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Multiple speakers at Cabarrus County meeting allege harms in child-welfare and family-court processes
Summary
Several public commenters accused local child-welfare agencies and courts of wrongdoing, called for audits and restoration of children to families, and cited recent legal and regulatory developments.
A series of speakers during the April 22 public-comment period told the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners they or family members were harmed by child-welfare investigations and family-court procedures, and urged county and state authorities to act.
Gerry Anderson described years of family trauma stemming from a 2016 removal, saying his granddaughter was taken from the home and later died. Anderson identified the removal date and said he was told his granddaughter had a federal "helpless child" classification; he characterized the county response as a violation of federal law and asked the board to help.
Several other…
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