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If this happened in the States, Cameron would be arrested for a wide variety of charges and could very likely lose custody of his kid.

Amazing how places can be so different.

what kind of charges?

Well, first of all, I'm not a legal expert, and charges would depend on what state or municipality we are talking about.

Some of the charges I can think of are child abandonment, abuse of a child, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor (by having a child in an alcoholic beverage outlet) and I would not doubt that there are other possible charges I do not know about.

In many cases such as this, even when it is reasonable to assume the parents made a legitimate mistake, they could still face charges and punishment.