Support The Chisholm Family with fair chance legal hearing

Three years ago, my children were unjustly taken from me and their father. Our son was 2 weeks away from his 6th birthday, our baby girl, only the tender age of 2. After 3 years, 16 caseworkers, 2 county DSS offices, and 4 pro Bono attorneys, I am in the middle of a long appeal to overturn the verdict of termination of my parental rights. The case was opened in November of 2015. I completed the treatment plan that they insisted I do not once, but twice, granteed mistakes were made regretfully by me, none of which even remotely jeopardized the well-being of our children, they were never neglected, abused or ignored as I have been wrongfully accused of. No crimal actions or charges have been filed officially, however it is alleged that I alone committed these crimes against my children, due to inadequate evidence, the charges were nulled and voided and multiple attempts at arrest warrants (for the mother solely) were denied. all the while, only Donald Ray Chisholm, their father, and myself provided for alone even though 4 kinship caregivers were named in treatment plans constructed by the corrupt social workers, it was common knowledge that without any  supervision their Dad and I successfully maintained a healthy, worry free lifestyle for our children. All the while, both children remained in the family home, safe, happy, and healthy. Until late in the evening of July 3rd, 2018, approximately 2 1/2 years after the case was opened against me, at which time my children were unjustly taken away from me. They had never been without me or their father for an instant of their lives. No babysitter, no daycare, we were full time, hands on, couldn't be happier parents of the two most well mannered loving kids you could imagine. All until under disguise of social service workers along with an unaccompanied constable of the Darlington county sheriff's department, my children were unjustly kidnapped by the very people who claim to "preserve families". It's been 3 years since I've had my children home with us. My Grandma that raised me, passed away less than a year after our children were stolen from us, perhaps from a brokenheart due to a broken home. I haven't heard my kids voice, saw a picture of them, saw a drawing they made, held them in my arms, nothing since September of 2021. We're now in the middle of a long appeal to overturn the verdict of termination of parental rights to our children. I've been told that if my appeal is denied, my children will not be able to contact me in any way until they are 18 years old and still then would have to have assistance from the same untrustworthy government officials that removed them from their parents to begin with. They are 9 and 6 years old now. I come from a broken family. My Grandma was the only mother figure I ever had. My birth mother is part of the reason Im sitting here crying, steps away from my son and daughter's empty bedrooms. I remember being a little girl about my daughter's age, crying wanting my own Mom to spend time with me and to even get to talk to her on the phone. That emptiness was still strong inside me until God blessed me with two wonderful children of my own. I swore I'd do everything I wished my mom would have done for me, and I did just that. I was a avid member of the PTA program at my son's elementary school, and I was in the process of teaching my daughter a song to learn to spell her name and her ABCs. I was living the dream. Now I'm literally in my own never ending nightmare. All I'm asking is for a chance to present the evidence and call witnesses and to supena the records that mysteriously got "misplaced" to a unbias judge outside of the pee Dee region of south Carolina. I just want a fair hearing. I want my kids to know what it's like to have parents fight endlessly to get them home where they belong. By this patition, I come to you, a brokenhearted mother, asking you to be a voice for my innocent children. For each signature this patition gets we're one step closer to bringing them home and ensuring their belief that there is still good people in the world. For everyone who reads this patition and doesn't sign it, you're telling the government funded organizations that it's okay for them to falsify documents to lead to the adoption of innocent unharmed children just to increase their own bank accounts. Please, don't hesitate to sign now, letting our judicial system know, that you stand for what's right, and a fair trial is the least South Carolina can do to insure that my children are truly receiving the best of what God has intended for them, to be surrounded by the people that love them and never gave up fighting to get them back home with their Mom and Dad. Please, can the Chisholm family count on you to help make sure this too, will make us stronger, as God said. Please, help this family have hope again. 

Candace Griggs-Chisholm    Contact the author of the petition