This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Abolish "Risk of Future emotional harm" to be used in order to remove Children from Birth Parents
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We request that children may not be removed from family homes based on risk of emotional harm and that all cases in which these were grounds for removal of children are reopened for appeal.
"Risk of emotional harm" needs a legal definition to prevent it's abuse
By the wording "risk of" there is an acceptance that no harm has or will take place.
Abolish "forced adoption "if a parent opposes an adoption in court instead ensure long term foster care with remedial work to return children to parents.
Abolish decisions by family court judges to take babies and children under 10 into care.(let juries decide)
Abolish the removal of children from parents who have NOT committed or been charged with any crime.
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