Adopted boy a nightmare
19 December 2002, 12:58 PM
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"London - A British couple won a landmark battle for damages on Wednesday after a local council failed to warn them that the five-year-old boy they adopted was "uncontrollable and vicious".
Mr Justice Buckley heard that the boy, who is now 12 and can not be named, had attacked his mother during a Greek holiday and also threatened to kill her unborn child.
The High Court ruled that the couple should be compensated after the hyperactive boy, who suffers from attention deficit disorder, effectively blighted their lives.
"The boy has proved impossible to control to such an extent that he has damaged the parents home, health and family life," said the judge.
The parents claimed that if they had been properly informed, they would never have agreed to take the boy in the first place.
But their current attitude was that they "will never give up" on the boy, said the judge. "They love him despite everything," he added.
He ruled that their love and acceptance for the boy reduced their entitlement to damages. "The conclusion I have come to is that, although they would probably have rejected the child before the placement, they would not have done so afterwards and would have gone on to adopt him even if they had been successful in extracting the outstanding information about the boy," he said.
The amount of compensation they receive from Essex County Council will be assessed later. "
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Mr Justice Buckley heard that the boy, who is now 12 and can not be named, had attacked his mother during a Greek holiday and also threatened to kill her unborn child.
The High Court ruled that the couple should be compensated after the hyperactive boy, who suffers from attention deficit disorder, effectively blighted their lives.
"The boy has proved impossible to control to such an extent that he has damaged the parents home, health and family life," said the judge.
The parents claimed that if they had been properly informed, they would never have agreed to take the boy in the first place.
But their current attitude was that they "will never give up" on the boy, said the judge. "They love him despite everything," he added.
He ruled that their love and acceptance for the boy reduced their entitlement to damages. "The conclusion I have come to is that, although they would probably have rejected the child before the placement, they would not have done so afterwards and would have gone on to adopt him even if they had been successful in extracting the outstanding information about the boy," he said.
The amount of compensation they receive from Essex County Council will be assessed later. "
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19 December 2002, 01:47 PM
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Not sure it's the whole story. From the BBC News website:
"Both parents said they were not properly informed of the boy's serious and emotional behavioural difficulties.
But the council denied any liability, arguing the parents were fully aware of what was known about the boy.
It said the boy had lived with the couple for a 14-month placement prior to the adoption in 1996 and this had given them time to see how he was settling in. "
"Both parents said they were not properly informed of the boy's serious and emotional behavioural difficulties.
But the council denied any liability, arguing the parents were fully aware of what was known about the boy.
It said the boy had lived with the couple for a 14-month placement prior to the adoption in 1996 and this had given them time to see how he was settling in. "
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