Anthony Westbury: Do we have the right to wade into family matters? (St. Lucie News Tribune)

10 March 2010, 2:49 pm

ST. LUCIE COUNTY —When should the state — or anyone else for that matter — step into a family situation in the name of saving a defenseless child from possible child abuse, even when no charges have been filed?That’s the central question in an ugly altercation between family members over the future of 6-year-old Mariah Gutierrez.Mariah was living with her mother, Amanda Gutierrez, in Port St ...... Read More »

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