Parent–State Emergency Intervention Boundary (PSEIB-v1)
Authority must be computable at the moment of intervention—not reconstructed afterward.
Core Principle
This protocol tests whether authority, responsibility, and accountability are explicitly defined and enforceable at the moment of emergency intervention.
Authority that is resolved only after the event is not valid authority.
Core Question
During emergency intervention without parental consent, is authority:
- Explicit and singular at time of action?
- Or fragmented and only resolved after the event?
Minimal Scenario
- Child emergency requiring immediate action
- Parent unavailable
- Institutional actors act under emergency authority
Post-event dispute tests authority clarity.
Competing Authority Sources
- Parent / Guardian
- State Authorities
- Institutional Staff
Overlapping authority domains create computability risk.
Authority Computability Failure
The system fails if authority cannot be resolved at the moment of action.
- Multiple actors claim authority simultaneously
- Responsibility is reassigned post-event
- No pre-defined arbiter exists
Post-event clarity does not repair real-time ambiguity.
Pre-Registered Protocol
Case selection, artifact collection, and responsibility attribution remain unchanged.
Critical addition:
- Was authority computable before action?
- Or only reconstructable after?
Binary Output
PASS: Authority computable at time of action
FAIL: Authority ambiguous or reconstructed post-event
Invariant Framework
G: Decision-preserving transformations
Q: Child welfare intervention
S: Authority resolution state
Failure: S unresolved at moment of execution
Claim Eligibility Boundary
Any system claiming legitimate intervention authority must demonstrate real-time computability of responsibility.
Authority that depends on post-event reconstruction is invalid.
Boundary Judgment
In emergencies, action cannot wait—but authority cannot be undefined. If responsibility cannot be computed at the moment of decision, the system has already failed.