to regain custody by passing all of her drug tests and by completing every service child protective services offered, meanwhile Zachariah and DJ's grandparents Dennis and Linda Carter hired and attorney out of their own pockets and fought to gain custody of the boys in order for them to be in a safe and loving home with the people who had loved them their entire lives...... sadly social services and the county attorney Mr. David Barkley fought against that placement tooth and nail although both Dennis and Linda were previously found to be a safe and loving home not only by the courts but by child protective services themselves.
Dennis and Linda Carter have been married 30 years. They both attend Boulevard Baptist church here in Burleson Tx. Linda has worked at the Christian school for 19 years and Dennis has been driving a trash truck for 30 years. They both have been very active in Zachariah and DJ's lives since birth and have help raise their other grandchildren whom they have custody of......... both Linda and Dennis were left devastated after discovering that the state thought fostercare was a safer placement than being with their own family.....but they never stopped fighting.
Sadly Zachariah and DJ's mother had to make a difficult choice last October to terminate her parental rights after her attorney advised her that she would not win in court although she completely turned her life around. This news made Dennis and Linda aware that the only way to save their grandsons was to now fight for custody...but sadly CPS and the county attorney argued that the foster family had already bonded with the boys and it would be emotional abuse to separate that bond and the foster placement stated she loved the boys as her own and wanted to adopt....so the state moved to place the boys up for adoption with both Linda and Dennis being Conservators......
During the past several months Linda and Dennis have been given court ordered monthly visits with the both boys while the foster adoptive placement supervised........and although it was not custody, they both still enoyed being in the boys lives........sadly not every one has been happy with those visits... Recently the foster adoptive placement that previously claimed she loved these boys as her own and wanted to adopt started making statements that it wasnt fair that the grandparents were still in Zachariah and DJ's life. This past month she contacted cps and told them she no longer wanted the boys and wanted them immediately out of her home without waiting on a new foster home to even be set up..... She threw them out like a peice of garbage....who does that????
Cps caseworkers ended up having to place both Zachariah and DJ into a shelter........
Dennis and Linda immediately reacted and rehired an attorney to fight for placement....this past Wednesday a Cleburne Judge ruled that if Linda and Dennis paid for and passed another homestudy he would consider removing the boys from fostercare and placing Zachariah and DJ in their home...CPS and the County Attorney agreed.......... but there is a catch....... the grandparents must now pay for that homestudy out of pocket even though the state has funding set up to cover that expense.
Dennis and Linda have already spent over $4000.00 fighting for their grandsons whom they love more than life itself and they want to give them the 2nd chance that they so richly deserve but they can't do it alone......they are needing help to bring these boys safely home from the foster agency that was just found unsafe by a supreme court judge here in Tx................ if Dennis and Linda can't come up with the funds to cover the $600.00 homestudy due by April 28th plus the $1500.00 fee for their attorney both Zachariah and DJ will linger in the fostercare agency wandering where they belong and if anyone truly loves them.................
Today I organized this fundraiser in the hope that many of you will HELP GIVE THESE BOYS A SECOND CHANCE........I'm just a mother of 8 and who thinks children's lives matter and today I'm choosing to donate $20.00 to start this campaign to SAVE ZACHARIAH AND DJ .....WILL YOU HELP?
Zachariah is 8 and he loves to clean and play games on his Grandma and Papa's phones. Dj is 9 and loves to play with his Papa's racecars.....They both are very sweet and loving little boys.
Last year Zachariah and DJ faced one of the hardest trials of their lives after being placed into Tx fostercare by a Cleburne judge..... their biological mother tried her best to regain custody by passing all of her drug tests and by completing every service child protective services offered, meanwhile Zachariah and DJ's grandparents Dennis and Linda Carter hired and attorney out of their own pockets and fought to gain custody of the boys in order for them to be in a safe and loving home with the people who had loved them their entire lives...... sadly social services and the county attorney Mr. David Barkley fought against that placement tooth and nail although both Dennis and Linda were previously found to be a safe and loving home not only by the courts but by child protective services themselves.
Dennis and Linda Carter have been married 30 years. They both attend Boulevard Baptist church here in Burleson Tx. Linda has worked at the Christian school for 19 years and Dennis has been driving a trash truck for 30 years. They both have been very active in Zachariah and DJ's lives since birth and have help raise their other grandchildren whom they have custody of......... both Linda and Dennis were left devastated after discovering that the state thought fostercare was a safer placement than being with their own family.....but they never stopped fighting.
Sadly Zachariah and DJ's mother had to make a difficult choice last October to terminate her parental rights after her attorney advised her that she would not win in court although she completely turned her life around. This news made Dennis and Linda aware that the only way to save their grandsons was to now fight for custody...but sadly CPS and the county attorney argued that the foster family had already bonded with the boys and it would be emotional abuse to separate that bond and the foster placement stated she loved the boys as her own and wanted to adopt....so the state moved to place the boys up for adoption with both Linda and Dennis being Conservators......
During the past several months Linda and Dennis have been given court ordered monthly visits with the both boys while the foster adoptive placement supervised........and although it was not custody, they both still enoyed being in the boys lives........sadly not every one has been happy with those visits... Recently the foster adoptive placement that previously claimed she loved these boys as her own and wanted to adopt started making statements that it wasnt fair that the grandparents were still in Zachariah and DJ's life. This past month she contacted cps and told them she no longer wanted the boys and wanted them immediately out of her home without waiting on a new foster home to even be set up..... She threw them out like a peice of garbage....who does that????
Cps caseworkers ended up having to place both Zachariah and DJ into a shelter........
Dennis and Linda immediately reacted and rehired an attorney to fight for placement....this past Wednesday a Cleburne Judge ruled that if Linda and Dennis paid for and passed another homestudy he would consider removing the boys from fostercare and placing Zachariah and DJ in their home...CPS and the County Attorney agreed.......... but there is a catch....... the grandparents must now pay for that homestudy out of pocket even though the state has funding set up to cover that expense.
Dennis and Linda have already spent over $4000.00 fighting for their grandsons whom they love more than life itself and they want to give them the 2nd chance that they so richly deserve but they can't do it alone......they are needing help to bring these boys safely home from the foster agency that was just found unsafe by a supreme court judge here in Tx................ if Dennis and Linda can't come up with the funds to cover the $600.00 homestudy due by April 28th plus the $1500.00 fee for their attorney both Zachariah and DJ will linger in the fostercare agency wandering where they belong and if anyone truly loves them.................
Today I organized this fundraiser in the hope that many of you will HELP GIVE THESE BOYS A SECOND CHANCE........I'm just a mother of 8 and who thinks children's lives matter and today I'm choosing to donate $20.00 to start this campaign to SAVE ZACHARIAH AND DJ .....WILL YOU HELP?
Organizer and beneficiary
Angel Gail Cook
Organizer
Cleburne, TX
Linda Strickland Carter
Beneficiary