On February 2, 2020, we allowed our 2 youngest children to have a Skype call with their biological brother in Texas. We received this text from his mom stating “just a heads up. Caleb is having a rough day and I don’t know that he will be ready to talk.” Their brother, Caleb’s, parents, Alex and Beth Wise had seemed intrusive with situations between the children a couple times previous and we had spoken with a counselor on how to handle it and followed that recommendation.

The children ended up having the call with their brother, and then afterwards the children were very hyper. They said Caleb was crying. He said it was puberty stuff. He asked Adaleise if she was going through puberty yet. He also told them, “I have enough money; I can buy whatever I want. I do not have chores; my parents have to surrender to me now because I am bigger than them.” The children stated they had a secret with Caleb.

Monday morning, February 3, 2020, Mary sat down with the children, discussing goals and plans for the week in order to set aside time for cookie making together with Valentine’s Day coming up. Andy was away for the day and unable to return home to be of assistance.

At about 2:15, there was a knock on the door and upon opening, Mary was faced with Brittany Lenihan, a DCYF social worker, Carson Roske, a Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy, and Travis Rogers, a Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy. Mary was informed that the social worker had interviewed our daughter outside without anyone realizing these public officials had trespassed on our property without a warrant or any notification. They proceeded to interrogate Mary but she ended up stepping away and calling an attorney in the meantime to know how to proceed. The social worker then notified Mary that she was calling the detective in from Pasco to come interview the children and check them out. They also called Gordon Thomassen, a Sergeant with Franklin County Sheriff’s office, because Mary (95 lbs., soaking wet, with her pockets full) was so scary to the big, bad deputies and social worker! The detective, Steve Warren, told Mary that the children appeared healthy and there was not any evidence of malnourishment or abuse but was going to take both of them anyways.

Our son did not want to go talk to a social worker and was hiding in the bathroom. The social worker said she could not leave until she had an interview with all the children.  Mary told him he needed to go out and speak with the social worker and he threw himself on the floor in distress stating “I don’t want to go to another home.” Mattie and Mary were both witnesses of this heart wrenching scene where,  yet another time in a child’s life they are ripped away from any stability, once again creating another alter or split in the brain as a survival mode in the life of a human. The Deputies accused Mary of “shoving” Quinnlan out of the door, making him stumble and shutting the door before he had recovered from the stumble, which is a complete lie.

On February 4, 2020, we were to be at a “Family Team Decision-making Meeting”, where we have learned, the Department lets you know the decision they have already made for your family. We had several friends there with us who explained quite well that the children were “mirroring” what they had experienced in other homes in their accusations, not what they experienced in our care. We asked several family and friends if they were able to be a placement for our children, but no one wanted to take on troubled children and be involved with the state in that way.

February 4, 2020, at SARC (Support, Advocacy, & Resource Center), Adaleise was interviewed. The detective was not present, as he was supposed to be. The children were then sent back to the foster home where they were together and allowed to discuss their story before Quinnlan was interviewed on February 5. We also know that the way these interviews are conducted, they ask leading questions and are looking to make a case AGAINST a family unit.

On February 6, 2020, we received phone calls from Ms. Lenihan, advising us who our attorneys would be. It was concerning to us that the person responsible for kidnapping our children was also the one assigning an attorney for us. When we arrived at the court to meet our attorneys, they came out of the board room, laughing and joking at how they had told the department attorney and judge they would contest, and not agree. This was another red flag. We were in the “court room” a very short time, where Commissioner Pam Peterson ruled that the children would be in foster care, with no contact whatsoever with their parents or anyone who they knew while in our care.

We discovered much later that according to RCW 13.34.062(2)(b)4, we had the right to request an appeal in front of a superior court judge, but it needed requested within 10 days. This is, unfortunately, how the system is rigged against parents: the parents get to have a “crash course” in all they need to do and say, which is confusing, complicated, and unlike normal court proceedings.

One of the requirements in this court hearing was that we provide our school records within 3 days. We provided all records required by the state of Washington to be kept, along with the homeschool RCW’s showing we were in compliance, and members of HSLDA.

Our attorneys told us that they did not want us having any personal contact with Cori Butterfield, the assigned social worker, without them due to “credibility issues” with her.

Our children were placed in a home with a single parent, a young woman who was a school teacher. Somehow, the state feels that a single, working person is better able to parent and nurture troubled children than a family unit. It was reported in this home that Adaleise snuck a boyfriend into the house.

All reports and documentation are under the children’s birth first name and our last name, which is not their legal name on their birth certificates. The children helped pick out their names when we adopted them and never talked about changing them back.

Our children were not seen by a doctor until February 25, 2020. The social worker wrote in the original report that there was no evidence of abuse; however, we are being accused of severe physical abuse. If there was a concern, a doctor’s visit should happen immediately, not 3 weeks later.

March 9, 2020, we received notification that we were being assessed $3,000 a month child support as the “non-custodial” parent. We hired an attorney and filed an appeal, reducing the support we are paying the state to $167/ month. This is in addition to the $6,000/ month the state is receiving from the Federal government for each of our children to have them away from us.

March 27, 2020, there was an emergency meeting, as the foster mom was asking for them to be moved, reporting “they were too much for her to handle and were fighting like cats and dogs”. Adaleise was sent to another single woman in Walla Walla and Quinnlan was sent to a single parent in Toppenish. In these homes, Adaleise was stealing food, watching porn on a tablet at night, lying to her foster mom, and more; Quinnlan was sexually assaulted, which, to our knowledge from what we have been provided, was never investigated by law enforcement.

May 22, 2020, Sherrie Lennox, the “counselor” who the department sent the children to, sent a letter to the social worker, stating “from what was reported by public records to the media their abuse was horrific……….The children have a different viewpoint on reality due to the religious viewpoint of life they were exposed to…………….I also feel they should not be returned to Mr. and Mrs. Reavis what so ever.” We requested many times for her qualifications. We were told it should not matter, so we performed our own research and discovered that her degree was in Education Counseling: she is a school counselor, making life altering decisions to ruin our family, basing her decision on what the news reported. After we brought up our research at the Permanency Planning Meeting December 20, 2021, we received an email from the social worker stating “she has a state license. One license for counseling and one license for school counseling. Two separate licenses. She has been trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy. This is the therapy that SARC uses.” To this day, we have not been interviewed by the social worker or any counselor making these decisions.

During the court hearing, August 4, 2020, the children’s attorney stated that Adaleise wanted to see her sisters and grandma. There have still been no visits. We have questioned this several times with no resolution.

Beginning in August 7, 2020, Manuel Espindola, a DCYF supervisor, started writing in every report “The parents are thinking of relinquishing.” Our state paid attorneys tried to talk us into relinquishing our rights and also to separate. We told them that we would not stop fighting for our children and that we would not sacrifice our marriage.

We had a motion submitted on September 16, 2020, asking the Commissioner Pam Peterson to recuse from our case, as we felt there was a prejudice against us from the beginning. This was heard October 6, 2020, where she did recuse. It was convenient for her as she was moving to a different court anyway. Her only statement was “recuses under a reasonable person standard applied to the courts inartful commentary.”

We had vaccine exemptions for all our children. We provided these to the court. Cori Butterfield, in every report, stated that they “looked forged and was not from a reputable doctor” and “the doctor was adamant they receive (vaccinations).” On November 3, 2020, Judge Cameron Mitchell ruled that the state could vaccinate our children with all vaccinations they had not had along with flu shots, against our exemptions and our Constitutional rights as parents. For this matter, we had a Christian attorney who was representing us Pro Bono.

At this hearing, we were made aware that the children had been given a new attorney Diana Anderson. At the beginning of the hearing, she said she had only had time to speak with one of the children; however, at 23 minutes into the hearing, she said “both children very sincerely and clearly expressed to me that they want to get the immunizations as soon as possible.” She spoke very derogatorily of and to us. “If they can afford to retain an attorney, then go retain an attorney, but if they can’t, then their court appointed counsel represents them, both of whom are MORE than capable.” We had presented our religious vaccine exemptions with the Biblical reasons, which included the use of aborted fetal cells in vaccines. Ms. Anderson stated “Interestingly enough, I would note that if such (abortion) were an issue, that Adaleise….. is old enough to consent to her own abortion without any parental support.” “Their objection is nothing more than ‘oh, we signed a form here.’” “I think I’ve just been informed I’m going straight to hell…..” As this hearing was on Election Day, at the end of the hearing, she stated “now I’ve got time to go vote a couple more times.”

We have not been provided the records to know what all they were injected with. We can see in the paperwork we have been given, that the behaviors declined drastically and continue to decline after this time in the process. It is our belief that this is due to the chemicals injected into them, creating more toxic burden for their bodies to process. Did the children have informed consent before they were injected?

Ms. Anderson has clearly lied under oath in court and continues to speak derogatorily against us, hiding behind a black screen at every court appearance, never showing her face. She has never met us, yet makes very disturbing comments against us and our personhood.

Feeling that we were not getting anywhere in our journey getting our children back in our care, on March 22, 2021, we filed paperwork, rescinding any signature we had given on any paperwork, citing “extreme duress”. When we shared this with our state paid attorneys, they stated they would be withdrawing from the case. The Christian attorney we had been communicating with was willing to take our case. The court wanted us to have separate attorneys, and had assigned us separate attorneys, not recognizing the marital union as one entity; however they have only one attorney representing both of the children.

We received a final email from the state paid attorney on March 25, 2021 with attachments of about 600 pages of documentation we had not previously been aware of. As we pored over that information, looking for answers, we found that on February 5, 2020, Dustin Riley, who in 2006 fled his home state of Indiana when he was caught doing inappropriate things his sister, then in 2010, his wife disclosed to a family member that he was not following  doctors orders and forcing sex during her high-risk pregnancy (she did not want to press charges as their church believes they should not use the law) , called Ms. Lenihan, using the number Mary had provided to his wife for her to schedule a time for the social worker to bring the children to see their aunt before she died. His statements included “Mr. Reavis is going around to people in the community trying to round up people who are ‘friendly to their cause’, meaning people who will be on their side.” Andy only discussed the situation with those he asked if they would be able or willing to be a placement for the children. “Dustin made it explicitly clear that he does not believe that Ms. Reavis or Mr. Reavis will abide by any restraining order should the children be placed with friends or family close to the Reavis’, as Ms. Reavis believes that she is above the law.” He reported that “when the Reavis family were doing fundraisers for the adoption of Quinnlan and Adaleise, that he was shocked, as Mr. Reavis had just gotten put in jail for abuse of Ms. Reavis and breaking a restraining order, and then all of the sudden, they were attempting to adopt children.” “It was the fear of a lot of people that Adaleise and Quinnlan would be adopted and would be sent to the farm to work as Mr. and Mrs. Reavis’ ‘slaves’, and that is exactly what happened.” “Ms. Reavis would make the children complete much of the chores on the farm while Ms. Reavis did little to nothing.” Dustin stated that “he has concerns for Ms. Reavis mother Marjorie, as the Reavis family uses her as a financial piggy bank, including putting her at risk of losing her property for unpaid debts that Ms. and Mr. Reavis took out in her name…….” This sounds horrible; however, all his statements are complete lies. We have proven everything to be false, but it clearly shows the injustice of a rigged system where a child molesting, raping pervert, who has only ever been on our property for about 3 hours in the last 15 years, and who upon a very quick public records search, can be found, has close to $2 million in judgments against him due to defaulting on a bank loan, can make claims that are held as truth without any recourse in the “family” court; however the children left in our home, nor the grandparents who saw these children every day, have never been interviewed. Our oldest daughter was, one time, when Ms. Lenihan was at our house, asked if she would answer some questions to which she replied that she would think about it, but was never approached again.

Dustin reported that his wife, Heidi, “got a text from Ms. Reavis indicating that Ms. and Mr. Reavis have a ‘long road ahead of them’ due to the fact that CPS ‘believes children’ but that Ms. Reavis is hopeful that God’s people will be in the court room to protect them from a spiritual attack.” The actual exact text was “………We are waiting on a court date but trusting God for family or friends to be willing to take them if possible. It could be a tough road for us with the allegations and the fact they believe children………..We leave it in Gods courtroom that he has the men and women in court etc. covered from the attacks of satan.”

Our children were in “Shelter Care” until October 6, 2021, when we signed a Dependency with all abuse allegations dropped and only in regards to the neglect of their education, even though we felt we were teaching the things necessary for them to thrive in their lives, to keep from going through a “trial” that is rigged and against the parents. The only thing that has been asked of us was that we complete Psychological Evaluations. Not trusting the state paid provider to be fair and without prejudice, we found a private psychologist willing to perform this for us, with us paying out of pocket. We agreed on a price. We were supposed to let the court know who was doing our evaluations, so we did. Judge Mitchell wanted more information of the provider, so made another hearing the next week. Ms. Butterfield called the provider and when Andy called him to set up the appointments to be ready before the hearing, he said he had been “dissuaded” from performing the evaluations for us by the social worker. With no time to find a new provider, the court ruled that the state provider would do our evaluations.

On November 30, 2021, we were advised by the social worker via email, through our attorney, “I am reaching out to you to provide an update for your clients, Mary and Andrew Reavis, in regards to Raquel Reavis. She got into a fight at school and was suspended long-term until next semester, which will start on 02/01/2022. I am working with the foster parents on submitting an appeal to get it moved to in-school suspension instead of out of school. There are also alternative school programs being explored that have smaller class sizes that may be a benefit to her. There was a police report made and we are waiting for a court date to be provided in regards to this incident.” Andy requested the police report from Kennewick Police department. When we received it, we discovered that this incident happened November 12, 2021. We were not advised of the situation for almost 3 weeks. When we brought this fact up to the social worker, her excuse was that she was on vacation; however, the documentation shows that she was in contact with the foster parents several times throughout those three weeks.

The excuse given for no visits was “pending criminal charges and a ‘no contact order’”. All criminal charges were dismissed on December 15, 2021. We still have not had any visits. They are saying the children do not want to see us, so it is up to the counselor to decide when they have visits. After 2 years away and having social workers getting you whatever you want and covering for you when you get in trouble, we can understand why they are saying that, however, it falls back on the DCYF for keeping them away for so long. RCW 13.34.062(2)(b)8 “Primary and secondary permanency plans are intended to run at the same time so that your child will have a permanent home as quickly as possible. Absent good cause, and when appropriate, the department or other *supervising agency must follow the wishes of a natural parent regarding placement of a child. You should tell your lawyer and the court where you wish your child placed immediately, including whether you want your child placed with you, with a relative, or with another suitable person. You also should tell your lawyer and the court what services you feel are necessary and your wishes regarding visitation with your child. Even if you want another parent or person to be the primary placement choice for your child, you should tell your lawyer, the department or other *supervising agency, and the court if you want to be a secondary placement option, and you should comply with court orders for services and participate in visitation with your child. Early and consistent involvement in your child's case plan is important for the well-being of your child.” We have worked tirelessly to be involved and we have made it known that we wanted the children placed in our care and that we wanted visitation, but the department would not allow it.

On February 11, 2022, we were advised by the social worker via email, through our attorney, “I just wanted to inform you and your clients that Jesse pulled the fire alarm again at his school. This resulted in a suspension and they are looking into a possible criminal charge. They are working on an IEP for him and how to integrate him back into school appropriately and to help him be successful. He should be starting with his new counselor this month and hope that will help him process things.” Again, upon requesting a police report from Wenatchee Police department, we found that the incident happened January 31, 2022 and we were not advised for 2.5 weeks.

We have asked multiple times in writing, and verbally for our children’s medical and education records. We were told DCYF doesn’t receive those records. For the medical, we need to contact DSHS, which we did. After a 6 month ordeal, DSHS sent us the reports of the child support we had paid, no medical records. We still have no medical records for what they have done to our children. When we brought up the school records at the Permanency Planning Meeting December 20, 2021, we were told “you figured out how to get a police report, you can figure out how to get school records.” We did receive a screenshot of 1 report card right after that meeting, but nothing else. DCYF is confident that we were neglecting the children’s medical and education care; however they allegedly do not have records of the care they are receiving now.

According to RCW 13.34.062(2)(b)5, we “may request that a multidisciplinary team, family group conference, or prognostic staffing be convened for your child's case.” On March 4, 2022, our attorney requested a meeting to discuss the children. We also sent a request March 22, 2022, stating that if one was not set by March 24, 2022, we would ask the court to set one. We received an email March 25, 2022 saying they were trying to set one up within the next 2 weeks. If a parent delays, they are held in contempt of the court, but DCYF can take as long as they want. They are above any timeline or urgency unless they are taking children from the parents. The meeting was set up for April 5, 2022. We had several family members and friends who called in to listen and participate. Claudia Lux would not allow anyone on the call besides us and our attorney. 38 minutes in, she said it would cut us off in 2 minutes. Nothing was resolved, and we were cut off without Mary being able to share her thoughts. They were scared and would not answer the questions we did raise.

We have requested that DCYF provide funding for us to take our children to the APEX Brain Center, to utilize their expertise towards healing from the trauma they have endured, where we had a consultation, discussing treatment options and protocol needed, before they were taken and were planning to get them help. With the state generating the income they are, they should be able to pay for REAL help for our children.