| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 3:28:06 AM | http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a0a1ba1e-6da4-4ca9-93b8-942a54192480
Yep, what you read is right. The case involves a 12 year girl who was punished by her dad for doing something inappropriate, the punishment was that she couldn't go on her school trip. She sued and won the case.
Goodbye Parental Responsibility and Discpline! | |
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| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 4:33:25 AM | The whole story was the dad forbid her to go, but she went to her mom and mom thought it was ok.
Basically, the girl sent sexy pics of herself over the the Internet and dad (rightly so) said she couldn't go on a camping trip. Little Lolita got upset and went to live with mom.
Her freaking brain dead mom (they were divorced and dad has full custody, surprise, surprise) ok'ed it and championed her cause.
And the flipping courts agreed. Unreal  | |
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| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 5:03:10 AM | the mother okayed the trip however the school said without the fathers permission she was still not able to go because he had custody of the child.
The school advised her and her mom to sue.
She still didnt get to go on the trip as the court didnt rule until the last day of the trip. | |
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| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 5:22:22 AM | Maybe dad should sue the school (and was this serious advice or some flip comment a secretary or teacher made about suing dad?) and why the courts even heard the case rather than dismissing it as a frivolous lawsuit is something to ponder as well. The schools here would not encourage something like that because of the legal position it would put them in because a school camping trip is not germane to the child's education.
Should have been advised to take it through family court and sue for custody if she thinks daddy is doing a bad job. Probably some good reasons that dad has custody since the mom lets the pre-teen do the thinking in her household. | |
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| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 8:17:59 AM | | My apologies, I didn't see the one in current events. But seriously this stuff is making me sad, WTF is happening to personal responsbility? | |
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| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 4:26:13 PM | | Welcome to Canadian law....the courts are making people afraid to do mamy things as everything you do "Must be in the best interests of the child" as determined by the courts. | |
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Posted: 6/22/2008 4:57:23 PM | | It is outrageous, but perhaps Canada is copying America in being sue-happy? I don't know how the court could approve that given he has full custody. The father should sue the court for taking his rights as a parent to discipline the child, as long as there's no physical harm. | |
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| Kids Can Sue You for Discplining Them...
Posted: 6/22/2008 6:47:37 PM |
packagedealx3/Maybe dad should sue the school (and was this serious advice or some flip comment a secretary or teacher made about suing dad?) and why the courts even heard the case rather than dismissing it as a frivolous lawsuit is something to ponder as well.
The school needed the permission of both parents for the child to attend, a legal requirement which could only be overturned by an order from Family Court. So the school may not have counseled or encouraged the mother to take legal action, so much as informed her of their legal responsibility, and her only avenue of redress.
Judge Tessier found that denying the trip was unduly severe punishment. The fact that the girl is now living with her mother also factored into the judge's ruling. | |
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Posted: 6/22/2008 6:54:11 PM | | You can't sue the courts in Canada..only appeal decisions...so if it is upheld you are out of luck. In this case that would not apply as the trip is over. | |
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Posted: 6/22/2008 9:07:30 PM | From what I understand, he is appealing. Obviously not to stop her from going, since she already got to go on the trip, but just on the basis of getting HIS rights as her father back to choose appropriate discipline.
I wish him the best of luck. I'm still shocked that the courts even heard it, much less ruled in the girl's favour, especially given what she did to get herself into this mess. And I do suspect that the judge is being made to explain herself to other judges (and likely politicians at this point) given the huge public uproar that this case has caused. | |
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