If the focus of attention moves on here from looking at a particular case to looking at wider issues, that seems sensible enough. The particular case is in the court system, and there are people busily assembling the facts and so forth.

That's where it belongs surely, at this time, where all relevant information can be brought together and examined, with, as catspaw noted, the interests of the child being the central and most important thing. I can't see how arguing about the facts of a particular case at this point really adds anything useful.

That leaves a lot of wider issues where there's room for valuable discussion - the Mudcat brings together a range of people you don't very often find.

For example, what do you do when you see someone treating their children badly, the situation of marginalised communities, how the media reshape stories to fit the preconceptions of their readers...and perhaps songs and stories relating to these kinds of things and this kind of episode.