It was not until July that Brewer was awarded full time custody of Evan. That is when police began trying to remove him from the care of Bodine and Miller.
They spent a month pinning notices to their front door to tell them to hand the child over but little more was done.
It's amazing how little authorities do in situations like this.
I know of similar situations where cops straight up told a father that it wasnt a criminal matter and he needed to consult a lawyer and handle it in family court after his ex refused to hand the kids over per the court established shared custody agreement.
If the State isnt involved, if rights dont get terminated, there's really nothing that can be done. Parents(usually the mother, and certainly whoever currently has custody-physical or legal at the time) have ALL the power. It's incredible how much control they retain over a situation like this, and the State bends over, spreads wide, and begs them to exert that control to the fullest extent possible. Deadbeat and neglectful parents fucking OWN the govt, absolutely no denying that.
ALl the more tragic that we have a rare case where the bio dad actually appears to have done the right thing and it still didnt help. He noticed kid was hurt, he tried getting cops involved, he brought matters to family court(or perhaps CPS did? I'd hope not since the kid wasnt immediately pulled from the home), and won custody. There's nothing else you can do barring committing a crime yourself. There's sooo many stories on here where family members suspect or even know for a fact that abuse is occurring, yet they do jackshit, then they whine and cry after the kid is murdered. Not so here, but the govt stepped in and said, "we dont value this childs safety enough to put the hammer down and step in, we coudnt be bothered to do more thhan write a few notes and stick em on a door. Fuck this kid".
Sickening. The dad should be looking into the possibility of civil action against the state here, or at least the dept handling this shitshow.
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I don’t get it if they didn’t want why not give to his Dad? Then you don’t end up in jail.
The judge was way to late to give the Dad sole custody.
May not have been on the judge. If the cops and/or CPS investigated(and i would hope both did, the article is fucking trash on info) and found no evidence of abuse, there's nothing anyone can do unless they have the money for a lawyer. Not everyone has money for a lawyer, that shit is expensive. The dad may have taken some time to afford to hire one, which is a necessity if you want to challenge a custody arrangement/agreement and get shit changed or seek to terminate a parents rights.
Then after you get that lawyer, you still have to wait on a court date, which could have extended shit another month. They dont just do family court shit any and every day, not most counties they dont.
If CPS did get involved, they wont just terminate rights right off the bat. Parents are afforded every single saving grace and opportunity in the fucking world to get their act together, so that woulda took significant time too, even for someone who right of the gate is obviously not a good parent and shows zero interest in becoming one.
Really need more info on this and on the investgiations into abuse(if there were any). NO matter what though, it makes perfect sense why the dad could notice abuse in march yet not win custody until fucking july. Id be mindblown if it happened sooner honestly.