Well in Cook County Probate Court not much!

What is the life of a Black child worth?
Well in Cook County Probate Court not much!

My 3rd cousin (Joyce Washington) http://www.myspace.com/miazion4lyfe had a child that she did not want at the age of 16. She wanted to have the child aborted; however she did not have the money. So, she ran away form home to go in to DCFS in hopes that they would terminate the child for her. They did not and so Z was born on 8/20/06.
During Feb of 2007, my wife and I took Z in so that Joyce would not kill him or leave him alone anymore. There had been 2 DCFS calls of child endangerment on Joyce.
In July 2007, Joyce told my wife and me that we could have ....Z..... She did not want him nor did she want him to live in DCFS. So, my wife and I drafted the paperwork for legal guardianship with Joyce signing her rights away. During the process, Joyce changed her mind because she was told that once she gave up her rights Aunt Martha’s Inc. was going to place her into a shelter and she would not get her $107 a month for Z any more.
On 6/24/08, after one year in court, my wife was appointed the legal guardian of Z. Each and every person interviewed agreed that the best place for Z to stay was in our home with a family in which he had integrated, and where he had a mother, father, brothers and sister. And this is where Z has been living since Feb of 2007.
On 8/14/08 Joyce called about Z's 2nd birthday party. She was upset that we were not having his party at Chuck E. Cheese's. Joyce got mad and was able to get a legal team to help her file a motion to get Zion back with that help of Aunt Martha and on 8/22/08; just 2 months after the courts had just given us guardianship.
Fact about this case so far; Joyce has use drugs with Z; Joyce has not been able to feed or medicate Z; Joyce has ties to a well know gang and has taking Z with other gang members for fights; Joyce has been living in a apt with her live in boy friend (who is 18) for the last two years and DCFS is paying all her bills; Joyce has been physic and verbal abusive to my wife and I during this time and she has been teaching Z how to be a thug also; and last Joyce was arrested for being in a stolen Vehicle in May of 2010. Now after all this the courts and GAL for Z still feels that Joyce is a good mother and they have keep giving Joyce over night with Z and they are thinking about giving Z back to her so that the tax payer in IL can take care of Joyce after she is age out of DCFS in August of 2010.
After all that has been done and said over the last 3 ½ years by Joyce Washington how can the probate court does this; well they feel that it in the best interested of Z that he be remove from the only home that he knows and placed with a unstable; member of the GD's; violent; soon to be homeless unstable person just so another DCFS ward can keep getting a check once she is age out of DCFS. Now this is total against the state law Chapter 750, Illinois Compiled Statutes, 5/602 of best interests of the child. But for the Courts it helps to make sure that Z is place into DCFS and they can keep this broken system that we have going. Z biggest problem is that he is a little black boy; if he was any other type of race then and only them others might care about his life. Why is it what we want to care about little black boys once them become young black males going to Jail and then we want to spend the time and money to wonder how did this happen; well if we stop this cycle before it gets to late then we can make a difference.

In closing, I was at my dentist office about 2 years ago and he was reading what has been going on and he said to me “what do you want me to do?” Well, this is just something that I never thought about what would I like people to do; besides knowing how their tax money is being spent. Well I want each and every person that cares about this to fax a copy of this to others and let them know; and I would like everyone to call or write the Judge; GAL; DCFS and Gov Quinn and ask WHY! We need to know why is a 20 year old ward of the state, is still a ward of the state. And how come we have to see our taxes go up so that we can pay for this woman and her live in boyfriend bills! Director of DCFS Mr. McEwen 312-814-1445 or 312-814-4111 Fax# 312 814-1888; Governor Pat Quinn 312-814-2121; Judge Kathleen M McGury 312- 603-6499; Aunt Martha's (708) 747-7100 (this is who started all this) . The next court date is on 08/06/10 at the Daley Center Rm. 1806 at 11:30 am Case Number: 2007P005201 (lets bring in the light. If you would like to know more about this please call (708-819-0619), email (riv1906@hotmail.com) or look at my blog (http://mahdee-2yearinhellwithdcfs.blogspot.com/). Does one truly have to wonder or question why we have so many young black children killing each other in the streets of ....Chicago....? It is unfortunate that Children are going from DCFS to DOC and then ending DOA.