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Originally posted by KopKoos
Except if she was not telling the truth about the poppy seed bagel and the baby get sum cracked up milk in her system. There are too many cases of drugged mothers to not have a standard. It was not the same day either it was three days later.
www.telegraph.co.uk...
"ACLU attorney Sara Rose told WPXI-TV that Lawrence County Children and Youth Services officials came to Elizabeth Mort's home three days after she gave birth at Jameson Hospital in New Castle last month. "
Once again drugs separate people.
. . . What we once dubbed as Child Protective Services, may have started off protecting children, but in the 1990s, when a bill was passed to give them monetary incentives for each child taken from the home, it has become the largest legalized child abduction operation of modern day. . . .
. . . Brenda Scott, author of Out of Control. Who’s Watching Our Child Protection Agencies?, in her study of CPS concluded, “Child Protective Services is out of control. The system, as it operates today, should be scrapped. … Removal is the first resort, not the last. With insufficient checks and balances, the system that was designed to protect children has become the greatest perpetrator of harm.” . . .
Originally posted by Mary Rose
reply to post by Xcathdra
You seem to be saying that due process happens after the child has already been taken away.
I don't think that's due process at all.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
What would you do if you had to investigate a child abuse case as law enforcement / Child protective services. The reason I ask is I've done my share of investigating child abuse, so I know first hand how the system is. I just don't really know what people are expecting to happen in this type of situation. Would you leave the child with the parents?
Originally posted by Xcathdra
The due process you keep talking about is present - The Guardian ad litem.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
as a side note I should say I live in the US, so are the laws I deal with. Not sure if you are from the US or another country.
Originally posted by Mary Rose
I disagree. The child has already been seized, according to your information.
Originally posted by Mary Rose
I'm from the U.S. too (guess you didn't notice my mini-profile).
Originally posted by XcathdraHow about protective custody? The child is not an adult, and the parents can no longer make a decision for the child due to the accusations. The guardian ad litem is the legal counsel for the child.
Also, most states have a time limit on how long a child can be in protective custody. In order to continue with the protective custody it has to go before a judge within that 12 hour window (in my state at least).
Also when you are researching check the criteria established for the protective custody. We can't just show up and take a child. The criteria is pretty specific.