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Saving Kingston, Kyleah & Kimani

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I am raising money because I need to retain a Attorney that has the skills and knowledge to get the case that has been illegally, unethically and immorally opened against my family closed. I need a advocate that understands the Children Court system and how corrupt it is and will use his/her skills and knowledge to get my kids home. I have called various law firms that specialize in the field of Dependency cases and all require a sizable amount of money to retain their services.
This fundraiser is necessary because in 2011 my son, Kingston Williams, was wrongfully taken from my care and custody due to my parents calling the State of California, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on me. My parents and DCFS alleged I corporeal punished my son but I didn't. I gave my son a age appropriate spanking and that was it. There was not excessive marks on him or anything of the sort, yet my parents, Willie & Katie Grant, whom were not present at the time of the spanking of my son, nor were they present when the police arrived, told the police and DCFS when they arrived that I was emotionally and physically abusive toward my son. My son was literally ripped from my arms as he screamed "Mommy, I want my mommy" and I was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car. As I sat in the car the ambulance pulled up and I was transported to UCLA Harbor Medical Center in Torrance, California for a 72 hour psychiatric hold. Instead of me being on hold for 72 hours I was admitted into the mental health hospital against my will or consent for a total of 3 weeks. While in the mental health hospital I became unconscious, blacked out and came back to consciousness. When I was released from the mental hospital, I left the State of California with my son and everything I had in the bank. I headed to Alabama with my son, and had no intention of returning to the State of California. When I got to the State of Alabama I was still filled with medications and was unaware of my behavior. My fiancé, didn't think my behavior was appropriate for our son to see, so he had our son travel with my aunt and grandmother back to California temporarily until I got better, but I got worse. I had a adverse reaction to the medication and was very bitter against my fiance for taking our son out the house and giving him to my parents. We had arguments and disagreements in Alabama which led to me leaving in February 2012 back to California to get my son. When I arrived to my house to get my son, my parents changed the locks to the door, the code to the garage opener, would not answer the phone or give me my son. Instead, they chose to call the police on me when I tried to get to my son and they refused to answer the door. The police arrested me and charged me with felony burglary and then reduced the charges to misdemeanor vandalism and trespass. The trespass charge is still on my record to date even though I pled no contest. I never been to jail or a mental hospital or been locked up in any fashion prior to DCFS wrongful interference in my life. When I was locked up like a animal in a cage for no good reason, that is when the social worker, Timothy Reeff, at the Pomona DCFS Office informed me that I had a case against me and that I couldn't get my son until I completed a list of Court Orders. He told me that according to the Court I had abandoned my son which was not true. I told him about my relationship in Alabama and my finance sent my son back to California thinking that he was doing the right thing against my will or knowledge and that i never abandon my son he was taking out the house by his father. I also told him that I was not aware that I had a DCFS case against me until he told me. It was the first time I heard of the Case, Case Number CK89770. He said that my parents had also put a restraining order against me. I later went to Court and had the restraining order removed but I still couldn't get to my son. I was released from jail after spending one week of my life in jail while I was pregnant with my second child, Kyleah Williams. I was homeless and relied on the social services to stay in a hotel for weeks. I ended up moving to Compton, California, where I shared a room with all types of different individuals because that was all I could afford. I started to take the Court Ordered classes when the case was assigned to the Pomona DCFS Office. The case was transferred to the Compton West Office in 2012 which was one of the worst things that could happen. I begged the social workers and their supervisors not to transfer the case but they did anyway. While in Compton, I did everything Court Ordered, yet the social workers kept recommending that my child not be returned. I had no support from my family, my fiancé and I were not on speaking terms, even though I was pregnant with his child and getting ready to birth our first daughter, Kyleah Williams. I birth Kyleah on August 10, 2012, and two days later the social worker assigned to the case, Paula Lee, took my daughter from me at the hospital and gave her to my mom without my consent. The reason stated for taking my daughter, I was told, was because there was weed in my system. I did smoke once during my pregnancy close to my daughter birth when my aunt passed away and my cousin passed away shortly thereafter. I regret smoking the weed for the consequences because it led to my daughter being from me. I wished I could have been at my aunt funeral, we were close and my cousin asked me to come. I remember smoking that night because I asked my Dad to help me get to the funeral, he refused. I was really depressed and in a bad space, so I self medicated, the weed is what I turned to comfort me and help me sleep when I felt the World was turning upside down. I haven't smoked since and I was on my own fighting for not one, but two kids now. The Court ordered me to drug test 3 days after I had my baby girl Kyleah and I did, it was negative and all my tests since, over 30 random tests have all been negative and I never missed a test. Still I don't have her and her siblings with me. Shortly after Kyleah was born, October 2012, Roosevelt and I reconciled our relationship when he came to California to get our son and daughter. I was upset with him for sending my son back to the State of California so i told Tim Reff alot of things that wasn't true about my finance because of somethose things i stated My fiancé was denied the children as well ever since he has been coming to the State of California. We have both done everything Court Ordered and have still been denied our rights to our children. In August 13, 2013, I birth our youngest daughter, Kimani Williams. She stayed in our care and custody for 9 months before DCFS took her from our custody for no reason. They literally had no reason and I was devastated. It was the hardest hit to me because I was doing everything and my two children were at the unmonitored overnight stage and in a single swipe, everything changed for the absolute worse, when it was already bad. Now I am fighting for 3 kids.
I am also making preparations to be married and our children have a right to be a part of the occasion. They are the fruit of our union and we just want our kids home. We do not deserve what DCFS, their attorneys, the Judges at the Children Court located at Monterey Park, California in Departments 409 and 407, and my own biological parents have done to us. No one deserves what has been done to our family.

We and those that support our efforts have fought tirelessly for FOUR (4) years, non stop, with no relief from the Court. We have been lied on, had conspiracies and plots carried out against us with our children victim to the childish acts. We have contacted Dr Phil, local news stations, followed the proper chain of command, demanded that the case be transferred, demanded that the Judge be transferred, wrote countless emails, petition the Appellate Court, and reached out to Advocacy groups, and still no change. My biological father, Willie Grant, and Caretaker of our children, is just as equally the cause for the case not moving towards return of the children to us. As much as DCFS and the Dependency Court has done to make this difficult, my father, Attorney Willie Grant, has been just as brutal and steadfast in his attacks against our family. Willie Grant is a practicing Attorney for over 35 years and has the money to manipulate any situation if you are a person without integrity. Mr Willie Grant does not and has not supported our children return to their parents, along with my mother, Katie Grant, who has NEVER come to Court to support me and my family reuniting. My parents wrongful, unethical, and immoral interference with our being parents to our children is deplorable. With all these challenges that have been consistent throughout FOUR (4) years, the Judge recently decided that our family reunification services are terminated with our two oldest children- Kingston and Kyleah Williams-and she ordered DCFS to proceed with Permanent Placement services for my children to be adopted by my parents. Judge Downing order family reunification services continue with my youngest daughter, but yet didn't return her and she has no intention of returning her. That is why I need a great advocate that can stop this injustice from continuing to occur. Judge Downing made this ruling despite the fact that I completed everything Court Ordered and complied fully with the Case Plan. We didn't agree with the case plan from the onset but we did everything necessary to get our kids home, and yet have been denied the most fundamental right a parent has along with the joy of raising our family together.
I am a loving mother who has taken countless hours of classes, counseling, and group sessions. I and my children are victims of the system and circumstances beyond our control. I have been perceived as a monster, someone with mental illnesses, incapable of taking care of herself and her children. These allegations are not true and showcase how far humanity has fallen from Grace. I share my story in order to support my cause, my children and bring awareness to the facts of life.
To Kingston, Kyleah and Kimani, one day you will hear the story of how your mom fought for recognition of the most basic of Human rights, the right to parent, love, and be with you. You will be proud of me as I am of you today and forever days. Stay strong we will get through this together. 
I love you.

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Kanika Grant
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Inglewood, CA

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