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Calder v The Queen, 1960 CanLII 73 (SCC), [1960] SCR 892, per Judson J
R v Akinyemi, 2014 ONCJ 213 (CanLII), per De Filippis J, at para 34
Tender Exhibits: Evidence of prior hearings: transcript of prior hearings; subpoena clerk of original trial to bring all
documents related to trial; provide notice to accused of intention to produce; any other documents in possession of
the clerk of original trial related to it. Note that in certain jurisdictions the judge may certify the record, while others
can be certified by a clerk or court reporter under provincial legislation.[1] e.g. Court Officials Act (NS)
Interpretation of the Offence: Perjury is an inchoate offence as it is an attempt to mislead through giving false
evidence.[1] Section 133 intends to prohibit the conviction of the accused on the basis of evidence from a single
witness claiming the accused lied. However, where the case is entirely circumstantial, the crown does not need to
corroborate the evidence.[2] False evidence includes dishonest or deliberate loss of memory. [3]
Droit de la famille — 101001, 2010 QCCS 1856 (CanLII), Dated: 2010-05-03 — Numéro de dossier: 235-04-000019-095
“[50] Dans Droit de la famille – 1738, la Cour d'appel refuse la demande de déchéance parentale d'un père, toxicomane,
possédant un dossier criminel chargé, ayant vécu en prison pendant de nombreuses années et ayant tenté de se suicider.”
https://www.canlii.org/fr/qc/qccs/doc/2010/2010qccs1856/2010qccs1856.html
Protection de la jeunesse — 15156, Para [101]. En retirant aux parents tous les attributs de l'autorité parentale, cela équivaut à
une déchéance de l'autorité. parentale, ce qui n'est pas de la compétence de la Cour du Québec.
https://www.canlii.org/fr/qc/qccs/doc/2015/2015qccs2952/2015qccs2952.html
NEWS
Deanna Fogarty won $9.6 million against the County of Orange after social workers
wrongfully took her children away from her. (File photo: Mark Rightmire, Orange
County Register/SCNG)
The ruling issued Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals is based on the same events that caused a jury to award Deanna
Fogarty-Hardwick $9.6 million from Orange County in 2011 after she alleged that
social workers used fabricated evidence to cause a court to remove her two
daughters from her custody for six and a half years.
Now, Fogarty-Hardwick’s daughter, Preslie Hardwick, who was one of the two
girls separated from her mom, also is suing the county. And while the appellate
court’s ruling does not address the merits of Hardwick’s complaint, it suggests
the county could be on the hook to pay out once again.
“No official with an IQ greater than room temperature in Alaska could claim that
he or she did not know that the conduct at the center of this case violated both
state and federal law,” Judge Stephen Trott wrote in Tuesday’s opinion. “Perjury is
a crime under both federal and California state law, as is the knowing submission
of false evidence to a court. … Because they are supported by the record as a
whole, we construe the facts Preslie offers in support of her allegations in the
light most favorable to her.”
Hardwick’s allegations are the same as her mother’s: that in February 2000,
Orange County Social Services agents Marcie Vreeken and Helen Dwojak
fabricated testimony “that (Fogarty-Hardwick) had caused her daughters to skip a
mandatory visit with their father, when in fact the problem was caused by a
visitation monitor.”
Hardwick also alleges the social workers falsely advised the court that Fogarty-
Hardwick had turned her daughters – ages 6 and 9 at the time – against their
visitation monitor and that Fogarty-Hardwick had told her children that their
father was trying to take them away from her.
According to Tuesday’s opinion, county attorneys argued that it was not clearly
established in civil court at the time of the events in question that in situations
such as Hardwick’s, those involved had “the right to be free from deliberately
fabricated evidence.” The court disagreed with that assertion.
On Thursday, Preslie Hardwick’s attorney Robert Powell said he would let the
appellate court ruling “simmer with the county” over the weekend before
submitting a seven-figure settlement offer next week.
County attorneys declined to comment on whether they might recommend
settling the case. It wasn’t immediately known whether they would appeal the
ruling.
Orange County officials have maintained that its social workers never wronged
Fogarty-Hardwick or her family. Neither employee was disciplined and Vreeken
was later promoted to a position in which she trains other social workers. County
records show Vreeken was still employed in 2015, when she earned $132,466 in
total compensation.
County Supervisor Todd Spitzer said that social workers often face difficult
decisions when deciding when and whether to separate a child from their
parents and that it was important for those employees to know that the county
backs their decisions.
“Social workers have an immense responsibility to protect children, and I’d much
rather have a social worker err on the side of taking a child from the home than
leave a kid where there might be suspected child abuse,” Spitzer said. “It’s a
delicate balance, and social workers needs to know that if they do that the
county will back them up.”
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