threatened withdrawal of residence permit law for daughter aged 16 years
December 10, 2009 | 21,00 EUR | answered by Dr. Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
We have received an appointment at the family court for next Thursday. Our daughter has been living in a foster family for about 2 months now due to long-standing difficulties that could not be permanently resolved even through a two-year family therapy. Now, the youth welfare office wants to prevent us from having our daughter examined and potentially treated at a psychiatric clinic. Due to reasons such as a suicide attempt last year, stealing, self-harm, etc., we see a need for psychological intervention, but the youth welfare office believes a group home would be more appropriate. Many of these issues were either omitted or sugarcoated in the youth welfare office report. My question is: Since I can refute many things through documents or witnesses, would it make sense for me to send a statement to the court in advance, or could this have disadvantages? Greetings, Ina Gießen.
Dear seeker of advice,
Thank you for your inquiry!
Below, I would like to address your question taking into consideration the circumstances you have described:
Based on your account of the situation, it is not only important, but even essential, that the family court is aware of the actual facts in order to make a fair decision.
If you have any evidence to support your case, even better. Assuming from your description that the information you want to provide to the court is relevant and truthful, you should inform the court of this information as soon as possible.
This would have the effect that the court would need to prepare for it early on. If you bring up these arguments only during the main hearing, for example, it could lead to an adjournment because the court had not had sufficient time to consider these points beforehand.
I hope that my explanations have been helpful to you. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.
I wish you a pleasant Thursday evening and all the best!
Best regards,
Dipl.-Jur. Danjel-Philippe Newerla, Attorney at Law
Heilsbergerstr. 16
27580 Bremerhaven
kanzlei.newerla@web.de
Tel. 0471/3088132
Fax. 0471/57774
