What you're describing is domestic relations/common pleas court, not juvenile court. Domestic court does not have the jurisdiction to remove children in Ohio, only juvenile court does. Petitioning for emergency custody in domestic court can be done by a relative, but is mostly granted from one parent to the other. They would have to have a lawyer and be able to prove it is emergent that those kids be removed from their home - can be difficult to do.kiwi wrote: There's no way I'm going to go into any specifics about my situation on the internet, but it was somewhat different than this situation. There was one parent involved who was stable/fit and wanted sole custody. The fit parent hired a really good attorney to put the case in front of a judge asap and get an emergency order of temporary sole custody. The court granted it on the spot, in order to keep the child safe. From then on, it was up to the unfit parent to prove they were fit and to jump through the court's hoops to get the child back in their custody. Therapists were involved, evaluations were done, etc.
You have to put your money where your mouth is if you want it done fast, unfortunately. It's an incredibly slow and ridiculous process to just rely on the system to do it's job. We hired a shark of an attorney, and that made it go a heck of a lot faster.
If someone in their family hired an attorney to get an emergency order they'd get it, I have no doubt.
Chuckie kneeing the baby would be a great way to do that, except it's not documented and it becomes he said she said if there is no physical evidence -like a bruise- that it happened. Which is why I doubt it happened. She is either a piece of shit lying about it, or a piece of shit not doing anything about it. When you do not protect your children from abuse you know is happening, you can be charged with child endangerment in Ohio.
