Matt and Kristi Murvaul were upset. The nurse practitioner (NP) at their local urgent care said that as a mandatory reporter she was filing a report with CPS about their 12-year-old daughter, Chloe. The Murvauls had taken Chloe there after she had been complaining about redness and irritation in her pubic region. As soon as […]
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Member Story: I got a call from CPS after tension with relatives.
The following account was written by a Heritage Defense member family we assisted. Thank you for your help with our recent case. Our story began with a phone call from CPS, who cordially explained that they had received an anonymous tipoff with several allegations. Though the caller was unknown to us, we had signed up […]
Member Story: Our church secretary reported us.
To Angela Lyndon*, that Thursday afternoon seemed no different from most others. She was out running a quick errand while her three children, Logan (15), Noah (14), and Mia (5), were home doing schoolwork. Everything seemed to be perfectly normal to Angela until her phone rang. She did not recognize the caller ID and, upon […]
Member Story: CPS and police investigate an innocent fall
The day of the incident started like any other for Sandra Livingston and her two sons, six-year-old David and four-year-old Levi. Sandra had gotten the boys dressed and was in her bathroom getting ready for the day when she heard David calling for her from the boys’ bedroom. Sandra ran into the room to find […]
Member Story: My in-laws reported us to CPS
The following account was written by a Heritage Defense member family we assisted: We cannot thank you enough for the services provided by Heritage Defense to our family recently. Due to some tensions with my in-laws, I suggested to my husband that we become members of Heritage Defense as a safety measure. We became members […]
Member Story: Our daughter got into our medication.
Under the direction of their doctor, Mark and Tracy Kurby* sometimes take THC-free CBD oil to help them sleep. One evening, Mark took some right before they went to bed and left it on his bedside table. The next morning, Mark and Tracy started doing their morning routine and getting their children up and dressed. […]
A loss for parental rights
Last November, Heritage Defense Foundation filed a legal brief with the United States Supreme Court in a case where a minor child had been removed from Christian parents. What had the parents supposedly done wrong? They had simply refused to affirm their son changing his name and pronouns to identify as female. Though the parents […]
The State of Idaho took our Baby
Levi and Marissa Anderson’s lives were joyful; they had recently been blessed with their first baby, a healthy boy named Cyrus. Cyrus was born the picture of health and remained so for the first seven and a half months. Gradually, Marissa began weaning him off of breastfeeding and started feeding him solid foods. Cyrus, however, […]
Member Story: Our waiter called the police on us
Scott and Nicole Gilmer* were looking forward to a nice dinner with their pastor and friends at a local restaurant. They left their two oldest children at home with their babysitter but decided to take their seven-month-old daughter, Sofia, with them to dinner. The evening began cheerfully, and time passed quickly. Sofia’s head began to […]
Member Story: Midnight scare
Jeffrey and Angela Fisher* were roused from their sleep close to midnight by a knock at the door. It was a CPS investigator accompanied by a law enforcement officer. The investigator said there had been a report of an incident among the children from 5 years ago that had never been previously reported. But the […]