Rejected petition Review child protection laws. (Forced Adoption)

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Social Services have the power to go to court and remove children from families by applying to the courts for forced adoption. This is where there is no say by the family. If the judge agrees then social services can take the children and have them adopted witth no say from the family. That family courts are secretative and no reporting can be done until the case is over, be then it is to late.

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Date submitted 9 August 2011
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