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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep hearing about the "law". What law was broken?[/quote]

This has been explained ad nauseum. Maryland generally prohobits child neglect, which includes leaving children unattended. The state agency further defines unattended, for screening purposes, to include a child under 8 left in the care of a child under 12. Whether this is actually neglect in this case has not been determined yet, but [b]it is 100% clear that the police and cps acted correctly when they picked the kids up to investigate. [/b]

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No, that's not clear either. The police could have taken the kids home.[/quote]

No, when the police receive a report of neglect, they are mandatory reporters and have to call CPS. They did not have the option, legally, to ignore the report and just send the kids home. When it turned out this family had an open file, CPS was likewise obliged to do an investigation. The kids were returned in 5 hours, which is a wholly reasonable time period. [/quote]

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