LEBANON, Ohio – An Ohio family is fighting for their son after school officials contacted Child Protective Services with false allegations and the agency removed the boy without just cause, according to the child’s mother.

The terrifying saga started when officials at Bowman Primary School insisted Katie and Christian Maples take their son Camden to a doctor for alleged Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder because the rambunctious 7-year-old occasionally acted up while bored in class.

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“The school thinks he has ADHD, we as parents disagree. We believe that it stems mostly from boredom and not being challenged in the classroom. The school has tried on several occasions to get us to have him diagnosed, so that he can be medicated,” according to a GoFundMe page set up to help the family with legal expenses associated with the debacle.

“We as parents do not have the problems the school claims to have with him, at home,” the Maples wrote. “We know how to deal with a rambunctious 7 year old, but the school is content with making him believe that he is a bad child, we disagree.”

The family alleges school officials retaliated for going against recommendations to medicate Camden, and made a series of four unsubstantiated complaints to Child Protective Services over the last year, alleging physical and sexual abuse, neglect, lack of food in the house, and other charges.

According to the Maples:

The last week of February Camden got sent to the office for being disruptive in class. Upon meeting with the school counselor, Camden stated that he was upset because he felt that he was bad and wanted to erase himself from the earth. The counselor asked him how he would do that and he stated that he would stab himself in the eye with a knife. My husband immediately went to school and got Camden.

We had a long conversation with him when he got home to find out what was going on. Camden said that he did not want to hurt himself and just said that because he was upset and wanted to see what the counselor would say. The school thought we should have taken him to the hospital emergency room for a mental health evaluation, but upon assessing the situation and speaking to him at home, it was clear to us that he posed no threat to himself and just said it to get a rise out of the counselor.

He has never said anything about harming himself prior to this incident or after. This was one time, one day…most likely repeating something he heard somewhere.

The next day school officials called the Maples and insisted on the details of the family’s conversation with the boy, a request the Maples declined. School officials then contacted CPS with another neglect allegation, and CPS called the family to insist on an in-home inspection, which they also declined.

“My husband informed them of our 4^th Amendment right to unreasonable searches and seizures and informed them that they would need a warrant to enter our home,” the family wrote.

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Bowman superintendent Todd Yohey refused to discuss the case with TheBlaze, but alleged school officials were compelled to report the family.

“All Ohio school employees are mandated reporters. If a school employee suspects abuse or neglect, they are mandated by Ohio law to file a report with Child Protective Services,” he said. “Failure to do so can result in severe penalties, including criminal charges and loss of license. If a school employee filed a report in this case, abuse or neglect was suspected or evident.”

Two weeks after the February incident, on March 3, CPS officials informed the family of an “emergency shelter care” hearing scheduled for the same day, according to the GoFundMe narrative.

“The father, Christian Maple, told TheBlaze that the school had made five allegations about them as parents to CPS, including allegations of sexual and physical abuse, and starving the child. Without any investigation into these claims, the court ordered the boy removed from the home due to his condition, and placed at his grandparents home where the parents could have supervised visits every Monday,” TheBlaze reports.

The court also ordered both parents to submit to drug and alcohol testing, and mental health screenings, despite zero history of issues with either.

“They are alleging that Camden has a mental condition (without ever speaking to him or as so much as laying an eye on him) so severe that it warrants removing him from his home and family and placing him in the care of children services. They have zero proof of any such condition and zero proof of any parental wrongdoing, but yet the court ordered him removed? How can this be? How can CPS get away with ripping children from loving homes without just cause?” the Maples wrote.

After successfully completing the court ordered testing, CPS filed a petition with the court to return custody of Camden to the Maples, but Christian Maples said it’s still unclear whether the court will approve the suggestion.

Regardless, he said the family now plans to sue CPS, Bowman Primary School, and the court over the stressful and unnecessary experience. Their GoFundMe page is currently at $1,935 toward their goal of $5,000 for legal expenses.

“The school is the underlying issue,” Christian Maples told TheBlaze. “They’re promoting this bad behavior. Reinforcing this bad behavior. The issue is with the school. Five allegations – all came from the school. All false.”