When child welfare workers and police knocked on the front door of Sarah Perkins and Joshua Sabey well past midnight last summer, the parents were shocked to learn the Department of Children and Families had come to take their two young sons. It was the kind of harrowing scene that plays out daily across the
A couple whose young children were taken by social workers and police in the middle of the night are suing, arguing they were unconstitutionally removed without a warrant or court order.
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A Massachusetts couple's lawsuit alleges constitutional violations including the unreasonable search of their house, the unreasonable seizure of their children and the deprivation of parental rights without due process.
If they win, the case could set a precedent for state welfare agencies across the country, especially when they remove a child from a home without a court order.