https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/02/16/prosecutors-legal-guardians-pulled-10-year-old-out-school-despite-teacher-opposition/
In this case a foster child was murdered slowly starved to death and the school, the neighborhood parents, and her biological parents where all calling and asking DHS to do a safety check.
Why are the state employees who refused to check on her not being charged with any crime? Also their names have not been released.
She was literally never checked on once she was put into foster care.
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The “state employees” almost certainly have no legal duty to “check on” anyone.
There are not a ton of situations where one can be legally liable for not doing something. Further, imposing such a duty would likely result in the complete evaporation of these services.
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