I live in Texas now......I moved from Michigan. I get to visit, talk on the phone, and write letters to my 2 older kids.......they are 13 & 12. They live with their dad cuz CPS put them in his care. My baby Ashley does not have anyone. Her daddy is in prison. My baby sister offerd to take her, so she would not be in foster care. I do not have any rights to Ashley cuz my court appointed attorney and CPS both said I have to sign all my perental rights away. Get this my court appointed attorney did not help me. I should sue cuz she did not help me, she helped CPS. CPS and my attorney told me "You have to sign off your perental rights, if you refuse then we will take you to court with a jury and let them decide if you are fit and the jury will know that you over doesed and was in a coma." If you do sign over your rights, you will get all the visitation you want but suppervised. So what would you choose, if you were me? Well when my daughter got put in another foster home, I lost all my rights to see her or even write to her. See very complicated case here. The only problem is that I have to get stable and stay stable if I am ever to fight for them back. What is the max number of years I can wait to sue them for misrepresentation? I don't know if that is what it is called. That was Michigan court. I was born and raised in Michigan. I had to get away from all the abuse, so I moved to Texas. I need to heal so I left all my nightmares but the nightmares are still in me but now I can focus on just me. My sis was neglecting Ashley by not changing her pee sheets, made her wear same clothes for days and days, she got yelled at for everything and my sis kids where perfect. My sis husband turned her in and they took Ashley and put her in a foster home. She has ADHD and Bipolar like me now since she has been thrown around so much. The foster worker told me Ashley is mentally, emotionally, and socially way behind..she was not like that with me only the ADHD and Bipolar. Look how bad they have ruined my baby. I wrote the judge and asked permission to be able to write letters and send gifts and maybe call her. The judge wrote me back and told me he forwarded my letter to the foster worker. Well she forwarded it to the foster family and she told them "If her therapist say's that Ashley is stable enough, then this agency will ok it." She sent me a letter telling me all this, well it has been a month......where is the answer. I wouldn't mind it all so much if I could at least write her and call her.