8/18/2019 Schwab Child Injured while in Kansas Department of
Children and Families Custody
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MATTHEW S. PAPPAS A T T O R N E Y
1719 E. BROADWAY E-M AIL:
LONGBEACH, CA 90802
(949) [email protected]
FACSIMILE: (949) 382-1512
PRESS RELEASE
April 4, 2016 – Topeka, KS – One of five children of Native
American descent who were takenby the Kansas Department of Children
and Families last year was recently seriously injuredwhile in the
state’s custody. Raymond Schwab, who had been on a hunger strike
for two weeksuntil it was announced that a Native American tribe in
Michigan is moving under federal lawfor custody of the children,
was visibly upset when told of the injuries. According to a friend
ofthe family, it was reported the child was beaten including being
hit in the face and having hiseyeglasses broken.
Commenting on the incident, Jennifer Winn, former Kansas
gubernatorial candidate andadvocate for children taken from parents
by DCF said, “There have been children killed whilein the custody
of Kansas DCF. There is a real danger here for these children. You
have twoloving parents who are being denied their children by a
system designed to reward a privatecompany with substantial sums of
money each time a child is referred into the system. It istime for
members of the Kansas Legislature to step-up and investigate the
entire DCF systemincluding what we believe are nearly 80 child
deaths that have taken place while children havebeen in DCF
custody.” Cheryl Shuman of Moms for Marijuana, a California-based
non-profitorganization, said the parents may file an emergency
motion in state court based on the recentincident as well as
reports that one of the children had been sexually molested while
in the
Kansas DCF foster care system.
The Schwab children were taken by the Kansas Department of
Children and Families last yearwhile the children were with their
maternal grandmother and the parents were moving thefamily to
Colorado. Raymond Schwab, a veteran of the U.S. Navy who was then
working forthe Department of Veterans Affairs had been transferred
from that agency’s Topeka facility toColorado. Schwab, who suffers
from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and was deemed50%
disabled by the government, had been recommended medical cannabis
by a licensedColorado physician. Despite the reported effectiveness
of cannabis for people suffering fromPTSD, John Bosch, a state
court judge in Riley County, has refused to release the children
untilSchwab has stopped using medical cannabis. Raymond Schwab said
that Kansas is now seeking
to permanently terminate his and his wife’s parental rights. The
Schwabs have announced apress conference regarding the case will be
held on April 5, 2016 at the Kansas state capitol inTopeka at 2
p.m. Central time.
For more information, contact Cheryl Shuman, Moms for Marijuana
advocacygroup, (310) 779-4797 or Sergio Sandoval, Law Office of
Matthew Pappas, (562)533-1628.
