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PreshusSmurf
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Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.
The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.
The father's lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl's "own protection" and is appealing the ruling.
"She's a child," Beaudoin told AFP. "At her age, children test their limits and it's up to their parents to set boundaries."
"I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn't set a precedent," she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, "parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on."
"I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it's clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go."
According to court documents, the girl's Internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.
Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents' 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against dear old dad.
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metagefken
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
guess they dont have any serious crime in Canada so they need to clog the court system with nonsense such as this.
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| Posted 6/19/08 2:19 PM |
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evnme
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mrswask
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
Absolutely ridiculous - ridiculous that a court would waste it's time with this and even more so that they would overturn a father grounding his child.
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| Posted 6/19/08 2:22 PM |
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Phyl
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
further proving supporting my beliefe that Canadians are weirdos
(no it's not a rick-roll but a disclaimer that the clip IS disturbing)
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MarisaK
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
The fact that this even went before a judge is embarassing ...........And will someone please tell me HOW that 12 year old kid retained and paid a lawyer ????
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| Posted 6/19/08 3:28 PM |
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Christine
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
This is one of the more ridiculous things I have ever heard! I cannot believe a lawyer took this case, that it made it to trial and that the punishment was overturned. She was restricted from going on a school trip - not food.
I hope this is overturned asap -- this precedent is scary.
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| Posted 6/19/08 3:31 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
Posted by MarisaK
The fact that this even went before a judge is embarassing ...........And will someone please tell me HOW that 12 year old kid retained and paid a lawyer ????
It was a court appointed attorney.
You can't say this child didn't learn from her parents. A TEN year custody battle??
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MarathonKnitter
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PegaLega
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
 I think its crazy that this child was able to take her dad to court, that the court system even listened to this AND that it was overturned 
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donegal419
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
Ridiculous...
and people wonder why parents and teachers have no authority anymore... because NO ONE backs them up!!!!
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| Posted 6/19/08 4:49 PM |
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JessInCA
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
Wow.
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Posted by mrswask
Absolutely ridiculous - ridiculous that a court would waste it's time with this and even more so that they would overturn a father grounding his child.
ITA 10000000%
Seriously, we go through enough having DH's XW overturn everything we institute for my stepdaughter - I can't imagine the impact this will have....
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MsSissy
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
Posted by donegal419
Ridiculous...
and people wonder why parents and teachers have no authority anymore... because NO ONE backs them up!!!!
ITA!!!
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| Posted 6/20/08 6:49 AM |
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rojerono
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Re: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
That is absurd.
I wonder if the judge has any children of her own.
If I were the parents I would take every computer out of the house. You think the judge will then rule that the girl is allowed to spend all her time with her friends on their computers?
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