> The parents decided to have them placed with a slightly problematic in-state relative instead.
Leaving out any issues of rights, that's the biggest issue here: that children get moved from a safe situation into a more dangerous one, in the name of keeping them safe.
Take this recent case in Australia [1]. A father cared enough about his child to voluntarily put him in the state's care, whilst he sorted himself out. The child never came home, as the state placed the child in an unsafe home, and he drowned.
Leaving out any issues of rights, that's the biggest issue here: that children get moved from a safe situation into a more dangerous one, in the name of keeping them safe.
Take this recent case in Australia [1]. A father cared enough about his child to voluntarily put him in the state's care, whilst he sorted himself out. The child never came home, as the state placed the child in an unsafe home, and he drowned.
[1] http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/parents-demand-answers-after-toddl...