I keep thinking of all kinds of reasons for this CPS involvement, but then I come to the 'no-contact' part and there go all my theories. It's so bad that there can't even be supervised visits?
I am catching up on the thread-but does anyone knows what happens from here? Is SC stuck with no contact until CPS is finished investigating? I wonder how long it will take?
I am not a lawyer and I'm certainly not familiar with Arizona law.
In the states I'm familiar with, a parent who has been issued the equivalent of a No Contact Order has the right to a court hearing within a very few days. Usually 3 to 5 days, maximum.
At that time, the parent issued the order presents their side of the case and the state equivalent of CPS presents their side of the case. Then the judge decides.
My guess is that, considering that no charges have been filed, SC may be showing extreme symptoms of stress such that he may be upsetting the two boys.
There was a case in my state where a mother was reported to CPS because she voiced a suicide threat in her child's hearing (the story according to CPS). CPS issued a Temporary Restraining Order banning her from any contact with her child.
The rest of the story was that the woman's other child had been in a horrible car accident and was in ICU in critical condition. The hospital personnel became concerned because the mother was hysterically sobbing for long periods of time and then she said something like "if my baby dies I will kill myself."
In front of her other child.
I agree that exposing her child to that sort of behaviour was not good but it's a far cry from murder.
The outcome of the case was that the woman had a court hearing in 3 days. The judge decided that the child should stay with the father and have supervised daily visitation with the mother at the hospital while the mother got counselling.
I realise that Arizona can be very, very different but from the excerpt that oceanblueeyes posted, something similar could trigger CPS action against SC.
