Those required notifications and permissible disclosures did not depend on obtaining a parent’s signature first.

Her mother could consent to additional sharing and support the process, but she could not be made the gatekeeper for a required safety report.

Mia’s mother reached the hospital shortly after nine.

By 9:26, she was speaking with Dr.

Hale.

A location-sharing notice was open on her phone, although she did not yet understand its relevance.

“I left for work this morning,” she told him.

“Mia was asleep.”