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REIGN'S STORY
"Children are a gift from God, and they are the future of our world. We must do everything in our power to protect them and ensure that they have a bright future." -Desmond Tutu
Reign’s truth and all of the mothers that have connected with Moms Unmuted surviving similar CPS or family court horror stories, is the reason why Moms Unmuted exists. Reign is a child that is in Foster Care who has a fit mother and unfit biological dad. He is actively being kept from the custody of his fit mother and Foster Care is working on returning Reign back to Victor.
Through Reign’s story, we advocate for systemic change and the protection of the maternal bond. Moms Unmuted aims to address instances where mothers and children are separated without legal justification or a proper assessment of the priority of protecting children and the enforcement of their best interest.
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An Unbreakable Bond
Moms Unmuted should not exist. In what reality should loving mothers be denied access to their children? Then be told to "shut up about it?" I am a targeted mother fighting ongoing parental alienation. Apparently yesterday was "Parental Alienation Day." To need a day to recognize this evil phenomenon is a very sad truth in this Brave New World...
According to Psychology Today, “parental alienation occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation, such as the conveying of exaggerated or false information, by the other parent. The situation most often arises during a divorce or custody battle, but it can happen in intact families as well.”
What is missing from that definition is that parental alienation can be court ordered. Yes. You read that right. Without legal justification a judge or magistrate can order a fit parent not to see their child for as long as they deem fit and it is often at the request of the alienating parent. It's a form of control and punishment. To say it is cruel is an understatement.
Parental alienation is painful for loving, safe parents. Who hurts the most are the children that are being denied the right to have access to safe parents who love them.
I am a victim of parental alienation and abduction. A month before Reign, my son, turned 3 years old, he was parentally kidnapped on September 1, 2021. That was the first night my breastfeeding toddler spent a night without me. Reign’s name was illegally changed, he was hidden and alienated for nearly two years. When Reign and I were reunited he was 4 years old, soon to be 5. Victor had given our 4-year-old, Reign, a black eye. Reign and his siblings have self-reported burns when they are disciplined. Locked in closets. Not given food...After I reported physical abuse, Reign was taken from me and given back to our abuser where I would not be allowed, per court order, to see Reign for a little over another 365 days. That was 2023.
Within those 365 days, Victor Lane Turner, was substantiated as a Category 1 child abuser in the state of Michigan. Specifically violating Reign’s sister between the ages of 5 and 7 years old. To date, Reign is still being parentally alienated from me, the only fit parent my baby has.
Wayne County officials and attorneys are helping Reign’s father maintain primary custody and a bond with Reign despite his egregious crimes against his children. The louder I get about this injustice happening to my sweet baby boy who is missing me like I am missing him, the more I am silenced.
Through this insane soul-shattering fight for Reign, I have learned another reason why God blessed me with this life: to support other mothers who have been muted in their journey of parenting and shed light on these horror stories of parents who have had a nightmare of a parenting journey. Some of us are literally living a fit living parent’s worst nightmare. Check in with your neighbor you know going through something that involves the fate of their children. Before my experience, I did not know this was any fit parents' journey.
Resources for parental alienation are scarce. So, I created one of my own. If you resonate as a mother who has lost contact or has restricted access to your children, this journal is for you. It offers emotional support and strategies for mothers to stay "present" in their babies' lives when they cannot be there physically and managing the grief of missed milestones. This journal is ideal for mothers in high conflict custody battles, mothers fighting parental kidnapping, mothers who have had their children removed by child protective services, for any mother who is mourning a living child, mothers of Rainbow babies, and any mother navigating the emotions of someone else raising her children.
I hope An Unbreakable Bond journal helps you or someone you know.
Be strong. Be faithful. Speak your truth.
And remember that the love you hold for your child/children is an unbreakable bond that no person, time, space, or system can ever take away from you.
Stay tuned for all the additional resources that will be added here.
-Moms Unmuted 💜
Community Support: It Takes A Villiage
I consider myself a survivor of several traumatic events but nothing trumps the abduction of my Miracle Baby, Reign, a month before his 3rd birthday. Since September 1, 2021, I have died everyday fighting to bring Reign home. Devils in Black robes and incompetent child welfare departments and employees, did not investigate a severe rumor Reign’s biological dad reported interstate regarding his custody of Reign. Victor Lane Turner reported to PA that I “stole my son on a visit and that I lost custody due to being unfit.” None of the claims reported were true. My son had always been in my physical custody from birth to September 1, 2021. September 1, 2021 was the first night my breastfeeding toddler spent a night away from me. He was tossed into a home of violence on women and children and was hidden from me for about 2 years. Reign’s name was illegally changed and all access to me and his other only caregiver since birth, his maternal grandmother was cut off.
He was living in a home in the ghetto of Detroit that still is not fit for children habitation.
It wasn’t until August of 2023 where my custody was restored.
Reign’s dad got that order revoked.
Ya know, I’ve begun to view September 1st as a bad omen. It carries the weight of a recurring nightmare, almost as if the date itself is cursed… September 1, 2023, Reign was dropped off to me at the Redford Police Department by his dad wearing a pair of spiderman sunglasses. Reign was too afraid to tell me anymore abuse so I went inside the police department and told them this history and that my baby had a bruise on his eye. From Reign’s mouth, his eye was “bleeding.” The bruise appeared to be a resolving black eye. Officer Evans refused to document this child abuse that I reported at Redford Police Department. Reign’s principal who told me that he was dealing with a custody dispute and appeared to be very bitter, waved me off when I went to get help stating “I don’t care. He wasn’t dropped off here with the black eye so I don’t care.” Then Officer Barnes at 10th Precinct Detroit Police took our police report and labeled it as CIVIL.
About a week after the Detroit Police edited the report to be “criminal” but by that time, I had been forced to give Reign back to our abuser. A man who forced children to lie to cover up his sick abuse. By the time Reign went to speak at a “Kid’s Talk” my then 5-year-old had been threatened to lie and say that I hurt his face.
I was ordered not to see Reign for well over a year. I provided evidence that proved Reign had been abducted and physically abused and to date no one has been willing to act on the evidence I have to prove this tragedy to be true.
I was told that I would receive a recommendation regarding custody and parenting time after the conclusion of an evidentiary hearing held by Patricia Woodruff who allowed Victor to appear with an attorney who did not have a notice to appear and represent Victor. Despite that, I was the only party to submit any evidence.
I called and called about the results of the “evidentiary hearing” and was told I would get one by July 23, 2024. That did not happen and I was still not allowed to see my baby.
September 24, 2024, would be the next time I would get any type of update regarding the status of Reign who I had not seen, court ordered, since September 20, 2023. It was a phone call from a CPS worker name Gina who called me to let me know that Victor Lane Turner was substantiated of Category 1 child abuse. That he raped his daughter orally and vaginally at the ages of 5 to 7 years old. That I would be picking up my abducted then 5 year old within 24 hours.
That did not happen. Instead, Gina was removed from the case and it was transferred to the division of CPS that has been hiding Victor’s crimes against his children since 2012.
After so many calls and emails asking when I can pick up my baby, I was ghosted by CPS employee Felecia Copeland and her supervisor Tina Maddox. After telling Felecia and Tina about Reign’s truth, the very next day, October 8, 2024, a full custody order was generated for Victor Lane Turner. Full physical and legal custody of Reign. Felecia Copeland and Tina Maddox allowed a substantiated child rapist to create a “safety plan” for a child.
In what universe would a child predator agree or create a “safety plan” for a child he still wants unlimited access to? Common sense ain’t so common in the state of Northern Mississpi (Michigan).
I have been doing all of the things I am “supposed” to do to undo what has been done. My evidence is not being considered and every legal remedy I have exhausted on my own.
Reign is still in the “safety plan” that Victor created that is nurturing a bond with a child rapist.
Currently my legal team needs support. Exposure of this injustice is the only option I have at this point to save my baby.
Please. Don’t care about Reign AFTER something more severe happening like his unaliving like many children in Wayne County Detroit for CPS failing to protect children.
I have failed at getting Reign home on my own. I need Detroiters to tap in. Please help me get eyes on this so Michigan officials are SHAMED and FORCED to abide by the law and return Reign to the only fit parent he has left.
I am one of many mothers fighting for the best interest of her child to be enforced. I see you and I support you. If you are one of those mothers or guardians please do reach out to me for a blog covering your CPS or family court horror story.
Praying for all of our babies and the justice that they all deserve. Mothers Unmuted exist because of Reign Foster, Na'Ziyah Harris, Ethan Belcher, Monica Cannady and Her Sons, Stoni Ann Blair and Stephen Gage Berry, Zyaire Reed, and all of the other babies abused, tortured, and unalived due to Wayne County Detroit’s Child Protective Services failing to protect children.
-Moms Unmuted
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Failure to Protect Kids: The Legacy of Kayden Mancuso
Have you heard of the baby girl named Kayden Mancuso? I don’t think a day has gone by since the abduction of my child that Kayden did not cross my mind. In 2018, the year Reign was born, this 7-year-old baby girl was murdered by her biological dad on an unsupervised visit. Reign is 7 years old now. Like me, Kayden’s mother had been screaming from the rooftops that Kayden’s dad needs supervision. Instead of prioritizing Kayden’s safety, the judge over her custody case prioritized parental rights. Like the judges involved in Reign’s safety.
Kayden’s mother, Kathy Sherlock, used her voice for her baby. Like me, he was silenced and ignored. The court evaluator stated that Kayden’s father needed supervision. Despite this, the judge gave Kayden’s dad unsupervised weekend custody anyway. When I fled child endangerment in 2019, a judge dismissed the court evaluator, a woman whose profession for over 20 years was to conclude the best interest of the child.
I have found that in family court and CPS court, the term "high-conflict case,” is used often. The wording of that sounds like two parents arguing over who gets the Xbox, custody of a fur baby, or ownership of an apartment or something petty like that, right? But in Kayden’s case and Reign’s, and so many others, "high-conflict" is just a code word for domestic violence and or child abuse.
When one parent is trying to protect their kid and the other is a documented abuser, that’s not a "conflict." It’s a dangerous situation. Not one survivor or victim I spoke to could contest that it appeared very early on which parent would be targeted or favored by the judge which is a huge part of how abusers end up getting unsupervised time with kids who have a chance of being harmed if left in their care with no supervision.
Kayden’s tragic story is the reason Kayden’s Law exists in several states. It’s a push for legislation that basically says: “Hey, maybe we should prioritize a child's life over an abuser's visitation schedule or parental “rights”?” It’s working its way through different states, but the fact that we even need a law to tell judges to prioritize children’s safety first is insane. Kayden Law matters today because Kayden is the face of a massive systemic failure.
From speaking to silenced mothers or protective mothers I learned that what happens in cases like Kayden’s and Reign’s, is not rare or unusual. If a mother brings up abuse, courts claim Mom is “brainwashing” the child and the narrative is changed to make the protective parent look like the villain.
Kayden Mancuso's viral custody horror story is proof that the system is actually extremely broken, especially when it pertains to the most vulnerable people: children.
Kayden should be celebrating her twelfth year's birthday this year. But she’s not, because a judge thought a violent father deserved a "second chance" more than a little girl deserved to be protected and to grow and thrive safely with her loving mother.
Unfortunately, we can’t change what happened to Kayden, but we can definitely stop calling these cases "high-conflict" and start calling them exactly what they are: a safety crisis and an urgency to protect a child/children.
With your support we can protect Reign. It is not too late to help me save my baby...
Currently the Wayne County Juvenile Court is painting a terrible false narrative of Reign’s protective mother. For 1688 days and counting, Reign’s mother has been denied the right to protect Reign and parent him. Without any legal justification Reign’s mother is only allowed one hour of supervised parenting time a week per the safety plan of Foster Care created by the substantiated child rapist, Victor Lane Turner.
Please share change.org/BringReignHome and Fundraiser for Taesha Foster by Dinah Aremo : Detroit CPS Is Failing Reign – Help Us Get Justice.
I, Taesha Foster am the founder of Moms Unmuted and Dinah Aremo is the mother of the daughter Victor Lane Turner raped orally and vaginally as a small child. The biological dad of our children is not in prison for the crimes he has committed against his children due to his scary connections in the state of Michigan. Detroit Officials of Child Protective Services and Public Officials of Michigan are protecting Victor Lane Turner and allowing him to still maintain contact with children.
We need your support and voice to amplify this injustice and failure to protect a child. It has been reiterated by The Ennis Care Center that Victor Lane Turner will be reunified with Reign at the conclusion of this Termination of Parental Rights hearing. In fact, the Director, Crystal Wilson, and her “foster care aide” told me to stop telling Reign about the fun things we’ll do “when he comes home,” as if I am lying to him. Despite the fact that the other parent has been substantiated for Category 1 child abuse, they question why I would instill hope and reassurance. Why would nurturing and encouraging my baby with that hope not be considered appropriate?
We need to expose Foster Care, The Ennis Care Center who are reporting to the court that they favor Victor Turner regaining custody of Reign despite the termination of his paternal rights to his daughter he raped.
Victoria, the biological daughter Victor violated, is home safe with her mother… What About Reign?
-Moms Unmuted
Sad Mother's Day
I’m sitting here staring at a calendar that feels like it’s mocking me. Today is “Mother’s Day”, and for the fourth year in a row, I’m experiencing it through self care and ruminating on memories of laughter and normalcy with my only Miracle child, my baby boy, Reign.
Another Mother’s Day, and another year of a quiet house. The energy is heavy. No flowers. No handmade cards. And most importantly, no Reign.
When you’re a mother fighting for your child to come home, these holidays aren't just "days off" they are painful reminders of every second of a milestone that is being stolen. It’s not just about the big Sunday in May; it’s about every week morning and night, every tooth that falls out, and every "first" that I’m forced to find out about second-hand. Reign is now a snaggle tooth 7-year-old year old handsome little boy who said he “waited for the tooth fairy and she did not come. She is not real.” I told him she brought the money to Mommy to save for him when he gets home…” The heartbroken eye contact told me that he did not believe me spoke volumes… Wednesday of last week.
In this "high-profile" fight for Reign, I’m done beating myself up. It is clear that while I’m fighting for my child, Detroit and Michigan officials are only interested in burying the truth I share in this space.
I am not merely surviving a Mother’s worst nightmare, it is not only an injustice, but it is illegal. Being a fit mother means I shouldn't be writing a blog post about missing my child; I should be celebrating this “holiday” and tucking him into bed after a warm bath and a bed time story.
Every "adjourment" and every delayed hearing is a key contributor to milestones I don’t get back. While Detroit and Michigan Public officials go home to their families, I’m left documenting the truth and pushing for Reign’s Justice. After calling out their criminal misconduct, I have faced extreme retaliation. I am being flat out told that because department employees 'do not like me,' my child remains out of my home while we wait for the termination of paternal parental rights for Reign’s dad being a child rapist.
If you are also a Mom "Unmuted" and fighting a system that tries to keep you silenced, know that you aren't alone. Missing these moments doesn't make you any less of a mother. It makes you a warrior, like me. Like our babies. Document this day. Feel all the feelings. Sit with them and transmute them. Stay loud speaking your truth through posts, blogs, and the events you attend. And, most importantly, keep the Faith that our babies are coming home.
Moms Unmuted prays that this Mother’s Day is the last that we miss and the next will be a happy one.
-Moms Unmuted
Michigan Does Not Need Kayden’s Law
So, if you had not heard about baby girl Kayden, I hope that you read the blog I posted about her. I have a shirt and everything for bringing "Kayden’s Law" to Michigan. Now, don't get me wrong anytime a child gets hurt, it breaks my heart. We all want our babies safe. But as a mother who has had to attend court and fight for my child and our rights, I’ve been doing my homework. And the truth is, Michigan already has the tools to protect our kids. We’ve had them since 1970.
It’s called the Child Custody Act of 1970, and is a law that judges are given the option to break or honor. See, In Michigan, judges don't just flip a coin. They have to look at 12 specific factors to decide what is best for a child. This is the "Best Interest of the Child" test. If a parent is dangerous, if there is "Category 1" abuse, or if a child is scared, that fits right into these factors.
Factor (f) is about the "moral fitness" of the parents, and Factor (g) is about "mental and physical health." If a parent is an abuser, they already fail the test under the law we have right now. We don't need a new law to tell a judge that abuse is bad; we need the judges to actually listen to the evidence we bring to the table.
Most of us regular moms in Detroit or anywhere else in Michigan can’t afford $5,000 for a special expert just to prove what we already know is happening. The 1970 Act is straightforward and in layman's terms. It lets the judge look at the whole picture without making us jump through a hundred new hoops that only rich people can afford.
I have not been able to get any help regarding the misconduct and criminal activities because there is no oversight for the people failing in high positions of power. The judges and other public employees are not following the rules that we already have in place.
When a Foster Care center tells a fit biological mom to stop giving her child hope that they are coming home, or when they ignore a history of substantiated abuse, they are already violating the core purpose of the Child Custody Act of 1970.
In Michigan, we don't need a new law like :Kayden’s Laws” we need the people in charge, the powers that be, to be held accountable to the law that's been on the a law for over 50 years.
Michigan's Child Custody Act was written to put the child first. It grants judges the power to protect our children from domestic violence and abuse immediately. The only flaw is that judges are given the discretion to either honor this Act or ignore the best interests of the children who come before their custody courtroom.
Michiganders and allies, Moms Unmuted needs help getting the Child Custody Act of 1970 enforced. We need your support to make those in positions of power to look at the facts, listen to the protective parents, and keep our children safe based on the laws we already have.
Reign needs you to care. His mother, me, who is mourning a living child every day and every night, needs you to care. Help me get him from the home he was literally stolen from.
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