Dr. Susan Attacked by Los Angeles DCFS for Going to the Media – Pressure Put on Children to Turn Against Her

August 19, 2015

Dr. Susan Attacked by Los Angeles DCFS for Going to the Media – Pressure Put on Children to Turn Against Her

UPDATE 8/29/2015

In a rather bizarre twist of events, the original petition against Dr. Susan has been dropped by the new judge hearing her case in Dependency Court. This is the petition that was originally dismissed by Judge Vasquez, but then reversed by the Appellate Court to be heard again in the dependency court. See the original story here:

Harvard-trained Beverly Hills Doctor Mom Has 4 Children Kidnapped by LA County DCFS

However, Dr. Susan will still be in court on Monday, August 31, 2015, to face a “First Amended Petition” in her case based on the fact that her supporters put up a Facebook Page for her and originally scheduled a rally at the Courthouse, which supposedly caused “severe emotional harm” on her children.

It should be noted that Dr. Susan herself did not put up the #FreeDrSusansKids Facebook Page, and she did not call for a rally. Her supporters did, practicing their 1st Amendment rights to freedom of speech.

So while there is no longer a rally scheduled for Monday, August 31, 2015, Dr. Susan’s supporters (not Dr. Susan herself) are encouraging people to turn out to support her if they can Monday morning at the Courthouse. Dr. Susan represents thousands of parents who have suffered from the corruption in LA County DCFS.

Dependency Court
201 Centre Plaza Drive
Monterey Park, CA 91754

UPDATE 8/21/2015

LA County DCFS has changed the date of the first court appearance once again, from August 25th to August 31st. Therefore, there will be no rally on the 25th at the Courthouse. More details will be posted on the #FreeDoctorSusansKids Facebook Page.

Dr. Susan Attacked by Los Angeles DCFS for Going to the Media – Pressure Put on Children to Turn Against Her

by Health Impact News/MedicalKidnap.com

Last week Health Impact News published the story of Dr. Susan Evans and her battle with LA County Department of Child and Family Services to get her children back. See:

Harvard-trained Beverly Hills Doctor Mom Has 4 Children Kidnapped by LA County DCFS

After publishing our story, DCFS canceled a visitation between Dr. Susan and her children on Saturday, August 15th.

Why did DCFS cancel the visitation? Was it because they wanted to coach the children about what their mother had done by going to the media, and try to turn the children against her? The appointment was rescheduled for Sunday, August 16th.

When Dr. Susan met with her children on Sunday, August 16th, the children were noticeably upset. Dr. Susan recorded the exchange between herself and her children, and Health Impact News is in possession of the recordings.

One of the children can be heard trying to explain that they had not been “kidnapped”:

DCFS has the power to take kids away from a parent if they don’t treat their kids right. So you can’t be kidnapped by them. They can take your kids away …. because you did not take care of us.

Dr. Susan replies:

Because I didn’t take care of you? Is that really what you think?

The child replies:

Why else did they take us away?

When Dr. Susan tried to explain what was really going on in this case, the child interrupted her and said:

Mom, I have the DCFS (report) – she gave me a piece of paper, a court paper that said that you emotionally abused (name of child). They even had it wrote – it wasn’t wrote by my dad, it wasn’t wrote by you, it was wrote by a DCFS worker…. I read the whole thing.

Dr. Susan was shocked that LA County DCFS was showing her minor children court records and DCFS orders, which is clearly illegal and against DCFS policy.

History of DCFS Violations in Dr. Susan’s Case

A DCFS worker bringing Dr. Susan’s two girls to the sheriff department. When the worker saw a friend of the family filming their return, she ordered him to stop filming. When he refused, she told the girls to “come back” with her. One girl hesitates at the stop of the steps, unsure what to do, as the DCFS worker tells them to come back, while Dr. Susan rushes forward to console her children and urge them into the sheriff department.

As was noted in our original story, there was one point during her case where Dr. Susan did not even know the whereabouts of her children for two weeks, and called the police to report them missing.

When the police finally found her children in the next county, Dr. Susan says:

The police finally located them and DCFS social worker Adrian Hawkins, Tasha Beard and Malaika Solomon lied to police and stopped them from returning the children by falsely claiming DCFS detained the children from mother.

Dr. Susan’s attorney contacted DCFS to find out why the children had been detained, and this was their reply sent to him by email:

DCFS has not detained the children from their mother nor has it advised [ex-husband] to keep the children out of school. [Ex-husband] is acting on his own accord.

Micheline Ruben

When DCFS admitted they had not detained Dr. Susan’s children, the attorney of Dr. Susan threatened to file felony charges against those who had participated in kidnapping of the children in this email message:

Thank you for the follow up and confirming DCFS has played no role in[the] failure to return the minor children to their mother Dr. Susan Spell on Sunday, in violation of the current custody orders. Due to the duration of time that has elapsed, this situation has now evolved into felony kidnapping, unless someone is able to provide information to the contrary. Ms. Ruben your email will be presented to law enforcement to confirm, DCFS has not intervened to remove the minor children from the custody of Dr. Susan Spell, and the children should be returned to Dr. Susan Spell’s custody pursuant to Judge Cunningham’s current custody order entered earlier this year.

Christiaan, up to this point, I have not actively communicated with law enforcement about this issue other than on Sunday when I informed law enforcement the children were required to be returned to Dr. Spell on Sunday. I will give you til 1:30 pm to confirm that [he] will return the children today to Dr. Susan Spell before 5:00 p.m. at a specified location. To the extent I do not receive confirmation by 1:30 p.m., I will move forward with pursuing the arrest …. for kidnapping/child abduction. [sic]

While DCFS confirmed they had not detained the children, they brought them to the sheriff office. But watch what happens next in an exclusive video obtained by Health Impact News:

The social worker who returned the two girls to the sheriff, which attorney Micheline Ruben had stated in her email were never detained to begin with, threatens to take the girls back with her simply because someone was video taping her outdoors.

Later, Dr. Susan’s children were taken again over what she reports was a custody dispute with her ex-husband, who had received a restraining order for alleged abuse against Dr. Susan and the children. Dr. Susan reports that her former husband has been used as an expert witness with the LA County Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in child abuse matters, and may have used his influence to remove the children from her home.

In addition, an eight page investigative report was written and then disseminated within DCFS based on the facts collected during the interviews of all 4 children, Dr. Susan, and her husband. This report allegedly recommended that the children remain in the care and custody of their mother.

Suspiciously, the writer of this report was allegedly taken off the case, new social workers were assigned, the recommendations were made that the children were to be given to father, and the contradicting 8 pages allegedly vanished from the case file and the internal computerized data base.

When Dr. Susan had her case dismissed with prejudice on May 7, 2014, by Judge Vasquez who found no supporting evidence against Dr. Susan, she thought her troubles were finally over.

But they were not.

DCFS got the Appellate Court to reopen and reverse the decision by submitting fraudulent documents from an entirely different case. So now she is back in Dependency Court starting the whole process all over again. Full story here.

Former LA County DCFS Workers Speak out on Corruption inside DCFS

Former DCFS supervisors Julian Dominguez and Melinda Murphy speaking out regarding corruption in LA County DCFS.

Health Impact News has published interviews by former DCFS supervisors Julian Dominguez and Melinda Murphy, who have co-authored a book about their experiences working in LA County DCFS titled: A Culture of Fear: An Inside Look at Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services, by Sbpra Books.

Melinda Murphy’s interview is here:

Former LA County Social Worker Reveals Corruption in Child “Protection” Services

Julian Dominguez’s interview is here:

LA County DCFS Whistleblower Reveals how Parents are Losing Their Children to a Corrupt System

Dr. Susan Returns to Court – Rally Scheduled for Tuesday August 25th at the Courthouse

Dr. Susan’s children remain out of her care and custody today, more than a year after Judge Vasquez’s decision to dismiss her case. If someone like Dr. Susan, a well-known and respected physician from Beverly Hills, cannot prevent LA County DCFS from kidnapping her children and subverting justice in court to keep her children away from her, what hope do the thousands of other parents in LA County have to get a fair trial when DCFS seizes their children from their homes or from medical facilities? Los Angeles County has the largest number of children incarcerated by a social service agency of any other social service agency in the U.S.

Dr. Susan and her supporters are encouraging the public to attend a rally prior to the beginning of her court case on August 25th. Dr. Susan will issue a brief statement to the press prior to entering the courthouse. If you have been victimized by the corruption of LA County DCFS, please show up and tell your story to others!

How long is the public going to tolerate the abuses and corruption in LA County DCFS that so many have told us is destroying families and harming children? Please show up and show your support for not only Dr. Susan, but ALL parents and children who have suffered at the hands of LA DCFS, and have no voice to represent them!

Dependency Court
201 Centre Plaza Drive
Monterey Park, CA 91754

The Governor of California is Jerry Brown, and he can be reached here.

Supporters of Dr. Susan have also put up a Facebook Page on her behalf:

Published on August 19, 2015

Tags: DCFS, Dr. Susan, LA County|

14 Comments

Anthony Cavuoti March 20, 2017 at 7:55 am - Reply

Los Angeles County Department of Children and family services does not put child safety first, protecting your bosses job and your job is number one. Only pretend that you’re not prejudice, but you want to keep your county job so adhere to the status quo, which reflects the larger cultures racist views and prejudices.

When I was a social worker for Los Angeles county Department of children and family services on more than a few occasions while doing investigations of alleged child abuse, law-enforcement officers and myself found abused children concealed in closets, other rooms or in a location in the backyard, such as behind a fence. I will go into the home environment where I was doing the investigation and pick up on balance intention. If something was off no matter how stable and normal it seemed on the outside I would investigate further. Most of the time I supervisors would tell me to “hurry up, you have another referral.” I would not be rushed by my supervisor nor by law-enforcement. Of course one has to first trust one senses, gut and intuition, can’t do this if you’re always dealing with the anxiety of getting the job done because there’s always another referral and the paper work is always late even before you receive the case. So good assessment and acuity are not value is how fast you can complete the paperwork.

But having dyslexia my ability was not appreciated from DCFS, that no children died on my watch that wasn’t the issue was the issue was how fast I could write and turn the reports in on time so I have to make my superiors look good. It is similar to what’s going on with Wells Fargo right now, they just want you to process work quickly and make your superiors look good and keep your county job.

DCFS does not put children first, the entire culture of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and family services starting from the administration downwards heart, soul, mind and efforts is on covering your butt. It is a culture of anxiety, backstabbing and harassment. Most of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family services workers motto is, “Keep your good county Job.” Not child safety first. Their real guiding mantra is cover your Butt first. Child safety has very little to do with it for most. The social workers that do put children first get weeded out quickly, very quickly.

For example if you are empathic and care about children, it does not matter. Such people do not last at DCFS, they seldom get promoted and very rarely become supervisors. In other words the workers that really care about children do not last long and move up. The workers that are detach, the ones that are good tools, that are good at paper work, such workers are the ones that our out of touch with their feelings, they do not turn their feelings off, they are not in touch with them in the first place, so not empathizing is second nature, such workers tune out their higher level brain functioning and focus on the corrupt status quo and getting the endless blizzard of paper work in on time, with all the paper work, as well as bureaucratic forms to fill out correctly one has to neglect the children, such are the character traits that move up in the ranks at DCFS. The DCFS administration and culture will cover up for such a worker, for such of a good and productive DCFS employee.

Now if the child dies on you and you are one of the good and productive DCFS employees and you cover it up because you care about your job and your house payments more than you care about a minority child, or any child, and the facts, then you will get promoted. Most DCFS supervisors have at least covered up one child death before they became promoted. Find me the most paid DCFS employees and I will show you the most child death coverups. Moving up is determined by how well you cover up a child death due to DCFS failures. It is the complete opposite of caring for children, protecting children, putting children first and child safety. They will fire a social worker not because the child dies do to a DCFS failure but because the DCFS worker did not adequately cover up a needles death of a child.

I was a social worker for the department of children and family services for nearly fourteen years. I refused to go along with one of their coverups they found all sorts of ways to slander me making my dyslexia a liability instead of the valuable asset that it is, for I successfully served and protected the children for nearly 14 years.

Anthony Garcia October 26, 2016 at 6:44 pm - Reply

We are from New Mexico on a job our kids has been taken from DCFS they are jcfs laws they are not following the laws plus there is proof of neglect from DCFS but know one is hearing us. Please help! My name is Anthony Garcia phone [phone removed]

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Ivonne Hernandez March 19, 2016 at 10:02 am - Reply

Hello 
I got help for my daughter and the judge won’t return her to me. They rather put her with anybody except the mom.its call med kidnapped,I need justices please help I lived in Tulsa and she got detained in los Angeles California. Without my knowledge or my mother.Dr Susan I need your helped.. Don’t know what to do

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Don't talk to DCFS January 28, 2016 at 8:48 am - Reply

I am a 22 year police veteran and current police detective that has actively investigated hundreds of child abuse cases. I am also a victim of DCFS corruption. I offer the following advice: Do not ever speak to DCFS…When they come to your home, step outside and close the door behind you…Collect their business card and listen to the allegation against you…Then exert your right to reman silent and do so…Do not answer ANY questions. Do not allow them into your home. Do not allow them to see or interview your children. Do not sign anything. Do not provide them with ANY information about your children or family. If you have time, record the at the door encounter. If your children are old enough, teach them how to exercise their right to remain silent; children should exercise their right to remain silent if interviewed at school or if DCFS comes back to your home with an investigative warrant (school interviews can be avoided by home schooling your children). If you think they will come back with a warrant, go on vacation or move.  Any warrantless entry to your home or any investigative warrant obtained solely on an uncorroborated anonymous allegation to the DCFS hotline is illegal; you should seek an attorney to file a federal civil rights violation lawsuit under 42 USC 1983 if DCFS makes a warrantless entry or serves an illegal warrant on your home.

J Thomas August 21, 2015 at 10:32 am - Reply

CPS is corrupt.  Lawyers will not even come in and take the job to fight CPS because they no they will lose against CPS.  CPS kidnaps children.  I am losing my Grand daughter to CPS – not only are they taking her from the Parents – they will not let my family adopt her.  They lied and they omitted the truth to the judge and the judge wont listen and she does not care – San Jose – CPS & Judge Jacquelyn Arroyo – they are all corrupt and when I brought forward the truth – they stop returning my e-mails and ignored me and then they tell me – I am sorry you are losing your Grand child !!

We must all stand up and fight CPS — they are like corrupt Cops – they do not care about the children or the families who are so severely hurting !!!

Stand Up and Fight CPS

Sheilah August 21, 2015 at 8:02 am - Reply

The saddest thing about this is that it’s been going on for years. And like some mentioned they target people who can’t afford lawyers or don’t know what to do to fight back. I’m so glad that she is putting this out there. God be that family!

Lindsey August 21, 2015 at 12:50 am - Reply

More and More mothers are loosing their children solely because the father doesn’t want to pay support.  The current system is flawed. Currently all a man has to do is claim the mother in mentally ill. No proof needed. Or that the mother in alienating the children against the father. Boom gone  mom gets nothing. 
California needs to do away completely with these ” evaluators “”. Riverside County is having major issues with this and to get it heard before the judge is a joke. F210 cant keep a judge and all those cases get lost in the cracks going years and years with nothing changing. Most of those cases having 8 or more judges with nothing resolved. This is a huge injustice !  The ones loosing are the children involved and the mental anguish likely unrepairable .  . THIS NEEDS OUT IN THE MEDIA !!

Amy August 20, 2015 at 3:58 pm - Reply

I feel we must stand up for Dr Susan and all of the other innocent victims of CPS/DCFS.  Silence is complicity.  Our founding fathers taught us that freedom is not free and to maintain liberty we must always fight for it. I only recommend PEACEFUL activism.  Nancy Schaeffer and her husband courageously gave their lives exposing the darkness of this system and gave voices to those whom had been destroyed and silenced. They are HEROES!  We cannot allow ourselves to be intimidated from doing what we know is right for ourselves, others and our beautiful Nation.  A Google search about mind control, cybernetic technology, transhumanism, nanochip brain implants etc…will enlighten people about the dangers we are all facing from technology and human/medical experimentation; along with the future dangers of maintaining silence, secrecy and complicity.  We must do all that is within our power to stop these crimes against parents, children & humanity; while putting our faith in God to help us create a different path.  A path filled with faith, compassion, love, morals, and empathy. 
Dr Susan’s courageous use of the media and the upcoming rally are great steps towards getting this rogue agency and hurting families back on the right path.  Thank you!

Jordan Berhe August 20, 2015 at 11:00 am - Reply

Give  to Dr Ausan her  children. ..the La social  services  is so corrupted…. I hope her kids  t doing ok…I can feal  her pain  my prayer  r with  you all..

Deborah Martinez August 20, 2015 at 9:00 am - Reply

They don’t have that power what it is that the government refuse to stop them am witnessed to this the higher I went to protect my children I lost my children but having recording and certified mail sent to many state officials has proven they are all apart of this this crime sold our children for bonuses higher commission not well being of child

Jennifer August 20, 2015 at 7:34 am - Reply

It’s time to stop this insanity nationwide.!  There are almost 500000 children in state’s custody across our country and the majority of them are taken unjustly for the reasons of FED funding.  Children’s lives are being destroyed as is the family unit.   Wake up America!

Howie August 20, 2015 at 7:13 am - Reply

This is a brutal epidemic going on coast to coast. Child Protective Services in every state are filling quotas and state coffers by chasing endless Federal money for “protecting children”. Most of the cases are flimsy or outright fabricated just to keep money flowing. 
In the case of Dr. Susan, that hit upon a high profile person who is able to fight back, but in most cases, CPS target middle class or poor families who simple have to fight the best they can, go to court while the case worker flat out lie, then have their children ripped from them and put up for adoption—all to chase that money. 80% of the CPS cases are false. Children are dying by the hundreds in CPS custody and the families only get their children back once the child is actually dead.

Maureen August 19, 2015 at 11:15 pm - Reply

Dr. Susan is not alone in her experience.  All across the country, from CA to CT to the tip of FL, CPS agencies use tactics, fraud, coersion and illegal intimidation to hold childten under the guise of protection. In happened to me and my family after we went to DCF for voluntary services to fully meet the mental health needs of our disturbed, kinship adopted daughter. She was 7 at the time. We lost custody of her for two years because it was said that the reason i wanted to secure therapist recommended residential treatment for her was because i didn’t want or love my daughter, and we were threatened with the loss of our two thriving children all along the way. The case plan narative was a twisted array of lies and our family was nearly destroyed. Protective Services harms many children and families all across America, but starting the collective conversation to expose and change its practices is a dangerous proposition. Just consider what happened to Sen. Nancy Schaefer of GA when she tried to do so in her state.

suzanne August 19, 2015 at 1:38 pm - Reply

Give Dr mom back her children she’s the best mom in the California children services cannot teach or learn to love you must do it naturally …from a mom to a mom

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Dr. Susan Attacked by Los Angeles DCFS for Going to the Media – Pressure Put on Children to Turn Against Her

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