Child’s grandma reported it. If mother ever gets the child back will grandma ever see her again. If it were my child she wouldn’t.
She is unlikely to get more than visitation rights now.
I have seen so many people like her get sold out so that everyone could take an early lunch, or wrap the day’s docket an hour or so early.
Plea deals are very dangerous things, but they are sloth friendly resolutions.
EXACTLY what I was thinking.
My thoughts exactly. Mom needs to regain full custody and then cut this witch completely out of her life and her children's lives, moving out of state if necessary to get completely out of this judge's reach. Assuming that this was a red bottom that faded after Grandma had observed the "marks" and not a whipping that was still visible many days later, I'd back the mother 100%. That grandmother is a busybody who should never see her grandchildren again for as long as she lived if she complained to the police over a swat on the bottom. As for the judge, he's going to have a lot of business in a couple decades if parents today can't think of another effective option and are afraid to spank (appropriately and reasonably gently) even when necessary.