Not to beat a dead horse, :deadhorse: but again, I think this is a CPS parameter regarding active CPS cases, or a requirement for foster homes. Or a requirement for a renter/rentee to be HUD compliant, or a requirement to comply with state rental laws.
If someone can find a single state law they can link that shows that in every single family household within the state, there must be x bedrooms for x kids, and no opposite gender bedroom sharing after x age, I would love to see it.
Yup. In order for CPS to remove children, in the state of WA, they need a court order and in order to obtain such a court order, CPS needs to file a dependency petition which shows, under oath that:
1. There are reasonable grounds to believe the child’s health, safety, or welfare will be seriously endangered if not taken into custody; and
2. There are reasonable grounds to believe the child is dependent.
Now, LE can remove children from a home without such an order if there is probable cause to believe that the child is abused or neglected and there is evidence that the child would be injured, or, that they would not be able to take the child into custody if they first had to obtain a court, order - i.e., that there is a risk of flight.
I know people are saying four kids of mixed ages and genders in the same room would be enough for CPS removal. That's just not true. (Someone said this happened to a friend. That friend is not telling the whole story). I know people are saying this is routine in child murder and abduction cases so that CPS or LE can have time to sort out what happened. That is also not true. Or at least, that is not a valid reason. Investigatory purposes is not enough for a court order in WA, to remove a child from the home.
Nope, instead they must prove there is a serious risk of endangerment to the child to be removed and they need a court order based on a signed petition under oath explaining just why that is the case.
That means something was serious enough in this case to justify removal. Does that prove the parents are guilty of murder? Not by a long shot. There have been other cases where the circumstances in the home of a child who went missing are not up to par but are unconnected to the event. At least not directly.
I agree. Reminds me of the Jessica Ridgeway investigation... The DNA swabs are how they caught Austin Sigg in the end.
How quickly did that happen in Jessica's case? About 22 days? I hope it is that quick in this case.
