Quebec dad sued by daughter after grounding loses his appeal |
 Apr 7 2009, 04:35 PM
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QUOTE A Quebec father who was taken to court by his 12-year-old daughter after he grounded her in June 2008 has lost his appeal. Quebec Superior Court rejected the Gatineau father's appeal of a lower court ruling that said his punishment was too severe for the wrongs he said his daughter committed. The father is "flabbergasted," his lawyer Kim Beaudoin told CBC News. In its ruling, issued Monday, the province's court of appeal declared the girl was caught up in a "very rare" set of circumstances, and her father didn't have sufficient grounds to contest the court's earlier decision. The family's legal wrangling started with a dispute over the girl's internet use. She had been living with her father after her parents split up when he grounded her in 2008 for defying his order to stay off the internet. The father caught her chatting on websites he had blocked, and alleged his daughter was posting "inappropriate pictures" of herself online. Her punishment: she was banned from her Grade 6 graduation trip to Quebec City in June 2008, for which her mother had already granted permission. The father — who had custody — withheld his written permission for the trip, prompting the school to refuse to let the girl go with her classmates. That's when the girl asked for help from the lawyer who represented her in her parents' separation, and petitioned the court to intervene in her case. "Going to court was a last resort," said Lucie Fortin, a legal aid attorney who represented the girl. "The question was that there was a problem between the father and the mother, and the child asked the court to intervene because it was important to her. "The trip was very important to her." Legal battle destroyed father-daughter relationship A lower court ruled in the girl's favour in 2008. She went on the trip, but her father appealed the decision on the principle of the matter. He doesn't have regrets, his lawyer said. "Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules," Beaudoin said. "It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss." The girl — who now lives with her mother — doesn't have much of a relationship with her dad now, Beaudoin said. "We went from a child who wanted to live with her father, and after all this has been done, they're not speaking anymore." "We have a lot of work to re-establish a link between those two." Beaudoin believes the ruling reflects a loss of moral authority in Quebec's court system. "Is this what we want in our society? Laws are supposed to reflect our values. And if the courts aren't reflecting that, maybe the government will, to prevent children from going this way," she said Tuesday. In its Monday ruling, the appeal court warned the case should not be seen as an open invitation for children to take legal action every time they're grounded. Mother's a c**t. If my child even attempted to sue me, I'd take all their shit and throw it out on the street and tell them to get out of my house. f*ckin ridiculous. |
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Apr 7 2009, 04:52 PM
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I have a hard time believing that the 12-year-old would have taken it that far if her mom was not pushing her to do it. Unless she is a vary clever 12-year-old.
And you obviously know how to handle children. 
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Apr 7 2009, 04:54 PM
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im starting to wonder if your "news" is just made up or mere rumors
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Apr 7 2009, 04:57 PM
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It's Canadian news.. wtf, is news from other parts of the world not worthy of your American consciousness?!?!?!?!
QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Apr 7 2009, 05:52 PM)  I have a hard time believing that the 12-year-old would have taken it that far if her mom was not pushing her to do it. Unless she is a vary clever 12-year-old. And you obviously know how to handle children. rolleyes.gif Oh that's right.. I forgot, do it like the white people, feed them McDonalds and buy them toys. That's the way you parent your children, right?  (no racist) |
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Apr 7 2009, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE(illmortal @ Apr 7 2009, 04:57 PM) Oh that's right.. I forgot, do it like the white people, feed them McDonalds and buy them toys, that's the way you parent your children, right? 
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Apr 7 2009, 05:01 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 7 2009, 05:59 PM) lol I loled a little too loud at work. 
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Apr 7 2009, 05:01 PM
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Yes, because this kind of thing is just so common that to question it would be insane.
Ummm and reckless abandonment is the way to raising a child too? I'm Mexican. 
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Apr 8 2009, 02:46 PM
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QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Apr 7 2009, 06:01 PM) Yes, because this kind of thing is just so common that to question it would be insane. Ummm and reckless abandonment is the way to raising a child too? I'm Mexican. OoO.. moi though u chineez r sumthan.. |
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Apr 8 2009, 03:09 PM
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QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Apr 7 2009, 06:01 PM) I'm Mexican. /pwnage |
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Apr 8 2009, 03:34 PM
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haw datt ownneg
 mangg warmchinee.. stumtymee u kizz madd @sss juss da gitt sum pix.. 
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Apr 8 2009, 04:47 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I wish that when I was a kid my punishments were being grounded.
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Apr 8 2009, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(PrinceGonnaChokeaBEECH @ Apr 8 2009, 03:34 PM) haw datt ownneg mangg warmchinee.. stumtymee u kizz madd @sss juss da gitt sum pix.. stfu 
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Apr 8 2009, 06:59 PM
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lol...
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Apr 8 2009, 07:26 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Oooook
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Apr 8 2009, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE(illmortal @ Apr 7 2009, 04:57 PM) Oh that's right.. I forgot, do it like the white people, feed them McDonalds and buy them toys. That's the way you parent your children, right? (no racist) HAHAHA  Its true too. That is some bullshit. Dad does his job and the legal system f*cks him over? |
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Apr 9 2009, 06:14 PM
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QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Apr 8 2009, 05:53 PM) stfu princc ginnaa repurtt diz da ADMINN... U DONEE NUGGA
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Apr 9 2009, 06:16 PM
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QUOTE(PrinceGonnaChokeaBEECH @ Apr 8 2009, 01:34 PM) haw datt ownneg mangg warmchinee.. stumtymee u kizz madd @sss juss da gitt sum pix.. oh shiett..... princeeee throwwinn puncheisss att brandoonn...   |
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Apr 9 2009, 06:19 PM
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^oh shiet nuttin beech.. stopp stalkenn da princc
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Apr 9 2009, 06:19 PM
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QUOTE(PrinceGonnaChokeaBEECH @ Apr 9 2009, 06:14 PM) princc ginnaa repurtt diz da ADMINN... U DONEE NUGGA Don't think I wont smack a bitch. |
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Apr 9 2009, 06:20 PM
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OH SNAP... *princ bak away..*
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Apr 9 2009, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE(PrinceGonnaChokeaBEECH @ Apr 9 2009, 04:19 PM) ^oh shiet nuttin beech.. stopp stalkenn da princc i ain't stalkenn u foo..
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Apr 9 2009, 07:12 PM
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kindaa lattee reply... buttt uhh ok..
HAHAHAHAHA
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