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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Maybe I'm alone in thinking this, but I feel like it's just as cruel to take the parents away from these kids (and their home) for 2 weeks than it is to have left them in a car for an hour.[/b]  So I hope there is some other evidence at the home that indicates that they are dangerous parents, to justify this (not just stupid ones who need some parenting education).  Number one consideration should be continuing the routines of the children and their connections with their family.  Wouldn't it be better to have someone in the house watching the parents and kids together?  It must seem to the kids like their parents have been snatched from them.  If they are alcoholics and beating up their kids then yes, they should be kept away.  I think I'll be flamed, but I just can't bear the thought of those kids crying for their parents.[/quote]

In terms of having someone in the house watching the parents and kids together -- I don't believe the court/foster system can provide that beyond having a social worker visit for an hr or two per day -- at which time everyone will be on good behavior, though the court can allow for the appointment of a family member to provide that service. It's likely that there is no family in the area that can do this; his family is likely in France and hers is likely on the west coast -- maybe they just couldn't get here before the initial hearing (or weren't even called bc their son and daughter thought -- no big deal, the judge will say we're free to go and have the kids back in the next hr).

Any family lawyers out there -- any info re what info the courts need in order to take kids away? I'm thinking it's something more than leaving the kids in the car for an hr. If they wanted to prevent that kind of thing from happening again before the next hearing -- couldn't the judge have ordered that the kids may only be taken to school/daycare and back and can go no where else, and the rest of the time 1 parent must be with them? That prevents the kids from being left anywhere. I think maybe they found some other evidence of abuse. Who knows -- maybe when paramedics checked the kids, they saw signs of physical abuse or suspected it. I don't know if an investigator would have been allowed in the home prior to the hearing, but I'm guessing yes there was a warrant -- so maybe they saw things in the home that were alarming and suggested abuse or neglect happening there. [/quote]

Immediate PP: I know it's a long thread, but if you read the whole thing, this has been covered in-depth earlier by posters with experience with these issues.

Bolded PP: No, you are certainly not the only one to think this - you should also read the whole thread and there are lots who agree with you. But would you say that if the parents were on welfare and living in public housing? Would you be so concerned about the kids' "routines" and "connections with their family" if those did not occur in a million dollar house in a tony neighborhood? Think about it.[/quote]

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