One of the best characterisations, surely, of Barnevernet in operation:
Tomas Zdechovsky:
The Case of Eva Michalakova – An Absurd Norwegian DecisionEU Business, 7 July 2016
Seven sad lessons we can learn from the case of Eva Michalakova:
Lesson one: If the child gets used to his foster family, do not want him back.
Lesson two: If you want your child back from his foster family, you upset the foster family and then they upset children. It is all your fault and the court will take away your parental rights.
Lesson three: The Norwegian court says: Rule one: The Barnevernet is always right. Rule two: Even if the Barnevernet is not right, the rule one applies.
Lesson four: Healthy mother must lose her rights because unlike ill father she complaints to media.
Lesson five: The grand-father who did not do anything to anybody cannot see the children, because the biological grand-father is not a member of the foster family.
Lesson six: If the foster parents say that the children do not want to see their mother, it is an absolute true and it is not necessary to inspect it any further.
Lesson seven: Do not look for any logic in the decisions of the Norwegian committees or courts, there is simply not any.
Zdechovsky seems to have published the article as member of the
EPP Group in the European Parliament. Here it is as well:
The Case of Eva Michalakova – An Absurd Norwegian DecisionEPP Group in the European ParliamentEurActiv Press Release, 7 July 2016