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Child Services Probed Octuplet Mom

Police have visited home eight times; family plans to move

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 3, 2009 7:38 AM CST

(Newser) – A pre-octuplets Nadya Suleman was investigated by LA’s Department of Children and Family Services, TMZ reports—and cops have been called to her last two homes eight times for reasons ranging from a missing child to a feared break-in. DCFS visited the home in July after a neighbor complained Suleman’s original six children “were not clean or being fed properly,” but found the allegations “unfounded.”

Between that neighbor and the one who brandished a shotgun—the reason for one police visit to the Suleman home—the family’s decision to move is understandable. Suleman blogged on Radaronline.com that they are moving to a “safe” house on a cul-de-sac, MSNBC reports. Suleman also revealed her plan to go off food stamps: “My goal is not to be a burden on any taxpayer.”

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Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, is shown leaving her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, ducks to avoid paparazzi outside her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets leaves her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, the home of the Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets is seen in Whittier, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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The house is on a cul-de-sac. It’s safe. It’s about 2,800 square feet, four bedrooms. I don’t want anyone to know where we are. I have trust issues. I know there are a lot of emotionally disturbed people. - Nadya Suleman, on her new home

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Child Services Probed Octuplet Mom