Considering the 20-year history this family has had with the state having to step in when children end up going to the hospital for being out past 9, being sexually molested, etc., I just hope all works out for the kids.
And of course, the judge is just following the law that was created by the legislators, as you said. Perhaps you believe there should be no required school/homeschool attendance, and I can understand that argument, but I think it’s a debatable question.
I read the social worker's report.
1) The first incident of molestation occurred at a babysitter’s house. So,,,,This could never happen to your child?
2) The report stated the older teen went to the emergency room but said nothing about whether she was treated for any injuries. Or, if there were injuries, that they were definitively from the father. Being that this girl is the product of a failed first marriage, there could likely be many reasons why an older teen may wish to stir up trouble. Also, we do not know if the teen was homeschooled from the beginning. If she attended government school, there was plenty of opportunity there to learn “street-smart” manipulative behavior.
3) The report also stated the the second incident of molestation came from a visitor to the house, **not** from the parents.
4) The social worker's report suggested that the father's insistence that his daughters wear modest dresses was somehow abusive. A missing door from one of the bedrooms was reason for abuse. That the family's house was crowed and cluttered. ( Geeze! With prices as they are in California, is it any wonder the house is SMALL?)
5) A father's insistence that a teen be home by 9 p.m. is NOT child abuse! It is being responsible!