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>>rossan+(OP)
> As a precautionary measure, the hospital followed mandatory reporting statutes and my wife and I temporarily lost custody of David. Thanks to our incredibly effective defense lawyer, we were cleared of all charges within two months, during which we stayed at the hospital 24/7 with David until we sorted out the legal procedures.

Holy shit. Parents bring baby to ER ... results reveal that baby was shaken (article later confirms this was not the case) ... parents lose custody for 2 months. Horror story.

>>itsmem+Jq4
Not surprised it happened in France, they are much more of a nanny state (in good and bad ways) when it comes to parenting. Like the fact that paternity tests are banned unless you have a court order, etc.

>>cm2012+iA4
reason.com has an entire long-running series of stories like this happening in the U.S. I've heard quite a few stories from the Netherlands. It probably happens in other countries as well.

It's an issue in many Western countries, where we've seemingly become risk-averse to the point where it's causing more harm than good.

>>arp242+PI4
Here in Norway the child protection services have been found guilty[1] of being too quick to remove children from their parents, and not letting the parents see them.

This seems to have led to the pendulum swinging too much in the opposite direction, where they now seemingly force foster kids to meet their biological parents against the kid's will[2]...

[1]: https://rett24.no/articles/norge-felt-i-ni-nye-barnevernsake...

[2]: https://www.nrk.no/norge/mener-fosterbarn-presses-til-skadel...