Robert had been asking the state to take Amber into custody for several months prior to the therapist’s recommendation. He knew that she might be able to get the help she needed if the state had to pay for it, but had no idea that he was sorely mistaken.

In his naïveté and in an act of desperation, Robert dropped her off at a local police station and told officers that she could no longer live with him. She was thus forced to be taken into state custody. Robert had no idea that he would never see his 14-year-old daughter again.