This is sort of a followup to a previous thread on the situation: http://www.ottawadivorce.com/forum/f...unknown-12343/
Thanks to excellent advice and very practical suggestions received from forum members, the NCP has been able to make some headway with regards with to building a proper case and getting the court process started.
Question about CAS and their mandate/role: On their website, it says that a CAS investigates whether abuse or neglect has occured and then takes appropriate action. How would "neglect" that warrants CAS involvement be defined?
Say a child has been doing very poorly in school, and testing has revealed that they he/she has fallen very far behind established developmental milestones for their age - for example, a 10 year old who still can't speak intelligibly and has poor reading and comprehensive ability/skill for their age. If the NCP suspects that the main reason behind such is that the CP has not been parenting the child (ie. assisting the child with recommended home programs, allowing the television, grandparents to "raise" the child, preventing the child from participating in enrichment programs etc.) and that the child direly needs appropriate help and assistance or will continue to fall further behind, is this a situation that the CAS can help with in terms of investigating and intervening to ensure that the child gets the help he/she needs?
Thanks to excellent advice and very practical suggestions received from forum members, the NCP has been able to make some headway with regards with to building a proper case and getting the court process started.
Question about CAS and their mandate/role: On their website, it says that a CAS investigates whether abuse or neglect has occured and then takes appropriate action. How would "neglect" that warrants CAS involvement be defined?
Say a child has been doing very poorly in school, and testing has revealed that they he/she has fallen very far behind established developmental milestones for their age - for example, a 10 year old who still can't speak intelligibly and has poor reading and comprehensive ability/skill for their age. If the NCP suspects that the main reason behind such is that the CP has not been parenting the child (ie. assisting the child with recommended home programs, allowing the television, grandparents to "raise" the child, preventing the child from participating in enrichment programs etc.) and that the child direly needs appropriate help and assistance or will continue to fall further behind, is this a situation that the CAS can help with in terms of investigating and intervening to ensure that the child gets the help he/she needs?
Comment