tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post1376698822607634461..comments2024-02-24T16:30:33.798-08:00Comments on GPS: AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE – PART 3of5 / 565Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353695791008715393noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-34375682565631591542011-07-08T17:18:08.686-07:002011-07-08T17:18:08.686-07:00Launching an Appeal was the right thing to do. I&#...Launching an Appeal was the right thing to do. I'm sure that if this was not done, the parental capacity assessment or the counsellor reports could indicate a lengthy term of extended counselling would be required before the children were returned.<br /><br />Then there is the problem of re-removal, the moment one child bruises himself, since the family is "known" to the Ministry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-32330932809397297432011-07-07T21:11:53.330-07:002011-07-07T21:11:53.330-07:00Fascinating blog today. I remember reading some t...Fascinating blog today. I remember reading some time back - just while doing a bit of digging - that when Judge Crabtree was in private practice - one of the lawyers he worked with either became, or was then, (or both then and now) a child protection lawyer, that is, a lawyer working for the Ministry. You can be sure they were and are friends, and that both have a bias. <br /><br />I think the judges don't really care - for the most part - what they are doing to families. They, like the social workers who claim to be working in children's best interest, must know that what they are doing is causing profound trauma and immense suffering. Only a clueless idiot could think otherwise. How do they get away with it? The media helps a great deal, since they never get the story right, always focusing on the "need" for more social workers, and the "need" for more funding. <br /><br />I'd like to see these judges exposed in the media for the damage they are doing to children, families and society. They could put a stop to a great deal of this heartache, yet very few have the guts to even mildly criticize the almighty Ministry. <br /><br />Here's an example of some judges who do stick up for children and families (couldn't find any examples from Canada, at least not in the higher courts- though there definately may be- would be nice to think there are):<br /><br />“Permanent termination of parental rights has been described as the family law equivalent of the death penalty in a criminal case.” Therefore, parents “must be afforded every procedural and substantive protection the law allows.” Smith (1991), 77 Ohio App.3d 1, 16, 601 N.E.2d 45, 54.<br /><br />http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com