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CPS seems to have broader power than what you quoted above. CPS removes children every day without meeting those 3 rules you listed.

I am no lawyer. But, I think that CPS has a different set of rules.

The rules that you listed either don't apply to CPS or CPS routinely gets away with ignoring them.

I am willing to admit that I don't have a clue which one of those statements is correct.

My experience (watching others suffer through CPS investigations) and observation is that CPS can remove any child for any minor reason if they "feel" their is a risk to the child (or a risk from the child towards others). CPS appears to be an entity under the executive branch that does not have to worry about the civil rights issues of "innocent until proven guilty." CPS routinely removes children and then turns the matter over to courts to decide what to do after the fact. Most children (in the cases I have seen) are returned to their parents by the courts. The courts are the conservative voice of legal reason. CPS appears able to act on "the appearance" or "reasonable cause to worry" position to seize children. They do it every day.