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We March: May 9, 2011 Against Family Court Ruling in California

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Family Code Section 3150 permits the court in a custody or visitation proceeding to appoint an attorney to represent the child, referred to as minor’s counsel. Even though minor’s counsel submits opinions to the court, the general rule, as stated in Family Code Section 3151(b), is that cross-examination of minor’s counsel is prohibited. A persuasive argument can be made that the prohibition against cross-examination of minor’s counsel is unconstitutional. Use of minor’s counsel is popular among some family law judicial officers in high conflict cases, especially when there are not sufficient financial resources to pay for a custody evaluator and when the court desires a method to quickly ascertain facts related to the issue of custody or visitation. Family Code Section 3151 states that the role of the appointed counsel “is to gather facts that bear on the best interest of the child, and present those facts to the court, including the child’s wishes when counsel deems it appropriate for consideration by the court pursuant to Section 3042.” PAS used in a county for the purpose of over looking sexual abuse… This in it’s self should be a crime, who do we hold accountable?
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May 19, 2010, KFOR. Steven Witt is a normal 16 YO teen. What you can’t see from the outside is the disease that nearly killed him. Teams of doctors failed to diagnose it. The Dept of Human Services dismissed his family’s concerns. The State Health Care Authority ignored their cries for help. The Witt family describes the past two years as a nightmare. Steven Witt’s first symptoms were weight loss and seizures. Witt spent 42 days at OU Medical Center where doctors diagnosed him with Anorexia Nervosa. Steven’s father, Michael Witt says, “We didn’t believe it. We said, ‘You’re crazy!’” Witts refused to believe doctors. “We knew he wasn’t anorexic. An anorexic won’t eat. He wanted to eat all the time. He was hungry all the time.” 6 months later, Steven’s heart failed; he went into Cardiac Arrest. Paramedics rushed Steven to Integris Baptist Hospital. After another month-long stay, Integris doctors insisted Steven was an Anorexic. 2 months in 2 different Oklahoma City hospitals and taxpayers picked up the tab. Steven Witt is on Medicaid. He received hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical treatment for a condition his parents insist he did not have. Then, the State Child Welfare Dept stepped in. DHS threatened to take Steven away from his parents if they did not admit to his psychological condition and get more treatment for Anorexia. The state forced Steven’s parents to take their son to Dallas Children’s Hospital for another month of Anorexia treatment. Steven Witt’s
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