They'll get medical checkups and treatment. A court-appointed advocate and CPS investigators will spend 60 days researching the kids' backgrounds. Finally, a judge will determine whether the kids would be endangered by returning to their mother. Edgar Steele, a defense attorney who took McGuckin's case yesterday, said he will fight to make sure the kids are kept together under the care of a family friend while he battles the criminal charge. He said he will also attempt to overturn a county auction that sold the McGuckins' land for back taxes last year.
Casual observers say they appreciate that police have chosen to stay back.
But not all are sure that moving in the first place was the right thing to do. If the kids don't get hungry, then they can pretty well take care of themselves. They don't need a welfare check.