[Rodney King]

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.

There are two likely scenarios: 1. CPS is running roughshod on these people, or 2. The therapist has questionable practices. Finding out who the therapist is would very quickly resolve much of the questions here.

[writmeister]

That is my thought since this case had to go before the family court judge and that judge had to make the decisions on any child removal.

That said, I know nothing about Santa Clara County. I suspect that the judges are quite different from the mainly conservative family judges where I live who are fairly strict about removals.

[cinives]

I agree with Rodney King completely - we don't know enough to make any kind of judgment, but ... just as CPS assumes guilty until proven innocent, I always assume CPS is wrong unless proven otherwise. I think incidents in North Carolina, Florida and New Jersey, just to name a few of the more recent nationally-known incidents, prove how clueless and malicious and mendacious CPS workers are in general.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"There are two likely scenarios: 1. CPS is running roughshod on these people, or 2. The therapist has questionable practices. Finding out who the therapist is would very quickly resolve much of the questions here."

And there is zero information being offered as to who the therapist is.

[Shazolene]

The therapist is LINDA IKEDA.
It was mentioned earlier.