Minister Shatter has no plans to amend SI No. 338 of 2005 http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/library3.nsf/(WebFiles)/9D6ED... which "specifies those persons to whom a court order or an extract from a court order, arising from family law proceedings held in camera, may be shown or supplied. Persons receiving such orders are required not to show or supply the court order or extract to any other person save in the exercise of their official capacity" even though it currently excludes General Practitioners, hospitals, clergy and other institutions involved in the care of children, such as a Montessori Schools, Creches etc. This means that unmarried fathers cannot inform these institutions that they have been granted Court ordered Guardianship to their children and so makes Guardianship for unmarried fathers a waste of time.
Also, excluding (by omission) Public Representatives from the list of prescribed persons has the net effect of preventing parents who are unfairly treated by the so-called "Family" courts from informing their TD's of the failure of the State to respect the Constitutional rights of parents and children.
Cathal Garvey
Posted on 17 Jan 2012 1:52 am
Minister Shatter has no plans to amend SI No. 338 of 2005 http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/library3.nsf/(WebFiles)/9D6ED... which "specifies those persons to whom a court order or an extract from a court order, arising from family law proceedings held in camera, may be shown or supplied. Persons receiving such orders are required not to show or supply the court order or extract to any other person save in the exercise of their official capacity" even though it currently excludes General Practitioners, hospitals, clergy and other institutions involved in the care of children, such as a Montessori Schools, Creches etc. This means that unmarried fathers cannot inform these institutions that they have been granted Court ordered Guardianship to their children and so makes Guardianship for unmarried fathers a waste of time.
Also, excluding (by omission) Public Representatives from the list of prescribed persons has the net effect of preventing parents who are unfairly treated by the so-called "Family" courts from informing their TD's of the failure of the State to respect the Constitutional rights of parents and children.