Okay, that makes sense. Thank you for the answer...so there may still be hope that she can be taken into state custody...or some safer custody.
Don't bank on my words...I'm not a lawyer. But the Legislative Branch has empowered the DCF with certain abilities to act....just as they do police, just as they do others. A judge may give additional powers, i.e., search warrants, etc.
But, to look at it another way, can a judge issue a blanket order to county sheriffs to not patrol certain areas in a certain area of the county? (I don't know the answer to that, but that would seem unlikely.) Would that not be considered an abuse of judicial power?