He should’ve asked the counselor if reporting to the state was required by law. I would suspect it is these days. If the counselor KNOWS that child abuse is occurring/has occurred in a home, & they do nothing, they could be liable if something happens in the future.
The father initiated a course of action. He should follow through on it.
You can’t tell me the SS# is required. I have reported child abuse and had no earthly clue what the SS# was. Plus, either the reporting is mandatory or it’s not. Do you imagine the statute reads, ‘Must report provided the parent divulges the SS#; otherwise, no responsibility to reort.’
Please. This thing stinks to high heaven. Prayers for the father and his son.
He had no idea that a ‘Christian’ clinic was regulated by the state. To him, it was no different than going to his priest, only he needed a legal record to take to the court.
He wanted to file a motion with the court to restrict visitation to the mother unless there was monitoring. He had no idea that CPS could be brought in. He had zero trust for CPS.
My take is that CPS is a necessary agency but they seem to be feared because they treat all parties as suspects and they end up taking over a child’s life away from both ‘bad’ parents even if one parent is responsible and not at fault.
IOW, CPS like a lot of government agencies have no means to temper a situation with best practices because if they get it wrong, they can be blamed, whereas going tyrannical is not as risky for them.