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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a few points: This case has not gotten a lot of attention in Norwegian media. The only Norwegian news sources linked in this thread seem to be fringe sources, often with an axe to grind.

Here is the one article that I can find from the mainstream media:

http://mobil.nettavisen.no/?name=nettavisen&i=9805&section_id=27&guid=3316927

The Norwegian Child Protection Services have a duty of complete confidentiality. They are not allowed to release any information on why a child is removed from its parents. They have however, issued a denial that any of the quotes matters weighed heavily on the decision. Also, they are not allowed to remove a child from its parents. They have to petition the Social Services for a warrant, which will only be given if the matter appears sufficiently serious. This particular case was appealed to the appeals authority, Fylkesmannen. She does get all the information, and came down quite heavily on the side of the social services.

So to summarize: No-one outsiode the parents and the authorities knows why this decision was made. But since the authorities cannot release that information, the other side is free to say anyting they like. However, every instance and individual with the full facts of the 
case have supported the child protection services desicion.

no this is not true. The county welfare board disagreed with the agency's decision to remove the children, but that decision was reversed in higher court. The county welfare board's decision shone the light on the agency's arguments for removal, and these were specious to say the least. Furthermore the assumption that governments and courts make no mistakes and don't  hide behind so-called confidentiality laws is laughable. I was surprised that this happened in Norway, but as I read more it is pretty clear to me that Norway is not the heaven on earth that many think it is. Sweden too has had similar problems with children. Even if the kid was autistic, what good does it do to remove the children, both of them, from the parents. This is a case of the state gone wild.

This does not neccessarily mean that the decision was correct. From reading about the case, the boy did seem to have som autistic-type self-harming traits that could easily have made red flags go up with social workers who have Baby P[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-p-the-official-files-1023092.html[/url] in fresh memory. But we don't know. We just know that everyone who does know, supports the CPS in this case.[/quote][/quote]

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