OMG parents are really going to find this stupid....

[Drache]

Just let me say that not all Canadian Law is like this.....

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=6aaf855a-47e3-4e3f-8709-5b53dcfffff0

Jaws drop as Quebec judge backs girl grounded by dad
Don Butler ,  Canwest News Service
Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008

OTTAWA - If you deny your children access to TV or withhold their allowance, can they take you to court? And win?

That implausible scenario emerged after a judge in Gatineau, Que., sided with a 12-year-old girl who challenged her father after he refused to let her go on a school trip for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet.

Experts in family law and child welfare say they were dumbfounded by last Friday's ruling by Superior Court Justice Suzanne Tessier.

"As a lawyer and as a parent," said Ottawa family lawyer Fred Cogan, "I think it's state interference where the court shouldn't be interfering.

"I've got six kids," Cogan said. "I certainly wouldn't want a judge watching over everything that I do, and I wouldn't want my kids being able to run to the judge."

But there are few signs Canadian courts are likely to follow Tessier's lead.

"Family court judges are sort of loathe and reluctant to enter into the sphere of parental discipline," said Peter Dunning, executive director of the Child Welfare League of Canada.

Joan Durrant, a child clinical psychologist and professor of family social sciences at the University of Manitoba, said the courts usually take a hands-off approach to parental discipline, even when it involves physical maltreatment.

"Some pretty severe cases have been acquitted because it was determined that it was the parents' right to decide."

In the few cases where children have taken their parents to court, there's often a history of family conflict, she said. "It's usually not an isolated incident in the family interaction."

Cheryl Milne, a lawyer at the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law, said the scenario in the Gatineau case may be unique to Quebec because of its civil code. "I can't imagine a similar case being brought in Ontario."

Even in Quebec, the decision is virtually without precedent. Kim Beaudoin, who represented the girl's father - he can't be named to protect the girl's identity - said she's been unable to find any similar rulings.

The father, who is divorced but has legal custody of his daughter, cut off her Internet access after she chatted on websites he had tried to block. She then used a friend's Internet connection to post inappropriate pictures of herself, Beaudoin said.

After discovering that, the father told his daughter she couldn't go on the three-day school trip. According to Beaudoin, the daughter "slammed the door" and went to live with her mother, who was willing to let her take the trip.

However, the school wouldn't allow the girl to go unless both parents consented or she obtained a court order. That prompted the girl, with her mother's support, to take legal action against her father, culminating in Friday's ruling.

According to Beaudoin, 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, she said.

The father, who is appealing the decision, was "devastated" by the ruling, Beaudoin said. He is refusing to take his daughter back "because he has no authority over her."

[Brock Samson]

let's see those pictures... 

[twenty mike mike]

Did that judge just move to Ca from CA?

Sounds like a Rose Bird sort of decision.

[charger_mike75]

I guess that judge didn't care about the pictures? That's sad 

[Old Moparz]

Sounds like the judge is a freakin' moron, but something tells me there's a little more to the story with these 2 parents.

I read a sign once that I should get before my daughter gets older. 

TEENAGERS!
Tired of being harrassed by your parents?
ACT NOW!!
Move out, get a job, pay your own way while you still know everything!

[RD]

let's see those pictures...

she is 12,  you did read that part right?

on a secondary note, the judge is f###### idiot, the girl is a little shit who should have had an a55whoopin instead of the internet taken away, and the mother is a tramp whore beotch for using her daughters plight to further make herself look like her shit doesnt stink.

[Arthu®]

let's see those pictures...

she is 12,  you did read that part right?

on a secondary note, the judge is f###### idiot, the girl is a little shit who should have had an a55whoopin instead of the internet taken away, and the mother is a tramp whore beotch for using her daughters plight to further make herself look like her shit doesnt stink.

I doubt Brock was serious and that it was just a joke...

[Shakey]

I'll agree with Bob on this one - there is a whole lot more to this story than we'll ever know.   

Some of it may play out just like this:

I'm gonna guess mom's a stripper who dad nailed     about 12.9 years ago and has regretted it ever since.     It was difficult for mom to look after the child,    having to leave her alone every 30 - 40 minutes for three songs in a row     so she gave custody to the old man.  After the child started to develop, mom probably saw a diamond in the rough     and figured she could be her future manager and have her follow the same career path.  The old man figured society didn't need any more peelers     so he chose to put his foot down.  Now he is left on his own which may be a blessing in disguise.      Heartbreaking but I guess that's the price you pay for picking such a winner of a broad to stick your dick into!   

I am sure the judge in this case will wonder if she made the right decision     when this young girl once again appears in her courtroom in the very near future, this time in the prisoner's box up on charges of crack possesion, prostitution and public drunkenness.   

I could be wrong with all of this, but most likely not!   

[Old Moparz]

I'll agree with Bob on this one - there is a whole lot more to this story than we'll ever know.   

Some of it may play out just like this:

I'm gonna guess mom's a stripper who dad nailed     about 12.9 years ago and has regretted it ever since.     It was difficult for mom to look after the child,    having to leave her alone every 30 - 40 minutes for three songs in a row     so she gave custody to the old man.  After the child started to develop, mom probably saw a diamond in the rough     and figured she could be her future manager and have her follow the same career path.  The old man figured society didn't need any more peelers     so he chose to put his foot down.  Now he is left on his own which may be a blessing in disguise.      Heartbreaking but I guess that's the price you pay for picking such a winner of a broad to stick your dick into!   

I am sure the judge in this case will wonder if she made the right decision     when this young girl once again appears in her courtroom in the very near future, this time in the prisoner's box up on charges of crack possesion, prostitution and public drunkenness.   

I could be wrong with all of this, but most likely not!