Do you think a Judge ever pays the price for putting a child in a bad situation?
I`ve always heard that the decision is best for the child,but what about those times they are put back into custody of drug-addicted parents or in situations where they are sexually molested,how is that the best thing for the child?Who pays for that decision?
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No, the judge doesn't pay, it just gets pushed under the rug and never thought of again until sadly some thing really bad happens to the child(ren). I personally hate the justice system in the aspect of them having power and say so over our kids. They make their decisions based upon their mood for that day. It is sick that we are forced to put our kids in situations that we as parents know are wrong. I'd like to see them be ok with it if it were their granddaughter or grandson, they wouldn't like it to much i bet.
The children pay the price.
Child Protective Services (who work hand in hand with the judge) won't. They'll just sweep it under the rug and go out to find another child to abuse/neglect. To them, it's all about maintaining a status quo... and their little sheet of statistics to keep the funds coming in.
karma
No one pays except for the child. Child Protective Services cannot do their job, there are too many cases & not enough Social workers. The judge can only go by the reports he is given & at times the facts presented to him are not factual or up to date. All forms of our Social programs are breaking down for lack of funding. No politician wants to talk about increasing taxes, but how can these programs be funded without an increase in taxes? They can't so more people, not just children, will pay a steep price for not funding these programs. Just pray that you never need the help of any of these programs that no one wants to fund.
No the judge never pays. Look at that 3 year old that was kidnapped by her own dad. The judge and everyone else knew he was a threat and now shes gone and the mother and child is the one who will pay for it now. Because the judge didnt care. Well, I shouldnt say that but thats the way it looks.
Sadly, it is the children who ultimately pay the price.
Equally sad is the fact that, in many cases, the hands of "the system" are tied. In most states, child protective services are stretched beyond their limits. There simply aren't enough funds, group homes, social workers or foster homes to go around. The unfortunate result is that, yes, children are often returned home to somewhat questionable environments. It can be truly heartbreaking to those who work in child protective services to know that they cannot place a child and therefore can't necessarily do what's in their best intrest. That's why there's such a high turnover rate in the social services field. It's not that most of them don't want to do the right thing, it's that their only choice in most cases is to determine which child(ren) are in the most imminent danger. For the rest, given the circumstances under which they're working, there isn't a choice.
In fairness to the judge, all the judge can do is take the evidence before him or her and apply it. If the law says the parents get the kids back unless A, B or C, and there is no evidence of A,B or C, the kids go back there whether or not the judge likes it. All they do is rule on whether there is the evidence or not. The result is written into the law. If you don't like the way our laws are written (and trust me there are a whole lot of parents who got there kids taken away from them who claim that the child protection services are too severe), work on changing the law, not blaming the judge for it. Surely judges do make mistakes but the law tells them what they have to do under the circumstances and blaming the judge is usually like shooting the messenger.
I worked for judges for 12 years. They all hated child custody hearings for just that reason. They have the make decisions based only on the fact presented before them. Often, all the facts are not presented. Without all the facts, it is easy to make the wrong decision. Those mistakes can haunt a person for years.
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