This is just one of the many cases a proficient attorney decided to champion the rights of the father. Notice the child sat in foster care home for 2 years prior to her being returned to his custody. That was the cause of the excessive punitive damages award in my mind.
I can cite numerous cases told to me from the men who lived through them here in California of the exact same injustices described in this case as happening to them. It is No JOKE if you're a man with sole custody or primary custody due to Mom's improprieties, CPS has it out for you.
Sorry once again if I seem callous or off topic here. But the problem lies in the lack of checks and balances in the juvenile court system they operate under as explained to me by some of the men and my own attorney.
No oversight, no appeals, and a closed group of professionals who work within that system. In fact the only recourse is to summon a Grand Jury if you can prove criminal wrong doing by one of the officers of the court, and then the Grand Jury can only hand down a recommendation. Nothing can force the court to take action.
Actually it is the normal method of dispensing out justice to men. Excuse me, I thought I was living in a country that actually had equal protection clauses written into its constitution.