Roberta Kite was a social worker who arrived to follow up on a call secretly made by Steve McDonald as to the living arrangements of his nephew Max Turner in May 2011. She spoke to both the McDonalds and Max's mother Kylie Platt and her husband David. Kylie revealed the truth about how Steve and Becky paid Kylie to leave Max and flee the country. When the lies unravelled, it was decided that Max would temporarily be taken into foster care. Roberta later delivered Max to Kylie and David in November 2011 when they gained custody of him.