Once Bitten Twice Lie

The county calls her a Residential Child Care Specialist. But when reports are filled with fabricated stories and repeated lies, that title reads more like Resident Specialist in Character Assassination.

The Lie Written Twice

In official records, a county social worker entered — not once, but twice — a claim that the paternal grandfather planned to take his grandchildren to Florida. This was not a clerical slip; it was repeated in separate sections of the same report. A falsehood, embedded twice, does not transform into truth.

Why the Lie Makes No Sense

No Visits Allowed: By the time this allegation was written, the grandfather had already lost visitation. The idea that he could remove the children was impossible.

Rooted in San Diego: He is the daily caregiver for his 88-year-old dependent mother. Abandoning her was never an option.

Family Estate: He manages his mother’s million-dollar estate and has maintained the family home for several years. Leaving would dismantle financial security and family stability alike.

Legal Consequences: Taking children across state lines would be a criminal act, carrying the threat of prison — the very opposite of what a grandfather fighting for reunification would risk.

When Titles Don’t Match Conduct

The county describes the author of this report as a Residential Child Care Specialist — a title that suggests protection, compassion, and integrity. Yet the conduct documented here raises troubling questions:

Why would a specialist in charge of “child care” enter and repeat a claim with no basis in fact?

How does inventing an abduction plot support family reunification, the stated goal of the system?

What message does it send when professional-sounding titles mask practices that distort records and undermine relatives’ rights?

The title says child care, but her actions scream character assassination.

The Motive Behind the Lie

So why write it? The answer suggested by family advocates and the record itself is clear: to discredit the grandfather and cut him off as a placement option. The tactic fits a broader pattern in dependency court — character assassination to cover agency failures and punish those who speak up.

The Bigger Picture

This episode is not about Florida. It is about how unverified statements, once written into official documents, become tools to sever family ties. False reports, amplified through repetition, keep children with strangers, silence relatives, and create a paper trail that judges too often accept without question.

A Warning to the Public

If a social worker can insert a fabricated “Florida plan” into the record and do so twice without consequence, then no family is safe. Today it is a grandfather accused of plotting an abduction. Tomorrow it could be a mother accused of drugs, a father accused of violence, or another relative cast as a threat. False reports in the record don’t just stay words—they destroy families.

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