CZECH REPUBLIC: Top court - poverty alone no reason for removing children from families

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Summary: The Czech Supreme Court ruled on Friday that poverty alone was not a sufficient reason for removing children from families. That is only possible when other measures, such as assistance provided by the authorities, failed to improve the child’s living conditions. The court’s ruling is binding for lower Czech courts which will from now on have to determine on a case-by-case basis whether sufficient assistance was provided to a socially weak family; only then can they rule that a child should be taken away from his or her family and placed in institutional care. pdf: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2011-01-14

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