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Parents face loss of custody where children do not belt up in the back
07 June 2012 @ 11:01

SMALL children who do not ride in fitted car-seats could be taken away from their parents, warns the prosecution service.
And older children who do not wear seatbelts could face the same fate.

These drastic measures will apply after the parent driving has been fined on three or more occasions for not having their children in car-seats or seatbelts as applicable.

Traffic prosecutor Bartolomé Vargas said police will be instructed to notify his department on the third occasion a parent is stopped and sanctioned.

Read more at thinkSPAIN.com







1 Comments

Social Services said:
09 June 2012 @ 10:09

All Jeremy Beadle stuff. They would need a senior court judge to grant a court order to take the child away from the parent and place in care. It’s just another load of barstool fiction.


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