Should've never been removed in the first place.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/06/06...-norway-reunites-seized-children-with-family/
http://thefederalist.com/2016/06/06...-norway-reunites-seized-children-with-family/
According to the article it won't continue. Since CPS dropped the case instead of being ruled against, it is unappealable. Sounds like the equivalent of "dismissed with prejudice" in American law. The children should all be returned home by the end of the month; some of them are finishing out the school year with the foster families.I am curious how this case continues.
Maybe we will not hear from this ever again. Maybe there will be new actions taken against them in light of new allegations.According to the article it won't continue. Since CPS dropped the case instead of being ruled against, it is unappealable. Sounds like the equivalent of "dismissed with prejudice" in American law. The children should all be returned home by the end of the month; some of them are finishing out the school year with the foster families.
Should've never been removed in the first place.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/06/06...-norway-reunites-seized-children-with-family/
Maybe we will not hear from this ever again. Maybe there will be new actions taken against them in light of new allegations.
There was never any evidence or allegation that the children were not treated well. Not that I'm aware of. Only that they were subjected to physical discipline.I hope that those children will be treated well and everything is peachy, but I wouldn't be surprised if things got complicated again.
Perhaps you missed some key points from the article:That's the outcome many people - including those who believed that it was justifiable for the children to be removed from their parents for the allegations to be properly investigated - have hoped for, and I wish the best for them. The ideal is reunification when there is more confidence that the children will not be in jeopardy. In the article I read about this, the parents will be required to continue to cooperate with officials and demonstrate that they are providing a loving and stable environment, so safeguards are still in place.
Perhaps you missed some key points from the article:
- Despite medical exams and interviews with family members, doctors, and neighbors, Barnevernet was unable to find any evidence of abuse. Still, the children were split up among three foster homes, where they stayed for months with minimal parental contact.
- In many cases, like in Marius and Ruth’s, Barnevernet never even bothered to offer counseling or services designed to keep the family together.
- While Norway defended itself in the press, the Bodnarius’ infant son, Ezekiel, was quietly returned to his parents this April. Still, the local CPS pushed forward with its plan to declare the four older children permanent wards of the state.
- Finally, on Friday, Barnevernet got the hint that the board would likely rule against them. They agreed to drop the case, relinquishing their object of keeping the Bodnariu children in foster care until adulthood. Some of the children will finish out the school year in their foster homes, but the family will be fully reunited by mid-June.
There was no intent to return these children.
I've never posted anything that wasn't untrue. <staff edit>
This family doesn't need to cooperate with CPS except to get their children back after finishing schools. After that, they are FREE. And I hope they move out of Norway.
<staff edit> It's not a matter of opinion or personal persuasion, but fact that they were inaccurate. <staff edit> those who are actually involved with the family have decided that provisions need to be in place. The parents have apparently agreed to cooperate with officials. I do hope the best for all of them.
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There aren't "provisions", other than waiting until the older children are done with school. This case was dismissed, and they can't be hit up again on this. CPS needs to go find another family to bully around - maybe they'll finally find a family that is actually having issues.
Is that a fact?That's the outcome many people - including those who believed that it was justifiable for the children to be removed from their parents for the allegations to be properly investigated - have hoped for,