I've been following a story today about a couple in the UK - police launched a massive hunt for the parents who ran away yesterday with their two kids as they had reasons to believe their children will be put in foster care. They were discovered earlier and arrested on 'suspicion of child neglect'. That's what it says - 'suspicion'. I have no idea who these people are, but the practice of launcing a massive operation with news alerts and words like 'growing fears for the children' to be abhorrent. They were treated like criminals.
The only good thing is that judging by the comments on these stories, people are starting to question the system and side with the parents.