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No, Youth Services is doing that. The hospital is just referring them, as they are legally obliged to do, and making extra money in the process ...
by candiodari 4y ago
No, Youth Services is doing that. The hospital is just referring them, as they are legally obliged to do, and making extra money in the process ...
- giantg2 4y agoCPS is generally required to investigate any complaint and follow a protocol. The hospital doesn't have a failed drug test since it doesn't meet the guidelines. They're only required to report if they reasonably believe the mother is using drugs. Tests below the guideline level don't provide that basis. It's an unnecessary/false report. It's the same way that courts grant protection orders or red flag orders - they're supposed to use the basis of something being more likely than not. Yet they consistently "err on the side of caution" and simply grant the order even though it's not actually likely to occur in most cases. Thus we see some lawyers advising their clients to file orders without basis during divorce to gain leverage. I'd love to see the numbers, but I would guess the process is abused or misruled on more often than it's used correctly.
- candiodari 4y agoI find this to be very typical of CPS. As they report themselves, they miss the large majority of actual child abuse (and one reason often cited, that children and parents agree actual child abuse is less of a problem ... than CPS. So everyone lies to CPS, and they're essentially only used as a means to hurt others, for example in divorce). You'd think the reaction to this problem would be to seriously downsize CPS, and raise the threshold for involvement. The opposite is happening.