At what temperature (high) will the police remove children

Question

my daughter is bound to a visitation order. her mother's home is un-airconditioned. i have to return her from her weekend home back to that house tommorow. the expected high on monday is 105 degrees f. i'm thinking the temperature inside the home will be atleast 10 degrees higher than this at some point during the day. cps says they can do very little as long as the court order is in place, unless it's life threatening. but...they added that a health and welfare check by the police wouldn't hurt....my daughter sits in an unfurnished room with only a bed in it all summer except on certain weekends(very few).

Answer 1

You could ask for a fan or the visitation could be at another place for..if this is a medical issue for the child, then you should have medical reports from the doctor stating that it is too dangerous for the child to be in this kind oflivingg condition.

Answer 2

You don't say how old your daughter is, but if she's can't speak and express herself clearly she could be in danger. Obviously her mother has issues or she would have the child, If it was my daughter and I thought the mother was not going to take her some place cooler, I would place a Child Abuse Hot line call before it got too hot. They can make the decision if it's dangerous or not.  

Answer 3

Children were raised fine with out a/c for over 1900 years.Not necessary.

Answer 4

Dont know the actual temp, but I would have the health and welfare check done.  

Answer 5

There is no specific temp.  Any officer or child welfare worker doing a check would have to look at the entire situation and determine if they think the child is in danger at that moment.  Humid heat and dry heat are different, fans can blow air around, making it seem cooler, etc.

Answer 6

Call the police Monday and ask that they Check the Welfare of your child. Provide some detail, primarily that you're concerned about the heat and that they might be inside without air conditioning in extreme heat.

Then go to court and file a request to modify child custody, describing in plain, non-emotional language, what is going on at the mother's home. If the police find unhealthy conditions, they will detail it in their report or call CPS for intervention.

(Be sre to ask the police dispatcher how / when to call back to find out about the disposition of the call.)

Also detail child support arrangements - they will want to know that you are paying support as ordered (showing that you're a caring, thoughtful father) when requesting the change. It's going to be hard to make the case that the mother of your child should be cranking up the air if you're 6 months behind in child support and she's struggling to keep food on the table and clean sheets on that bed.

Good Luck.

Answer 7

Unless there is a serious health concern, the police will not remove the children. CPS states a welfare check won't hurt, but I'm pretty certain it won't help either.

Answer 8

what a pity.It clarly child abuse and deserves the intervention of child ritescommision.Mean while defer sending the child and raise  a counter appeal.

Answer 9

Well its not a crime not to have airconditioning, but if she is allowing the child to burn up then thats a problem.  Her mother should let her run in the sprinklers or the hose, or at the very least have a fan going or go outside in the shade.  Bring these up to the mother.  If she doesn't have money for a fan, then buy one for when your child is there.