Of course they are doing this to purposefully hide from the courts.

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It's why civil asset forfeiture (Thanks Biden! , teaming up with his best pal Strom Thurmond and Reagan to pass it) is designed to make it impossible to afford to challenge it unless you are already rich.

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This is why due process is so significant. Life, Liberty, Property (and probably a fourth one, Family, should be explicitly added) cannot be taken from people without due process of law.

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Nothing in this case even suggests the children were in imminent danger. DCF knew the court would never give them an order so they waited until the court house was closed to fuck a family over, maybe damage their finances permanently and scar their children for life.