ATTORNEY NORM PATTIS SPEAKS OUT IN THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER ON BEHALF OF CASSANDRA C. AND HER MOM!

Attorney Norm Pattis shares his views on Cassandra C. as follows:

 

"Dying scares me less than suffering. Perhaps that’s because I’ve reached an age at which I attend more funerals than weddings. But I can imagine nothing more terrifying than to be forced to suffer. So my heart goes out to Cassandra C., the young 17-year-old kidnapped by the state and forced, against her will, to undergo chemotherapy.

Yes, I said kidnapped.

 

The word was chosen with care, and is calculated to rankle Joette Katz and her colleagues at the Department of Children and Families. The law may be on the department’s side as to Cassandra, but so much the worse for the law. Parents statewide can’t help but shudder over the notion that when if comes to child rearing, Big Sister knows best..."

 

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NORM PATTIS MAKES COGENT REMARKS ON CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE COURT!

NORM PATTIS ASKS:

"Whose Best Interest Served in Child Custody Cases?

There are secret courts operating in our midst, and I am not referring to those tribunals whose focus is national security. I’m talking about something more basic and closer to home. I’m talking about our juvenile courts, where the fate of children is sometimes determined.

Consider the case of Jane Doe and John Doe, two Connecticut parents stuck in Kafkaesque proceedings. They are in the midst of a divorce. They have three children. Those children are now in foster care, and it is not clear when the parents will again have the right to raise them as they see fit. In fact, it is not even clear when the father will even get to see his children again."

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NORM PATTIS DESCRIBES CT FAMILY COURT AS A LEGAL WASTELAND!

According to Norm Pattis, we should "Let King Solomon Loose in Family Court."

Attorney Pattis continues, "A good friend of mine is tied down in never-ending litigation in family court. He’s trying to get back into the lives of his children. He’s never been accused of abusing them. He pays his child support dutifully. He’s never neglected them. But he’s still been locked out of their lives for a couple years now.
So I gave him some legal advice the other day.
“Walk away and don’t fight to try to get back into their lives. They will come back to you in time.”

That sounds counter-intuitive to most of you, I am sure. Shouldn’t he fight to get back into his kids lives?"

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