JAN 20, 2023
An AMBER Alert for two sisters has been canceled.
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Todd Shapiro, who is a Collin County attorney, is not connected to this case. But, he has taken on a number of CPS cases. He tells WFAA supervised visits are just part of the path to reunifying the family.
"Whatever family law courts decides is the right plan it usually comes from the plans that CPS puts in place," said Shapiro.
Supervised visits are some of the first steps before reunification in the event the parents have lost custody of the children. CPS would not elaborate on the custodial cases of Jessica and Jennifer Burns. Shapiro says supervised visits will ultimately graduate to unsupervised visits. Supervised visits come with strict parameters set by a judge about when and where to meet. It's unclear if all the parameters were followed on Thursday.
"Somebody was there watching this dinner that had to have vetted or done a background check on grandma and on dad and was okay with them getting together. My question is, how did they turn their back? How did they not see what was going on for enough time to allow grandma to get both girls to get in a vehicle and abduct them?" asked Shapiro.
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