Forced Adoption
By
Ian Josephs, M.A. (Oxon)
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Ian Josephs, MA, LLB, lives and works in
Monaco where he owns and runs a language school. He has an Oxford University
law degree but he is not a solicitor or a barrister. He became involved in
public care cases and forced adoption in 1960-1966 when he was a Kent County
Councillor. He continues his involvement in these cases. |
"The United Kingdom is unusual amongst members of the Council of
Europe in permitting the total severance of family ties without parental
consent. (Professor Triseliotis thought that only Portugal and perhaps one
other European country allowed this). It is, of course, the most draconian
interference with family life possible."
- Baroness Hale of Richmond
"It should, surely, be a crime to remove a newborn baby from a
mother who has never harmed it."
- Camilla Cavendish, The Times
"Last year something like 200 people were sent to prison by the
family courts, which happens in complete privacy and secrecy.1'
- Harriet Harman (Government
minister)
"Family courts are refusing to tell mothers why their babies are
being taken away and put up for adoption."
- Ben Leapman. The Sunday Times
"Councils are paying up to £6,000 a week to place children with
extreme and complex needs in 'one-person children's homes' without any proof
that this will help them."
- Lucy Ward, The Guardian
''Private agencies are making millions of pounds out of a critical
shortage of foster homes for children. Firms are charging councils on average
£800 per child per week."
The London Evening Standard
Tim Loughton: "To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools
and Families which local authorities have received payments from central
Government for achieving adoption target levels; and how much each received in
each of the last three years."
John Healy: "I have been asked
to reply: 30 local authorities have been rewarded for successfully achieving
adoption targets in their local public service agreements (LPSA),"
First Published by Lulu 2008
Second Edition 2009
Copyright © Ian Josephs
ISBN 978-1-4092-6971-7
ID: 6335094
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