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Case of Chandler family with feverish toddler tests the future of public scrutiny on DCS court hearings

A child-welfare case put national attention on a family whose children were taken by the Arizona Department of Child Safety after police with guns drawn raided their house to check on a feverish toddler.

But their hearings in Juvenile Court raised questions far beyond the police raid. In a seemingly unprecedented move, a judge first removed a reporter and a state legislator from an open court hearing, then barred another reporter from publishing news about the case, then moved to walk back those restrictions after media attorneys intervened.

On Tuesday, Maricopa County Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Timothy J. Ryan issued a new set of directions that raised further questions.

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