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Chapter 8 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES The CPS worker was Dana Wilkes.
Mid-forties.
No dramatic accusations.
No instant removal.
She interviewed me separately.
Then Weston.
Then arranged a trained child interview for Cecily.
Immediate safety plan:
No unsupervised contact between Cecily and Harlan.
No Harlan presence at our home.
Weston could see Cecily, but because questions remained about what he knew and whether he had allowed harmful discipline, he agreed to daytime contact with me or another approved adult initially.
He hated it.
I could tell.
But he signed.
That mattered.
Harlan refused to sign anything voluntarily at first.
His attorney changed his mind.
He agreed to no contact temporarily while the investigation proceeded.
May you like
Not guilt.
Procedure.
