They can based on observations but the conditions must be absolutely horrible & undisputable. A court order is much safer because a judge is making a decision based on available evidence. This keeps the case worker isolated & protected.
Tom'www.kegkits.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: 1/7/08 10:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> CC: Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT:Unified Germany - I thought the communists lost Tom Hargrave wrote: > > Child Services (DHR in Alabama) is the most over worked government > organization in any state. The problem is that the workers have to > obtain unrefutable evidence then they have to present the evidence to a > Judge & the judge has to issue a court order to have the child or > children removed. They can't make preemptive strikes on their own personal authority? It seems like the egregious cases get the press, so the outsider is left with the impression that the purpose of CS is to help the worst parents keep their kids while taking the kids away from the good parents. It's all a judgment call, and either way you go you can be wrong. One factor that skews the results is that good parents who genuinely believe gov't has no business messing with their families make very inviting targets, especially if they run up against a civil servant on a power trip. Witness the fellow who was the subject of a mass assault by ten thugs with machine guns because a paramedic thought he was rude and made it a personal mission to teach him a lesson. This was over a kid that everybody agrees had an accidental fall, and exhibited no evidence of lasting damage from the fall. http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59566 Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 1/7/2008 9:14 AM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
