CA12

• Imminent danger means that the child is placed at immediate risk or substantial risk of harm.

• “How direct is the threat to the child?” In other words, the danger to the child must be immediate or nearly immediate.

• “Is it reasonable to believe an intervening factor could occur?” If the answer is yes, then there is no imminent danger. If the answer is no then there is reasonableness to assume that harm could occur and there is imminent danger.

An example may help clarify this point:

• If a parent swings an object at a child attempting to strike the child on the head, but misses, we can say that the danger was imminent. The only additional factor necessary for the child to be injured was for the parent to connect, rather than miss, and it is reasonable to believe this could have occurred.