In re S.A.’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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1. “and had to watch for the police while Mother and Father shoplifted. S.A. also revealed that Father had told her to keep the fighting between Mother and Father and the abuse of the children a secret. [¶ 7.] Another disclosure occurred when S.A. and Tara Olson-Larson, a licensed children's therapist, were looking at a book regarding foster care, abuse, and the legal system. During this counseling session, S.A. turned the book back to a page on sexual abuse and asked,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re SA

2. “[3] She also suggested that Father caused the injuries to E.A. Jr. but felt the children were blaming her because they were afraid of him. Significantly, even after being confronted with documented evidence of domestic abuse, Mother and Father continued to deny all allegations of physical abuse between them and claimed the police reports were false. Mother even denied the 2003 incident at the Children's Inn, claiming DSS and the Children's Inn”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re SA

3. “hearsay was fundamentally unfair. They rely upon the Supreme Court's recent restriction on the use of testimonial hearsay in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 , 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). Crawford held that under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re SA