[Kevin]

Apparently the father was accused of domestic abuse and the mother of failing to protect the children. Having represented parents and kids in quite a few juvenile removal proceedings, the parents are going to lie to everyone involved, in this case, probably to the news media, case workers, their own attorneys, etc.

On the other side of that coin is the fact that the caseworkers are often underqualified, overloaded, and also tend to have a touch-and-go relationship with telling the truth in court.

All I can really speak to is Oklahoma, but if this was happening here in OKC, the parents would have had two options, stipulate to the charges and complete a "plan" or go to a jury trial for the termination of their parental rights. If I'm their lawyer, I'm not taking a case where parents name their children Adolf Hitler to a jury. I'm working a plan.

Those plans usually involve the parents taking lots of classes, drug tests, being involved in therapy and other programs. In my experience, most parents who work plans fail to do so because they either relapse or can't deal with authority.

Either way, we're only hearing the parents' side of things, which is probably a partial or complete fabrication. I'm sure their state's juvenile code requires that juvenile caseworkers, attorneys, etc., keep the case confidential.