Family

Sadly, some parents are better than others but family judges are always there to protect children against physical or emotional harm. In one case, the law moved swiftly to ensure the welfare of a little boy who suffered dreadful injuries at his mother’s hands. The three-year old had been taken to hospital with five fractured vertebrae. He had earlier suffered breaks to an arm and leg and a burn injury, all whilst in his mother’s care. Social workers became involved and a family judge directed that the boy be placed for adoption after finding that the mother alone was responsible for his injuries. In challenging the decision before the Court of Appeal, the mother said that she had taken a polygraph test that indicated that she was not the perpetrator. As the time at which the vertebral fractures had been inflicted ... Read more