Assumption: "(Wardship / Child's Own Application) Threatening to send a child back to live in another country as a punishment for bad behaviour is a parenting choice, not something the court will weigh as abuse."
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What People Expect
A parent may see threatening to send a child back to live in another country as a punishment for bad behaviour as an ordinary parenting choice, not something the court will weigh as abuse.
Court Reality
Repeatedly threatening a child with removal to another country as punishment can itself be found to cause significant emotional harm, and can be treated as a form of abuse within the court's welfare analysis.
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The Gap?
"(Wardship / Child's Own Application) Threatening to send a child back to live in another country as a punishment for bad behaviour is a parenting choice, not something the court will weigh as abuse."
Court Reality
Repeatedly threatening a child with removal to another country as punishment can itself be found to cause significant emotional harm, and can be treated as a form of abuse within the court's welfare analysis.
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