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Posted: 1:00 AM CST Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Authority lawyer Kris Saxberg ran through some basic business: How did you decide which files would wait when staff were overwhelmed? Orobko earlier testied he’d hold files in his ofice until he could free up staff. Saxberg got down to brass tacks: Phoenix was seized under a three-month guardianship, the shortest period CFS could apply for. Did Orobko believe her possibly mentally ill mother and inexperienced father would be ready to care for her in that time?
Neither Sinclair nor Kematch was prepared emotionally or financially for a baby, child welfare files show. There were no bottles or diapers at home, no car seat waiting.
As the now-revived inquiry into her death is proving, there were scores of balls dropped during the child’s short, miserable life.
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