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Understanding docs to fight for your Childs Rights
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I'm new to this so I hope I get it right, as I have been reding loads of forums and the thing I have been reading is that lots of people are fighting dept of child safety or are arguing with them about their children. In saying all this I would like to say I am happy being a foster parent and even us as foster parents we need to know our rights to be able to protect ourselves when things go wrong, not that I have had the burden myself and god willing I will continue to love all the little children that pass through my home with all the love I and my family can give them until they return to their moms and dads or families. SO HERE GOES
BUT: If you are unfortunate to have your child/ren taken through the system, you need to get your rights in place asap.
1, don't sign anything like an intake order. This gives the dept the power to have your kids(Ps- you signed them away to the dept).(crap i hope i dont get into trouble for this)
2. Don't speak to the dept for at least 1-3 day to get your head straight. They use EVERY contact with you at Court. So speak when you are ready, sounds stupid but take 3-5 breaths first after every question to process what you are being told. AND if you get really aggitated, say. "I'm sorry I need to stop as I feel you are not listening/understanding to me and I will ring you back later". They have to write down what happened and if a judge reads this they will see you tried until you got fed up with dept, as they were not able to conprend what You sed to them.
3. GET ONLINE.
Print out any and everything on child custody and the dept of child safety for your area, if you dont understand get on a forum and ask someone will know.
Vic has one of the lagest bases for info about child safety and childrens in trauma and they have the laws online so use their info for your case/s.
4. When you go to any meeting take some one you trust and they can take notes, you have an independant witness ALL THE TIME.
5. You do know that you can tape the meeting and record, you just have to let them know this is happening.
6. Ask for copies of every meetings and the outcomes for your records,(true copies) check and if they have not put something in SAY SOMETHING.
7. Go to every court date, even if it is a 2 minutes court hearing. everyone SHOW UP. Shows you give a crap to the judge as they have to record who attends. the more you go the better it is for your case.
8. I think I am in Trouble. lOOK! IN SAYING ALL THIESE THINGS THE ONLY WAY TO DEFEND YOUR CASE/S IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPT AND THE WAY THEY DO THINGS BY THEIR POLOCIES AND THEN FIGHTING BACK.
9 GOOD LUCK>
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Re: Understanding docs to fight for your Childs Rights
You are correct in your advice and in saying that, I will also say that there is a need in the community for child Foster carers and also DOC'S & DHS intervention in many cases and there is a required need to protect many children from extremely abusive enviroments in the hands of their own parents.
Though it is the ones that fail so many in DOC's & DHS and come in heavy handed when it is not required and send those children to either more abusive Cares & in some cases send back parents "there children on life support" or deceased and present court reports to the children's court that are not based on factual evidence or from malicious notifications, that do the damage to many that endure that battle when in this system.
Loci_Parenti means place of parent and this is what the department seek when removing children and puting them on such Orders and if you cannot protect a child in your care,when you are clearly in that position & have a duty of care,then impliment other means.
There are always those that do wrong,that tarnish those in this failing imperfect system that over shadow the good that is done.
DOC's & DHS have a duty of care,as we do as parents to protect our children and those that have made such huge errors and especially when costing the life of a child or alienating familys without reunification and supports,need to be made accountable for such actions and why are they less accountable than the ordinary citizen??
If it was a parent that failed in such a way then the punishment would be totaly different,with pending charges and yet when it is our Government...Where are they ever held accountable for such travistys.
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