mortwinkler Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/19/father-court.html A father plans to appeal after a Quebec court ruled that he didn't have the right to punish his 12-year-old daughter by banning her from a school trip. Quebec Superior Court Madam Justice Suzanne Tessier ruled Friday that the girl should be allowed to attend the three-day trip within Quebec this week. The father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, speaks to CBC Newsworld about the case. (CBC)The father first forbade his daughter from going online after the Grade 6 student posted photos on a dating site, the Globe and Mail reported in its Thursday edition. The girl's parents are divorced, and after she had an alleged row with her stepmother, the dad barred her from going on a school trip to mark the class's graduation from elementary school, the newspaper says. This is by far, the most redicilious thing I've ever seen. The kid should have been punished, at age 12 you don't have the "right" to go to a school trip, that's considered a "privledge." If she was on a dating website at the age of 12, she obviously needed some supervision. This article just makes me shake my head, when I was 12 and got punished, I knew I deserved it, I certainly didn't take my parents to court. The dad needs to boot her out on her butt, cut off her funding and then she'll learn quick what it's like to be an adult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innis_Mor Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Sounds like the Mom is fighting with the Dad over it all, to me. Saddest part, really, is that a court feels it needs to stick it's nose in. More of our taxpayers' money at work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koreysecord1992 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I thought this kind of thing only happened in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlHabsFan Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Sounds like the Mom is fighting with the Dad over it all, to me. Saddest part, really, is that a lawyerfeels it needs to stick it's nose in. More of our taxpayers' money at work!! Fixed... Jeez....Its not like she is being forced to work in a coal mine as punishement. Why would a judge even waste his time with this. For a 12yo to post pics of herself on the net in this day and age with all the pedos out there, shes lucky she didnt lose the computer or internet for a month. And to quote from The Incredibles, its not a graduation. Theyre going from the 6th grade to the 7th grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren19 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Fixed... Jeez....Its not like she is being forced to work in a coal mine as punishement. Why would a judge even waste his time with this. For a 12yo to post pics of herself on the net in this day and age with all the pedos out there, shes lucky she didnt lose the computer or internet for a month. And to quote from The Incredibles, its not a graduation. Theyre going from the 6th grade to the 7th grade In Quebec it is some sort of a graduation, she's going from elementary to high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortwinkler Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 In Quebec it is some sort of a graduation, she's going from elementary to high school. We had the "Grade 8 Grad" in Ontario too. I think maybe six people went to it. If this is the trend the world is going, I should take my parents to court for raising me to be responsible and level headed. I spent my share of weekends grounded when I was a kid, I think that would constitute as some sort of mental angusih. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innis_Mor Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Fixed... Jeez....Its not like she is being forced to work in a coal mine as punishement. Why would a judge even waste his time with this. For a 12yo to post pics of herself on the net in this day and age with all the pedos out there, shes lucky she didnt lose the computer or internet for a month. And to quote from The Incredibles, its not a graduation. Theyre going from the 6th grade to the 7th grade re: lawyer vs. court/judge .... lawyers will always stick their nose in and pursue for the $$ (they are part of the free enterprise system). The courts and their judges are not obligated to hear every possible case. If I am a judge I read that plea filing and tell the Mom and the lawyer to get lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royownsall Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 CAN YOU spell pathetic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortwinkler Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I didn't read the whole story this morning, but it appears that the courts are ruling in the 12-year-old's favour and not the father's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 I didn't read the whole story this morning, but it appears that the courts are ruling in the 12-year-old's favour and not the father's. I can't really comment on the decision since I don't know how Quebec family law works. This seems kind of weird, but it's not quite as stupid as it sounds since there is all the custody stuff to take into account. I'm going to assume the judge made the correct legal decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortwinkler Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 I'm going to assume the judge made the correct legal decision. Some how I highly doubt that. I have covered a lot of court for work, and the same people week after week are there and getting let off the hook. If I've learned anything from covering court, it's that the system usually fails most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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