Postpartum Depression with a Misdemeanor Theft

[LawResearcherMissy]

I understand being thorough, but if she puts them in someone's care nobody will take them away.

It's sweet that you're trying to be reassuring, but stop. You're incorrect, and THAT is not helpful.

We're not here to handhold and support, we're here to provide legally correct answers, and that includes alerting our querants to worst case scenarios,

[twinzmom68]

What I've seen is a parent who takes her child to court thinking, "The judge won't sentence me to jail, at least not right away, if kiddo is along", only to find herself (or himself) sent to jail and the child taken by protective services (because the court has no other choice).

THAT I'll give you! Not a genius move for a parent to make while the risk of incarceration is looming. People do this all the time.