The father wouldn’t let her go on a school trip because he said she’d been acting up, including using a friend’s account to post inappropriate pictures on a dating site. “But [Quebec Superior Court] Justice Suzanne Tessier, who was presiding over the case, found the punishment too severe.” The mother, who is divorced from the father, was supporting the girl; the school’s policy was that both parents’ permission was required for such trips. According to a lawyer involved in the case, the father has legal custody but the girl has been living with her mother for the past month. (AFP/FoxNews.com, Globe and Mail, Eugene Volokh). Plus: Token Conservative suggests a new writ of “habeas bratus”.
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Sadly, that would be the moment I would wash my hands of my (most unfortunate) child. If the state will control everything, then I have no say, and I won’t be around to take the blame for their mistakes.
It would certainly be an aweful thing, but in such a case, the state has already taken custody, so you might as well formalize it.
This was part of an ongoing custody battle. The mother suggested taking the father to court since the school required both signatures on the permission slip.
I believe the father has now relinquished custody, on the basis that he no longer has control of his childs behaviour.
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What a stupid judge and what a stupid mom. That Dad had every right to ground his child for bad behaviour.
I say kudos to the dad for actually trying to be a parent.
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