Group home/ foster care

[I cry_ in_the_dark]

Hey Soc~
Case in PA, Joint Legal Custody, Father with Primary Physical. Mother(me) ten hours away.
Friday, alleged abuse occured by father against 12 year old son. CYS contacted, investigated, etc. Initial response of the investigation was that the children were going to be removed from the home. Father refused to agree to the wishes of the children to be placed with my sister. End result, the children were not removed. Is that nuts, or what?
Repercussions against the 15 year old, my daughter, grounded, phone taken away, etc, as they believe she is the one that reported them to CYS. Daughter is guilty by way of reporting the abuse to me, who is in fact, the one that contacted CYS.
Additionally, the Father demanded my daughter apologize to her step mother, who, is a nurse, which puts her job on the line, as well as to apologize for the "embarassment" caused to the step mother. My daughter refused to apologize, believing she did nothing wrong.
She has been given "until the weekend" to "straighten up her act". If she does not, she has been told by her father that he will go sign the papers that will put her into a group home/foster care.

Question:
If he in fact follows through with his threats and put her into foster care, what would the process be for me, having joint legal custody, to remove her from that situation? I will drive the ten hours in a heartbeat.

[socrateaser]

>Question:
>If he in fact follows through with his threats and put her
>into foster care, what would the process be for me, having
>joint legal custody, to remove her from that situation? I will
>drive the ten hours in a heartbeat.

I would go to court now and file a motion for custody on grounds that the other parent cannot effectively care for the child, based on that parent's threat to place the child in foster care.

I doubt that the state would accept the chil into foster care without your consent, but who knows.

[I cry_ in_the_dark]

My concern is, with me living 10 hours, states away, that unless he does do what he threatens, I will be wasting my time and money.

Separating siblings? Grounds to get the son also? CYS does not disclose findings.

Further opinion? Thanks.

[socrateaser]

>My concern is, with me living 10 hours, states away, that
>unless he does do what he threatens, I will be wasting my time
>and money.
>
>Separating siblings? Grounds to get the son also? CYS does not
>disclose findings.
>
>Further opinion? Thanks.

No ideas. If you can't prove that you were threatened, and you think that an investigation by CYS will come up empty, then you have no proof of anything, other than what the child(ren) might testify to.

Proof is everything and you don't really have any.