By: Las Vegas Now Staff
The family of a child who died after being left in the family SUV for 17 hours is being allowed to visit their other children who have been taken away.
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The family will be able to have a supervised visit with their four children sometime in the next few days. Those children may also be released to a family member as soon as Friday.
Their 4-year-old son Jason was found dead a week ago in their car after allegedly being left there for 17 hours.
Last week the Rimers weren’t allowed to see their other children and didn’t know if they would get them back. Monday, attorneys for the family didn’t let the media in the court or speak with the parents.
Attorneys tell us the judge’s ruling today comes as good news for the family.
“Absolutely excited, they love their children so they want to see them as soon as possible,” said the parents’ attorney, Ismael Santellan.
“They don’t have the resources down here to house children, just because there has been an allegation made against the parents, if there are other family members then that frees up Child Haven that is over burdened,” said another of the parents’ attorney, Lew Wolfbrandt.
Fingerprinting and background checks have to be performed on the person who may take custody of the four children.
The attorneys are anticipating that Child Protective Services will present allegations of abuse against the parents at another hearing on Friday.
As soon as the background checks are complete, the children could be released to a family member by Friday or even sooner.
As for the criminal charges against the parents in the death of their son, that’s been tough for the district attorney in the past.
The D.A. has to prove the family intended to leave their child in the car, and attorneys tell us that’s a pretty high burden of proof.
