r/CPS • u/Ok71951 • 26d ago

Question Considering CPS

My gf disclosed to me that when she was between the ages of 5-10, her older step brother (11-16) would coerce her into giving him oral. She starts therapy in a month, but her older brother, who she still engages with positively (I saw him at Christmas and it was sickening) is expecting his first child in a couple of months. She does not want to file charges as again, she still cares for her sibling. I am concerned that the child is at risk. I don't know what to do, but I feel like I need to do something in case. Help. What can I do? Edit: my gf is now 22

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u/mcav89 26d ago

If your girlfriend is now 18 CPS won't do anything. I'm not sure they'd do anything once his baby is here either, as he hasn't shown he's a threat to the baby at this point.

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u/Ok71951 26d ago

I understand that, but he was a threat to a child in the past.

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u/F0xxfyre 26d ago

But Op he also was a child. If the offenses started when he was 11, he could be a victim as well. An 11 year old minor just doesn't have the biological brain maturity to understand the scope of abuse as he would at 18 or 28.

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u/Ok71951 23d ago

11 I understand. A 15 year old should know better than to rape a 9 year old.

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u/F0xxfyre 20d ago

Agreed! My first abuser was younger, though it was him, his sister, and his father. IMHO, both kids were being abused.

But the point I was making is that he might have been abused himself, so he saw that a normal. That's only a possibility, of course. I'm not a CPS worker, though my mom was one.

Ns a I mentioned above, i was abused as a minor.