Chapter 13 - The child-welfare finding
Dana Reeves completed the initial investigation.
Finding:
No substantiated evidence that I had deprived Lucy of adequate food.
Pediatric growth records normal.
Home food supply adequate.
School attendance consistent.
Childcare records documented evening meals when I worked late.
Babysitter statements corroborated routines.
Lucy consistently identified Vivian—not me—as the person who withheld Christmas dinner.
The agency did not write:
Grandmother is evil.
That was not its job.
It closed the allegation against me as unsupported under applicable standard.
Then separate question:
Vivian’s conduct.
Locking Lucy in a room and withholding dinner as punishment.
One incident.
Short duration.
No physical injury.
Still concerning.
Child welfare recommended:
No unsupervised contact with Vivian pending family safety planning.
Not a permanent legal ban.
Not a custody transfer.
May you like
A boundary.
I agreed.
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