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Originally Posted by tc411 She is smart and she can be convincing. How do we prove she is incompetent? I know she is because/ She weighs 65 pounds and takes vitamins instead of eating/her kids are overweight and have rashes/she tried to escape from the hospital, but will that be enough.
If we undertake this action and failed it will increase exponentially the rift between her and her family and might effect the disposition of the kids in case she doesn't survive. |
You have 2 questions here, her competency and her fitness as a mother. In both cases you have now involved mandated reporters. Please understand, while her being underweight may be a sign of malnutrition, it could also be the sign of an eating disorder, medical condition, substance abuse or her natural constitution if she is very small. Same thing for the children, the fact that they are overweight at least shows that they are getting some nutrition, maybe not everything you think they should eat, if they were underweight it might be a different story. Same thing for rashes, many children have rashes for a number of reasons and there is no malnutrition or abuse. While the children may have been put into emergency fostercare when she was hospitalized, if they were released into her custody, someone made a decision.