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Polish & other children legally stolen from their parents in Germany [82]
How is this possible in modern time? Somebody can tell me?
The video gave these reasons:
Loopholes in German law
Court orders granted upon petition of one parent, without a hearing, or legal representation...
Preference for German as spoken language
What's bizzare is that some of these couples are still together/married and are probably only together, because the Polish parent knows he/she will not see their child again if they divorce. Interesting that one Polish child could travel out of Germany to other countries, but not permitted to visit family in Poland.
And why such variation in "punishment' for speaking Polish to your children, ranging from completely being cut off from the child (no visitation, no contact, nothing).....to being forbidden to speak Polish to the child or help the child with homework?.
Well, I guess here is the answer to the other thread "can mixed culture relationships work?" Yes, but be careful! I'm having flashbacks of that movie "Not Without My Daughter".
In US, parents try to "steal" child away from custodial parent at times, but usually has more to do with hurting the other parent than care or concern for the child, and the amber alert system seems to work very well at locating the children.
The EU will have to work this one out. What other options would there be? Even German attorney cites the "loopholes"and human rights violations of children!
Very, very sad.
