The Eagle, 7 Aug. (LaPresse) – The defence of Messrs Birmingham and Trevallion has filed a reminder that the application for the return of minors to their families, which has been lodged for over a month and a half, should be decided as soon as possible. “We are aware of the objective difficulties and shortcomings of the magistrates and auxiliary staff of the L’Aquila Juvenile Court, especially during the summer, but we are driven by the best interests of the minors,” said lawyer Simone Pillon, pending the decision on reunification by the L’Aquila Juvenile Court. “The European Court of Human Rights has reaffirmed on numerous occasions the right of children to enjoy appropriate holiday periods with their parents, committing national authorities to do everything possible to facilitate such sharing, making holiday time an irreplaceable moment for the child’s psychophysical development. The same Court has sanctioned Italy in various cases for the delay in decisions on the return of minors placed outside the family”, explained the lawyer of the Anglo-Australian couple, resident for some years in Palmoli (Chieti), who have had parental responsibility suspended since 20 November last year for their 3 minor children: 2 7-year-old twins and a 9-year-old girl, all housed in a facility in Vasto (Chieti). “The documents also indicate an immediate return, well before the start of the school year, to begin a conciliatory family routine, as requested by public service clinical experts,” Pillon added. “An additional stay in the family home, albeit due to the technical time required for the decision, would be completely dysfunctional and could have serious repercussions for minors. We are confident that the Tribunal also shares these concerns and for this reason, while we understand the situation of the offices, we felt it was the duty of the defense to respectfully urge an urgent favorable decision on the matter.”
Forest family: Birmingham and Trevallion defense urges decision on return
The Eagle, 7 Aug. (LaPresse) – The defence of Messrs Birmingham and Trevallion has filed a reminder that the application for the return of minors to their families, which has been lodged for over a month and a half, should be decided as soon as possible. “We are aware of the objective difficulties and shortcomings of the magistrates and auxiliary staff of the L’Aquila Juvenile Court, especially during the summer, but we are driven by the best interests of the minors,” said lawyer Simone Pillon, pending the decision on reunification by the L’Aquila Juvenile Court. “The European Court of Human Rights has reaffirmed on numerous occasions the right of children to enjoy appropriate holiday periods with their parents, committing national authorities to do everything possible to facilitate such sharing, making holiday time an irreplaceable moment for the child’s psychophysical development. The same Court has sanctioned Italy in various cases for the delay in decisions on the return of minors placed outside the family”, explained the lawyer of the Anglo-Australian couple, resident for some years in Palmoli (Chieti), who have had parental responsibility suspended since 20 November last year for their 3 minor children: 2 7-year-old twins and a 9-year-old girl, all housed in a facility in Vasto (Chieti). “The documents also indicate an immediate return, well before the start of the school year, to begin a conciliatory family routine, as requested by public service clinical experts,” Pillon added. “An additional stay in the family home, albeit due to the technical time required for the decision, would be completely dysfunctional and could have serious repercussions for minors. We are confident that the Tribunal also shares these concerns and for this reason, while we understand the situation of the offices, we felt it was the duty of the defense to respectfully urge an urgent favorable decision on the matter.”