Originally posted by CardiacCoug
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Population data is not very useful in the handling of specific cases because any individual is a combination of multiple risk vectors, but happy to play along and take the bait anyway. We'll just ignore for the moment that the court had already removed custody from the biological mother so we're not dealing with potential risk vectors, we're dealing with already assessed risk. The child was in the care of the biological uncle, which is curious, why do the courts prefer biological relatives for custody? (Which is a serious question which I'd like to see justified.) The courts really shouldn't manifest a preference should they? The lowest risk family structure is not biological parent, it is married biological parents. This isn't a moral statement. Somewhere there is likely information regarding the current family structure of the biological mother, but I couldn't find it. I'm guessing single mother, given the absence of any mention of father participation, which is a higher risk structure.
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