20 years ago, my neices and nephes were taken into custody by child welfare people.  My sister never had gotten her kids back and after me and my husband had stepped in to try and fight for them; we didn't succeed and my sister signed away her rights.  Unfortunately, 20 years later, my daughter had teamed up with a looser who not only abused her oldest daughter but was a victim herself.  She was arrested for cruelity to children and had her kids taken away.  We are in hopes of fighting to get custody back, we still have a long ways to go until the court date!  Meantime I am paitently trying to hang in there until this nightmare comes to a close!