Parents can visit kids despite abuse charges

LOGAN, Utah - A 1st District Juvenile judge rejected the state's motion Friday that would have prohibited a Utah couple charged with child abuse from visiting the alleged victims. Judge Jeffrey Burbank agreed with defense attorneys that it was in the children's best interest to let them decide whether they want to see their parents, said Randy Rippling, spokesman for the Division of Child and Family Services. Ripplinger attended the closed hearing.

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