Can a child welfare worker obtain a warrant to remove a child against the mother's wishes?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Reynolds v. Cnty. of San Diego, 224 F.Supp.3d 1034 (S.D. Cal. 2016):

6 Calabretta v. Floyd , 189 F.3d 808, 813 (9th Cir. 1999) (concluding the child welfare worker could have obtained a warrant and no exigency existed when the worker visited a home on referral of child abuse and returned 14 days later to remove the child against the mother's wishes).

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