Richard H. Hatch, Jr. v. Department for Children, Youth and Their Families (State of Rhode Island), Steven Brown and Mary McKee Proposed

How courts have described this case

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• endorsing Rule 12(b)(6) standard where amendment would be futile for failure to state a claim
• “[E]vidence of even a single instance of abuse may ... warrant immediate state action on a child’s behalf.”

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