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Review for D A Blodgett-St Johns, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Rating: 1 stars  

Blodgett was assigned to handle a case of a child who's mother committed suicide, police found a meth lab onsite, a person had OD'd and died just months earlier, and was known for prostitution. The Father had custody, but the family blamed him for the death because he wouldn't take the daughter over to a meth lab for visits. Fast forward, and the dad got in trouble with the law, and the mother's family took the child until he had it all straightened out. Now he is back, fully employed, has a house, and the mother's family is fighting for guardianship. All of the caseworkers are suggesting reunification, but someone higher up at Blodgett has a vendetta and is fighting it. He has had weekly drug screenings for 2 years, left a free place to live so that he had a good place for his child, has done all of the counseling, classes, parenting classes, everything asked of him, and they are still fighting it. Even with dual guardianship, the other people who refuse to talk to the father, don't think he child needs the medications 3 doctors think are needed, they feel it is good for a kid to have "Plenty of TV and video game time" and complain that the child is getting too much homework at 2 hours a week.

Blodgett has no reason to keep this child away from their father, and is making a mockery of the courts by delaying and postponing so that the judge is now saying he is moving towards guardianship, against 2 of their own caseworkers opinions, because it has taken too long, which is 100% caused by the court appointed attorney for the child and specifically Blodgett. The latest is that the Attorney is claiming the case workers didn't submit the proper paperwork in timely manners, which to me is Blodgett not training or informing their caseoworkers of their requirements.

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