Assume that after wrecking the house, the fire department puts you and your family in jail because you set it on fire.
Six months later, after your “day in court” that never should have been necessary to begin with, you are declared not guilty and are allowed to return to your ruined home.
My example is silly?
Don't blame me. You chose the example of a fire and a speedy “rescue”.
All well and good, unless you are dealing with government run amuck.
By the way, you said that CPS “must have a good reason”.
Never assume that there is a good reason unless you know what that reason is. So far, only suspicions, not reasons.
Most of the child protective agencies are run by idiots. I don't know why. It should not be that way. But one constantly reads of agencies that either seize a child for the most trivial reason or ignore the most flagrant evidence of child abuse and allow a child to die needlessly. Whether it is training or the fact that those agencies seem to have immunity from the legal restraints under which other agencies must operate, I have no idea.
But if you read enough, you will see horror story after horror story. I believe this to be another horror story of a government agency out of control.