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After reading the whole threas I had some things I wanted to add.

-wrongful removal. I find it horrifying that people want CPS worker to have to PROVE allegations before the child is taken from the home. The ONLY case where a child is EVER taken immediately are allegations of physical abuse where there are marks or broken bones and emergent cases. In emergent cases or physical abuse allegations by a physician there are people that WANT CPS to leave kids with these people? I find that disturbing. If the allegation is untrue at leaset the child is alive. Who is the system for anyway?

Can you imagine if a CPS worker had to gather evdience and go to court before a removal? HOw many parents would run or how many kids would die before the judges ruled? Is that a price we want to pay? We have one poster here who was repeatedly called on by CPS and her children were never removed because there was no cause ans she STILL rails against CPS? I'd think that's the way it was supposed to work and she'd be glad that someone came around to make sure the llegations weren't true and had enough sense to beleive her.

72 hour hearings are to prove just cuase and if you don't have just cause for removel the judge gives you your child back. They are never taken away for dirty homes, I have seen FILTH that a child could not be taken from. There is always more to it that that.

-helping a 14yo parent. I'd rather have my taxes go to her now, than later to support her kid in jail after he hurts me or my family. Jail is more expensive than parenting assitance anyway.

-proving your innocence. Family court has a lower bar of proof than criminal. It's not "beyond a shadow of a doubt" it's "a preponderance of evidence" SO, after the 72 hour hearing for just cause and the 30 day hearing the parents get a parenting plan and we have time to investigate the allegations. EVEN IF THE PARENTS ARE GUILTY if they follow the parenting plan, a preponderance of the evidence will show that they COULD be a good parent. That's a lot different from having to prove your innocence beyond the shadow if a bdoubt and why lots of crappy parents get their kids back, it's not that hard, you just have to do the work.

Some people say that allegations of physical abuse and neglect that causes damage ot the children SHOULD be prosecuted criminally but at that point a LOT more kids will be in the system and there's just not enough money for that.