Is it totally unreasonable for the government to interview the child's therapist and other medical professionals treating this child before coming to a conclusion of abuse ?
Which brings me back to my wonderment in post #201 about why the therapist was not permitted to testify and whether the child's pediatrician or other doctors were called to testify.
As Carrie-Okie pointed out, since the proceedings were confidential, we do not know who testified and who was not permitted to testify. That knowledge would be helpful in answering many of the debated questions on this thread.
No, but that is not what has happened here. The government had not come to a conclusion of abuse at all. The Dad, wouldn't let them conduct their standard investigation (which I will admit, is problematic in that CPS often behaves unconstitutionaly).
Yes, if the parents are refusing to identify said therapists and medical professionals, and/or if the therapist is refusing to submit to such an interview (a licensed medical professional would risk losing his/her license for such a refusal, but a self-styled "therapist" doesn't need to worry about that). And I highly doubt that any licensed medical professional is involved with this child's treatment.