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Mother flees abroad with her son to escape social workers

By John Hirst

Mother flees abroad with her son to escape social workersbr /br /Social workers have been accused of trying to seize a six-year-old boy from his mother despite having no evidence that she has ever harmed him.br /br /a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3868100/Mother-flees-abroad-with-her-son-to-escape-social-workers.html"The 33-year-old woman fled to Ireland with her son in a bid to prevent social services taking him back into care. The British authorities maintain the boy suffered "emotional harm" while witnessing his father's violent rages against the mother and needs to be placed with a foster family.br /br /But his mother, who has separated from the father, says social workers have never argued that she posed a danger to him and therefore have no case against her/a.br /br /Isn't it typical? When the Social Services should be getting involved like in Baby P's case, there is a marked absence. When they shouldn't get involved, save for restraining the father, they make their presence felt only causing more distress to the mother and the child!

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on December 21, 2008 (boomark / email).