All across Alabama and the nation, families are discovering a terrifying truth. The person described in the DHR or CPS case file isn’t them. It’s a version of them that doesn’t exist.

Case files are supposed to document facts. But far too often, they tell a story that fits a predetermined outcome. They leave out context. They exaggerate behaviors. They twist words, omit support, and ignore evidence. They reduce a whole life, a whole family, into a few paragraphs that justify removal.

The system doesn’t just remove children. It replaces truth with narrative.

We’ve seen fathers portrayed as dangerous, even when no threat ever existed. We’ve seen mothers labeled unfit based on emotion, not evidence. We’ve seen families split apart by written reports that sound more like fiction than fact.

The words in these files aren’t just inaccurate they’re strategic. Because once you label a parent as unstable, hostile, or unwilling, it becomes easier to justify taking their child. Once the narrative is set, the truth struggles to be heard.

Families are reading their case files and asking, “Who are they even talking about?”

This isn’t a mistake. It’s a tactic.

If you’ve ever read your own case file and felt sick to your stomach know this: you are not alone. This happens more than people think. And it’s time to start talking about it.

Because these stories—the ones DHR writes without consent can destroy families. But when we tell the real stories, when we reclaim the truth, when we speak up loud enough to drown out the lies we take that power back.

📣 Call to Action: Who Did They Say You Were?

Have you read a case file and thought, “That’s not me”? You’re not alone.

Across the country, parents are being misrepresented by reports designed to protect the system, not the child. If your truth was twisted, your words manipulated, or your identity replaced with a harmful narrative we want to hear your story.

📝 Share it safely and anonymously:
👉 https://familiesvsdhr.org/submit-your-story

This is how we reclaim our truth one name, one record, one real story at a time.