https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/michigan-mom-28-gets-jail-193322560.html
It appears that they gave her multiple chances to rectify the situation, but then you read this in the comments from someone who had been jailed in spite of follow up, and it makes you wonder. The woman in the comments writes: "True story-my daughter got very sick. Was in the hospital 3 times. I had a doctor's excuse for every absence. Truancy letters were sent to wrong address. By the time I found out about it it went beyond campus court to juvenile court. I got a show cause order. When I went to court the judge refused to look at the doctor's excuses. Was sentenced to 30 days community service. I appealed the decision. Went to appeals court date. They said as long as my child didn't have any more excessive abscences everything was good. Set another court date to come back. Next thing I knew I got a review court date to original court, where I was accused of not going to my appeals court date. Was sentenced to 10 days in jail. By the judge who's decision I had appealed. When I got out of jail I had a check waiting on me from winning the appeals case that I had just gone to jail over. Never been in trouble in my life."
Back to the original story, I also have to wonder, what is the reason for the lack of follow through for the mom who is going to be jailed? Does she have mental illness? Addiction problems? Health issues?Struggling single mom (they didn't mention a father in the article, if the child has a mother and father, would they jail both parents?). It seems to me that if those things were the case, it would be more effective to have social services step in to see how they could help the parent get back on their feet. Wouldn't sending the mother to jail land the kids in foster care, where they might be further traumatized, or even abused? Or make it harder for the parent to get a job and therefore support the children? Too many unanswered questions here I guess.
It appears that they gave her multiple chances to rectify the situation, but then you read this in the comments from someone who had been jailed in spite of follow up, and it makes you wonder. The woman in the comments writes: "True story-my daughter got very sick. Was in the hospital 3 times. I had a doctor's excuse for every absence. Truancy letters were sent to wrong address. By the time I found out about it it went beyond campus court to juvenile court. I got a show cause order. When I went to court the judge refused to look at the doctor's excuses. Was sentenced to 30 days community service. I appealed the decision. Went to appeals court date. They said as long as my child didn't have any more excessive abscences everything was good. Set another court date to come back. Next thing I knew I got a review court date to original court, where I was accused of not going to my appeals court date. Was sentenced to 10 days in jail. By the judge who's decision I had appealed. When I got out of jail I had a check waiting on me from winning the appeals case that I had just gone to jail over. Never been in trouble in my life."
Back to the original story, I also have to wonder, what is the reason for the lack of follow through for the mom who is going to be jailed? Does she have mental illness? Addiction problems? Health issues?Struggling single mom (they didn't mention a father in the article, if the child has a mother and father, would they jail both parents?). It seems to me that if those things were the case, it would be more effective to have social services step in to see how they could help the parent get back on their feet. Wouldn't sending the mother to jail land the kids in foster care, where they might be further traumatized, or even abused? Or make it harder for the parent to get a job and therefore support the children? Too many unanswered questions here I guess.