Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins say their civil rights were violated after DCF workers and police officers showed up without a warrant to remove their two children in the middle of the night.
A couple whose children were removed from their Waltham home in the middle of the night has filed a federal lawsuit against a handful of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families employees and Waltham police officers for violating their civil rights.
Health care workers who specialize in child abuse told NBC10 Boston that certain injuries in babies — including broken ribs — immediately raise suspicion and can trigger an in-depth evaluation. Doctors are required by law to report suspicions of child abuse or neglect to DCF. A Waltham Couple took their infant son to the hospital with a high fever. Doctors found a rib injury and suspected child abuse. Days later, DCF came to their home in the middle of the night and took their kids. The NBC10 Investigators speak to experts about the story and evaluate checks and balances within the system.
"It's devastating," Perkins told NBC10 Boston last year."It preys on all your worst anxieties as a parent." According to the legislation, DCF would need to demonstrate that removal is necessary to protect a child from serious abuse or neglect. However, the parents remained under the cloud of a DCF investigation as social workers visited their home. They waited months for their case to be closed, while they put their moving plans on hold.
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