Quote From: ozzylawOften less is used to charge someone with Domestic Abuse. Usually it's just the word (and bruises) of one against the other. I would imagine it would be a prosecuter's dream to have everything caught on tape. No question of how the bruises appeared in that video! As for the kids, I agree placement with family is usually better for kids, however it would seem that Shelia has ALOT of abuse on her side, and no mention was made of Steve's family. In Oklahoma, a child is initially placed in "the shelter" until a hearing determines where they are placed. CPS (or DHS here) has to do home studies of the family members to make sure the kids aren't placed in a worse situation. So sometimes foster care is used short time at least. As for charges against Steve. Unless he is stopped at the time he is driving drunk, nothing can be done about that. He's obviously unfit to care for those kids alone. They'd be taking care of him! I agree both are to blame!
Those poor kids! Now that their parents have admitted on national TV what they are really like, I don't know if they would be allowed to keep their jobs, let alone their kids. I would think the police and CPS could show a judge those tapes and have the children taken away to a safe place. The drunken father driving the kids around is bad, but what worries me is the mother's complete loss of control of her temper.
As the kids get older and have smart-aleck mouths, what will the mother do to them?
