Gotta disagree with you tg on this one. There is no jury trial in a CPS case, just a judge who almost certainly doesn’t care about public opinion in reaching a decision onthis kind of case. Ghe scary part of course is the da rejected the case which means the case sucks, because they get convictions on even marginAl cases. Also creepy is the standard of proof is lower in parental rights termination proceedings, clear and convincing evidence v beyond a reasonable doubt. So a judge can rely on the lower burden to remove kids. In my Mind the burden of proof should be just as high in parental term proceedings since bey a reas doubt has got so watered down that people generallly even judges feel it’s more like “if it’s reasonableto convict letsdo it.”. Frankly I think there’d be more acquittals sometimes if we went with the allegedly lower “clear and convincing” standard. In sum, if the prosecutor said no thanks the evidence is probably wafer thin, and the kids have a good chance of being removed, depending on thejudge.