Why is the girl in the care of the authorities though? That one I don't understand.
I would be afraid to give that girl back to her parents without a real good check on them too.
That's automatic. She's now "in the system", and God help the parents even though, let us give them the benefit of any doubt, they had no knowledge of this incident. Now will begin the hearings, the lawyers, the social workers, the police, ad infinitum. It's a pretty tough situation for all concerned to be in now, compliments of good ol' Grandad.
This is the system here in Florida. It is frightening. I have known several people run into problems with DCF here. The good of the family is NOT their primary concern. They will destroy a family and tear a child apart emotionally, all in the name of "protecting" the "children".
In the meantime, let's see, if there are 4 children in a family, and each one and each parent gets a file, that's at least 6 files, for which DCF gets paid each day they keep the file open...
Because, even though the father called and identified his dad, they are trying to find some reason to lock him up and take the child.
They only get paid if they can take the child.