Man stripped of parental rights for calling autistic son 'retarded' in rare legal move
Judge Frances Judd QC ruled that it was in the child's best interest to remove the father's parental responsibility after he wrote about his son 'in dreadful terms'
An abusive father has been stripped of his parental rights in what has been described as a rare legal move after he repeatedly called his six-year-old autistic son "retarded". Deputy High Court Judge Frances Judd QC ruled that it was in the child's best interest to remove the father's parental responsibility after he wrote about his son "in dreadful terms".
The Daily Mail reports that this is believed to be only the third time in the history of the Court in England and Wales that it has approved the removal of parental responsibility, which is a legal concept that sets out the rights and responsibilities of parents.
