“Now, if they were actively abusing their kids I might feel differently, but my bar is pretty high on that one too. It is a principle thing: They are not my kids.”
Florida has the Baker Act. If any government official thinks you’re a danger to yourself or others, they can have you locked up involuntarily for mental evaluation. I’d say if they’ve already lost one child to their prayer cure that something else is going on here. They need evaluation by an independent third party. There are all types of abuse and not all are readily apparent. Clearly, though, they are a danger to their children.
By the way, this Baker act almost never gets used. I think they caution deputies and police against it. Some guy nailed his penis to a post. They didn’t use it. Later, he chopped himself up. Clearly, there was a problem that needed evaluation. But it costs lots of money to put somebody into a mental facility.
Yeah, it sounds like the Baker act bar is pretty high. And if these folks have already lost one child before this one, maybe they need to be neutered.