This morning, around 9:30 am, I received notice from my new legal council that CPS has put an offer on the table to settle my case. CPS and the state of Montana have stated that if I agree to sign Temporary Legal Custody of my children over to the department and agree to an, as of yet, undisclosed, Family Service Plan that my children will be allowed to return home by the end of the week. However, if I should refuse this plea deal, my children will not be allowed to return home and will be removed from their kinship care placement with my cousin and be placed elsewhere as the department sees fit.
This is clearly Blackmail and Extortion as defined by federal statutes. My children are being used as bartering tools and my parental rights and signature as payment, with the clear threat of continuing to hold my children hostage. This would also constitute ransom and bribery as defined by federal statutes.
These crimes are punishable by prison time of 1 year per offense as well as fines up to 50,000 per offense.
Now it doesn’t surprise me in the least that CPS and the state of Montana have made this offer of Blackmail and Extortion, as I have read several accounts of this type of behavior and talked to many parents who have experienced this as well. What does surprise me is the fact that CPS thinks that they can continue to offer Blackmail and Extortion as a plea deal, and that they thought I would, not only, bite but allow it.
I wonder what the judge will think?
vlkelly