Authorities Ask German Homeschooling Family to Give up Custody of Other 5 Children

Here is the latest development from Lifesite News on the story of the 15-year-old girl who was taken from her home in Germany because she was home schooled:

The parents of a 15-year-old school girl taken from her home by authorities in a battle over home schooling have been asked to give up custody of their other five children, as part of a resolution to the situation offered by German officials.

The latest development in the ongoing battle between the Busekros family and the German authorities was reported by the Home Schooling Legal Defense Fund, a U.S.-based organization that has been tracking an accelerating crackdown against home schooling families in Germany.

Melissa Busekros was removed from her family home on Feb.1 by social workers accompanied by 15 police officers, under a court order to use force if necessary. The girl was placed in a psychiatric ward for evaluation and determined to be “school phobic,” according to authorities. Without her parents’ knowledge or consent she was then placed in an undisclosed foster home.

The girl’s parents began tutoring her in math and Latin at home, after she had trouble keeping up in class. When the school found out, Melissa was expelled and her parents then began home schooling her full time. The Youth Welfare office took the parents to court and received permission to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of the girl, and two days later returned to take her into custody and place her in the child psychiatric unit.

Hubert Busekros, the girl’s father, told HLSDA he and his lawyer were offered a resolution to the situation that required the Busekros’ to give up custody of their five other children. Mr. Busekros said the authorities are considering performing psychiatric evaluations of the other children, he fears with the intent of discrediting the couple as parents and permanently breaking up the family.

Home schooling is illegal in Germany under a law dating back to Adolf Hitler. Home schooling families have faced increasing persecution in recent years, with police in several cases physically transporting children to school. An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights failed last year when the court ruled Germany’s enforcement of the law did not violate the rights of parents to educate their own children, saying the interests of the state in educating children took precedence over the views of the parents. [More]

My Comment: Hitler has been out of the loop for sometime now. Isn't it about time that Germany updated their obsolete laws?
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  1. Rosemary 2/26/07, 5:41 PM

    This is so bizarre. You just have to wonder how the authorities are justifying this persecution. Psychiatric evaluation?? Losing custody of children?? For teaching them at home? Smacks of spiritual warfare, if you ask me...

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  2. Jean Heimann2/26/07, 7:36 PM

    Rosemary,

    It is really bizarre. I believe that Satan is really trying his best to split up families.

    Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for them.

    St. Joseph, protector of families, pray for them.

    Jesus, Prince of Peace, pray for them.

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  3. Jean Heimann2/26/07, 7:38 PM

    I meant to pray Jesus, Prince of Peace, rescue them.

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