Thursday, September 6, 2007

A 'Biggie.'

Heard that a Family Court decision was recently appealed in the High Court in Rotorua and the decision reserved ... and this some three to four weeks ago.
Essentially the grandparents are endeavouring to force access on their terms (when, where, for how long, without parental oversight) in a situation where there are no care and protection issues at all. The child is reportedly doing exceptionally well educationally, in dancing, in sports and is quite gregarious.
Now the parents reason for caution is reportedly well-based and they have permitted access, albeit with parental supervision ... and this has not been availed upon.

Quite simply, if the decision goes in favour of the natural parents it supports the integrity of the nuclear family, of the natural rights of guardianship and custody to one's natural children, the ability to say with whom they can associate and under what conditions.
If the decision goes in favour of the grandparents, this is tantamount to social engineering ... the absolute undermining of parental rights.

That this case has got to the point it has, that the parents have had to appeal a family court decision to permit the grandparents to assert their wants over them (the natural parents), is indicative of the degree to which things can go when there is an absence of public scrutiny.

Watch for this case with the concern and fear it deserves ... it may just be that when you have grandparents making decisions at law, setting legal precedent, that they decide in favour of grandparents with whom they ally both educationally and in respect to age.

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