Would be “odious” take children to their parents for lack of state support – the Minute News

The case of Liliana, who in 2012 saw seven of his 10 children being withdrawn after failing to fulfill the requirements – one of them would tubal ligation – returned yesterday to be news after the Supreme Court had considered correct the decision, that is, the judges found no illegalities in the removal of children, contrary to the defense argument

At Público, Rui Pereira, former Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Observatory Child -. 100 Violence, noted it would be “odious” be removed children to their parents for lack of state support.

Noting that do not know this case in detail, Rui Pereira stresses that the removal of children occurs when there are “situations risk, such as domestic violence, labor exploitation, danger of harm to physical and sexual integrity, for example. “

Rui Pereira also says the same newspaper that” economic failure is the frontier “and that the decision to institutionalize a child and, “eventually hand over to a foster family can not be a means of overcoming the lack of social policies of the state.”

Beyond the children withdrawal decision, the case Liliana also meant nearly three years in which the children could see her mother. The smallest was six months old and the oldest seven years when they were removed.

From the perspective of the former ruler, “to be doctors, child psychiatrists” to assess whether parental visits harm smaller welcomed State guard at. To highlight that in this case the children of Liliana, the fact that the father was absent was also taken into account. Liliana already seen the court characterize it as “negligent”.