While I feel for you... you should have used better judgement my friend. This is unfortunately the consequence that many growers suffer.. because they fail to use better judgement. Personally? If I had kids.. I would NEVER have them around my grow.. NEVER, point blank, period, end of story.
You can get mad all ya want bro.. but when it comes down to it, your at fault here... nobody else.
If you were smart.. you would have had your grow area located somewhere else, instead of growing it inside your own house.. with knowing that you have kids living there with you.. your own kids at that!
Sorry man.. but I call this one as being lack of common sense of the grower. Good luck on getting your kids back.. its going to be absolute HELL going through all the processes and everything to get your kids back to living with you. Hell, they may NOT give your kids back.. just depends on your history.. like past charges you might have.. things like that. And don't think that they can't keep your kids.. because they can.. and they WILL. Trust me, I know this.. my mother worked for DHS as a lead field investigator for almost 30 years.. I know how these things work.
Good luck, your gonna need all you can get my friend.
Just a little info for ya.. next time you decide to grow.. don't grow so many plants man!! You can't tell me that 25 (5 other) plants were all for you. That claim won't hold up in court my friend.. now, if you were like me.. and were truly and honestly only growing for your personal enjoyment/consumption.. you wouldn't have almost 30 plants.. you would be like me.. and only be growing 2 maybe 3 plants MAX.. per grow. The feds/state do not consider 25 or 30 plants.. as being for "personal consumption".. they're going to look at your case.. as you being a dealer... because of the mass quantity of plants you had growing.
But yeah, lol... good luck buddy, you'll def. need all the luck you can get.
peace.