VALPARAISO, Ind. (WISH) — A Valparaiso mother and father are fighting to get their kids back after they say the Indiana Department of Child Services wrongfully accused them of abusing their baby.

Amanda Denney, an emergency room nurse, and her husband, Louis Stanford, say Indiana’s child welfare system is “unchecked power.”

They contacted I-Team 8 for help.

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The Stanfords say their daughter Clara Stanford appeared happy and healthy at 4 weeks old.

On Nov. 6, her mother, Amanda, saw something about Clara that concerned her.

“I looked in the inner corner of her eye, and I just noticed...