Newborn removed from over weight family
Filed under: Babies and the law — Alan @ 7:47 am
Social workers have slowly moved the children of an overweight household to ensure that all the children will receive adequate care in the future.
Two of the children were taken out of the family yesterday, another today, and by the end of the week another two will be taken out of the home. One of the children that were taken was removed within 24 hours of her birth.
The seizure of the children came after the completion of a panel ruling that it was best to take the children from the home.
The father of the family said that the entire family is devastated and that he feels utterly powerless especially after losing the newborn after just 24 hours.
A spokesman for Dundee Council social services who were responsible for removing the children said that obesity is not the only cause of removal, and that while they cannot comment on the reasons for removal, a child would never be taken from their family simply due to weight problems.
Social services councilor Jim Barrie stated additionally that the responsibility of social services is to look after the welfare of the children in the home, and that in this case the action was taken to protect the best interests of the family and the baby.
The lawyer of the family Kathleen Price stated however, that the family was not given a fair hearing, and the question remains if the family was given their rights in full accordance with the law.
Price stated that once social workers make the wrong decision, it is hard for a family to receive a fair hearing, which is what happened in this case.
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