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Thursday, August 30, 2007


 

Re-hearing Denied in Missouri Adoption Case

 

By Carrie K. Hutchens

I was reading an article today that suggested that the guardian ad litem has filed motions blocking the adoptive efforts in the Stocklaufer - Baby Max case. I also read that the judge isn't allowing a new hearing. Is this all true? If so, then the question "WHY?" becomes one that all citizens should be asking. I mean, it isn't as though it can be traumatic to Baby Max, because he won't be testifying or even aware of what is transpiring. So what can possibly be a legit reason to deny Gary & Cynthia Stocklaufer an appeal to the original decision?

What's up?

This case certainly isn't endearing the judicial system or Missouri Department of Family Services to the majority that are tried of being bullied and suppressed by people with god-like self-images, who have appointed themselves as rulers (divine leaders) of the so-called "village". Perhaps they need to be reminded that there are still laws and one of those laws is against discrimination. Hiding behind the suggestion they are looking out for the "best interest of the child" can only go so far. Can their declaration hold up to the test of whether it is actually in the best interest of the child as opposed to their "bias and personal opinion" of what is best?

We had Mike Nifong in NC, standing in front of the cameras, acting as though he was a crusader for truth and justice. He was going to get those bad boys and make them pay the price for their wrongfulness. He was the hero for months. He was the hero at the price paid by three young men from the Duke lacrosse team. He was a hero until the Attorney General's investigation uncovered the truth and showed Nifong and his case for what it was. A wrongful disgrace to the system!

Keeping in mind how long the Duke lacrosse case drug out, with the accused being wealthy, what might have happened had they been poor? Would those in position have reviewed the case? Would the truth have ever come to light? Or, would the system have merely railroaded them one and all?

What is happening in the Stocklaufer - Baby Max case? How in the world did this baby get taken away from the Stocklaufer's in the first place? Are we seeing still another case of the system over-stepping its powers and using taxpayers' resources to carry out its own crusade of justice according to personal bias?

Here is my question...

If the mother wants the Stocklaufer's to raise her child, that is within her right to turn guardianship over to them, right? So, even if the court denies "adoption" itself, how did that empower them to take the child out of the Stocklaufer's home, against the mother's wishes, without true cause?

Gary Stocklaufer might develop various conditions because he is over-weight? Does that mean that all children born to, or being raised by, over-weight parents (or parent) are subject to being pulled from their homes as a result? If not, why was Baby Max?

Technically, babysitting is a form of guardianship at work. Does this mean that if parents entrust their children to a fat babysitter that the State of Missouri, by it's agencies, representatives and courts, can come in and take the children out of the home and put them into the system? Isn't that what has happened in the Stocklaufer case? Wasn't Baby Max entrusted to the Stocklaufer's care? By what authority did the State over-ride the mother's authority, rights and wishes and remove Baby Max from the home chosen by her?

Some may think this issue has nothing to do with them. They are not over-weight and therefore they will not have to worry about the State coming in and taking their children. These "some" need to sit down and consider all the facts again. These "some" need to take the phrase "over-weight" out and replace it with all the other possibilities. After all, weight didn't use to be an issue either. It is now, because someone made it one. There are always someones out there that want the world to be picture perfect within their opinion of what picture perfect is. So what will be the next "excuse" to pull children from loving homes, because of the bias of someone in power?

Is the Stocklaufer - Baby Max case one we want set as an example the courts and social workers follow? If the answer is "yes", it's time to bring the history books back for review and check out the maps to make sure we are still in the United States of America!

While the books and maps are being dusted off, we should again ask by what authority the court over-rode the guardianship authority and intent of the mother, and will the state be doing a sweep? Will it (the state people) now be going out and removing all children from over-weight parents and babysitters? If not, why not? Either it is in the best interest to remove "all" children from all the obese caregivers or it isn't in the best interest to remove "any" for that reason. Both ways should not be an option, especially when that option is at the discretion of someone's bias!

Why is the guardian ad litem in the Stocklaufer - Baby Max case so intent on blocking adoptive efforts?

Why is the judge not allowing a rehearing?

What's up?

 

Carrie Hutchens is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is active in fighting against the death culture movement and the injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.

 

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