Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions, and so thoroughly. I am impressed. Is this your area of expertise?
I’ve just picked up a lot of exposure to the finesses of the law over the years. This particular subject is one of the hardest for the law to address: child protective services.
The need for CPS is agreed on almost universally, but they walk the razor’s edge between taking children by mistake from parents who are not abusive; and leaving children with abusive and even murderous parents. Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. The public agrees they are needed, but hates them nonetheless.
And the courts have to adjudicate whether children should be taken away from their parents, and for how long. This is extremely stressful for judges, and they carry the burden of a wrong decision forever.