Just because someone has a mental health diagnosis it does not and should not rule them out as being a fit parent.
You would think wouldn't you thisisgood but this is what is happening, even with depression...
You have the mental health system trying to promote mental health not as a stigma to deny or hide from then you have DChS who use it in such a way as taboo that people are too scared to go to psychiatrists to be properly diagnosed to get good fitting help knowing that DChS can just remove your child and go for guardianship orders, where they don't think of parent or child even when things get better...Disgusting...
This not only drives the parents further insane - but it's been known kids have suicided themselves due to the oppression DChS give out to these families.
That's why there is a term in court such as Scandalous and oppressive, b/c it's known to happen in any society, but especially so in court jurisdictions...
and that is exactly what DChS present when trying to win their case, scandalous and oppressive material which for parents is a legal argument for their case and should be mentioned that that's what the Dept have submitted...
A magistrate has to listen to the parent/s once this is said, and even though he/she will require a response affidavit it really isn't that difficult to do.
You just present the truth of the matter in the same format the Dept has, responding to each allegation in order the Dept has presented it but try to be brief. And split statements into paragraphs for easier reading, dates and non-administration of the law in bold to gain attention etc...
If you can prove that they lied, the onus is on the Dept who then have to prove by evidence that either they are right or you statement is false...
Let them try! That's why you always become a hoarder of reports/letters, and any other paperwork for anything happening in your life....better than the tax system of keeping things for 5 years, you keep them for life!
