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    Question What is Considered Abuse or Neglect

    My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: WI

    I'm friends with a woman with an almost 2yo son. Her son spends most of his time at his godmother's house. His mom does not take care of him, his godmom does. She provides everything for him, and mom only has him maybe 1-2 days a week max. His dad has him (sometimes) every other weekend, then he goes back to godmom's house.

    Is this considered neglect? If mom leaves him with godmom for weeks on end (longest time was 2 1/2 weeks straight at godmom's), is that considered neglect? Or does it not count as neglect because he's being taken care of by a responsible adult, with mom and dad's consent?

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    Default Re: Considered Abuse or Neglect

    I'm almost positive that it not count as neglect because he's being taken care of by a responsible adult, with mom and dad's consent.

    You can always make a call to your local Child Protective Services and find out for sure
    Here is a link where you can go to find out how to make an inquiry

    http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/CP...map.htm?ref=hp

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    Default Re: Considered Abuse or Neglect

    CPS won't even blink at that. If the child is safe, cared for, fed, living in clean conditions, etc. with consent of the legal guardian, that's all they'll need to know. They won't even so much as assign a case number to it.

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