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About 10 members of the public attended a Trumbull County Children Services Board meeting Tuesday to question the board about policies that protect the rights of the parents of children who come into the CSB system.
Harold L. Smith of Massillon said he became involved in the project after talking with Ulanda Waiters of Canton, who rents an apartment off of him, about her problems with the Children Services Board in Stark County.
Waiters has been in contact with people in Trumbull County, mostly on Facebook, and that has led her and Smith to see a pattern of problems that they believe exist at CSB agencies throughout the region, Waiters said.
First, they believe Trumbull CSB isn’t following one of the Ohio Rules of Juvenile Procedure when a child is removed from a home over allegations of abuse or neglect.
Smith said he believes the rules require a judge or magistrate to rule on whether there is probable cause for a child to be removed from a home, but no judge is involved in such cases in Trumbull County.
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