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[quote=Anonymous]I think people are getting confused with how the system works.  I am not an expert but have done this legal work in another state and posted before.

If there is an exigent situation (police find kids in an abusive or neglectful situation), they will remove the kids on a temporary, emergency basis and place them in foster care until there is a hearing to determine placement going forward.  Two weeks seems like a long time to me (in the state I did this, it was more like a few days).

At that point, the parents (with lawyers) will argue to get the kids back. The kids will also have separate representatives (lawyer-guardian ad lietems) who will argue for their best interests.   The state will present its case.

Even in the worst set of facts, there will still be some effort to rehabilitate the parents and reunite the family.  The kids would stay in foster care, but have supervised visits with the parents at a social services office. Parents would have to do parenting classes.

Only after a year or more of parental screw ups (not attending the supervised vists, etc) would the state even move to terminate parental rights.  That would be the cases, regardless of race, SES status etc.

In this instance, I'm sure the parents will get the kids back in two weeks with supervision from social workers, etc.

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