The child protection agency sought leave to withdraw its protection application for two children in a high-conflict custody and access dispute between separated parents.
The agency argued that its involvement was exacerbating the situation and was not in the children's best interests.
The father and children's counsel supported the withdrawal, while the mother opposed it, seeking continued agency involvement to establish parental alienation.
The court granted the agency's motion to withdraw, finding that the matter was fundamentally a custody and access dispute better suited to Superior Court, that the children were uncooperative with services, and that continued child protection involvement would be detrimental to their interests.
