laying on the floor in the bode bedroom and as long as they were safe and protected that is acceptable dss would not allow that. using our tradition and culture we were able to find a lot of kids persona permanentsy. >> bernice's grandchildren have been able to stay together and go to school and retain the lakota culture. the best thing in life is that we will hav we love each other. we care for each other. it's a sacred way of life for us. the transitional living program creates a who home for them. it's a home for teenagers aging out of the foster care system. >> our kids would age out of foster care with no skills to survive on their own. and a lot of them ended up pregnant or incarcerated or abusive situations and they didn't have the tools to know what independent living is. >> sarah recently arrived at the tlp. >> sh she went to state custody when she was eight years old and lived in 12 homes. the first time i went into the system like all i wanted was my mom. all i wanted was my dad by the time i was 13 i finally figured out my parents they don't want kids. they want to be on their

laying on the floor in the bode bedroom and as long as they were safe and protected that is acceptable dss would not allow that. using our tradition and culture we were able to find a lot of kids persona permanentsy. >> bernice's grandchildren have been able to stay together and go to school and retain the lakota culture. the best thing in life is that we will havwe love each other. we care for each other. it's a sacred way of life for us. the transitional living program creates a who home for them. it's a home for teenagers aging out of the foster care system. >> our kids would age out of foster care with no skills to survive on their own. and a lot of them ended up pregnant or incarcerated or abusive situations and they didn't have the tools to know what independent living is. >> sarah recently arrived at the tlp. >> sh she went to state custody when she was eight years old and lived in 12 homes. the first time i went into the system like all i wanted was my mom. all i wanted was my dad by the time i was 13 i finally figured out my parents they don't want kids. they want to be on their o

a supervisor with dss and she let that go on in her own house. that, to me, something is wrong. >> when i see them go to the woods, he snuck through the backwoods to see what was going on. when he went to the woods, man he game out of there like grease lightning. >> being chased by the dog. >> i guess he seen that boy like he was. then it was on. >> cnn requested a comment from the union county government and the public information officer said they can't comment while the incident is under investigation. back to that woman who is the supervisor at social services, you don't have to work there to know this is wrong, you know what i'm saying? it tells you, where is the judgment line? where do you draw the line? >> who was home when they arrived? >> the man was the one that was home. the deputy arrived, saw what was going on, approached the man and a dog came out of the house. he retreated to his cruiser. that's when he eventually came back, asking the man for identification, asked about the child, back-up arrived and they found the other children

(announcer) happy with her dss, amanda seizes the mome to fill her mom in on thfloral fiao. oh, the florist-- uh-oh. yeah, you have t um-i had this original florist, right. and he didn't have my tulips. okay. so i ordered kalanchoe plants and i gave him a deposit. but then i got my tulips and i forgot to cancel the kalanchoe plants. soou need toall thguy and te him that we canceled e wedding. (laughing) oh, i have to do that? yeah, i'm not doing it. why? becae he's called me 7,000 times. i am not talking to him. and are you gonna get the deposit back for those plants? no, he can have the stupid deposit. it's only $20. all right. but they were special ordered, correct? yep. you can't use them at all for anything? fourteen plants? no. okay. i juston'tike ing put on the spot like that to do that, you know? but oh, well. she's my daughter, i love her. (amaa) st call hifrom my one-what time it? it is 5:00 try callinhim. i n wt to tk to him. tell him i'm off crying somewhere or something. the guy he saw today-because he came to my house, he like, stalked me to my house. he came to

law enforcement calls dss. if they just place with the relative it can avoid so much. once you get into that system it's just so hard to get out because it's just one thing after another. the crucial moment when a judge decides whether to hold children in custody comes during a hearing held 48 hours after a child is removed. the lawsuit against the state argues that parents aren't given a fair hearing and children are being removed for unjustifiably long periods of time. >> they have to give those parents a chance to present evidence in their own defense. a chance to fight the state's attempt to take their children away from them and to do that in a meaningful fair hearing in front of a judge who has not made up his mind that whatever dss says goes. hanna contends that there is evidence presented at the hearings, but only from one side. mark vargo is the state's attorney for pennington county, and he's one of the officials named in the class action lawsuit. he's the only person from the state who agreed to speak with us. >> so i'm a lay person and i hear a police repor