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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Rumors and Ruminations, ruminate (v.)"to chew cud;" ...in Perpetuity, there's always more!

rumination (n.)

c. 1600, "act of chewing the cud; act of meditating," from Latin ruminationem (nominative ruminatio) "a chewing the cud," noun of action from past-participle stem of ruminare "to chew the cud," also "turn over in the mind" 


ruminate (v.)

1530s, of a person, "to turn over in the mind, muse, meditate, think again and again;" 1540s, "to chew cud;" from Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud," also "turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis) "gullet," a word of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated; ruminating; ruminative.

What is the meaning of to chew the fat?

Chat in a friendly, leisurely way, as in Let's get together for coffee and chew the fat, or John and Dave spend hours just chewing the rag. Before the 1880s in Britain, chew the fat meant “to grumble or complain,” and chew the rag also has been used in this way.








Navillus True Crime 8 hours ago Don’s statement. I thought this was fake when I seen it earlier today. It’s not. A bit strange. You would have thought someone would have spelt checked and fixed the grammar before releasing it. It also took Don 22 days to write this 🤷‍♂️ Started writing it on the 15th of January and finished it on the 6th of February, apparently. What do you guys make of this?


  • 1)"When I seen"? (when I saw?)
  • 2)"spelt Checked"? (spell checked, checked the spelling?) 
  • 3)You would have thought??
  • No sir, YOU would have thought, ...I thought you had some intelligence and the capacity to handle a subject without bias, since you're still riding on the coat tails of Michelle After Dark....I thought wrong...just Walkin the dogs and flappin your lips for profits.... Prophets!

RE:

Pick one thing you hate about the man and target it hard AF, you're all over the place, worried about grammar and spellcheck! And how long it took him to write his thoughts to the best of his ability! Hoping like hell his words make sense to someone!

I bet you he has one long white whisker that grows out of the middle of his left scapular region, waving in the wind, annoying as hell, but he can't see it, and he can't reach it, so it just sit's there annoying everyone. Including Himself, because that waving in the wind tricks him into thinking there is a blood thirsty mossie getting ready to land on his shoulder every time he takes his shirt off.

Seriously do you think this man has ever written anything that's ever been read and taken seriously, other than maybe a letter home to his mother, maybe under similar circumstances? His Mother wrote a book so I could be wrong. But then again she didn't bring him up. He was a seriously troubled youth who by all accounts was neglected and abused by his family, having accumulated many Adverse Childhood Experiences AKA traumas

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur before a child reaches the age of 18.




What are the 10 ACEs of trauma?
The 10 ACEs of Trauma

Physical abuse. Or witnessing the same
Sexual abuse.  Or witnessing the same
Emotional abuse.  Or witnessing the same
Physical neglect.  Or witnessing the same
Emotional neglect. 
Mental illness.
Divorce.
Substance abuse.  Or witnessing the same

If the ACE score is 4 or higher, even without ACE- Associated Health Conditions, the patient is at “high risk” for toxic stress physiology.


I seriously doubt he was worried about his grades in grammar and elocution when he was growing up. 




TRY THIS INSTEAD!
What is the root word of compassion?
The Latin root for the word compassion is pati, which means to suffer, and the prefix com- means with. Compassion, originating from compati, literally means to suffer with. The connection of suffering with another person brings compassion beyond sympathy into the realm of empathy.


God help any young boy who has ever touched a young girl! and got caught!

In the old days, when we rode to school on dinosaurs. The boy would get a good beating, by his father, or the girl's father or both, and be watched like a hawk by everyone with a daughter, because the word would get around and, and the boy either straightened his self out or he met with other worse fates.
Now Parents end up paying for lawyers and court fees and commissary and hope they never have to go through all that again when Jr gets out in a few months.







From studies done by the Juvenile Justice Law Center: RE: Juvenile Sexual "Offenders" BX(behaviors), SO (sex offender), JSO (juvenile sex offender), Recidivism (likelihood/occurrences of repeating previous crimes)


















SES (socio-economic standing) NAPN (National Adolescent Perpetrator Network)
HX(history)





tx(treatment) bt(between)







Anyway My point is: **Hearing** that an adult who was once a child, and as a child, had committed some inappropriate sexual contact with another child does not define that child as a pedophile! a pedophile is an ADULT and once you put that taint on a child it doesn't come off! so...
BEEEEEEE CARE FULL!! Be mindful, words have power!
These are future adults socializing daily with other peoples children and dealing with their own shit! Usually problems that adults deal with, their childhood has been LOST! You cannot un-cross that line for a child, neither the offender, nor the victim.
That doesn't mean they all go on to be grown up pedophiles who kill their daughters because they don't want to go to jail for, what many times, is an inappropriately short period of time, especially compared to murder. Or even drunk driving.

Did you read about the pediatrician in Rogersville who was charged with one count of aggravated sexual battery and one count of sexual battery by an authority figure for allegedly touching two boys, ages 12 and 14, during a sleepover at his Rogersville home in July 2017. 

However, Calendine pleaded guilty to the reduced charge sexual battery, a Class E felony, and was sentenced to two years; as well as the original sexual battery by an authority, for which he received six years — with the sentences running consecutive for a total of eight years.

He was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail day-for-day, and the rest of the sentence was served on probation.

He was released before his 180 days was up.


I thought we were putting these people behind bars to protect the populace from their disturbing/ often dangerous and predatory behaviors!

This same man had also been caught doing other things that were criminal in nature, things involving writing prescriptions to himself using stolen identities, and there were other boys who were his victims. In fact there were 2 adult males(over 18 years old) who came forward and said he had acted inappropriately with them.
I feel like the court decided he was such an upstanding citizen, and not such a danger to society, and it was just horrible he had to lose his medical licenses and his thriving practice in Rogersville where people have lots of kids. And everybody loves him! 

Plus he had put up $10,000.00 in reward moneys for Carlie Trent
for information leading to her discovery
 
And he was her pediatrician, and I suppose he is the person who gave her a check up when she got back home. And testified as to the Battery charges against Gary Simpson who BTW was her uncle, had been her legal guardian for a time, and was sole caretaker of his own son who was wheelchair bound. Simpson had picked her up from, and dropped her off to school many times before. Rumors went around that he had taken her to protect her from someone else. He was confused about why he was arrested. His wife of 35 years expressed disbelief when he was arrested, and accused of hurting Carlie. 



Let me remind myself here, that Carlie's Uncle Gary Simpson, her alleged abductor, was also charged with rape of a child(Carlie) and the child never testified in court, all records were sealed up tight and Simpson took an Alford Plea
An Alford plea says I am not guilty but I'll plea guilty because there is enough evidence to make me look guilty in a jury trial, without a shadow of doubt left to my name.  If I am found guilty in a trial then I might get the death penalty, if I take the Alford, I get the rest of my life behind bars. I do not stand a snowballs chance on a Miami Sidewalk in July
This makes me weep!!!

My first peer into this type of nightmare, concerning definitions and taxonomy was when I was a teenager, and I babysat for 2 little girls who were 3 and 5. There was always a little boy there, a neighbor boy, whom they had known "forever". He was 6, and according to all sets of parents, he and the 5 year old were, "boyfriend and girlfriend", they were going to "get married when they grew up", and had, several times, "gotten married" in pretend cermonies, and would play house, and hug and kiss...SOooo CUTE! right? He was the sweetest boy ever!  They were by all definitions "in Love", the parents had basically covertly "sexualized" their relationship. Kids know things about marriage and boyfriend - girlfriend stuff, it's coming from all directions all the time, from the commercials that want you to buy toothpaste, shampoo, jewelry and cars so you can attract a mate, to the secrets their parents imagine are well hidden in their bedrooms.   
By the time the boy was 8 years old it was discovered that play time had gotten out of hand. I was no longer babysitting for the families, and hadn't seen either of them for a while. My mother told me that the parents of the little girl had tried to press charges on the 8 year old boy for RAPE! I don't know any other details...but I do know how many boys(and men) touched me and my sisters(I have 6 of them!) inappropriately, and I doubt all the boys went on to become full blown pedophiles. I do Know that the 8 year old boy grew up and has been the single father to his daughter and son, who are also grown now,  and they (as far as I know), have not been sexually abused by their father according to their own Mother. I have asked!










and more rumors: they just keep coming and going, and coming and going....


This was posted sometime in July I believe....so many grammatical errors tsk tsk!!








This one (below) is from June in regards to Summer's "favorite Song" , which Donald said was Godzilla. And the crowd went WILD!! I couldn't even begin to understand the issue, how can you find reason to clutch your pearls over an old Blue Oyster Cult song ?? Old Ozzy and his brood, have been in our houses for over a decade! And they are loved by many! Ever hear Ozzy trying to get a sentence out? (household word to your mama) Meet the Osbourne's!

But we must as addicts to the black dots, and blood spots seek the fault in everything the man does, even if he doesn't. It seems to me he had no idea there was any other song in the world named "Godzilla" much like myself...






AND YET



Everyone ASS you-me'd Summers favorite song was Godzilla by eminem aka, Marshall Mathers. I had never heard it myself, although I am not a stranger to the M&M dude BOyeee





How the heck did Karen know this song?? Just sayin' she seems very adverse to it's message, and yet somehow familiar.







Lyrics
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down
Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
Oh no, they say, he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, they say he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Godzilla
Godzilla
Rinji news o moshiagemasu
Rinji news o moshiagemasu
Godzilla ga Ginza hoomen e mukatte imasu
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai
Oh no, they say, he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla
History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla
History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla
History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Donald Roeser / Blue Oyster Cult / Donald Bloom


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So basically we're looking for an old beater like this 1999 Toyota Tacoma possibly Red or Maroon, (possibly with an old paint job that's lost it's shine) Disclaimer this is NOT THE RED TRUCK! 



And neither is this one, although several you tube content fabricators posted it as THE RED TRUCK?

One creator went so far as to claim the man in the back was Donald or Candus, stuffing Summer down a well of some sort. Turns out it was just some folks with a flat tire on the side of the road. 





Something was said by Donald about a red truck being stuck in the ditch early in the morning and the cops were there and Don helped pull it out of the ditch...To this day people are still saying that "DON SAID!!!" the truck got stuck there on June 15th and that was the day Don helped right it's position so they could get out of the holler. And therefore, where are those people let's run their tags, let's call TBI, what is wrong with LE!!! Why wasn't it reported until late June???





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I think this one is my all time favorite red truck sighting, It's from a google map search along Beech Creek Rd, and the image capture is from 2013 (yep 9 ears ago??) . No matter how many times I told, how many "creators" that the image was from 2013, they stuck to their guns. The Image also shows some people sitting in another car in the drive way, (could be Candus 'n' them buying drugs or selling Summer) and the small car sitting on the side of the road, you can see the top in the lower left corner. Don't worry though it's been reported to LE by the astute discoverers of the image from 2013...perhaps they are stuck in a time warp at that address....







The images above came from a video that was published on Feb. 14th, 2022, but many were published just days after "The Hunt for Red Toyota" starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin was announced. The image below, is a screen shot I did  of today, just a few minutes ago...Still says image capture June 2013, Candus 'n' them are still waiting for that hook up I guess.... red truck is still there behind the leafy tree branches.














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Check the date June 16th, 2021... one day  ONE DAY!!!! after Summer went missing and the possible reasons were still fresh and hopeful. But this fine lady, who was also very recently, happily spreading rumors, was already on the band wagon....Sitting right next to the driver with a whip





This one was written by or about Tru Mullaney, referring to her best friend:


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and another account,  2 days after Summer went missing






I CALLED CPS ON DON AND CANDUS

25,528 views 
Aug 20, 2021

https://youtu.be/reWQnIuZqU4


What neighbor, is so much up in their neighbor's business to "know" so much about them. To know what they fed the kids for dinner, and what they did all day with their time? not to mention specifics about Candus's mental health, whether she was depressed or not? What they spent their money on? And how much money they had in their pockets at all times? "They played by the lake and things on weekends? which was good because Summer loved the lake?" are you kidding me????? But they wouldn't take her to the movies? and now YOU(sweet caring loving neighbor from hell) won't get the chance to take Summer to the movies? because she's gone? well sounds to me you were watching the family so close you must know where the heck she got off too? you must have seen who took her. And you just happened to be around when Donald called his daughter a bad word? They wouldn't buy her hot wheels because she is a girl? maybe the house had enough hot wheels for everyone, Summer tells the nosey neighbor "they won't even buy me a Barbie car" cuz I'm a girl?? serious? that little girl was a tom boy and free as a bird to be a tom boy, have you seen her on the little motor bikes nosey neighbor? ? looks pretty happy to me. not pouting about which set of genitalia she was born with, who the heck is projecting this crap? Sounds like some kind of obsessed, childish, immature stalker to me!

"as I mentioned she liked dolls... somewhat, but she loved loin king, but because she is a girl they didn't buy her lion king stuff either" ?????????? Seriously lady? there are "cat sized wolf rats in the kitchen", the kids are starving, and you are worried whether Summer had a Lion King action figure, a Barbie car, or a missed opportunity for YOU to take her to the movies? In the meantime you're privy to school schedules and Summer's excitement about going to school in the fall, and the boys psychological behaviors, and Candus said, Donald punched the oldest boy in the face? really why'd she tell you that? so you can add it to your list? ? When exactly did your mean, nosey, nastiness projecting ass, start making this list? While you were at their home, once or twice a month to "play with Summer" one on one, with toys for about 30 minutes, because she had NO ONE TO PLAY WITH? So the two of you would sit down and play, and this is when she told you her toys were not good enough! and offered to give you some of her toys she didn't like.?????? "She said I was beautiful" (RED FLAG!!) , "such a sweet soul and I called child services..." So when were you there last maybe OCTOBER?? Or March, or maybe that time your mama ate fried green tomatoes off the, not greasy, powdery plate with the lice comb, and box of lice shampoo, and the puppy that may be, alive, sleeping, or dead, allegedly on the table to teach her son how to pick fleas? Or was it the time you ran away from home to be with your girlfriend and was forced to sleep in the truck bed, because Donald wouldn't allow you to sleep in the house with your younger girlfriend, who no one wanted to lie to the police about, at whatever point such a conversation came up/ with the police, where a lie might need to be told to protect you? Sounds like somebody wants to justify Summer's disappearance to me.

BTW this wasn't first rolled out on July 5th, it was within days if not hours of Summer going missing on June 15th. I have many many screen shots of neighbor's who stated where they lived with out saying their addresses. One of them said their property butts up against theirs, another who lives on the other side of them down the road away from Beech creek rd.. None of those neighbors had anything derogatory to say about the family because they didn't know them well enough. And I have original screen shot of this statement w/ timestamp

JUST saying' this is not helpful and I doubt very seriously that it's Tru-thfull. Someone wants to feel like a hero, and save Summer from her horrific life with out Barbie cars and lion kings(or we can call it drowning if you wish), because after the lack of food and the cat sized wolf rats, that's what most of the conversation was about. toys and playing with Summer and how crappy the boys were...childhood things, from a childhood perspective IMO, guess who else said the boys were mean to Summer?

Guess who wanted to "show" summer what a real big brother is like? Get a clue! this is not from a neighbor, this is from the person who admittedly called CPS on them more than once. for revenge, only they had no idea that later they would be recorded, by ex LE and others...truth sneaks out through the lies y'all!!!!


Is this your girlfriends' mother, or another of your many profiles? Keith? I mean Truly?






I hope you get these and realize they might be something. I just posted (above) a screenshot from June 16th, it was a post by Linda Ajan with some nasty things to say about the Wells and what happened to Summer. One day after she went missing?

 So I went through some other posts from that week. One posted on June 17th which I have been sure was Tru Mullaney all along, because it's just so familiar. Aubrey Herrmann. Not a child, she's in her 30 or 40's Anyway I never dug into who actually posted it. The original poster/ reposted by Linda Ajan had the same last name so I looked today. Her friends include Tru M, Sherfeys, Boohers(Don Jrs mother's maiden name), Sextons, Dingus' and someone named Trish Nelson (living in Kingsport), Salyers, Lawsons, Goads, Lights and Hammonds. And other names I haven't even looked at, but keep popping up as related to everyone else/. And Steph/Hill Calhoun who is a daughter of Brian and or Leslie Hill. The lady named Trish Nelson from Kingsport

A Message from Tru M.

Sep 12, 2021

 
Tru Mullaney's grandmother

Phone call with Sherri M. (Not the lady Kay spoke to)



Before we get too defensive about Tru, and yes she is a child, children are capable of bad things too, especially troubled children. Without going into the whole philosophy about nature vs nurture, I can pretty well believe that a majority "bad" Children were not born that way, and it didn't happen in a vacuum. Both of Ally's older children are considered troubled youth.  
 Many comments in many places have the same tone which is very child like and naive I can only imagine they are written by a child, specifically a teen aged girl who is often worried about Summer needing Lion King and barbies and being treated like a boy, and claims they babysat or "hung out" with Summer and bought shoes and clothes for Summer, because she was so all alone and neglected, and was forced to play with boy's toys.   And she sadly never got to take Summer to the movies to see the Lion King! You cannot make this stuff up! I guess someone could but, I am not Faulkner.


This one was interesting because it was alleged to be Tru, and as expected the usual problems with no Lion King and total lack of love, emotional neglect












Q and A with Candus




The rumor about the "drowning" came from Leslie Hill



This was posted June 28th 


 I don't know who posted this but I found it very interesting







When Orrin and Orson West went missing in California City, they took the other 4 children immediately, and there was no evidence of any foul play. The only evidence was that the parents were lying. To this day, over one year later, the parents have not been charged with anything, and as far as I know they have not gotten their other 4 boys back. 2 of the boys were their adopted children, and the other 2 were their biological children, the 2 that went missing, they had also very recently adopted. I'm sure there are many cases where a child goes missing and the other children in the home are removed immediately for their protection even if the parents are not arrested immediately or, there is no proof they did anything wrong, it happens! The Wells' boys were not taken immediately and yes Lawson did say that they took the boys due to the situation with the parents being out of control, not the exact words, but what I understood he meant. If you are totally helpless to find his actual words on it, let me know and I'll help you out, but it's better if you do it yourself. It's a fuller learning experience, and if you're going to be making blanket statements about the Laws, maybe put some more knowledge under your hat. And it has never been proven that there was CPS involvement prior, or if there was, it has never been proven or stated, what the involvement was. Disclosing information about a child protection case is illegal, it's like a HIPPA violation so anyone claiming they "know" what may or may not have been going on with CPS is either a criminal by their own admission, or they are just lying.

Your Client's Rights

Your Family and DCS

What happens when the Department of Children’s Services knocks on your door?

This page is for families whose children are at risk of entering foster care, or are in foster care. This information spells out your rights and responsibilities, but also offers a reminder that DCS staff works hard to assist families who are struggling or in crisis.

Helping families heal, achieve wholeness and permanency is the department’s first priority and we strive to always do what is best for the children of Tennessee.

Tennessee child welfare is not just social work procedure, but it is a legal one, too. The department works closely with the courts, and there are specific laws that describe how we do what we do.

We know the DCS process and State laws can be confusing. So, the Client’s Rights Handbook, which every family we work with receives, aims to clarify the process. You can download it, however here are some important highlights from the Handbook.


Abuse and Neglect Investigations: What to Expect

When a report has been received that your child has been, or is being abused or neglected, the Department of Children’s Services is mandated by Tennessee law to investigate the allegations.

The Child Protective Services, or CPS investigator assigned to investigate the referral regarding your child or children, will advise you of your rights and responsibilities, share what they can about the allegations under investigation and how the investigation process works.

Investigation and Assessment

As part of the investigation, your child will be interviewed separately from the person alleged to have abused your child.  Your child may be interviewed at school.  Parental consent is not required for DCS to interview a child.  After the initial interview, DCS may determine that the child might need a more in-depth interview, known as a forensic interview.  These interviews are normally completed at Child Advocacy Centers.

You, as the parent, will be interviewed, as will anyone alleged to have abused your child and all other persons who may have witnessed the abuse or neglect or who may have relevant information regarding the circumstances surrounding the allegations.

Your home environment will be observed by the CPS investigator if it was the site where the alleged abuse occurred. If the alleged abuse occurred at some place other than the home, that site will be visited and assessed as well.

If the CPS investigator determines that medical expertise is necessary to assess the medical condition of your child, he or she will obtain a forensic medical examination by a doctor.

If the CPS investigator determines your child is in need of medical treatment, he or she will request that you take your child to the doctor for treatment.

If the CPS investigator determines that a child or parent is in need of mental health counseling, he or she will request that arrangements be made for this to occur.

The CPS investigator will follow-up or accompany you to ensure the child has been treated.

If you object and refuse to cooperate, the CPS investigator, depending on the circumstances, will contact a DCS attorney. This may mean law enforcement officials can be called in to assist or there may be a court order allowing the investigation to proceed.

If your child is at immediate risk of harm, he or she may be taken into DCS custody immediately. If there is no immediate risk, your family could be offered services and your case would remain open for a certain period of time.

If there is no immediate risk your case may be closed.

*** If a child does not enter the custody of DCS, but there is a need for a voluntary safety placement, DCS will enter into an IPA with the family.  In addition to the IPA, which lists where the child and/or the parents shall reside and any restrictions on contact between a parent and a child, DCS will complete a Family Permanency Plan.  This plan will outline what the parents, the child, and DCS needs to do in order for the DCS case to be closed.


Confidentiality

All information created or collected, directly or indirectly, in any medium, which identifies you and/or your child, shall be kept confidential in order to protect your privacy. Child case files and related information are official records which have been designated as confidential by law.


Why a Child Enters Custody

A child can come into legal and physical state custody for three main reasons; or rather something called “committal status.”

Those are:

  • If the child is found to be neglected or abused;
  • If the child is found to be delinquent, also referred to as a juvenile justice child who has been found by the Court to have committed an offense which would be considered a crime if it had been committed by an adult; or
  • The child is unruly, which refers to a child who is in need of treatment or rehabilitation and who habitually, and without justification, is truant from school; is habitually disobedient to the degree that his or her health and safety is endangered; and/or is a runaway.

Note: Juvenile Court judges make the decision, often in consultation with DCS, to bring children into state custody and also have to rule on whether a child exits custody.


What Happens When a Child Comes into Custody?

The following protocols and procedures apply to all children in DCS custody.

If your child enters the state’s custody, DCS will complete various evaluations to identify the issues the child and the family need to address in order to return the child to your care.

DCS makes every effort to involve parents in the decision-making process involving the care of your child.   DCS makes every attempt to use relatives or friends of the family as foster parents in order to reduce the trauma to the child.


You Can Expect the Following to Occur During your Child’s Placement

Intake: Bringing a child into state custody requires a judge’s approval. The intake process usually occurs in Court following the Judge’s decision. Basic information will be gathered such as family information, address and telephone numbers.

You will be asked to sign releases of information to allow DCS to obtain items such as school records, medical records, insurance or TennCare information.

DCS will request that you provide basic health information about your child and provide a copy of your child’s Social Security card and health insurance card.

Home visit: A home visit will be scheduled. The purpose of the home visit is to obtain information to assess the strengths and needs of the child and family. You should allow for at least one hour, maybe longer for this visit. At least one parent or guardian needs to be present.

A Child and Family Team Meeting: We commonly call these “CFTMs” and they will include the parents and/or guardians, DCS staff, the child, attorneys and any others who may have a significant influence in the child’s life. These meetings should be scheduled around the availability of you and your support systems, if at all possible.

Permanency Plan: Within 30 days, an initial permanency planning CFTM will be held. In this meeting, concerns, risks and goals for the child and/or family will be identified and a permanency plan will be created.

Everyone’s responsibilities will be outlined in that document. The responsibilities will be reasonably related to the goal, to remedy the conditions that necessitated foster care and must be in the best interests of the child.

The plan will be sent to the Court for approval and will become a legal document.

Contact with your worker: Your DCS Family Service Worker will maintain contact with you to ensure all your goals and needs are being met. At least one monthly visit will take place in your home or place of residence.

Contact with the court: Either the Court, or a review board, will examine your child’s case at least every six months.

Release from custody: Your child will be released from custody by order of the Court. The release date depends on the circumstances at the home where the child will return and progress of the parents or guardians toward their plan.


Permanency Planning: How it Works

Permanency plans are created to ensure that you and your child’s needs are met while he or she is temporarily in the custody of DCS and that he or she is safely and permanently placed back in the care of a family/relative/kin in a timely manner. The plan shall include all necessary actions to be completed by the parents, child and/or DCS to facilitate the child achieving his or her permanency goal.

Permanency plans will be developed during a CFTM and, to the extent possible, will reflect the consensus of the meeting’s participants while still meeting DCS’ responsibility to ensure safety, permanency and well-being for your child.

Unless parental rights have been terminated, all known parents, including legal, biological, and alleged fathers shall be included in the permanency planning process. You child’s participation will be requested if he or she is 6-years-old and capable and required at age 12 and older.

You may identify and invite outside resources, such as extended family members or other support persons, to help develop the plan and to and support you throughout your involvement with DCS.

If your child will temporarily live in a foster home, or receives residential treatment, this will be discussed and determined at the CFTM. You will be a part of this decision making process.

If your child is on TennCare you have a right to appeal decisions made about TennCare funded services provided by DCS. You will be provided a Notice of Rights and a TennCare Medical Appeal form at the CFTM.

The permanency plan can be revised when new issues that hinder accomplishment of the permanency goal arise, when there is a change in the time frame for meeting the goals, or when there is a need for changes in services or treatment for you or your child, but never less often than annually. The permanency plan can also be revised when accomplishments and successes are occurring that will aid in achieving permanency sooner.  A Permanency Plan review Child and Family Team Meeting should occur at least every three months.

The permanency plan must be approved by the Juvenile Court, except in certain cases when a child is placed into custody as a juvenile justice child.

If you do not agree with the plan or the revised plan, you have the right to present your concerns at the Court during the hearing for approval of the plan.


Voluntary Surrender

You may voluntarily surrender – or give up -- your parental rights by appearing before the Judge of Chancery, Circuit or Juvenile Court and signing a voluntary surrender form.

If you decide you would like to surrender your rights, you should discuss it with your Family Service Worker.

Birth parents can access counseling and legal assistance if they are considering surrendering their parental rights. Please contact your Family Service Worker for more information.

DCS can refuse to accept the surrender of a child.


Judicial Termination of Parental Rights

You may lose your parental rights involuntarily if the Judge of a Chancery, Circuit or Juvenile Court finds there are legal grounds for termination and that termination is in the child’s best interest. Conditions that can justify termination of parental rights include:

  • severe child abuse
  • abandonment
  • wanton disregard
  • lack of concern
  • substantial non-compliance with the permanency plan
  • conditions that led to removal of the child have not been corrected or other conditions prevent return
  • 10-year prison sentence
  • mental incompetence of the parent.  

What it Means When Parental Rights are Terminated

If a parent’s parental rights have been terminated, either voluntarily or involuntarily, it means the parents are no longer legally responsible for the child.

He and she cannot make medical, educational, or any other type of decisions regarding the care of the child.

The parent will not be notified of any future legal proceedings for the child. Once all parents’ rights are terminated, that child becomes eligible for adoption.

Birth parents have the right to participate in the CFTM until their parental rights have been terminated. These meetings can include discussions regarding DCS plans on filing a petition to terminate a parent’s rights, the termination of parental rights process, the adoption process and adoption placement process, assistance for grief, separation, loss, and the life-long implication of placing a child for adoption counseling, the child’s progress, and any other concerns.

DCS encourages all parents to participate in CFTM’s so they can provide input regarding their child.


Adoption