Q: My friends child accidentally filled her Water bottle with alchol that was in the fridge and brought it to school.
My friends child accidentally filled her Water bottle with alchol that was in the fridge and brought it to school. She was getting ready for work and asked her 8yr old to fill her water bottle from the water purifier in the fridge. She had a bottle of clear alchol in the refrigerator and the child accidentally filled it with that. At snack time she took a sip, spit it out immediately, told the teacher it tasted like soapy water. The teacher smelled it and told the principal it was alchol. They called an ambulance and the police. They gave the police the bottle. She didn't ingest any but they took her to the doctor and ran tests that came back negative for alchol. She doesnt know that it was the alchol cause the school wouldn't let her taste or smell the bottle. My question is will she have a problem with DHR taking her child from her? No one has contacted her and it's been a couple days now. It was a complete accident and she has never had a problem with DHR or child endangerment.
A: I think she should sit tight. If her facts are as she states, and she can convince a judge of that, she won't have a problem. What was the "clear alcohol?" If it was gin, it makes sense.
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