Aimless wrote:
I think this is outrageous. How can it be legal to take someone's children without their knowledge and without giving them a hearing? You can't commit someone to a mental hospital that easily.
it was done with my knowledge and i did get a hearing i had a day in family court. the social workers gave their case for adoption and i gave mine for why i should keep my boys, i was aided by a solicitor. i was advised to stay calm and polite at all times and address the judge as sir which i did. when the judge made his decision i sat calmly and listened to what he was saying, it didn't really sink in at the time, i was in shock i think. the judge told me he could see i loved the boys but that he felt the boys would be better off with a mum and a dad and that my aspergers could cause problems for them growing up.he offered for me to see a consellor if i wanted to to help me come to terms with the decision and i said yes i did. my solicitor told me to thank the judge for the counselling and i calmly said 'thank u sir' and smiled. now i've been sent to group therapy for men with 'issues'. its run by a woman who treats us all like we're kids, some of the men are in their 50's and 60's i'm sure they don't appreciate it.
HEY! I also did group therapy and a "class" type thing and fealt I didn't belong it was weird! I sat there tapping my foot and didn't speak. We were told to write down something about ourselves (since I didn't want to be there in the first place) I snatched a pen from someone and wrote just anything down. (The therapist frowned on this.) Oh well. I'm sorry you lost your kids.
16 Aug 2010, 9:31 pm
