Son Sues Mother Over Facebook Posts 428
Most kids hate having their parents join in on a discussion on Facebook, but one 16-year-old in Arkansas hates it so much he has filed suit against his mother, charging her with harassment. From the article: "An Arkadelphia mother is charged with harassment for making entries on her son's Facebook page. Denise New's 16-year-old son filed charges against her last month and requested a no-contact order after he claims she posted slanderous entries about him on the social networking site. New says she was just trying to monitor what he was posting." Seems like he could just unfriend her.
Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score:4, Informative)
RTFA, his grandparents have custodial rights, not his mother.
Re:Alternatives (Score:3, Informative)
I suppose simply unfriending her would not be feasible. (Maybe she'd take away his computer if he tried or punish him or something)
The kid lives with his grandmother and the mother has no custodial rights. That would make it a little hard for the mom to punish him in any way.
Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score:3, Informative)
NOOOOO, my delicate preconceived notions! (Score:5, Informative)
So at first I felt like the kid was overreacting. Parents (or those in loco parentis, which I'll get to in a moment) have a legitimate need-to-know when it comes to what's going on in their kids' lives.
However, according to the article, this kid's mom doesn't have custody. The grandparents do, and so this doesn't seem to be due to divorce or other "ordinary" situations that would cause a parent to lose custody of their own kids. In other words, something is seriously messed up here, and so while the fact that this is a mother/son thing is good for grabbing ratings, it's not really all that relevant to the matter at hand.
Moral of the story: RTFA.
Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score:5, Informative)
I mean, if they whack them...the kid can call child services on them.
That doesn't mean child services will do anything about it. It's legal here in New York State (hardly a bastion of cultural conservatism) to hit your kids:
35.10 Justification; use of physical force generally. The use of physical force upon another person which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal under any of the following circumstances:
1. A parent, guardian or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a person under the age of twenty-one or an incompetent person, and a teacher or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a person under the age of twenty-one for a special purpose, may use physical force, but not deadly physical force, upon such person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary to maintain discipline or to promote the welfare of such person.
Stupid woman (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Alternatives (Score:4, Informative)
A case of RTFA in this case, a careless untruthful comment on the summary.
"In a document from the Clark County prosecutor, he alleges she hacked his account, changed his password and posted things that involve slander about his personal life."
The posts weren't from her account on his statuses or whatever, it sounds like she actually went onto HIS account and posted slanderous things in his name (or at least, that is what is being accused). Sounds a little more serious now.
Re:This crap has gone too far. (Score:4, Informative)
She allegedly hacked into his account and made posts from it so no, he can't just block her.
Re:RTFA before commenting (Score:3, Informative)
Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score:3, Informative)
Democrats have pledged to work with RIAA and MPAA to protect the TV/movie industry's productions.
I hate to break it to you but the RIAA and MPAA also have republicans on their side. You remember that little law called the DMCA? Do you know from which party came the congressman who introduced the bill? The republican party. Do you know the current political affiliation of the current RIAA president? Republican again. If you think the Republicans aren't just as much in the pockets of the RIAA and MPAA you're even more dumb then you come across now.
Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score:3, Informative)
All depends on the state you're living in. In Florida it's completely legal to physically discipline your child.
Fla. Stat. Ann. 39.01(2), (30)(f), (45) (West, WESTLAW through End of 2003 Reg. Sess.)
Corporal discipline of a child by a parent, legal custodian, or caregiver for disciplinary purposes does not in itself constitute abuse when it does not result in harm to the child.
You just can't beat them till you leave bruises or welts. If you use a wide enough paddle, this won't happen because of the surface area. My parents used to use a cut down boat oar. Hurt like a mofo, but never left marks.
I wonder if there is any correlation between states that have outlawed physically disciplining minors & instances of youth offenders?
Re:RTFA before commenting (Score:3, Informative)
I'd deal with them by denying access to the computer at my house and grounding them unless they deleted their account permanently or cleaned it up.
"Uh, hi, DFS? I know this guy who tortures his kid by denying all access to her friends. He's making her a social pariah because he's a total psycho. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes her strip naked in front of him to make sure she isn't hiding a cell phone. The address is..."
Re:No contact. (Score:5, Informative)
Stop being so selfish, and let someone called to this line of work have your position.
I didn't say I was direct care. I'm the IT person at my particular agency. You couldn't pay me enough to work in a direct care role. If I did work in such a role I would have been arrested a long time ago for beating the shit out of some "parent" that abused one of my clients.
Re:NOOOOO, my delicate preconceived notions! (Score:3, Informative)
Moral of the story: The family was broken and crazy before. Nothing has changed.
Re:The real question (Score:5, Informative)
The place I see "racism" is in the very idea of the assumption that anyone from the south deserves to be denigrated and disrespected automatically
First, that assumption would be correct. Second, the word you're looking for is douche-baggery, not racism.
Re:The real question (Score:2, Informative)
The son apparently left his Facebook account logged in at the mother's house, so she changed his password and started impersonating him. Computer crime aside, I can definitely see why the son was appalled at having this type of comment associated with his name.
!st of all...even tho she has legal cust...that has never mattered b4. I hired an atty for him when he was hit by a DD...I signed all the paper work not his grandmother...they had no prob with me not being his guardian when he got busted with pot....I delt with his atty for that and the same prosecutor that has filed this. It didnt matter that I wasnt his legal guardian when he was skipping school...I was the the school called. They cannot pick n choose when i should be in his life and when I shouldnt. My son has had a long list of behaviorial problem for awhile now. He not only endangers himself but other kids as well. Furthermore I didnt HACK into anything...he left his FB loggied in ON MY COMPUTER....and me having his password was a given if he wanted to use my computer. I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO MONITOR HIM.....just b/c i dont have custody doesnt mean i dont care...and maybe if grandmother was doing her JOB I WOULDNT HAVE TO!
Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score:1, Informative)
I think this is referring to Barry Cooper of Never Get Busted.
juicy bits from the police report:
"The 14-year-old has drug posters in her room along with imitation marijuana items."
"Parents are unsuitable and create an environment where the children believe the government is out to harm them."
7-year-old child with cerebral palsy was engaged in "outburst" of "Crying Excessively" for "no reason observed during the execution of a search warrant at the residence."
Barry Cooper "does not believe in church" and "hates his father"
"The children are being mentally abused to believe drugs are good."
"The family will not allow any government employee into the home without court orders."
so really, the kid got taken away because of marijuana and other complete bullshit reasons
http://stash.norml.org/kopbusters-barry-cooper-and-wife-lose-son-over-misdemeanor-marijuana-charge