let me start by saying i have no where else to turn. i have 6 kids, five being in my care (i will get to that later on in this). my family has been on a bumpy road here lately. it all started right before thanksgiving. we were staying in mcdonough ga. we were having financial troubles, stressing about trying to find ways to pay bills, lost a couple of cars, lost a couple of jobs. the only thing i could think to do was to go stay with my aunt in north carolina. while i was away, my boyfriend got the water turned on. to my knowledge it was legal, come to find out he paid someone 30 dollars, to get a meter and put it in, so i could come back home. the water company came out and took the lines out and pressed charges. we both got charged with tampering. while i was gone my oldest daughters father said he would keep my daughter until we got things straightened out. when i came back to ga, i went and picked my daughter up. my family and i was staying in a motel in mcdonough for the time being. once again my daughters father said he would help by keeping my daughter until we got a place. the day after he picked her up, my boyfriend and i got locked up in reference to the tampering charges. after we got out, i went to pick my daughter up and her father refused to release her to me. he wouldnt answer any of my calls and he wouldnt come to the door when i went to pick her up. come to find out, he took my daughter to coweta county court and requested full custody under false pretenses. he stated to the judge that i had abandoned her. he also stated that he tried to get in contact with me for three weeks and couldnt find me, even after he came to n.c. and to the hotel i was staying at to pick her up. the father and his wife also stated very numorous lie’s including "she only got one hamburger a day," "she wore the same panties to school every day," "all the clothes that they (daughters father and wife) bought her were lost and never wore," amongst other things. the judge didnt see it his way and placed my daughter in foster care. i have been to court twice since then and on the second of this month the judge found me guilty of medical neglect because i missed a few dentist appointments, and gave my daughters father temporary custody until i completed my caseplan with clayton county dfacs. like i said earlier, i have 5 other kids, all still in my care. if that doesnt throw a red flag, i dont know why. earlier today, 2/19/2010, i called my daughter to talk to her, as i do every night, and i asked to talk to her "stepmother" about my visit tomorrow. she proceeds to tell me that the court sent out papers saying that they had full custody until my daughter turns 18. i never received any papers of a new court date, change in custody, and my lawyer never contacted me to let me know of the change. i have done everything they have asked. i have a good job. i have my kids in school. i have a house with beds for every child. i am receiving foodstamps and my medicaid is pending. i am doing everything they have asked me to do, but yet i still havent got my daughter back. something about this situation is not right and i dont know what it is. i have no clue where else to turn. if you can help i would deeply appreciate it.

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