Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

Orphan Movie Upset

You can read an interesting post on Popehat here about the controversy Warner’s marketing of it’s new movie ORPHAN has stirred up. A charming and socially sensitive advertising campaign by the sound of it. But hey, it sells.

The Economics of Dysfunction

It frustrates me that, whilst care proceedings are sometimes a spur for parents to recognise the significance of their own past experience, personal issues and their pressing need for therapy to enable them to parent better and to lead more productive fulfilled lives, there is often no route through to achieve these goals because of ‘resource issues’. As [...]

Setting Aside Adoption Orders

The judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Webster v Norfolk adoption saga is available here. A very sad case. The judgment is very long, but in essence the Court of Appeal has held that the adoption orders cannot be set aside and there is no purpose in reopening the findings made against Mr [...]

A few titbits…

…to keep all the snowed-in out there occupied (if you aren’t out hurtling down a hill on a bin lid that is). I don’t have time today to chase up all these items but thought some of you might be interested… Children’s Society report (Thanks Teech Liz) – from a 2 second look at the [...]

Granny v Gay Adoption

I came across this article in the Telegraph which deals with the decision to place two young siblings for adoption in preference to leaving them with their grandparents in a kinship placement. Although I don’t know any more about this case than I have read in the article I want to offer a few thoughts [...]

adoption and father's rights

John at Family Lore has beaten me to it on this story about the Court of Appeal decision that a father should not be told about his 4 month old baby prior to adoption. I agree with what John says about the Mother having the ultimate veto over the father knowing – this goes against [...]

Magistrate's Religious Discrimination Claim Rejected by EAT

The EAT has rejected Mr McClintock’s appeal in this case. More detail than was previously available from press reports is apparent from the judgment, in summary: Mr McClintock’s strongly held view was that the question of allowing same sex couples to adopt children had not been sufficiently researched and tested and that by making it [...]

Magistrate refuses to adopt the law

Times, Oct 23rd ‘Christian JP Refused to Rule on Gay Adoption’. A Magistrate is claiming for unfair dismissal at the employment tribunal because he was denied his request not to sit on cases involving gay adoption, with which he does not agree on religious grounds. When his request was denied he resigned, hence his claim. [...]

'Unjust Adoption Rise'

Read this article the other day on the BBC website. It includes:‘Critics of “forced adoptions” say social workers are rushing cases to hit the government’s adoption targets.’ [who are the critics?] ‘Campaigners, including Justice for Families, also claim the secrecy of the family courts is stopping parents properly challenging adoptions.’ [Justice for Famillies and who else?] [...]

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