My daughters father and I had a physical argument and dcf was called.the whole thing ended up going on for two years.my mother kept calling on my husband and I even know nothing else was happening.he actually was the one to put his hands on me.anyway,it got to the point where dcf told me that I had no other choice but to sign my rights over.well,my mother and step dad ended up adopting my daughter.she is now 3 and she gets treated really badly by my parents and she is in a worse off situation now than she was before.I was wanting to know if there was anyway that I could get my daughter back even though dcf made me sign over my rights in the first place?my mother is also now trying to take away my son,but dcf has found nothing this time.so I won't lose this one.thanks

I've never heard of dcf making you "sign your rights over." They may step in and take temporary custody of a child and place them in foster care, in this case the foster caregivers being your mother and step dad. But they always alow for this possibility that things may change in the future and that eventually any child in their care may be returned to their parent(s). That sounds like what's happening in this case. OF course, if you have any concerns about that your daughter is being mistreated by your parents, you should report it immediately.

Sometimes the terms we use have different meanings in different spheres. "sighning over your rights" generally this sounds like terminating your parental rights, but DCF does not have the authority to do that. It may only be done through the trial process either with a finding on the merits or through default.

I wonder if what you have done is allow your parents to have custody/guardianship of your child. If that is the case a court can reverse that quickly. I am troubled because you use the word adoption, prior to an adoption there must be a termination of parental rights (mother and father) did this occur?

Try and give us more information so we can point you in the right direction. (I assume you already have an attorney working on this).

This is from 2007 - no activity on this thread since that time.

My bad, it popped up and I didn't look at the date.