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   An Arizona mother is fighting a state bureaucracy's decision that she   
   neglected her son by letting him play in an adjacent park while she bought   
   groceries during 2020's COVID-19 pandemic when stores encouraged shoppers   
   to avoid family trips, to prevent the gathering of large crowds.   
      
   According to a report from the Pacific Legal Foundation, it is working   
   with the mother, identified only as Sarra L., to fight a decision by the   
   Arizona Department of Child Safety to put her name on the state's central   
   registry of "neglectful and abusive" parents.   
      
   The legal team, which has filed suit on behalf of the mother, pointed out,   
   "There was no jury, no due process, and virtually no protections for Sarra   
   at all."   
      
   It developed when, in July 2020, the mother let her son, 7, and a friend   
   play "at a nearby, safe park."   
      
   However, someone called police, who accused her of contributing to the   
   delinquency of a minor.   
      
   "Because the kids were never in any danger, the county prosecutors dropped   
   the charges after Sarra agreed to attend a life-skills class," the   
   foundation explained.   
      
   But then the state DCS jumped into the case, deciding that Sarra should be   
   listed with those parents who abuse children.   
      
   "Due process and the separation of powers should have protected Sarra from   
   the Department of Child Safety’s abusive prosecution. DCS has a track   
   record of ignoring due process that should protect innocent parties from   
   severe punishment," said Adi Dynar, an attorney for Pacific Legal   
   Foundation. "Sarra is seeking to right the wrong done to her and prevent   
   other parents from facing a similar fate in the future."   
      
   Tim Sandefur, vice president for the Goldwater Institute, which also is   
   involved in the case, said, "Overzealous bureaucrats shouldn’t be allowed   
   to prosecute parents for letting their kids play in public parks. The   
   court should, once again, rebuke DCS for meddling in the decisions of   
   parents who have done nothing wrong."   
      
   The report on the case charged that Sarra has worked for years with   
   refugee children, and if the department's arbitrary actions go   
   unchallenged, "she will be branded a neglectful parent and unable to   
   continue her work for the next quarter-century."   
      
   Among the documents filed in the case is a motion to stay the agency's   
   action, which explained, "The children were never suspected of being in   
   any danger…"   
      
   "Sarra … presents a colorable claim that DCS should be stopped from   
   entering her name in the Central Registry while her state-court appeal   
   remains pending, or that DCS should be ordered to remove her name …. If   
   DCS has already entered it there."   
      
   The case, in court in Maricopa County, charges the bureaucracy   
   "erroneously" deprived Sarra of her rights and interests.   
      
   https://www.wnd.com/2022/07/mom-fights-bureaucrats-found-guilty-neglect-   
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