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Then I suspect the forthcoming lawsuit will serve as a mechanism to make the law more specific. But the judge can interpret the law in a reasonable way. And if the goal of the law is to make sure kids are supervised, then it's reasonable to interpret it broadly to encompass all situations.

Kids playing in the backyard while mom is in the house = supervised.

Kids wandering around DTSS while mom is a mile away = not supervised.

That's a reasonable interpretation (and common sense). [/quote]

The backyard is in DTSS. They live in DTSS. They are "wandering around" the neighborhood they live in.

And the goal of the law should be to make sure that kids aren't neglected. Which these kids aren't. Even CPS did not find that they were neglected.[/quote]

I continue to find it amazing that people who don't know the family, are not part of the investigation, and didn't witness the incidents are certain these kids aren't neglected. [b] Amazing bias[/b]. [/quote]

No, I don't know the family.  I assume there's no neglect because CPS found no neglect in their first investigation.  I assume nothing has changed since then, although perhaps the family has changed since January.

That's my bias.  [/quote]

They did not find "no neglect".  Let's try and analogous scenario. If someone reported that she saw children being hit, and child protective services investigated and came to a conclusion of unsubstantiated abuse. That means there's some evidence of abuse, but we don't know that there's really abuse, and there's not enough evidence for us to remove these children. Then a couple months later someone else reports that they've seen the children being hit. Do you think child protective services needs to investigate? Yes. Of course they're required to. Same with neglect reports. [/quote]

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