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06-06-2011, 04:04 PM | #1 |
Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI.
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| Please give your opinions & input... This is a potentially very sticky situation but I feel it should not go ignored. My adult sister has had this bff for many years. The bff & her sis live at home with their parents. I've been to the house once a few years back-they have a lot of animals. Dogs, bunnies, cats, birds, snakes...most lacking urgent medical care at one time or another. My sis would tell me about their neglect & I would plead with her to try to persuade them to do the right thing. I had to tell my sis to not even tell me what she sees over there as I just couldn't handle it. The two sisters recently moved back home from out of state so I have not been to the house in quite some time. One has a year-ish old child, the other a 6 month old. My mom went to see the babies & told me tonight that the 6 month old had red marks on his face. When she got home she asked my sis if he had a rash or something & she said no that "the beagle has bit him twice!" I really feel like I need to report this to CPS stat, like tonight. Apparently my mom doesn't want to be involved & sadly I think my sis is too stupid. I did not witness it, I cannot even think of the parents names or exact address but know the street & last name. But doesn't someone need to step in for this baby? TWICE?? Obviously it has not received medical attn. as I can't imagine the baby would still be in the home, or the dog. I thought dog bites were extremely likely to cause infection, etc. & would think it would be much worse on an infant, on his face. Do I have enough to call on? Is it for some reason not my place? Not sure if there's a 24 hour number so it may have to wait til morning, but I don't know.
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06-06-2011, 04:51 PM | #2 |
Jada + Bogie = ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mayberry AKA smalltown usa
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| Can't you report it anonymously? If you feel these children are in danger or at least not being cared for, then the right thing to do is report them.
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06-06-2011, 05:19 PM | #3 |
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| You can always call CPS and inquire about what is needed to file a complaint. As YOU personally didn't see or witness anything, it might not have much weight in the over-burdened CPS system, but it's worth the time it takes to make a phone call to find out.
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06-06-2011, 05:49 PM | #4 |
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| I would report this. Failure to provide necessary medical attention and failing to protect is child abuse. What is more concerning is how the mother reacted to it. It will become CPS's job to investigate but the proper thing to do is report. I am a family law attorney with a large portion of my practice being the representation of children in dependency court (kids being removed from their families) from my experience I can tell you a mother that would let that just go casually has more parental deficiencies.
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